Evening star., 1914-03-01
HO[D-UPS SHOOT
DEFIANT TAILOR
Louis PerIman, Possibly Fatal
Iy Wounded in Fourteenth
Street Shop.
MASKED MEN DEMAND
MONEY WITH OATHS
Bullet Follows Show of Resistance
by Victim-Assailants Not
Yet Captured.

Louis Perlman, proprietor Of tailor
ing establishment at 14th street and
Rhode Island avenue northwest was
shot and possibly fatally wounded by
one of the two masked robbers who en-
tered the shop about o'clock last
night and endeavored to hold up the
proprietor. Mr. Perlman was removed
to Emergency Hospital, where DR..
Harry Lewis. superintendent. stated
late last night that it was impossible
to determine the condition Of the wound
ed man. The two would-be robbers
made their escape, and up to a late
hour last night the police had not To-
Gated them.
Mr.. Perlman was alone in the rear
room of his establishment when the
two hold-up men entered. As he came
forward, he told the police. he noticed
the masks the young white men wore
over their faces. Before he could make
a move, however, the men ordered him
to throw up his hands and turn over
his money. the command being accom-
panied with a string of oaths.
Perlman refused to comply with the
demand and started toward the intrud-
ers One of the two fired at him. the
bullet striking Perlman in the chest
Tries to Seize Gunman.
The wounded man did not stop when he
felt the impact of the bullet, however,
but kept on toward the two, who turned
and ran from the place. Perlman fol-
lowed his assailants to the door, trying
to seize the man who fired the shot. He
failed in the effort, and, becoming weak
from the profuse flow of blood from his
h1lk k1I
calling for help, walked to the rear of
the shop and sat down at his desk Here
he was found by neighbors who were at
tracted by his calls for assistance.
Policeman Waite of the second pre-
cinct was one of the first to reach the
wounded man, who was able to give a
fair description of the two would-be rob-
bers. Other friends of Mr.. Perlman
hurried to his aid. and a call was sent to
police headquarters, where the members
Of the detective force were at roll call
Detectives Mullen, OBrien. Stringfel-
low, Boyle, Springmann and Barbee hur-
ried to the scene of the shooting and took
up the trail
Revolver Is Found.
The detectives learned that. the two
men. after leaving the tailoring shop, ran
east on Rhode Island avenue to an alley
half way down the block and that they
turned into this alley. which runs in the
rear of 14th street business houses. Here
the trail of the two men disappeared. The
detectives, however, found the weapon
which, it is believed, was used by the
man who did the shooting. 1t was 80
caliber revolver of the British bulldog
type The weapon was an old one, though
the chambers were filled with new car
tridges. Only one Of the cartridges had
been exploded, though two others bore
the marks of the firing pin, and it is be-
,nv nj Of " r1vr1o IN
snapped the weapon at his victim twice
before actually firing the shot that struck
the tailor.
The detectives also found a weapon
club, to which was attached strap
handle 1t is believed the two men
dropped these weapons in their flight
through the alley.
Wound May Prove Fatal.
AT Emergency hospital last night it
was stated the bullet which struck Mr..
Perlman entered the left side o. his
chest, either passing entirely through the
chest and out near the left shoulder blade,
or that it was DETECTED by rib, passing
around the mans body and out under
the shoulder. Mr.. Perlman was so weak
ened by the loss Of blood and in such
condition from shock and exhaustion
last night that thorough examination
of the wound could not be made. DR..
Lewis stated, however, that should it
prove that the bullet passed through Mr..
Perimans chest instead of around the
body the wound probably would prove
fatal.
Abraham Miller 1926 14th street north
west, a friend of the wounded man, said
last night that he had passed the tall
oring shop only few minutes before the
shooting, and that he saw no one in the
place.
..J uoo II, tho harher shop next door"
said Mr.. Miller, when the shooting oc-
Cured, but l heard no shot. though only
a thin wall separates the tailoring shop
from the barber shop
Helps Stop Flow Of Blood.
George M. Fisher of 1915 14th street.
and R. w. Pearson Of the Morton apart
ments were other friends of Mr.. Perlman
who responded to his calls for help and
who aided in stanching the flow of blood
from his wound until the ambulance
from Emergency Hospital arrived.
1t was learned last night that sus-
picious appearing persons have been
noticed about Mr.. Per1man's place Of
Deuterman of $50 u street northwest
told the police last night that he saw
a young man, pporly dressed, on 18th
street opposite the tailoring shop yes
terday afternoon. Ine man appeared to
be about twenty years old, Mr.. Deuter-
man said, and asked the latter for
money to buy food. Deuterman said he
gave the young man dime. which the
fellow pocketed. The young man, said
Mr. DeuteTman, was apparently much
interested in the tailoring shop. and
continued looking across the street all
the while he talked with Deuterman.
About SIS Years Old.
Mr. Perlman is about fifty-five years
old. and for seven years has occupied
a room at the home of DIR. James Nor
gan Barber, 91S e street northwest Dr.
Barber, as soon as he learned that his
roomer had been wounded, hurried to
the hospital to offer any Assistance or