The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-05-02

moned to investigate and protect
Here is the story:
At S O'Clock on Sunday evening.
May s. 1900. Policemen John Ship
and Charles Dangier. pacing their
beats. were summoned 10 nearby
street by the report that burglar
was ransacking house. The fam
lily was away from home and neigh
bors had seen a man moving about
in The house.
AS Patrolman Shipp was passin.
around the house the burglar leaned
out of a side window and fired three
shots. each taking effect. One shot
struck Shipp in the neck. sererins
: The iusuIar vein. Another penefrat-
! ed his side just below the ribs. The
third entered the left leg. Shipp
died in TWO minutes
The murderer escaped capture at
the time In front of the house. at
tracted by the shooting were two
men Opening window The burg
lar leaped out. firing al the men TO
brighten them. One of the shots
struck a woman who was passing
At another neishSor. standing on
her porch. the burglar and murder
or pointed his revolver He ran
through lots TO a court Al the back
OF the houses. and was lost 10 view.
The murderer wore a handker-
chief over his face; but in running
he stumbled over wire fence and
fell. dropping the handkerchief 10
se;her with his revolver and cart
ridges.
Patrolman Ship was found lying
on his back with a revolver IN one
hand. his club in the other He had
not fired a shot. A gaping hole in
his neck told the fatal story. He lay
in a pool of blood. The shots We're
fired by the burglar just as Shipp
was passing a pantry window. Ship
staggered few feet. I'm shot.
Charley" he sasped. as he fell 10 the
ground.
The burglar had looted the house
before the arrival of the policemen.
The family returned shortly after
the shooting. II was found he had
taken number of gold rings.
watches etc. and some money.
Mystery surrounded The identity
of the man. In the dusk of the May
evening. and with his face masked
by the handkerchief bound about II.
a clear idea of his appearance II was
not possible TO learn. Some thought
the burglar 4 negro; others werP
equally sure he was white man
Like a scene from Wild West
yellow Back" novel or a moving
picture thriller had been his me-
,eoric entrance and exit. Thick and
fast he had peppered shot from his
revolver At any and everyone who
DISTRACTED his pathway. Literally
shooting his way through. the man
had made his escape.
s day Iater Patrolman Ships
murderer was located by the police
department. and again quiet neigh
borhcod was thrown into pandemo-
mum when rain of fully fifty shots
was exchanged between the officers
and tne criminal. who fighting des-
perateiy. sometimes on his, knees be-
hind trees or fence boards. Guided
the officers and lost himself again.
For some Tine police headquarters
had regarded with suspicion iittlc
house on a corner. Some negroes
lived there Several families 7p-
pearcd 10 call the place home. With
in an hour after Shipp's death. po-
licemen wore stationed 10 watch he
place About noon on the day fol-
lowing the murder. police decided 20
enter The house and push The investi-
cation 10 q finish. While the officers
were ascending one stairway. The
man they sought went out anoiner
way. and entering a house next door
watched for The policemen. As soon
as an officer was visible. the man
opened FIRE on him. Others Joined
their fellow patrolman. Running in
10 a yard and closely pursued by
the policemen, the murderer start
ed over fences and through lots
Policemen pursuing he man
emptied- their reyoIvers after him.
He answered shot for shot. leveiipg
his revolver at women and children
who happened 10 impede his prog
ress.
Returning TO the house on the
corner. officers found n large trunk
fun Of stolen sslverware and other
yaiua ole properly. 4 woman claim
ing 10 be his wife, who helped hiin