South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-03-27
WOULD-BE HOLDUP
MAN WOUNDED BY
INTENDED VICTIM
Clifford Van Dusen Shoots
Bandit, After Latter Had
Fired at Him.

In an attempt to hold up Clifford
VanDusen. Sill 5. Marietta ST. a
motorman in charge os a Michigan
50. one man car last night. Eugene
Kstone. 222a S. Chaplin 1t. was hot in
the stomach after he had fired
shot at the motorman. tho shot
however going wild.
The bullet barely missed hitting
Eatone's ribs. went through his body
and lodged under the skin less than
an inch from the spine. katone was
rushed 20 the operating room Of the
St. Joseph hospital and after the bull
let had been probed for almost an
hour il was removed. Il is believed
that Katoae will recover as there
was no sign of immediate danger
Detective capt. Hamilton and
.Sergt. Dehnski questioned Katone
at the hospital after the bullet was
removed. but were unable to obtain
b a statement from him. A cigarette
case found in his pocket contained
his name and address. His partner
p escaped and had not been found up
TO a late hour.
j trip TO the center of the city when
, he was hailed by Katone at Irving
Z ton and Michigan SITS. Using his left
81 hand to open the door. NanDusen
q reached into his coat pocket and
, held his revolver ready for action.
"A soon as the door was opened
Katone leveHed his gun at the mo-
torman and told him 10 "stick them
up"
Returns Shot.
As Van Dusen drew his gun Ka-
tone shot at him but the shot missed
, him and Van Dusen returned the
! shot. Katone fell backwards into
! the street and was unable TO rise.
\ companion who was standing at
the curbing fed as he heard the
shots and Van Dusen told the po-
lice he could have shot him also. but
he did not want TO shoot him in the
back. Van Dusen could not give a
description of the fleeing hOldup man
O other than that he was taller than
the one who was shot and that he
o. wore a dark overcoat.
Van Dusen lifted the wounded
man into the car and sped toward
p the center Of the city. At sample
: street he notified officer Vernon Of
what had happened and when the
D. center of the city was reached. Off
;, Gers Poure and Smith were in wait
= ing with the department touring
. car and Katone was rushed to the
+ St. Joseph hospital.
Van Dusen was held up at the
- corner of Fox and Michigan SITS. on
:, the night of March 9. by two men
, under similar circumstances at that
time he was robbed of $12 The
= next day he asked his employers to
secure him license TO carry a gun
in case he was held up again. Since
that time he has carried the gun
while on duty and has held the gun
ready to shoot whenever his car is
boarded and there are no other per-
y sons riding.
= Congratulate Van Dusen.
L The street car officials and the
Y police congratulated Van Dusen for
his bravery in shooting after being
3 ordered TO throw up his hands
% When told that the wound was seri-
n GUS Van Dusen said he was sorry
5 he had to do it. but it was a case
& OF hit or be hit
Shortly after the attempted hold
It up occurred, the police received a
telephone call from 307 y La
q fayette st. informing them that
n Barman Dalton. a young man room
T. ing there. had just come in with
q his right hand bleeding and believ-
g ed he was shot.
Gafd N haNa efu-r1G
. of drinking and at times raved con-
q tiuually about the wicked condi-
= tions existing in St Louis, Mo. He
" threatened to notify the authori-
S ties at Washington if he was not
f released.
lie informed the police that they
n could do anything they wanted TO
!, as he was there before and knew
= that stuff When one officer nodded
o. his head and said. Il guess he has
y ali right" Dalton informed them
= that ne had also done time before
Y and il was nothing new for him.
The circumstances led the police
3 to believe that Dalton may possibly
. know something about the street
q car shooting and sent for Motorman
o NanDusen in an effort to identify
n him. VanDusen could not positive
7 ~ identify him as he had not seen
s the face of Katone's partner at the
: time of the shooting: The dark coat
worn by Dalton. however. resem-
bled the coat worn by the fleeing
r holdup man. N2NDusen said. A
6 / roommate Of DaltOn's later inquired
about him at the police station and
. after questioning by Capt. Hamil-
= ton as 10 their activities informed
. the caTtain that they came TO this
9 city from Chicago about two weeks
, ago. He said ne knew Dalton for
= FIVE years and never knew OF him
ever beinE arrested during that
r time Both gave their homes as ST.
Louis. Mo.