Salt Lake Telegram | 1915-05-03 | Page 10 | Umpire Refuses to be Killed; with Two Bullets in Breast He Chases Man

f UMPIRE REFUSES TO BE KILLED WITH r t. t I TWO BULLETS IN BREAST HE CHASES MAN I I i 4 k 4 t ti i John Hayes Frenzied Fan Fires Two Shots When Indicator Indicator- Man Calls His Idol Out at First r Special Corre Correspondence Cal May 3 John John hayes umpire of or a a. baseball game here her called a runner out at first fIrt base rJ J. In n a 0 close decision J JJ Peter a fan tan and bettor efon ef on in one of ot the lit teams angrily ap- ap lI Hayes 1109 drew a n gun and shot twice In the rl right hl breast Umpire JI Hayes lYe in spite of the two bullets that lo lodged e In his hiM breast t grappled with and twisted the th ht gun from his bitt hand started to run for tor th the brush jrush which surrounded the thc outfield layes shot twice but missed Bleeding profusely h he lie gamely b pursued pur pus sued the tho nn angry l' l fan and threw a large rock which hit but taIled failed to liaR halt him Scores of ot excited tan fans and mom mom- f liens her of or both hoth t tennis Rm joined In th the chase e. e but m made de ROOt Rood good him hia escape Hayes Haes after pursuing for tor several hundred yards fell tell unconscious from loss of or blood rIe ne was rushed to a a. aho ho hospital where physicians probed his wounds and took out the two b bullets ts A posse ot of officers from tram the sheriffs sheriff's sheriffs sheriff's sher sher- iffs iff's office and from El Monte lont Cal began a man hunt for tor who is believed e to be In Los LOH Angeles Heading the search sarch with almost almot superhuman endurance In Is Hayes I who ro rose e from the operating table at the hospital to find his baseball assailant The breaking up of ot the game came camo in n the tho third Inning with no men out A player named Johnson came to hat bat He lined a fast one to short who threw throw to first The uThe ball got to ju Just t ft n. shade ahead ad of ot Johnson sal said Hayes In telling the story tolY The man was out and 1 said so 80 Tho coacher prot protested protest protest- sted st- st ed etl and HO 80 did the runner I stuck to tom tomy m my decision came camo up M What do you ou mean mc making such sucha a n. rotten decision 7 he cried Ho drew drewa a u. gun un quick and anti fired two bullets In Into Into into In- In to m my right breast r. r I 1 grabbed him and nOlI took the gun Jun and when ho lie ran run 1411 fired at him I missed I had never seen him before n the game and he had nothing n against me except m my putting t out the man whom horn he had bet on