The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-07
CAPT. VICTOR s. TEETER SHOT
 AND INSTANTLY KILLED IN
 THE DARK BY G. c. ROBINSON
Was Called To At Fire Station No and Shot Almost Immediatey-Ro Robinson Had Been Reproved For Wash
 ing Teeth While Standing In Window

c. c. Robinson. a barber, employed at the Morris hotel, shot and killed Capt victor s. Teeter. foreman of No. 6 hose company, at Third avenue and Fifteenth street, north, last night al 9:30 o'clock Captain Teeter was shot five times, one bullet penetrating the heart and two the lungs. He dropped to the street and was dead before an ambulance could reach him. Dr. D. c. Gewin hurried to his side and ad- ministered hypodermic but Mir Teeter died in four minutes after the shoot ing.
 One bullet penetrated the heart. and would have caused instant death; second and third perforated the lungs, while two bullets took effect in the right arm and left shoulder. Captain Teeter bled profusely both externally and internally from his wounds.
 Robinson dashed down Third avenue toward Sixteenth street after the shoot ing but was caught at the corner by c. F. Bowen. a fireman at No. 6. Cap tain Eagan. Detectives Moore, Sigsbee, Wren and Leonard were on the scene | over to them. He was carried to the city jail al once to prevent violence.
 Robinson boards next door to Cap tain Teeters home. 1904 Third avenue, and claims that he was washing his teeth last night at an open window on the side of the house next to Cap tain Teeters residence. He states tn at Mrs. Teeter reproved him but he made no reply. He went down to the wagon house at Fifteenth and third to see Captain Teeter.
 Captain Teeter was sitting at table pla ying dominoes with several other firemen when Robinson appeared at the door of the house and called to him: Captain Teeter I want to see you a minute Captain Teeter arose and they walked to the corner of the house. According to statements of the fremen the two had not been gone three min utes when five shots were heard.
 According to Chief Bennett, who was within 10 feet of the men, Robinson was not firing as fast as he could. "It seemed" said the chief, that he was taking deliberate aim"
 Rushed to the Door
 All sprang up and rushed to the door to see Captain Teeter lying on the ground with blood gushing from five wounds. Robinson was running to- ward Sixteenth street Several of the iremen rushed to the assistance of Cap tain Teeter and Bowen went after Rob- inson, catching him at the corner of Sixteenth and Third. Robinson made no resistance.
 Robinson was taken to the city jail where he made the following statement of the killing to an Age-Herald re- porter.
 q was washing my teeth at a win- dow tonight when Mrs. Teeter came to the door and reproved me severely for doing 1t. I did not say anything to | Ter but put on my coat and went down to see Captain Teeter. He was playing dominoes when I called him out and told him of what Mrs. Teeter had said to me. He said: I smell whisky on your breath, and if Mrs. Teeter reproved you she had cause. I'll cut your - = l throat if you fool with me- We were
 in the dark and I thought he made q motion toward his pocket when I shot 1 him. didn't see any knife.'
 When asked if he had been drinking Robinson admitted that he had had two drinks at o'clock, but denied taking any more When seen by an Age-Herald | reporter he was slurring in his words and talking thickly.
 | At the time of the shooting Captain Teeter was in his shirt sleeves and no weapon of any kind was found either in | his pocket or the sidewalk. The weapon used by Robinson was a 3s call bre Colts police special.
 Mrs. Teeter Hears News | The home of Captain Teeter is only a short distance from where he was shot and Mrs. Teeter came down to the sta- | ton when she heard the shooting Every | one was excited and when she asked who | was shot someone told her Captain | Teeter. She staggered and screamed at | the top of her voice Dr. Gewin was nearby and he administered a sedative | and Mrs. Teeter was carried homel She was in serious condition last night. c. F. Bowen, who captured Robinson, gave the following account of the shoot l ing:
 We were playing dominoes when Rob- | inson appeared at the door of the wagon house and told Captain Teeter that he wanted to see him. He got up and walked to the door and the man walked away Captain Teeter followed him and | they had been gone hardly a minute when I heard the shooting. l rushed to | the door in time to see him shoot the last time. when Captain Teeter was fall ing. Robinson ran up Third avenue to- ward Sixteenth street and followed hlm- | I caught him at Sixteenth. He made no resistance. Captain Teeter was in his shrtsleves when he was shot down in the dark and had no idea that the man wanted to fight
 | The claim that Captain Teeter cursed Robinson is doubted in the department, as all the firepnen who knew Captain Teeter state that they never heard him use an oath in his life. He was one of | the most peaceable men in the fire de- partment and his death caused high feel l ing at No. 6.
 Captain Teeter was 51 years old and Is survived by a widow, but they have no children. He entered the services of the fire department on August 8, 1890, and has been foreman of No.l 6 for the past 15 years He came to Birmingham from Toronto, Canada.
 | The killing of Captain Teeter caused an intense sensation in the fire depart ment. Chief Bennett was sitting up stairs in his room at the old Greener station when Captain Tecter was killed. He sprang up and. rushed down stairs. He was supplied when told that Captain Teeter had been killed. | Earl Spangier, in Shaw's ambulance made a record run and arrived on the scene five minutes after the shooting but Captain Teeter was already dead