El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-08
TODEATH
IN HOTEL DIEU
Man Discovered on Porch
Tries to Escape; Thought
to Be Ed J. King.

A man thought TO be Ed J. King,
stranger in Fl Paso. was shot -four
times and killed almost instantly in
Hotel Dieu near midnight Monday by
special deputies V. Hogan and Robert
Mulhern. who were in the building to
guard the room Of z. C. Houghton,
who IS under process as q witness in
the hearing Of William G. Russell.
under complaint for the alleged kill
ing OF Charley Qualey. King, at the
time, was alleged 10 be an intruder in
the building ana was running from
the officers. IL was said
Before the killing Of the alleged in
truder. Mrs.fN. A Mckeemy, q nurse
and a sister were in the kitchen and
heard some one walking on the porch
on the second floor in the rear OF the
building The women were frightened
and Immediately went TO the front OF
the building and informed the depu-
ties Of what had been heard and that
evidently there was some proWler on
the rear porch
Breaks Away From Searehers.
Accompanied by the sister the Of
fcers went TO the porch and took the
man in custody without any trouble
II SO happened that police captain Joe
stowe was a patient at the hospital,
and the deputies brought the man be-
fore The captain
The man was put through a series
of questions and said he had come to
the hospital for treatment. displaying
$40 in currency at the time. Capt
stowe suggested that the deputies
search the man and while they were
doing so. he broke away, running
through the corridor and into a dark
room
Both Deputies Fire Twice.
The officers follow ed him into the
room and, according 10 Mulheru, there
vas enough light in the chamber for
the deputies to see the man as he
emerged from behind q table, with his
hand raised. Both deputies fired
twice, every bullet taking effect, two
OF them entering the upper part OF the
body Another struck a vital organ in
the abdominal regions
Deputy Mulhern then put on a light
and found the man practically dead
The deputy was not sure but he lived
about another minute You've got
me" or words to thar effect are said
TO have been muttered by the man
when the shots were fired
says Came From TT. Worth.
SnerlIr Seth B. Orndor11 and several
city detectives, together with coroner
j. ~ DeaYer, were soon on the scene
After investigation, the sheriff found
: d -
gelus hotel early the same evening
some underclOthiug in his room cor
responded TO that the man wore at
the time During the investigation by
deputies before the intruder broke
and ran he had said he came from
Fort Worth tOEl Paso, via san An
tonic, arriving Monday evening He
was well dressed and about IS years
Of age
The body was turned over TO Nc
Bean, simmons q Hartford. and Tues
DAY morning coroner J. ". Deave-
continued his investigation
Police Captain Reports.
Captain OF police S. H. Veater on
said:
AT 1920 we received a call from
the Hotel Dieu. and officers Starhasn
and Robey answered the call. When
they arrived, they found q man killed
by Bob Mulhern and Y. Hogan. depu-
ties of the sheriff.
Some Of the nurses had noticed q
man tampering with an outside win
dow, and called the officers. They
went out, found the man. placed him
under arrest and brought him 10 the
room Of Joe Stowe While searching
llm, the man struck Hogan. knocking
him down. and ran The officers
chased him into another room on the
same floor, had some trouble with
him, and shot him three times.
Arrest Deputy Sheriffs.
-Oftlcers Statham and Robey ar
rested the deputy sheriffs and took
charge Of the body. Judge J. II. Dea-
yer was called as coroner. the body
then being sent TO the Mclean. Sim /
mons & Hartford Undertaking COM .
1auy.
Il find there was a man By the F.
name of Ed j. King. who registered .
40 the AuEelus At . o'clock in the .
afternoon The label on the grip was .
marked Portland, Ore, the clothes N !
the grip being of exactly the same +.
mark and class as those OF the man I
who was killed. I had fiuEerprints f
IF the dead man taken and sent 10 .
Fort LeavenwOrth"
Body Is Unidentified.
The body of the man had not been /
Identified up 70 the noon hour Tues
lay, IL was said al the office OF the +
On the other hand. it /
was reported from the Angelus hotel T
hat AR King had not yet returned +
% his room.