The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-03-10

Tho cx pugilist and the man with
him. according TO Leslie, were MEM
bers Of tho boilcrrnakerr union and
were formerly employed by the pc
troieum company.
The shooting took place at point
In the narrow roadway that was TO
be clearly seen from the kitchen win.
dow of the home OF p. r. Ptolemy.
1855 Ninth ave. s.. where Mrs.
Ptolcmy was preparing breakfast for
her husband
Il heard . shot, said Mira
PtoIcmy. who came TO the door
from her washtub. wiping her
hands on n checkercd apron
There was just one.
Il looked up quickly and saw
three men out there. One Of
them was holding little revolver
or nm automatic pistol. One had
fallen and the othcr man was
holding him up in his arms.
Then I heard shout:
"'Ho. Bring some water.
quick! He's shot!-
The man with the gunturncd and
started off up the road. / took my
kettle OF hot water off the stove and
grabbed UP n pail OF cold--T didn't
know which they would want--and
ran out there.
My husband followed me. We saw
the man who had the wounded fei-
low In his arms carrying him into
the brush. lie propped him up
against a bush. He was dead.
Just then the man with the gun
came back down the road toward us.
and / ran into the house didn't
know what he might do.
Then. after while. the police came.
Some came on motorcycles and some
on foot They looked at the body
and took II away. and later some
officers came back leading the man
who had the gun.
They brought him down as far as
the road and stopped. They asked
us II we knew who he was. and we
said we did. but that he had on a
different coat than when we saw
him with the gun.
I'm not used 10 so much excite
ment. We're going 10 move away
from here" Mrs. Ptolemy concluded.
turning again TO her tub.
At police headquarters Leslie will
ingly told his story OF the killing to
Captain Of Detectives Charles L.
Tennant.
o'Leary and the other man had
him. he said. and. when he
the brushy hillside. o'I.eary
had struck him on the back of the
head with n piece of pipe that had
an elbow joint on the end.
There's the place" said the
prisoner. by way Of corrobora-
ton. exhibiting bump at the
back Of his skull. There's where
the blow hit"
He had been carrying a re-
volver for just such an emer>
gency. He faced about and fired
and OLeary went down.
Police records show that Leslie
phoned headquarters almost imme-
diately after the shooting and mo-
ment later called the Georgetown
precinct station asking them to
come after him.
When they arrived at the place
where the body was. however, he
was not to be found. Neither was |
the third man. and a search imme- |
iiately commenced.
While this was going on, Leslie |
phoned headquarters again.
''Pm the man you're looking
for about that shooting" he ex.
planned. "Fve come home. You'll
find me Mt I'LL Ferdinand ST."
Detectives James Byrne and w. T. |
Fuller hurried to the Ferdinand st. |
address and found large. ram
shackle house in which Leslie was
awaiting them, explaining his pre-
iicament to his aged, white-haired !
mother, Mrs. Augusta Narolesky.
He went with them without
word, explaining that he had thrown |
away his gun after the shooting and |
ielling them the exact snot where |
hoy would find it.