The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-21
DETECTIVE SHOOTS
AFELL0W OFFICER
FRED kRENGEL is WOUNDED hf
SERGEANT JOHN II, WILEY
THROUGH ACCIDENT.
INJURY NOT SERIOUS
ACCIDENT HAPPENS WHEN FORCE
or RAIDERS ENTER ALLEGED
NEGRO oPIUM DEN ON FIF-
TENTH STREET.

! While the two were examining
| fully loaded Smith * Nossnn spe-
! ciai thIrty-esght cai!hre revolver at
/ SO o'clock yesterday afternoon, the
weapon was accidentally discharged
/ in the hands Of Detective Sergeant
/ John +. Wiley and the bullet plough
/ ed its way through tho upper right
( arm Of Detective Fred L. krengeI
The officer reeled crying: Ny Iod,
Joisa, you've shot mel" Blood spurted
from the wound. and over both nen.
1 Calling loudly to Detective Louis Il.
keiian. who was In room adjoin-
ing IN the house where the accident
occurred. 'I4ouls. come here quick.
I've shot Fred" Wiley grasped the
half falnt3ug man and placed him IN
9 chair Both were almost stunned
with fear, Wiley fearing that he bad
perhaps inflicted a fatal injury on the
ra~a Who has been working with him
since he Joined the plain clothes
force.
kcNam. warning several negroes he
was guarding no. to attempt To Is
cape, came on the bound. lie ran
10 hrengels side, and noticed at cnse
that a body injury had not been in
hicted. Brace up. Fred, he sala;
You're not hurt much. Be game.
Kreagel had turned chalky white, hut
he SiffLlS1 lak5AB&, anu SeNAN- A'A'N7
Louis. l feel SO sick"
Goes For Help,
The accident occurred at 4oa North
/ Fifteenth street. run by q negro
named Irving Davis which tho de-
tectiyes had raided az e. cocaine Jotnt.
! Five negroes--IrNiug Davis, AleS2n~
I fer Coleman, Robert Clay, Esteile
Tucker and 4. S. Figurnoy--were un-
der arrest. all having been captured
! IN the house. kelam ran back 10
| guard them, and Wiley, hatIess anu
| coadless, sped across to the clty aali
| TO reach n telephone. He saw Jaiier
Johnson standing at a window, ana
yelled 10 him to open the door. As
| tho door opened, he rushed IN ana
clutehod a telephone. But for few
| seconds he was too overcome 10 spea H.
lie told Johnson the trouble, :AAd the
| latter called the city hospital. Buf
| Wiley, recovering himself, took the
telephone from him, and tola tho city
| hospital authorities 10 send the am
bulance as quickly as possible, mat
an officer had been shot Theh ne
notified Captain T. j. McMahon al
police headquarters, aud ran paok to
where krongal was, Captain Me
Mahon. without waiting for a cas. ran
| all fbe way to Fifteenth and Mar5ha4
streets. arriving at the same time that
| the city ambulance came. just as ne
was about to fall, the wounded o1lcet
Uas placed In the ambulance, ane
was hurried TO the Memorial hospital
E Dr. Cooke examined the wound, ane
found that Il was not serious thousi
% one Of tho large muscles OF the uppei
8 | arm had been severed by the heaVa
d bullet There were also powder burn
a around tho wound. The officer sur
n fered somewhat, however, from IN
shock. and sedativos were administer
cd him, Krengel's relatives were no
e tilted later, and. much disturbed AM
" frightened they hastened to the nos
d pital where they wore much reAeVe
% IN End that he was not dangerousi
o hurt.
n The officers had long suspected tn
a house on Fifteenth street to be 60
caine 1oint. and met yesterday after
"a noan by preerrangement 10 make tn
- raid They Immediately arrested tn
- five negroes found in the house an
81 began a systematic search Of the prem
- lses. Two opium pipes. both so no
:, that they burned the Anglers, and fou
w or FIVE opium Jars were found hldde
In one OF the rooms, and in anothe
10 room was found the pistol with Whic
ic I[rengel was shot Search for eoeain
N resulted fruitlessly, Wiley and kren
}" gel took Davis into IA room TO hei
p them in the search. while hellaI
= guarded the other four negroes i
H. another room.
+ Krengel took the big Smith & Yves
y son from his pocket and showed
D to Sergeant Wiley saving that he be
le lieved 1t had been stolen from Wat
" kins &c Cottrell, As Wiley took hoi
ID of the revolver and before it had pass
ed from the grasp Of krenEei it wa
e. discharged.
l. on Fiournoy. alias "Pompey,' tn
ir officers found a handsome gold waite
Id belonging 10 Michael ]. Callahan.
as whom II had been presented by en-
"a ploves of the Valentine Meat Jnic
ID company. The watch was enErave
M with MIR Callahans name. and cor
10 tanned an inscription Of esteem,
was stolen from him several week
ago. The detectives characterized I'll
r7aae,a Az one IF tlla Worst 40ii'ts I'll III
: cltv, and believe that If X had nc
been for the accident they would hav
been able 10 md cocaine conceale
on the premises