Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-26
Surprised Two Mmderous Negro Outlaws While They Were
Trying to Break Into the Residence Of William
Hedley on Border Of Cool Spring Park.
ONE OF THE THIEVES
QUICKLY OPENED FIRE
officer Replied in Kind. but HIS
Wound Was a Handicap and
the Men Escaped.
kRAUSE WILL hGCoVth

,uaiens yampiug from the shadows
rarrov ,lIev. at sol Park l'lace.
-eorts attei o'clock thi~ morning,
~. Negroes. Engaged II = seNolN'r duei
,.,h Pal,e oftccr HARRY T. hrause'
In. .Hr., Is the lefi l"I and then
,l,rd
hr.,s ut, ,aAen ,o thr Delaware
.nti.. whore l. WAS found that the
ST, r,.rci the front 81 thc les. half
4, eer. II, Nrec .,nd hip. and
M ~, ba,k ii Jho lcs. after
rr how nwari couN~" Of three
has tiis condition IS M; believed TO
81. serious
Tho roIi,cnlan rrst SAW nc two men
+. ttklng ,as on Park Fla,e. and. at
,,-t I'd ~ their suspicious actions, kep'
,.#ta in view as y,cl aS he could. {"
What ,hc, wrI. thcIf. Hc followed
v, ~ pciAw.i., avenue AMI jach-
>,-.,t after which thyv managed
..I hur. After searching for the
.ths,. result for tea minutes the
n vas .,trastrd ~ the sound q
es~- ,riarent's coming from
ar rt, avsis, Al .a1 Park Place
started li m al.'v i, th'' rear Of
hts, trs reached 4 }Nint near
-.... .rs.' of th, ale, whrn -To Negroes
.fnrsd ,..t - .hat. thre.' feet away
geforc tnr 80 II ,orli draw his gun
-. ~ .iuh on. os The outlaw.
Fl, 4 r., els, and shot him. while the
s,r .0e it# toward he street
l spite IN rnc l.rcNpc. I'D attack and
I wounded Ieg Krausr managed 70
l.lraN his gun snd ctlptlcd the contents
AZ the ieeins nsures krausr tried 70
pursue th,u hut he was easily outdis
srnced. being handicapped by his wound.
unsuccessful Attempt ." Rob.
After giving up the chase Krause
IA naxef u make MS way ~ the Tour
4 xarace. ~ Delaware avenue and
ldams street where he notified the po
y station IL II, shooting. An alnbu
tuce was sent on; u tax" hin. - the
Delaware Hospital. while specia! de-
ftthment 81 police under Sergeant Lew
81 was detailed - search for the gun
IN who however. had gotten away
III successfully concealed themselves.
Ii was found that IN. Negroes had
been frzing - break into the home Of
1Nt,l.ar. fIcdIcs col TArk Place. ana
Ntd ALREADY broken several panes Of
ass Is N, ,it-hen window when they
v.re interrupted iv The policeman Mr.
lledlev was aroused from his sleep by
tn- police H said although he heard
the sound e; several shots md 4 shout,
thought j. was i dream.
kr-ordinE L. i dos vptior furnished
ta, wounded pfflcer. the Negroes
s.. ere abou; -. feet ciEnt inches in
faghf Onc Wor, = long black over
aat and black slolch hat while the
other vcre short overcoat and a
oark cal la'roimen on al the dis
trlcts were glvcr description Of the
rr and ordered - Keep : special look
oat for them Two Negroes answering
me description q The gunner. were ar
= sted by The po.ICt TINS morning. but
tuev had no difficulty in proving an
attn
oroer krause has been on the police
force only SINCE December. 1920. He
IIves at 80 Woodlawn avenue and saw
service during the war or a submarine
chaser and was wounded in an engage
i4ent with q German submarine. His
work today demonstrated his keen
ness fo~ et5rierey o. his police Job