The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-06-04
PRINCETON NIGHTWATCH KILL
ED.
Nightwatch Cisco Discovered Bur-
glars in a Store, and They Rid
died Him with Bullets Last
Wednesday Night.

AldlS L1 ~ oVOIOs tSAAu AIlCy ASAUs
died Him with Bullets Last
Wednesday Night.
Night Policeman Henry P. Cisco,
former city marshal and for long,
| time a brave and faithful official in
Princeton, was shot by a band of
robbers on Wednesday night of last
week, receiving wounds from which
! he died at 2:30 Thursday afternoon.
| The robbers, with their arms full of
loot, were just ready to leave Cas-
teels store. The officers flashlight
thrown through the glass door of the
basement revealed a man crouching
| near the floor. The officer started
to break the glass to attack him
when he was answered by fusillade
of shots from revolvers in the hands
of this man and others hidden in the
dark.
His body was riddled with bullets.
He was shot through both arms and
legs and several times In the body.
1t was a cold-blooded deed, the rob-
bers shooting him as he ran away,
and even as he fell to the sidewalk
They evidently intended to kill him
on the spot, for fear that he had
recognized one of their number. pa
The robbers dropped their loot
when the shooting began and did not
regain it. While the officer dragged
himself to the corner of the block
and up the street to get aid, the
blood flowing from almost dozen
wounds, the robbers smashed glass
out of back door and escaped. They
| left we'll defined tracks in the mud
dy streets for possibly hundred
yards, as they ran
Several people living near the pub
lie square heard the shots and
breaking glass. First was clatter
of shots, fired so fast that none
could count them. This was follow
ed quickly by crash of glass, and
then few more shots. Many thought
there was a fire in some of the busi-
ness houses and fastened to the
square They found the fatally
wounded officer lying on the walk at
the northeast corner of the square,
and he could give little information
that would aid in the search for his
assailants.
Mr.. Cisco had eight or eleven
wounds in his body. From the nature.
of the wounds the physicians could
not tell exactly the number. One bul-
let passed through his right leg just
above the knee. One pierced the left
leg near the hip. Two bullets passed
through his left arm, one just above
the wrist and the other near the
shoulder Joint. The lower one broke
the bones of his arm. Another bullet
passed through his right arm. One.
bullet struck in the abdomen fr0na
the front. Two others struck on the
left side near the heart, and passed
through. 1t was the wound in the abb
domen that caused the physicians
the most worry There were eleven
holes in the intestines.
The shooting occurred in the rear
of Casteel Brothers department store.
After being shot he started to run
and cried for help. He went but q
few steps when his strength failed
him and he fell on the walk. In .
moment he regained his feet, and go
ing north to the street corner, went
up Hickland street to the corner OF
A. C. Kelley's drug store. There he
fell in a heap. DR.. Drury and Frank
Harrison, who were in DR.. Drury's
office, were attracted by the shots
and came out just as Mr.. Cisco reach
ed the corner DR.. Boyer and Logan
Horn who were at the Davis livery
barn and they with Sam Drag0O,
heard the shooting and came up as
Mr.. Cisco fell. He was carried into
the store and medical assistance CALI
ed. His wounds were temporarily
dressed and he was taken to his home
in the north part of the city. There
the physician quickly performed an
operation in an effort to save his
life.
Wounded Man Falls.
Mr.. Cisco was seen by Post re-
porter few moments after he was
SHOT. He was perfectly rational and
related the story of the shooting. 1t
was about 1920 o'clock when he
started to make his usual night
rounds to see that the store doors
were properly fastened. He went.
through the street just west of the,
public square to the rear basement
doors of Casteels' store. AS he grasp
ed the latch of the north door, he
threw his fiashlight inside. The light
revealed q man crouched down on
the inside against the door, one arm
full of silks. Almost instantly Cisco
drew his revolver and crashed the
glass in the door. AS he did this the
robber arose, firing point blank at
Cisco not more than two feet away.
The first shot struck him in the ABB
domen. Mr.. Cisco started to move
back, but the shots peppered from
the robbers revolvers like hail, md
each one seemed to take effect. EI4n
as he ran, the robbers continued to
fire upon him, shattering the glass
in the doors and window. Mr.. Cisco
did not fire shot, his first wound put
ting him beyond the power of max
ing any resistance. II could have shot
the man when I first saw him but
did not want to kill him In cold
blood" said Mr.. Cisco.
Mr.. Cisco stated that he saw but
one man, and he was able to give
pretty good description of him. How
ever, evidence indicates that there