The Washington times., 1921-03-05
SHOOTS THREE,
ONE MAY DIE
Negro ProwIer, at Bay, Mortally
Wounded Sergeant Roper in
Critical Condition.

The shooting Of police sergeant.
q private in the department. and .
citizen, marred last nights inaugu-
raj celebration.
Sergeant J. M. Roper, of No. 2
precinct. was shot twice inethe right
side, one of the bullets bdging In
his lung. His condition ID .critical.
wALDRON SHOT IN HEAD.
Policeman Joseph r. waldron. Of
the same precinct. was shot in head.
He Ia suffering from a scalp wound.
His condition is not serious.
James Henry Conroy. 456-M street
received a bullet wound In the left
thigh. He will recover.
George Ewell. colored. thirty-five.
1909 Riggs street northwest, who was
responsible for the affray. was
wounded fve times. He is dying.
The police at the Second. precinct
were notified that a colored man was
seen on the fire escape Of the Wood.
streets northwest. about 1880 o'clock
last night. Sergeant Roper. who was
acting lieutenant. and Policemen
waldron and Sullivan responded.
They entered the apartment house
and at the fourth floor climbed out
to the fre escape. the prowler being
a story below hem-
OPENS FIRE ON OFFICERS.
Seeing the policemen above him
with drawn revolvers. the colored
man opened fre. waldron was
struck on the head by one Of the
bullets fired by the negro. The
gunman ran down the fire escape
and barricaded himself in an area
way at 500 l. street northwest.
Lieutenant Sheetz, Sergeant Gray
and Policemen Dante, Carlin and
Browning. joining in the ARRAY. As
Roper was closing in on the negro.
who had become desperate and in
furiated. he was shot twice by one
of the bullets that were splitting In
all directions from the barricaded
mans weapon.
A moment later conroy was
wounded in the thigh. Conroy, Wal
dron and the gunman were removed
in commandeered automobiles to
emergency Hospital, while Sergeant
Roper was conveyed in the ambu-
lance Of the Second precinct to the
same institution.
As soon as the negro was admit
ted to the hospital Policeman c. X.
Bremmerman WAS detailed to guar1
him. The charges against him de-
pend on the outcome Of the wound
ed mems condition.
This is the ninth run fray In which
Policeman Waldron has taken promi-
nent party during his career in the
department.
SECOND GUNPIGHT IN WEEK.
The shooting OF the two policemen
and Conroy is the second gunhght
here with a negro in less than week.
Policeman Hayden was shot to death
Sunday morning in attempting to
arrest a crazed negro who had taken
refuge in a cupboard. The negro died
shortly after a bullet struck him be-
low the heart.
Police officials were greatly stirred
by the ARRAY last night. They are
not apprehensive of a lowering of the
morale of the department, but the de-
hance of negro gunmen Ia beginning
to rile them. The heavy sentences
which are being meted out to gun
toters are not deterring the lawless
element from acquiring arms and
using them illegally. The police
heads feel that the Nations Capital
must be purged of outlawry and they
intend from now on to deal dras-
tically with the audacious element.
Earlier in the evening a colored
man approached Mrs. Frank Marsh,
2112 + street northwest, and demand
ed that she hand over her money. She
screamed and the hold-up man fed.
SO surprised was she that she cannot
recall whether he had pistol. She
told the police that he held something
that looked like a blackjack. The
hold-up occurred at Twentieth and +
streets northwest.