Evening star., 1920-01-18
ROBBER IN FLIGHT |
Stays POLICEMAN |
OSCAR M'K|MM|E|
Man Who Rushes From,
Home of Mrs. SoIet, 1916
10th Street, Shoots. !
!OFFICER HAD RESPONDED
CRIES OF THE WOMAN
Dies on Way to Hospital-Slayer,
Who Escaped, Believed to
Be Colored.

Be Colored.
In attempting to arrest a fleeing
burglar. believed to be colored. who
had been frightened from a residence.
Policeman Oscar A. McKimmie Of the
second precinct was shot and almost
glar. The catching Of his revolver on
his holster possibly caused the death
of the officer, as he was unable to
draw the weapon. He died while being
removed to Garfield Hospital. The
slayer escaped.
Cries of Mrs. Solomon Solet of 1916
10th street of murder, help and bur
glars, from her second-story window,
in whose home she had discovered the
man. attracted the officer. who was
walking south on 10th street from o
street. AS the officer approached the
house the man ran out. Officer Nc
kimmie attempted to draw his re-
volver from the holster. but it caught.
Bullet Enters Near Heart.
one of two shots fired by him. entered
the left chest of the policeman in the
region of the heart. He fell to the ice
covered sidewalk. e
'He was unconscious and gaspfng
for BREATH" remarked a resident OF
=
sistance, and he was dead when he
reached Garfield Hospital.
About thirty minutes before tho
murder was committed. Ellis Solet.
ten years old. met a colored man In
the vestibule Of his home and asked
why he was there.
rs this 1913 10th street," the col
ored man asked.
No" the boy told him. Its 1916
10th street"
They told me it was 1873" the in
truder added. "and that's the number
was looking for
Ellis entered the house and gave no
further thought to the incident until
the armed burglar was discovered In
the house. Mrs. Solet later went
from the first to the second floor OF
the house, first visiting the bathroom
where her daughter Hannah, twelve
years old. had preceded her.
t Discovers the Intruder.
She heard no noise as she ascendsd
the stairway and entered the bath
room. although the burglar is be-
lieved to have been hiding in a room
near there. Entering the front room.
Mrs. Solet discovered the disappear
ance of articles of jewelry, and when
she made a sudden outcry she saw the
hand of a man thrust through the
Ea rrow opening of a door and displaying
a pistol.
Hannah also saw the weapon ana
was quick to act. She ran to the door
and closed it, forcing the armed man
to withdraw his hand. Her mother
ran to the window and shouted fran
tically for help. while the burglar ran
down the front steps and left the
house.
1t happened that McKimmie, alone.
heard Mrs Solet's cries for help and
started toward the house to render
assistance. What was said by the
policeman or fleeing burglar 10 not
known, persons on the street saying
they heard no conversations in which
they engaged. They did witness the
shooting, however. and also saw the
man disappear in the alley.
A passing automobile was stopped
and its occupants took charge OF the
dying policeman, several nearby resi-
dents assisting. They went to Gar
field Hospital, where he was pro.
nounced dead. His body was placed
in the hospital morgue.
Search for Slayer.
Capt. Peck and Lieut.. Bremerman Of
the second precinct, Detectives F7aher-
ty and Morgan and policemen Of the
second precinct were at the scene OF
spond to telephone messages telling Of
the shooting. Search for the slayer was
quickly instituted.
Lieut.. Guy z. Burlingame. night chief
of detectives, summoned an additional
number of detectives and gave direc-
tions that they do all in their power
to accomplish the capture of the slayer.
Persons who saw him said he had brown
skin; that he was about twenty-6fx
years old, wore dark clothing covered
by a long overcoat and wore a brown
ish cap.
Mrs. Ada Woodson, 1880 10th street.
was one Of the several persons who
the shooting. Several other
persons who witnessed the shooting
Or saw the slayer running from the
scene told the police he was colored.
One person said he probably was an
italian.
Causes Much Excitement.
Much excitement was caused reEi-
tents Of the 1900 block on 10th street
oy the Shooting, and several of them
insisted that their homes be searched
for fear the slayer was in hiding in
them.
said one lady. Il saw the shooting
Ind told you about it, and he may
come to my house"
Policemen accompanied her home,
assured her that the slayer mad left
the neighborhood and promised to
keep watch over her home during
re night
"Three white men ran from the
lreaway of my home" another lady
She had not witnessed the
she stated, and the police
old her the men probably had be-
.ome frightened when they heard re-
,orts of the shots and sought safety
n the areaway.
An examination of the body of the
lead policeman disclosed that McKim-
ME had removed the glove from his
light hand. probably in preparation
or using his revolver. He did not
ucceed in getting the weapon all the
way out of the holster before the
piercing sting of the slayer's bullet
aused him to fall to the street
Messages were sent from police
and the second precinct
'olice station directing the police Of
he Several precincts to search for
he slayer. The police authorities Of
learby counties and cities also were
lotified.
The deceased, who was a native OF
he Brightwood section Of the Dis
rict, was twenty-seven years old. He,
,esided at III Jefferson street.
5rightwood Park, with his wife and
hree children. He had been a mem-
Der of the force the past three years
Two brothers, William H. McKim-
ME and J. NJ. A. McKimmie, also
'erved as members of the force. The
ormer entered the Army during the
war and lost his life in France. j.
u. A. McKimmie resigned from the
'orce to engage in business.
Mrs. McKimmie Is i'll at her homes
md was not informed OF her hus-