The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-05-24
LOADED SHOTGUN
. IS FIRED when
BOY OPENS DOOR
Shields Shop, Picked for Rob-
berry, Is Death Trap,
ACCOMPLICES ARE SOUGHT
Police on Trail Of Friends Who
Left Boy Dying,

Lawrence Hopkins the l6-year- old
Capitol Hi boy who was found lying
al the rear door OF the Emergency hos
pltal this morning dying OF buckshot
wounds, was killed in a burglar trap
while breaking into the Southside Sup
ply company building at Thirty eighth
street and Shields boulevard, believe
police following a report from the sup
ply company manager
NJ. Ebberly, manager OF the supply
company, found the door OF the build.
ing had been opened When he went ia
his office this morning Elderly had
arranged a heavily charged shotgun be-
hind the door, with trigger attached to
the string so that the gun would be dis.
charged when the door was opened.
Accomplces Sought
The gun had been discharged said
| Ebberly. and there were traces OF blood
on the ground Ebberly continued his
investigation but when he saw in an
early edition OF the Times that Hopkins
| had been shot he notified the police.
After a thorough investigation police
we're convinced thu Hopkins had fallen
| NlCtlm 10 tnc trap.
Police are seeking the companions Of
the boy who took HIM TO the hospital
and left him there to die Police Chief
! W. A. Nichols said this afternoon that
he did not believe the shot heard by
persons living near the Hopkins home
in Capitol Hill had any connection with
the killing of the boy
Ms, Jack Willinghsm, neighbor Of
the boys parents. Mr.. and Mrs. +. S
> Hopkins of S04 East Poplar street said
this morning that she and her daugh-
ter were awakened shortly after mid
night by a loud shot near the Santa
Fe railroad tracks.
Women Hear Shots.
She further asserts that the shot was
heard by ali members of her family
and then came the sound OF men'a
voices, loud but so confused that the
listeners could not distinguish the
words. No attention was paid to tho
incident she said until this mornin1
when the news was received that Hop
kins, who went by the nickname
Pete" had been killed The shot also
was heard by Mrs A. L. Imlay, 3jS
| 'rfh'N luz afNhuNr anu MIS-. tdCA
Wheeler, 500 East Wadsworth avenue.
Found at Hospital Door.
According to the statement OF tht
mother this morning her son did no.
come home last night for supper an
the family heard nothing Of him until
7:O this morning when Police Ser
geant Charles Wilkie telephoned b
| 4 TsWts II
Pete that he wanted him TO 70
Street 4 Diapers undertaking parlor.
The identification Of the body was made
by the brother
Unconscious and bleeding from sew
eral wounds in his left groin Hopkins
was picked up by attendants OF the
Emergency hospital early this morning
at the back door. He died al 4 Al
o'clock after living two hours in de-
lirious condition.
Dying Words About Auto.
Nurses and doctors at the hospital
were attracted to the dying boy by 4
brick being thrown through the glass Of
the back door. As they reached him
they saw an automobile drive out into
the street rapidly
, Police were notified and nronp
medical attention given Hop 10
wound presumably was caused by L
shot. An artery had been pierced by IN
OF the shot and though the flow o.
blood was checked by doctors the boy
had been so weakened from loss ol
blood that death soon followed. Several
times before he expired according 10
attendants at the hospital, he mutiered
words about driving a car.
Quick search OF the vicinity OF tho
hospital by the police led TO the findine
OF blood stained automobile by Motor,
= cycle Policeman Jack Thomas in fros
OF 10 East Fourth street. II was taheA
10 the police station and found to beloaR
TO w w Morrison Of Geary. OktS
Morrison told police that the car hs1
been stolen from near the Lee Huckins
hotel early in the night.
Brotnsr Identifies Body.
! Although the body was recognized bS
, policemen as a boy who lived in Capitol
! Hill, it was not identified until several
, hours later when Curtis Hopkins wa
stated following the Identification, tI1al
the boy had been arrested by the police
several times on charges OF petty lsrs
ceny.
Lawrence, according TO the stats.
ment Of the brother, had been q ssvdea1
at the Wheeler school. being . -
Of Mrs. Celene G. Reed in the 49,
grade Besides Curtis and the pafen1S
be is survived by three other bfotheeS
and a sister. Clarence, Virgil. Jsspee
and Lefty Hopkins The father Il 60