The Washington times., 1921-05-16
D. c. BOY SHOT
down BY THIEF.
John Bruce King Wounded
Twice During Struggle in
Harvard Dormitory.

John Bruce King, twenty-three
year-old son of William Bruce King
Washington lawyer, 1922 Wyoming
avenue northwest, is in the Cam.
bridge CMass) Municipal Hospital
today, awaiting operation for the re
moval of two bullets fred at him by
burglar he found In his dormitory
room at Harvard University early
this morning.
' FOUGHT WITH BURGLAR.
One bullet penetrated Kings shoui.
der and the other is lodged in his
thigh. His parents learned by long
distance telephone this morning that
their sons condition 10 not critical.
Mr.. and Mrs. King were first noti-
Ned OF their sons tussle with a bur
glar by Times reporter Just as they
were about to sit down to breakfast.
Mr.. King Immediately talked with
Cambridge Hospital surgeons, from
whom he learned young King was NOT
in Immediate danger.
King is a Massachusetts Tech stu
dent. but roomed with his twenty
two-year old brother. Gilbert, at Drag
ton Hall, a Harvard dormitory. OIL
bert is student at Harvard Business
School. but he was out of town over
night.
The wounded youth was taken to
the Cambridge Hospital in a police
ambulance and an x-ray made OF his
left shoulder and right leg, in which
the bullets lodged. His brother Gil
bert visited him this morning.
According TO this brother. John
King ~was awakened at A2:4S o'clock
by a noise in his study. Coming
from his bedroom. he discovered q
man standing At a desk in his room.
He leaped at the intruder. who nred,
hitting him hrst In the leg and then
the shoulder.
The assailant got away while King
staggered into the hallawy, whore he
fell. The Wallace brothers who oc-
cupied an adjoining suite picked up
the wounded student and made ar
rangements to have him taken to the
hospital. Robert G. Culhane. driver
of a police ambulance, reported see
ing a negro running while he was
driving the ambulance to take King
to the hospital. The wounded youth
himself was unable to identify his
assailant as black or white. As far
as the police have been able to dis
cover nothing of value was taken
from the room.
Both the King boys are graduates
of Princeton University, their attend
ance at Harvard being for post-gradu-
at work. During the war both served
in the naval reserve, John being a
lieutenant stationed irst at Newport
and later transferred to duty aboard
the Nebraska. Gilbert, the younger
brother. was an ensign, stationed at
Newport Woods Hole and finally on
the Meredith.
At Princeton the two young men,
though not active in athletic circles.
were prominently connected in
campus societies, John being a mem
ber of the Cannon Club. and Gilbert
being associated with the st.
Anthony's Club.
They received their earlier educa-
tion at Friends Select School, 1909 I
street northwest, where they were
known. along with their brother,
Richard, as the famous King boys"
because OF their athletic achieve
ments. especially in basketball. In
1913 and 1914 they put the school on
the map as far as this sport was con-
cerned, John being a strong man for
any position in the game. Gilbert.
one year his brothers Junior. played
three years on the same team. He
was manager and played forward. All
three boys were considered all-around
athletes and remarkably good stu
depfa