The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-02-09
BANDIT SHOT BY
POLICEMAN Is
CLOSE TO DEATH
Willett Eastwood. Paralyzed by
Bullet Wound Through Right
Lung, Has No Chance
CAUGHT WITH BROTHER
BURGLARIZING STORE
Pair Believed Responsible for
Many Jobs-Much Loot
Found i'm Home

Mounted Patrolman Edward Corbett
shot and fatally wounded Willett
Eastwood, or No. 2S6 Second-ave., Sat.
urday night, when he walked into
Weinert's butcher shop at No. 2405
Woodward-ave.. trailing two suspect.
ed auto bandirs, and found Willett and
l.ehoy Eastwood. brothers, in the
darkened snop. The fact that Cor.
bett is left-hanGed, and that Willett
ana LeRoy Eastwood had disagreed
as To whether TO shoot any officer
who Intercepted them. on sight. or
hrst order him 20 hold up his hands
saved Corbett's life.
The officer held his revolver. nm.
noticed, In his left hand. az he enter
Ell the shop. flashing a light with his
right hand.
Throw up your hands," came the
command from one OF the bandits as
Corbetts light fell on the pair bur
glarizing the shop. Corbett fired, and
Wlllett Eastwod fell. The officer COW
cred Leroy Eastwood with his re-
volver.
Il told you not to try it." said Lee
Roy. explaining, later, that he meant
not to try and stick up" the officer.
but 10 shoot.
Willett was shot through the right
lung. and is paralyzed. He has no
chance for recovery, the authorities
of Grace hospital say.
Corbett backed Leroy Eastwood
out OF the shop, and stood him up
against telephone pole, asking two
oil ,xst. LoI a.
guard him, while he went after the
wounded man. They refused TO take
the risk. unless given the officers
gun. Just then Patrolman Mitchell, of
Bethune station. ran up, and the two
officers tied Leroy 10 the post, and
then went In and took care OF the
wounded burglar.
Corbett Is receiving warm congratu-
lations for his alertness and good
judgment Police are satisfied that
his prisoners are the pair that held
up two butcher shops in wild west
style, shortly before they were cap
tured. and they are also alleged TO
have committed many burglaries,
plumber from which was found In
their possession.
William s. Harrington. OF No. GIL
Michigan-aye.. was arrested. Sunday.
as a friend OF the two alleged bandits.
and he admitted that with them he
had participated In the theft OF gum
machines here
He was paroled by Justice Carney.
Jan. .. for that job. He also told the
officers that he was with the East
wood boys when they had burglarized
j. Rauch 4 Sons store in Plymouth.
Much plumber from that job was
found at No. 1886 Trumbull-ave., main.
tanned by Willett Eastwood.
Officers also found plumber from
Edward Hoeninghausen' barber shop
No. 10 Clairmount-ave.: NJ. J.
Clagetts grocery. No. 2033 Wood
ward-ave.. and j. Calvert & Sons coal
yard
Saturday night. two bandits, driven
to the scenes uf their robberies by n
third man, in an auto stolen from ].
r. Bates, of No. 752 Second-ave., per
petrated two particularly bold hold
ops.
Victor Miller. butcher. at No. 1401
Mt Elliott-ave.. has positively identi-
fed Leroy Eastwood as one OF the
pair who held revolvers TO his head
as they entered his store. and fred
10 shots as he "ducked" behind
counter.
Miller's clerk, named Waskewski.
also was shot at and he left In
hurry, but he. too, identified Leroy.
The bandits took 1910 from the reg
istcr. leaped into the auto In which q
third man sat and sped away. That
was at 1890 o'clock. Less than an
hour later. the same car drew up in
front of Joseph Kozicki's shop, No.
$50 Milwaukee-ave. east. and the
bandirs, amidst rain OF bullets, that
sent the occupants OF the shop sour
rying, took S63 from the cash register