The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-03-15
AMERICANS SHOOT
CAUSE SENSATION IN PARIS
CAFE IN QUARREL OVER
| BANGING GIRL.
Aggressor 10 St. Louisan famed
DrGnroad, Wanted in 81. LOUIS
Fo' E gamy--Waiters Pre-
vented Tragedy.

Paris, March 1l.-~The mystery OF
the two merry midnight Americans
who both registered at tn" fashion
able Ritz under the name of Lee sew
eral weeks ago, and who nave been
spending $1,000 a day in t1A gay
hours before the dawr, was partially
solved early this morning, When one
Of them tried to shoot the dancing
girl, Lilette, and her male partner in
the Cafe de Paris.
The young man only succeecei -
planting ballet in his own leg an'
il attaching to himself the couy.nc-
ing report that he is none other than
lie spectacular Charles r. Drummond
|millionailM realty man Of st. Louis,
son Of the late tobacco croesus,
hero OF four opponents and want
ed in st. Louis for breaking parole
while under sentence for bigamy
When Drrnmond disappeared from
the western city he was@ucccnpan;ed
By his friend, William V. Logan. One
OF the pair who registered at the Ritz
received mail aIl|2ssad to William
ogan Lee. The two wcz: 10 Mont
calm after leaving st. Louis ana en-
Gagged in little friendly shooting ar
tray there in which one Of them fred
1t the other, in that biiiae spirit OF
comaraiene w.icl gooi Fellowship
nyokes. Afterwarl thay Went 70
CIV York and sailed for arts.
Bullet eitjstsackeo.
Mystery cloahed the, rom TIE day
IT their arrival here. The non de
rlume of Lee" became synonym
.1r lavish ent ,rtainment, gay parties
and Jolly auto rides--or ley had a
magnificent high powered car when
awaited them at the entrance of the
Ritz every evening. T. Cafe de PARIS
was one of their favorire ,laun,s and
Sunday night they were accompanied
hither by the dashing Lilette.
The .vening waned ana me morn
ing was two hours on its way when
! male dancer of the cafe presented
himself and invited Lilette to dance
With him.
For some reason ode of the Lees,
re one supposed TO be Drummonj,
ew into a violent rage, jumped up
and drew a revolver on the danc:ns
nan.
The shot threw tie brilliant care
ato confusion. but waiter had
struck up the mans arm and the but,
let went wild.
The enraged American hurled the
waiter aside and was aiming again
when the dancer struck his arm down
and the second bullet went into tnc
Americans leg above the :lnc@
GSiC VI GunGGE.
The Police took both THE Lees" to
! station touse but they released the
ne who had not had a hand in the
coUt,a, and let the wounded man be
aiken to = Ritz after he had given
what he said was MS right name
,har,cs Dunbar OF Alton, III. II wa-
nder the name Of C. i. Dun3ar tlai
Dung DruMmond sailed from New.
FORK,
The wounded man said ne mad CIV
n the name OF Lee at the hotei be-
ause Lee was associated with hin'
y business. He refused to tell who
his companion was, but d'reo,ec tie
olicn to the Ritz. >,Tne other Lee"
made hurriel departure at . O'Clock
II the morning.
Woman Makes App-=rznc-.
The police established surveillance
over Dunbars or "Drummond's" apart
ments in the Ritz and about II O'Clock
a woman who said she was the only
Mrs. Dunbar of Alton, H. (the city
whence Drummond originally came
from and where his father made his
early wealth. arrived and TOOK charge
Of tee wounded man. Thereupon- the
doors Of the apartment were .ocaed.
Dunbar told the police tina; ne
would stand good financially COR ev-
erything done by himself or William
Logan Lee