Evening journal., 1913-10-04
Wigqin5 Inquest May Lead To Police Probe

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Virgins was lefthanded which made
It more certain he roDDed the car
barn as Councill had declared the
robber was lefthanded.
Tho chief said he found out about
the stranger coming TO the house and
he told Captain Evans about it, tell
ing him to cover the house and let
him know Immediately II anything
turned up. On Sunday. the chief de-
lclarcd. he knew that Virgins was in
town. At O'Clock that morning two
young men were seen to enter the
home OF Virgins mother. and DC
lieving one of them might be Virgins
the chief ordered the house to be
covered and he was to be notified inn
mediately by telephone II they found
him there, after which he would take
icharge and capture him. He waited
until 1870 o'clock Sunday night for
such q phone message, but receiving
none he went to bed.
At ten minutes of twelve Chief
Black said he was awakened by A
phone call II was Sergeant Schell
calling him Schell lives at No. 14O6
West Sixth street, and he called TO
ask the chief If he had heard from
/ Wardlo. who had charge of watching
the Virgins home.
Ordered Shooting STONED.
II replied that had not" said the
chief, land he said IT looks to me
like trouble. They arc shooting in
the neighborhood of Virgins home.
got up and dressed and, shortly
afterward received word from the
operator at the station that the po-
lice had a man i'm a room at Fourth
and Shipley and that officer Scott had
been shot I ordered the patrol sent
out, and on the way in 7 picked up
Wardle at Lincoln street and Schell
ar Sixth street We arrived at the
police station at 90 minutes after 70.
and went down Fifth street TO Ship
ley. 7 heard the shooting and went
TO the fourth floor of the building
across from Virgins and saw Ser
geant Lyons and officer Ward. One
OF them had a gun. / walked between
them and said: Don't fire any more
shots. Stop shooting. it's not doing
any good The gun then accidentally
went off. making a hole in the floor
It was the last shot fired. 7 went ia
tho third floor and stopped Evans and
then went over to the other building
When ! got there they were lust
bringing Virgins body out. It was
placed in the patrol and carried ia
the garage at the police station. and
/ 7 put my head down and listened to
his heart"
The chief said the bandit was still
living. but his heart had just about
ceased. He did not think he had been
shot very long. as the body was
warm.
'If you had been there, chief
would you have given orders TO shoot
Virgins without asking him to sur
render?" asked Mr.. Carter. Would
you ordered them to try TO kill him
without trying to capture him?"
II would have no reason FOR giving
such an order" replied the chief.
Would Have Been Different.
"If you had been there when the
fight started would Il have been the
way you would have conducted it?'
mo. entirely different If I had re-
ftlNfN the lNlollOdllpll Altl WdN ktl
from me, the room would have beer
covered and the man captured. anC
he wouldn't have been killed. either
The room is located so that mel
! could have been stationed in the ad
, joining room and reached out ant
took him by the neck as he left hi
room"
"ln other words. it wasn't the wa,
, you would have handled it, aske'
, Mr.. Carter
NO
The chief said he was satisfied Wig
gins committed suicide. lie later 20
the note LETT by Wiggins and postcar
sent 10 friend here by the dead out
law and allowed the jurors to compar
the handwriting.
"ln your opinion could the man hay
, been comered in the room until You r'
crutcd the entire police force to &c
=, himg" alr Carter continued.
certainly; there was no way Il
could get out without jumping out &
the window and killing himself"
q rs it customary when you 90 to e
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