Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-03-14
DETECTIVE SUTTON
ATTACKED BY MAN
HE SHOT TO DEATH
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ton heard sorneone working ms II break
ING n lock. lie then turned on his
ea.htIpbt down the stairs and called
ro, the man he saw there to throw up
bi. hands. informing him that he was "a
,,ol,co officer. with this Bryan jumped
he ck of n show cnse. disappearing from
sdybt Of sutton The latter then hred
ao,yu heecellarwny. Ia the right of the
man this bullet entering the floor at tho
foot nf the stairs where II was Ia he
soon this morning. Bryan, eHidohtly
then frightened. called out That ne
would come up the steps and held his
hands above his hcad
Aa no reached the head Of the stairs.
about the same instant that sutton
turned Off his light. the man grabbed
for sutton according 20 the police re-
mort strlItinK tho detective over the head
with either "A blackjack or "jimmy.
which he was carrying. \ Hcuhie then
| ensiIed and AZ Bryan again tried t"
| atriltc Sutton. tho police officer fired.
| wnunding the man in the leg. i'ryan
again ducled md came bnck once moro
| AT sutton The officer fred again. tha
| aecond bullet striking Bryan. entering
his mouth According to the pole" re
mort sutton saw tho man carrying n
| shiny Instrument and he thought THIS
was revolver Tho shiny inatrum"nt
afterwards proved 10 he Jimmy
about ID inches In l"nHth
After tho third shot had boon nred
. crowd aoon collected Dietrict police
omrers soon appeared Sutton asked
patrolman Jamos Reiily - tell hin
whore ha had been shot. sutton think
ing that he had been struck by a hnl
lct when he was hit over the head. Botl
sutton and Uryan were taken 10 the
Delaware Hospitsl IN a police arhn
lance Rryan was pronounced dead am
| tho body turned over 90 Deputy Cor"
ner Harvey r. Nichols Datective aut
ton returned 10 tho police station an'
oaltned his Duties TODAY though h
has very sore heRd.
what Was Pound on nryan.
Examination ~ the dead man faile-
"a disclose any marks ~ Identification
hIackiarh was found on hiz wrist
while on the way to the hospital !
addition to glass cutter and the i'm
, my" The hn,y ron,a inod ~ the rnnr 81
unti Yesterday afternoon anh wn
. viewed bv more than .ooo pefsona. w
M enc identified the man untl h'
brothers. Walter and oliver arrived
+ BRYAN lived ~ saS Rennett stt"e
: with HE wife and threo children IN
( children are hoys one heinR eight vea'
old, one six and tho smallest only thrs
months old Hryan vaa p no' hinls
I. tut had leen out uf work fnr about : y
: weeks. according 90 th' widow y
hal worried ~ the PennsvlVanis Fai
road shnps urtn that t,na He W.
born and reared in Wilmington '
would have hean al wears OLD ~ Iun
I'm. asstsx
E mus, have had p.rtnd ~ mental ahe
ration for sho said she bal Moves know
! II any such action nn his part l'ef"r
Br,an left his home about n,idniRl
Eat,,rsisv night telling his wife that
vas going to = store At Seventh ~
Is on,havti atreata. whore he MAS going
help the proprietor asainat burglar
AIre payRn in support of her bell
fhat her husband waa not ~ his re
!. mind sald that alout vear az"
niece of steel entered hia nNe aud @in
I. that time he had on several &C. 2 ato
Il acted in Pc uitar manner ~
= Rrvar said that he family has =
IF = areat deal of sickness for n" pa
q. thrae voara IN addition 81 thia ahe "a
they have fallen behind in thoir ="
- aud gros cry hills ~ well az IN" doct"
n. | bills she thiuks thi- may have driN
a, him tu desperatiou and affeotsd
good Judgment
The body VAS takon 10 III" H'y
home th4s morning The funeral =
vices will he held thero on Wednee'i
\, afternoon and viii he private bel
~ for fhe members Of the family on
Informant viii take place at ailverhrc
,ernetery
- Coroner Bullock reported to-day q
large bunch uf kevs had hceu fot
among the mans effects and thet IN
-- were sever~I Skeleton Keys on the RI
The shoes which had been taken fr
the show case were found on the st
at The lower part of the celiarwsy
tty ,~sre ran,cxee 70 tha police station
evfdsnca Tna cssa shows WHARF
40 lock had been broken and access gel
- hat way.
2l< The revolver used 10y Detective sus
,vass ss calitrre A brother Of the d
man. Oiver Brysu. one s the two
- Identified the body. WIS rac"nt'N on
- police force fou short time
>, sutton he's been memesS oi
- police force for about eleves year@. 3
- ing he.r ~ppointsd May %. 1910.