Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-12-25

came 10 FREDERICK MOnuay
Afternoon And Turned Over Tt
Local Undertaken.
The body of Clarence S. Wallace ALA.
H. P. Daley, yeggman and murderer o.
Leo M. Creager who was shot and killed
in Santa Barbara, Cal, while resis t.
ing arrest, arrived in Frederick city
Monday, consigned to Casper E. Gin {
undertaken. 1t was taken to the cour
house Tuesday morning at o'clock t.
lie in state until the county commission
ers determine upon its disposal. If M
relatives or friends ask for the remaini
it will be buried in potter's zelda Mont.
evue Hospital.
The body arrived day earlier than II
was expected. The body. which had
been carefully prepared for burial lay in
a black casket containing nickel plate
giving his name. The casket was sent
in heavy OUTER box and the box ar
rived in good condition. He was dressed
in a black suit. smoothly shaver and
wore black bow tie tucked under the
ends of white collar. With the body
came copy of the Santa Barbara Daily
News containing a full account of the
| shooting.
| AS soon as it became known that Wal
lace's body had arrived crowd assem-
bled in front of Mr.. Clne's store. The
rough box was opened on the sidewalk
and the casket was carried inside to a
room in the rear where it was opened.
1t became necessary to station police
man at the door to keep back the crowd.
A certificate of death accompanying the
remains read that the name of the man
was Clarence S. Wallace, 20 years old.
1t stated that coroner's jury had de-
cided that Wallace had been shot three
times in the back while resisting arrest
and died from hemmorhages The jury
exoneratod the detective and police who
did the shooting.
The following account of the shooting
is taken from the Santa Barbara News:
Santa Bar ara, Cali, Dec. l5-Clar-
ence S. Wallace, alias Charles Williams.
wanted in Baltimore, Md, on q charge
of murder, who was shot three times at
! the postoffice by Police Detective w. F.
| Marquette late Saturday afternoon died
Sunday afternoon at 2 Is o'clock at the
Cottage Hospital.
1.-TWO bullets that struck Wallace in
the back and passed completely through
the bowels caused his death. A third
/ bullet, the first fired made flesh wound
across his chest and buried itself in his
/ left arm.
Letters and kilograms gave the local
police to anticipate hard fight with an
armed man, SO that when Officer Mar
quette and Officer Laverty approached
Wallace as he stood at the general de-
livery window at the postoffice Saturda y
afternoon Marquette figured that Wal
lace would surrender if he saw a gun
pointed at him or he would drop under
the first shot
/ "Instead Wallace was close enough to
the officer to strike at his gun, lead with
blow at his head and then break thru
| the excited throngs, which crowded the
postoffice, and among whom Wallace
t for an instant was lost, as all fled in a
panic for the doors wild to escape after
, the officers first shot.
! "The one cool person during the ex-
citing moment was Miss Catherine Hig-
gins, clerk at the general delivery win
dow who never for an instant lost her
presence of mind, and knew exactly the
best move to make from the moment
for mail for H. P. Daley. She had fig
ured out every move. She showed no
undue interest, took from a pigeonhole a
packet of letters. ran through them
hurriedly and at the same time was
pressing buzzer beneath her foot to
warn the officers on the balcony above
that the long waited fugitive had arrived.
"You sure you spell it Daley? she in,
quired, as no letter showed up, I'm just
look and see whether any letter has got
into the Daily place. she said as she
spelled the name. In this way she held
the fugitive before the window unit
Marquette and Laverty were able tc
get from the balcony to the delivery
window, and when Wallace turned to
leave he found himself looking into the
revolver held by Marquette. the officer
touching him on the shoulder and telling
him he was under arrest
1.-THE officers had approached so close to
the fugitive that itgave Wallace chance
blow knocking the revolver from Mar
quette's hand, and in fact the blow die
divert the course of the bullet SO thai
Wallace received but flesh wound across
the chest. and in the instant's confusion
the dash of the fugitive for the dool
took place. How patrons of the post
Office escaped injury is one of the mys
teries. Officer Marquette had difficult.
in getting an obstructed view of the es
Gaping fugitive and had to act quickly
firing when an opening offered, or Wal
lace would have reached the street wher,
it would have been impossible to shoe