Arizona republican., 1918-08-04
SHOOTS MAN AND WITH REVOLVER HOLDS CROWD AT
 BAY HALF HOUR
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pistol. Justice Charles D. Wheeler left the curb and approached him.
 Come. old fellow" he said. don't make fool of yourself with the gun: come into my office and you'll be protected.
 "Ill have my trial right here in the street" declared Van Ritter.
 The justice approached a little near CT until he was within ten feet of him. Constable Haze Burch keeping at the elbow of the justice with his rand on ms cvn automatic prepared to act inc instant he detected an intention of Nan Ritter 10 shoot.
 | OF d time Van Ritter was disposed 10 surrender, but he said he would keep his gun. He said he would like to sec the man he had shot. AM right, |" said the justice. "l'll take you to him." Suddenly the demeanor of Van Rit- Ter changed; he laid the pistol across his arm, his finger again playing with the trigger The justice looked in,o the open barrel and he believed that ms hour had come. Burch mentally said good nisht,' and wondered whether ne could be quick enough to beat Van Ritter To it.
 Leaps Upon Him.
 Deputy Sheriff Driskill also was urg- ing Van Ritter 10 give up. q will" said Van Ritter and will go with you into the office if they will give me back my contract and S750'
 Both Driskill and Justice Wheeler then noticed Police Officer E. F. Grove and Sheriff Wilky stealthily approach Ing rom behind Van Ritter and they continued to attract the attention of me man whose rapidly changing moods had Kept them guessing as to his next move. Suddenly Grove leaped upon Van Ritter seizing his arm and fore Ing the gun down. At the same in Stant Sheriff Wilky seized his left arm and al the same instant Burch was upon him with Chief Brisbois and Deputy Driskill.
 There was still violent struggle, in which the weapon was thrice dis charged into the air Three shary blows with a light automatic in the hands of Burch caused Van Ritter. pistol to fall to the ground. Those were not the only blows aimed at Var Ritter's head One of them was super. imposed upon the forefinger of Burch': right hand crushing it.
 Asks To Be Killed.
 Why didn't you kill me-" asked Van Ritter when he was under control That question had been asked by many in the crowd within the previous ter minutes. There was one very gooC reason. A shot could hardly have beer fired at him without hitting some ii the crowd.
 half hour after the shooting, MT Noolf was taken to the Sisters hospit al where early in the afternoon al operation was performed. It was a tirst feared that the ball had strucl the spinal column. But after he ha( been at the hospital a short time tn flush returned to his face, which hat been ghastly pale, and he seemed t recover a slight use of himself. Later after the operation, the physicians sai that. but for blood poisoning, he stoo good chance of recovery.
 Dr. Orville H. Brown. who with Dl F.. Payne Palmer conducted the oper ation. said early last night that h was hopeful of the condition of Nil Woolf. The bullet had passed througl the intestines twice. It had struc the bony part of the spinal column but had evidently not injured tn nerve. It had missed the kidneys an. spleen.
 WooIf Has Chance for Life.
 Judge Wheeler called at the hospita at 10 o'clock last night, when it wa announced that MT. Woolf had a littl less than an even chance for recovery Judge Wheeler said that Woolf wa suffering great pain when he saw him but was conscious and able to tai somewhat.
 Mrs. Woolf some time ago went t Payson, and soon after the shooting former Sheriff Jeff Adams, unde whom MT. Woolf had served as under sheriff, started after her, expecting t return some time last night.
 After Van Ritter had been taken t jail he grew more tractable. He tol the officers that but for the manner i which he had been overcome he woul have got at least five of them. H might have done even more than tha for there were ten cartridges in hi gun. He had fired two of them in tn office of the Harmon Motor compan. but after he had run into the street h cooly took two more from his trouser pocket and put them into the magazin,
 His only request after he was locke up was that his father. F. A. Van Kit