The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-01-13

last night. | waited for him. He ap
peared about nine o'clock, about five
minutes after l had set in to watch
for him. He acted like he had on his
various other visits. | then sent my
son to the telephone, and hardly be-
went with Chief Allen. We went to
the railroad track. | was standing in
| two or three feet Of the Chief, not
directly behind him. The Chief told
the man to halt, that he was Chief
of Police Allen, and for him not to
shoot The man had been facing
north, but he wheeled around facing
east, whipped out his pistol, a thirty
/ eight. and fired. The shot passed be-
tween the Chief and myself. The
flash blinded me. The officer then, to
protect himself opened fire as quickly
as he could. believe the man would
have killed the Chief and myself II the
Chiefs first shot hadn't taken effect.
l am at a loss why Elliott has been
coming around my house. l have no
idea in the world why he should have
done what he has been doing. There
never has been harsh word between
US, and he has never been to my
house but once so far as l know, and
that was New Years day. He came
by there and told two men working
on my house that they were going to
lay off a lot of men at the shops. He
talked for a minute, then went to the
shop, got the list Of names, and re-
turned to my house with them, this
time coming into the edge of the
porch. Why he wanted to come
around there at night is great mys-
terry to me-"
Dying Man Removed to Hospital
The man fell on the west side of
the railroad track, at the end of the
cross-ties. The nearest telephone was
the home of H. Crevasse, who lives
on Magnolia. The Chief sent a mes
sage to the city. hall, to Mayor Thomp-
son, also to the family of Mr.. Elliott.
The Mayor together with members of
the Commission, also newspaper men,
and others, hurried to the scene. The
man had been recognized as D. d.
Elliott. He was in dying condition.
1t required some little time to get
in communication with the undertake
ers, and a physician. The man was
in the throes of death for some time
before he could be removed. DR.. j.
ID. Griffin, upon making examination,
declared that the man was dying and
no aid could be given him. The
ambulance arrived, and the man was
taken to the Morrell Memorial Hos
pital, where he lived until a halt
hour after midnight,
No Word Spoken BY Elliott.
During the entire time, from the
moment the Chief faced the man, un-
til he died, he never uttered a word
Dead Man Bore Splendid Reputation
D. d. Elliott was one Of the best
known men in Lakeland. He had
been here for about thirty years, and
There is no stain of any kind upon
his character.
He was born in Georgia about fifty
} years ago. He came to Lakeland
!, about thirty years ago from Brook
: field, Ca, and had since made thii
3 city his home. He lived in the SECOND
3 house from the ice plant. He leaves q
= wife and two children-one daughter
;, Mrs. Hendrickson, and q son, DaitoI
y Elliott, who is in the employ Of the
A. c. L. railroad, aud works out o.
h Lakeland. ~
: For many years Mr., Elliott oper
= ated fancy woodworking establish
n ment here and later was an auto
emobile mechanic, For the past Sew