Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-27
SHOOTS HOLD-UP MAN
Waiter in Davenport Restaurant Puts
Two Bullets Into Body of Would Be
Robber-Latter Sticks Up" Ten
Men With Gun.

Davenport. Jan. 27-What he in
tended TO be- a hold-up of a brazen
nature. ended disastrously for a man
giving the name of Harry Smith when
he was shot twice by Earl F. Brady
a waiter at the Iowa lunch room, Third
and Perry streets, at Ok o'clock Fri
| day morning.
Smith has made full confession TO
| the police. to whom he surrendered
! Immediately after the shooting. He
| is confined in the county jail under
close surveillance.
Brady, in written statement this
morning, told the police of his con-
| nection with the case. and what
/ prompted him to shoot. He is not be-
| ing held.
The stories told by the two men. and
| by the ten occupants % the Iowa lunch
room who witnessed the shooting. tally
exactly.
At about $40 o'clock smith entered
the lunch room backing in the door as
though expecting someone TO follow
him. He held the door open and stood
peering out into the night.
Brady. who was on duty behind the
counter. came forward with a glass of
water.
When he was within about ten feet
Of the men. Smith wflirled suddenly
with a revolver in his left hand sweep
ing the waiter and the men at the
lunch counter with its muzZle.
Hands up" ne barked. and all OF
the occupants of the lunch room with
the exception of Brady and Frank
Lawler, proprietor Of a pool room
near Second and Brady streets, obeyed
the command. When the stick-up
mans gun came close to Mr.. LAWYERS
head however, his hands went up in
the air
Brady began laughing IN the muzzle
of the gun and backing away. in spite
of repeated warnings that IF he went
another step backward he would be
shot
For fully thirty five feet from where
the hold-up man stood. Brady backed
slowly but steadily. Under the end Of
the counter he had placed his revolver.
a 81 caliber Savage automatic, earlier
in the evening.
As Brady reached the end Of the
tOGHltT. ne st.Sce
his gun and fired three times. One Of
the bullets took effect in the mans
right leg near the thigh, and another
struck his left leg below the knee.
The third and last bullet buried itself
in the floor under the fleeing robbers
feet
Turnout the fracas Smith did not
fire, altho he held in his hand a loaded
80 caliber revolver He made no at
tempt to shoot. and after Brady's first
bullet struck him. he dropped the arm
which held the weapon.
While the waiter had been backing
toward the end of the counter, Smith
had opened the cash register. which
contained over 800. and seized roll
of bills containing over $40. After the
first shot. he dropped the money on
the floor and ran.
Less than five minutes after the
shooting ARRAY, Smith. bleeding from
the two wounds in his legs, aggered
into the police station and gave him
self up to Sergeant Homeyer. He told
an incoherent story OF the fray. and
accompanied by An armed guard OF
patrolmen- was sent to Mercy hos
pital.
After the extent OF his injuries had
been learned. and it was found that he
was not seriously wounded, Smith was
taken to the county Jail where he !s
confined today.
Lieutenant Frank Lew. with De-
tectives Phelan and Estes questioned
him for a short time this morning and
secured full and complete confession.
Smith claims that he has been in
Davenport for two days. and that he
had been staying at the Interurhan
hotel He said he was broke and
out Of work, and gave this as an ex-
cuse for the attempted hold-up.
Earl r. Brady, who thwarted the
stick UP mans plans by his bravery,
has been resident Of Davenport for
ten years. He has seen army service
and is a crack revolver shot.