Evening journal., 1918-07-06
NEGRO killed
BY CITY defective
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He then entered the store, where the
sleuth was hiding, to purchase some
cakes, and when he saw the onloer he
ran through the store.
Finding his egress blocked In the
rear by the members Of the Logue fam
lily, Gaines dashed up the stairs lead
ing to the second door OF the building,
and TO prevent the officer following, he
threw chair at his feet. Detective
Fairchilds fell over this, but regaining
his feet followed the fleeing man TO
bedroom. Gaines reached there first
and bolted the door just as Detective
Fairchilds arrived
While the officer was forcing the
door, the Negro leaped from a second
story window and escaped into Tatnall
street. He darted east on Twenty
Seventh street. Falrchilds, learning OF
the mans escape from the Logue store
started after the fleeing man. The Ne
gro took to the fields at Twenty-sev-
enth and Jessup streets. Detective
Falrchllds leaped aboard a milk truck
operated by Thurston Lowe. The chase
then continued down East Twenty
Fourth street, the officer finding that
the man was gaining, starting to shoot
In the air at the same time calling on
Gaines to halt.
When Gaines reached the end Of the
street where Il runs into the fields, the
automobile with the officer aboard 1t,
was but a short distance away and
as the Negro got out Of sight into the
bushes. Detective Fairchild fired his
revolver again. At that time the Negro
was climbing the side OF a rayine on
the other side Of small ditch. When
the man fell the detective and Mr..
Lowe alighted from the automobile and
started 10 search for the man, whom
they thought was hiding In the thick
bushes in the field. Then It was they
found his body In the bushes. A bullet
had entered his brain.
About this time Thomas Holmes, OF
the N. e. Corner Twenty-fourth and
pine streets, who, with several other
men. were walking across the fields
from the Pennsylvania railroad COM
many shops and who had heard the
shooting. arrived on the scene. They
were surprised TO find the two men
with the corps as they had not seen
anyone previously.
Seeing that he had hit the Negro the
detective sent call to the Phoenix am
bulance and the body was removed TO
the mOrgue.
The officer then hurried to the police |
station and made his report Of the az
fair, remaining there until Sergeant OF
Detectives Green had sworn out a war
rant for his arrest. lie was given
hearing before Magistrate
Gluckman and released. He then hur-
ried to his home. No. 2705 Tatnall
street, where he found his wife under a
physicians care. the shock having
caused her collapse.
Detective Fairchilds was unneryed by
the shooting and while inclined to dis
cuss the matter with newspaper re-
porters. he was forbidden by Sergeant |
Lorenzo King, under orders from Chief |
OF Police Black.
Dr. p. A. NJ. Royitti, county physician. |
performed a postmortem examination |
on the body OF Gaines at the morgue. |
10 was found that the bullet from the |
officers revolver had entered Gaines |
head behind his right ear and had |
ploughed through his brain and lodged I
In the muscles of the scalp in the /
front. shatteriDg the frontal bones. The