East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-12-19
big Jack" COIOred, is Shot
Through Leg by William
Rogers Who Attempts to
Rob UmatiIIa Club.
WOULD Be THUG ARRESTED
Man Later Escapes But Is caught at
EchO This MOTning-Had Only
Been in PcndletOn for q Few
Weeks,

While attempting TO hold up the
Umatilla Club, maintained by coll
ored mems association In the old X.
p. building, early this morning, Will
liam r. Rogers, negro who came
here a few weeks ago from Salem,
shot big Jack" Jackson, another To-
cal colored man, through the leg
Jackson frustrated Rogers plays by
graphing with him and It was dur
ing the scuffle that the shot was fir
ed. according to witnesses.
Rogers made his escape last even
ing after being placed under arrest,
but his liberty was short lived. He
was apprehended this morning al
Echo and win be brought back here
to face charges.
According to the story told by 9th.
er colored men who were present
Rogers had been playing cards with
them during the night and, following
quarrel, produced a revolver and.
pointing 1t at Miles, keeper OF the
club. commanded him TO cough up"
Some of the men thought he was jok-
ing at first but when he threatened to-
shoot, they saw he was In earnest. 1t
was then that Jackson grappled with
him. Two shots are said TO have been
fired. one taking effect in Jackson's
left thigh. The bullet passed entire
ly through the fleshy part OF the leg
without touching the bone.
Rogers was disarmed and the col
ored men claim they were holding
him for the police when, when they
we're giving temporary relief to the
wounded man. he umped from a
second story window and escaped.
In the meantime people in the Ho-
tcl Pendleton, diagonally across the
street. had got In communication
with Night officer Lou Rayburn. As
payburn hurried to the scene and
while still la block away he saw Rog-
ers leap from the window. He over
took him and placed him under ar.
rest With his prisoner In tow the
officer went into the club and. when
the reports Of the fracas conflicted, he
took all four OF the colored men, In
cludng Rogers, to the city Jail. Ae
he unlocked the Jail door, Rogers slip
ped into the city hall corridor and
fled into the street. Rayburn could
not follow until he had put the other
men in and by that time the other
had disappeared
Officers Rayburn and Nash ami
Sheriff Taylor kept up the search
until this morning when they be-
came satisfied that he had caught a
freight train to Echo. They telephon-
cd to Marshal Warnock who met the
train and took the negro off. They
had previously learned that he had
visited his room in the Golden Rule
hotel after his escape from Rayburn
and had changed his clothes.
Rogers had been employed as boot.
black at the Golden Rule for tho
past two weeks but was discharged
yesterday by Manager Ferguson when
It was reported that he had produced
gun and flashed It before a woman
on the stairs Of the hotel. on several
other occasions he is said to have ex-
hibited revolver Some Of the col |
ored men declare he is a "hophead." |
He walkss lightly lame. having one
wooden foot.
jackson has been about Pendleton |
for some time, having been employed
as raker by the Warren Construc'
tion Co. Lately he has been janitor
at the Alta theater and has been do |
ing odd jobs about town, His wound
Is not considered serious.