Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-12
NEGRO SURROUNDED
BUT MAKES GETAWAY
Policemen Arouse Residents North
of Brandywine With Futile
Fusillade of Shots

Three Policemen cnughi Negro = An
alley oH Iwenty-ffth stfepf. III the reaf ri
Market. last night. aud after enptvlng
thrr guns ~ h,u experienced the rh.Frtu
~ finding The man had cecaled from The
trap
The nclehbore were startled ~ al the
FIRING. and although II waa cold. tnen and
Women raised thor windows and waited
lnr developments Therr were no develap
mrutS a. peak Of The Ncgro ran out aeross
Market street while ihe three officers
were beating the hushea III he raf nf
Hrandywlnc ftrr Company Dnc nelghbor
called from he window And piii he ffai1re
mon upon he right track With lanterns
borrowed ~ fhr fire ha1se lie cops srarcb
-, the lot cast ~ Market street stretching
clear across 10 the l. II 4 W tracks but
the fugitive had made good hIs escape
Patrnlmcn Lewis and Elliott saw the
Negro enter the alley IN y suspicious man
ncr 0nc went around 50 as 10 trap the
fellow. Then the shooting commenced and
The Negro kept going. Somehow be got
both tho oiiccrs IN the dark and rs he
ran INTO The light Of 4 street lump Patrol
man Lewis started shooting 1T him. Neigh
hora counted siN or seven shots ~ all
They were fired very rapidly, some ot
them apparently coming from Elliott
weapon
The officers were soon joined ny Patrol
man Bullock Thinking the Negro had
rIn across Tvcnty-ffth street and hidden
IN the btIshrs behind the engine house
the officers went IN there with search
lights Mrs Frederick Myers, Of 2505
Market street. who was sleeping N the
front room when aroused by the shooting
ran To the window 10 SC = man running
across Market street toward The railroad
Her husband reached the Windows ~
time Ia get a glimpse .. the runner u he
passed between houses 2ao6 and 250N
Market Mr. Myers then went 10 the rear
and shouted tn the policemen IN the bushes
that their man had gone across Market
street
The policemen told Myers the Negro
fell ~ ii wounded III Twenty fifth street.
but gathered himself together again and
ran The man WIS apparently unlnlured
when Mrs Myers saw him burning the
CohhieS IN Market street
The families IN 25O6 and 250s Market
street. also awakened By the shooting
enld they heard a man running through
the alley between their homes The police
men went 10 the engine house and borrowed
lanterns Several hTemen volunteered for
the fnanh,nt and tbt party went oNef
10 the big lot and Wert gone some time.
They returned without their quarry.
Tho COPS we're certain when the
Negro wen, INTO the alley that they 8ere
about 10 land on one Of the fellows Who
have been terrorizng anl rahhing In tie
Ninth ward I'hat some ns ighhorheod
had been ia. scene II several house.
brea6ine dcpredation@ Policemen III PLAN
cioth'4- have been iattohng the streets IL
ia, ward for weeks, especially at night.
III an effort to come ~ eith the sulpIits,
but 10 date uot one ot the rohhers has
fallen into this trap
Mrs Myers s.ad today tins fellow Nafe
cap and that his shoes we're wrapped
IN cloth OF some kind He WaS short aud
stout she Yaid, bat as his back WIS L
her she could giye no better description
The excitement occurred about = %
a ~ T. II Galloway OF III est Twenty
fifth street. arrived home Just atout the
time the shooting began. lie had hardly
undrt sscd when he heard the racket only
i block away kuunlng 10 the front door.
he heard comtnotIon toward Market
street. but went on 10 bed Neiehlor5
for blocks around were aroused by the
ncIse and thinking only OF burglars looked
after their doors. Some spent the remain
der Of the night II fear and trembling