Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-11-27
ROBERT NORRIS, OF CEDAR RAP.
IDS, KILLED DURING STREET
ENCOUNTER.
MAN WHO FIRED GUN SAYS
ROBBERY WAS ATTEMPTED
Macedonian Was Returning From
Shopping Trip Whsn Set Upon BY
Norris-Dead Man Resident Of Cedar
Rapids-Expirss in Hospital Few
Hours After Being Wounded.

street quarrel not lasting more than a
few seconds, which in nature was I'M
doubtedly hold up, Robert Norris
aged S5, single and residing with his
parents at 1113 South Seventh street,
was fatally shot Saturday evening
about $3.50.
A Macedonian, giving his English
name as Jim Peet, Is in the city Jail
and a charge of murder will be placed
against him. Peet, in rough sign Ian
guage confessed to the shooting and
made it plain that he had been attacked
by Norris.
The exciting encounter occurred on
the corner of Fifth avenue and Third
street. The close proximity of the bus
mess section, the earliness of the even
ing with many persons about, attracted
unusual attention, great crowd gath
ering shortly after the shootging. Nor
ris was hurried at once in the ambu
lance to Mercy hospital. Chief Carl
heading detachment of officers and
detectives rounded up a bunch of
Macedonians and in the patrol took
them to the police station where they
Were held for Identification. There were
several witnesses who caught glimpses
Of Peet as he ran up Fifth avenue and
they picked him out of the bunch as
the man who did the shooting.
Brothers Version Of Affair.
At first the circumstances of the
shooting proved to be somewhat baf-
fling. Delevan Norris, brother Of the
wounded man. after he had accompa-
MED his brother to the hospital. went
to the police station and gave his YER
sion of the affair. His story was that
he with his brother Robert, had been
up town early in the evening. They
were returning home. going down Third
street on the east side. 1t was about
$3.50 when they approached the Fifth
avenue crossing and Robert was a few
PAGES. ahead. They noticed the foreign
er coming up Third street carrying a
paper package and another bundle ur-
der his arm. Just as the foreigner
met Robert Norris there ensued mo-
mentary scuffle, suddenly a revolver
shot rang out and the foreigner with
the cleaning revolver still in his hand,
made a break up Fifth avenue
AS he fled past him Delevan Norris
struck at him catching him behind the
left ear. and sent him struggling to the
pavement. The man, however, small Of
stature, was on his feet in an instant
and before any attempt to capture him
could be made he was running rapidly
UP Fifth avenue. When he was struck,
the foreigner in falling dropped his
package from under his arm; it con-
tanned a quantity of bakery goods,
cookies and doughnuts, and there also
fell out his pocket. a newspaper, folded
with an address typewriter on it. 1t
was Macedonian paper and had been
mailed to Lazar Eliof, 70S South Third
street. This address. however, proves
to be the bakery Of Mrs. c. Spitznagle.
Assailant Hunted Down.
Meanwhile Chief Carl heading the
detachment of officers spent a busy
half hour. With the paper that had
been dropped from the fleeing mans
pocket and which had been picked up
by Delevan Norris as a clue they COM
menced to track down its owner. The
supposition was that the man to
whom the paper was addressed was
the perpetrator Of the shooting. At
the Spitznagle bakery Chief Carl dis
covered that the mail was for Mac
edonian, who lived at 704 South First
street In this house there roomed
six men of this nationality and one
of them was in the habit of coming
for the mail twice a week, on Thurs
day and Saturday nights. Mrs. Spitz-
nagle bakes for this gang of men and
they also purchase some bakery goods
there.
All Identified Pest.
Mrs. spitznagle informed the Off
GERS that about o'clock, one of the
Macedonians had appeared and that
she gave him the paper which had
been turned over to Chief Carl. Chief
Carl with Detectives Christensen and
Cook. at once went to the house d.
rected by Mrs. Spitznagle and found
all Of the roomers there There were
six of them. When the officers ar
rived the whole bunch appeared ner-
vouse and the indications were good
that the guilty man was among them.
The patrol was called and the whole
bunch was taken to the station and
locked up. According to the descrip-
tons given by those who had seen
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