Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-19
CHICAGO CAFE
MANAGER SHOT
BY IRATE DINER
Assault Follows Quar-
rel Over Change
Man Flees.

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Summers, manager of st. James
grill. on the top floor of the Ma
jestic hotel, is lying in a dangerous
condition at ST. Luke's hospital as
the result of a shooting affray in
the restaurant last night.
Summers was shot by a guest
during an argument over a bill.
The restaurant manager was shot
over the heart, received another
bullet in the left leg. and a third
grazed his right thumb.
The identity of the man who
fired the shots was not learned by
the police, other than that he was
known as Doc" His name was
variously given by the grill wait
ers as Russo, Roscoe, and Ros-
carlo. They stated he was a fire.
quenter of the place and was well
known to Mr.. Summers
Assailant Escapes.
The man who fired the three
shots at Summers ran to the ele-
vator Immediately after the grill
manager dropped to the rioor. He
placed his revolver against the
stomach of Dennis Oliver. an ele-
vator boy, with the remark:
This car goes clear to the first
floor without any stops"
Oliver obeyed the order. When
the man reached the hotel Office
floor he dashed out the door to
Quincy street and disappeared.
Lieutenant Garrick of the First
precinct took charge of the investi-
cation. He arrived on the scene
Immediately after an ambulance
had started for the hospital with
Summers.
Quarrel Over Change.
The police lieutenant questioned
the walters and Miss Katherine
Egan, a checker, who was near
the manager when the shots were
fired. He learned that The guest
known as Doc" had come to the
grill about Sis o'clock with
woman in black. Her age was
given as near so. She wore a we'd
ding ring and was handsomely
clothed. The grill attaches said
she had not been seen there be-
fore. When the man and woman
had finished dinner the man hand
Ell Alfred Collins, a waiter, a bill
to pay his check, amounting to SO.
Collins brought back 50.
Il gave you a $40 BILL" the guest
said.
You gave me a IS BILL" Collins
replied.
There was short dispute and
the man and woman left. A few
minutes later the man returned
alone and sought Summers at his
desk near the door to the service
room on the south side of the grill
room.
Girls Story of Shooting.
Miss Egan. who was only few
feet away, told this story of the
dispute which led to the shooting:
The man they call Doc said he
had come back to get the 81 owing
to him. Mr.. Summers said:
Now, Doc, don't get excited.
You have been drinking You come
back tomorrow, then well fix it all
up satisfactorily. No one wants to
beat you out of any money
1 won't come back | won't be
IoDDeu. l want that money now
the man said. Give me that money
or I'll show you
THE next thing knew Mr..
Summers had jumped up and the
man had a revolver in mis- hand.
Mr.. Summers grappled and tried
to grab it. There was a shot and |
guess that was the bullet that
grazed his thumb, and Mr.. Sum
mers let loose of the gun. There
were two more shots.
"One of the bullets entered Just
over the heart of Mr.. Summers, the
other hit his leg. I ducked back
into my corner behind the door
when the shooting started. and
didn't see anything moro until the
man ran out and DR. C. Pruyn
Stringfield. house physician, came
and leaned over Mr.. Summers"
The police got little information
0ut of the walters. Three of them
-old of being either in the kitchen
Or at the service bar and of hear
ng bullet .whiz by their heads,
but none would admit seeing the
revolver.