Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-26
SHOT FOR BURGLAR
George ]. ShjpIey Is Instantly
Killed by Allen D. Deason.
SELF-DEFENSE Is PLEA
Says Victim Was Trying to Enter
Kitchen Door of His Home.
SHIPLEY'S SISTER AROUSED
Calls Shooting Unjustifiable, Saying
Burglars Don't Enter Houses
by Rafting Knobs.
SELF-DEFENsE Is PLEA
sHIPLEY's SISTER


Bryant street northeast, last night,
George ]. Shipley, carpenter. who un-
til two weeks ago resided at 20 Sth street
southeast was shot and instantly killed
by Deason.
cinct police station pending an inquest
TO be held at the District morgue at 1850
O'Clock tomorrow morning. The body of
Shipley is at the morgue. An autopsy
was performed by Deputy Coroner White
at IL o'clock this morning.
1t shows that three bullets entered
Shipley's body. The fatal one passed
through the aorta and then into the left
lung. The other two passed into the
center Of his chest.
Fires Shots In Self Defense.
Deason declares he fired the shots
which killed Shipley in self-defense In
his statement to the police Deason SAID
that shortly after o'clock last night he
of his home with his wife and two chill
dren, Doris, eleven years old, and q
baby, eleven months old, and MISS Mel
lie Milton of Warrenton. Va, mouse
guest.
by a slight noise in the rear of the house.
and she mentioned that fact to Mr.. Dea-
son. The latter attached no Importance
to 1t until short time later, when the
noise was heard again. Th1s time IL was
louder. and sounded as IL some one was
trying to force an entrance into the
kitchen.
Taking his pistol. Mr.. Deason proceeded
to the lower floor. AS he entered the
kitchen. he says, ne again gain h sarea o ene
had hold Of the knob as though trying
to open the door.
las I opened the door a man sprang
at me-" Mr.. Deason declares. Il had my
revolver leveIed, and as the intruder
know how many times I fired"
Tells Wife He Killed Man.
The man fell in a heap in the small
vestibule just outside Of the kitchen door
Believing that the intruder was dead. Mr..
Deason ran upstairs and told his wife
that he had killed man. Mr.. DeaSon
then went to the home OF james Calian,
which is directly back of his home. He
by the shots. in the yard. He told him
what had occurred.
A telephone message was sent to Freed
mems Hospital for the ambulance. and
Mr.. Callan notified the police of the tenth
precinct. Mr.. Deason returned to his
He was endeavoring to quiet her when
the ambulance and police arrived.
The physician in charge Of the ambu-
lance pronounced the man at the kitchen
door dead. He said that from the nature
Of his wounds he must have died instant
ly. Deason was taken into the station
house.
AS soon as the police of the tenth pre-
cinct were informed OF the shooting they
notified Lieut.. Hartley, night chief of de-
Tor fixync vny1A nofooffvo 0YYn0 n
to the scene. With Lieut.. Slattery, Pre-
cinct Detective Weber and several police
men of the tenth precinct, Detective
Springman made an investigation. He
stated the story told at the station house
by Deason is corroborated by both his
wife and Miss Milton.
Shipley Identified.
Detective SpringmAn searched the cloth
ing Of the deceased. A carpenters union
card bearing the name of George J. Ship
ley was found in his pocket. The body
was later identified at the morgue by
Policemen Warfield and Price of the fifth
precinct as that Of Shipley.
Miss 6. D. Shipley Of 426 18th street
blamed today that her brother had been
living at the home Of another sister at
70 Sth street southeast until about two
weeks ago. when. in order to be near his
place of business, he removed to the
Maryland House, 2019 Georgia avenue He
resided there last summer. Miss Shipley
admits that her brother drank at inter-
walls, and said he was great walker
when he imbibed too freely, taking the
walk to overcome the effects OF the drink.
She thought her brother had drunk too
freely yesterday, and after trying to walk
1t of was on his way to his sisters house.
His condition was such, however, that he
made a mistake. This belief she says is
a.
the number Of the Deason house is 30
and that of her sisters house 20. Miss
Shipley says it IL unbelievable that her
brother could have made an attack upon
Mr.. Deason. Such thing was contrary
to his disposition, she said. When under
the influence of liquor, she said, he would
stare straight ahead.
1t is her opinion when Mr.. Deason OPEN
ed the door her brother may have stared
at him and. in surprise at seeing q
stranger. perhaps staggered. Her opinion
and that Of the mepnbers Of her family is
that the shooting was unjustiiable, as,
she said, burglars do not attempt -
break into houses at 8 o'clock in the
evening by rafting knobs. especially
when the residents of the house are
awake and dressed. as evidenced by the
light in the house and the early hour OF
the evening.
The theory advanced by the police to-
day Is that Shipley had been drinking
and went to the rear door OF the Deason
house by mistake.
Mrs. w. A. Dixon, wife Of w. A. Dixon
of No. IL engine company. whose home
is not far from the Deason residence,
says she heard the shooting and be-
lieved from a description of the dead
man he was the same man who stopped
| in front of her home earlier in the even
ing. Mr.. Dixon told Detective Weber
that about 7:3O o'clock last evening a
man answering the description of Shipley
according to his wife, stopped in front
Of his house about fifteen minutes. The
man was sitting on q settee in front Of
| the house and his wife said he was under
| the influence Of liquor and she and her
| children watched him from an upper
| window. When he left he staggered
| along Lincoln road in the general direc-
| ton Of the Deason home. -
Leaves Widow and Three Children.
E. w. Charlton. proprietor OF the Mary
| land House. said today that Mr.. Shipley
| had been a guest there for the last two
| weeks and started out yesterday as usual
| for his place of business.
| Eisinger Brothers Of 21D0 Georgia ave-
| nue.. lumber dealers, say Shipley had been
| employed by them for the last four or
five years.