The Alaska daily empire., 1920-03-10
HOOVER AND WOOD ARE FAVORITES
NICK DEMORUTES, SHOOTS SEVEN
 PERSONS ON ADMIRAL EVANS; NONE
 SERIOUSLY HURT; WAS MINER AND RETURNING TO HIS NATIVE GREECE

KETCHIKAN March 1O-Nick Demmar a Greek about 42 years of amuk aboard the Steamship Admiral Evans shortly before o'clock night off Zarembo Island firing eight shots into the smoking and woundng whom dangerously hurt Two of those hit suffered wounds in the head and third shot in the o ich Demmar immediately after the shooting is believed to have jumped overboard While he not to jump board he has not been though the vessel carefully searched and close watch kept of the ship sp
 THE INJURED =
 A. LARSON-Juneau passenger who is carrying bullet in the leg above the knee; 4 ,Ee-
 ANTON LENGOR-Shps barber 15l8 Nineteenth Ave nue, Seattle; severe scalp wound @r
 BUTLER-Passenger, scalp wound sssSN
 L. LARSON-Juneau passenger scalp wound :sA
 L. B. DRURY-Ships purser leg slightly burned by bull
 SAM BAKER-Traveing salesman representing Western Dry Goods Company flesh wound in stomach
 R. SINCLAIR-Passenger, slightly wounded on elbow.
 ATTACK WAS SURPRISE
 The Evans left Petersburg shortly after o'clock in the afternoon few minutes before o'clock number of pas sengers of the officers of the ship sitting in the smoking Without warning shot fired from the deck outside the smoking the starboard side of the vessel pierced the window the hitting Lengor the ships barber in the of the The others the smoking jumped their seats and started toward the w0undd man. before they could reach him barrage raned upon them from the deck Eight bullets fired and seven of them scored hits. @l
 All of those the smoking dropped the floor sought shelter in the barber quarters adjoining the smoking s
 The attack a moment, however, and from the the bullets evident that Demmer rushing toward the stern of the He terward though search of the ship by Capt M Jensen and the instituted immediately well by Deputy United States Marshal Walter Sharpe As the yes e reached Kechkan Sharpe searched the vessel from stem stern but failed to locate Dmmar
 NO CAUSE FOR TRAGEDY
 What caused Demmar to amuck is not known. It was thought that he left Juneau with approximately $OOO in cash and Liberty bonds to the extent of $1000 It has been sug gesed that he might have been fleeced in gambling game but far could be learned from who was travelling in the stateroom, he seemed to have worries.
 Demmar worked at Juneau for number of years at the mines and restaurants He on his way back to hs ola home in Greece at the time of the shooting.
 prevent any chance for Demmar to if should still be board the vessel and ave watch was kept all night his saeroom and today guards watched to that he did the ship This precauon taken despite the circumstance that indication is that he jumped overheard.
 BUTTON SAVED BAKER
 Sam Baker the fact that he not more seroiusy hurt button underclothing The bullet struck the button broke in two, and burned the flesh slightly 4s
 believed that it due to the fact that the bullets all through thick glass windows that those hit not instantly killed
 The shooting was done with 32-cabre Colts automatic revolver ,
 Nick Dcmmar called M name blow the aW explosion while he in bulldosins That work Peseverancs and his a dshwasher Gastineau ~ pemorutes had a wife residing at Kimi Greece.
 Demoues called H. Faulkner attorney for the Alaska Gas n that shs pay his fars back to the fellow acted queer but that he paid special
 Demorutes believed s % a ,n s hS n G hn s @ % s and they roommae They were both on the wsy Greece
 of those who participated in boxing bout
 Sam Baker of contingent of travelling salesmen st<f