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Show HOLD-UP SHOOTS I AT CLOSE RANGE I Citizen Confronted by a Six Shooter Gives Battle and I Escapes. 1 DURING SCUFFLE GUN 1 IS DISCHARGED AT HIM Bullet Pierces Overcoat Dan- geroosljf Close to Body ft of ictim. ; C. A. Horsely, a clerk in the Sixteenth ST ward store, gac battle to a hold-up on Eg: Peach atreet early this morning, and art- came within an ace of being killed for hlB fei bravery. Mr. Horsely was fired upon during a struggle for the possesion of jjrV the hold-up's weapon, thr bullet passing t through his overcoat Just below his right jk,.' arm. but doing no damage. Ki,', Demands "Hands Up!" - Mr. Horsely had been making a call 'p.-', upon a young lady, and shortly after mid- i"V night (Jtarted for his home. W(l West f I North Temple street When he reached &C- a point on Peach street, between Center fo and First Yest. he was suddenly con- m fronted by a man with a gun, who com- D "'' manded him to put up his hands When St the order was given the hold-up and Mr. h, Horsely were within r- o h of each other, r. and uulck as a flash Horsely grabbed the 9. revolver. H Scuffle Follows. H A scuffle for the possession l the k I weapon followed, but as Mr Horsely .v.. f considerably smaller than his antagonist. H the hold-up would have eventually gotten p , the upper hand, and In all probability an- Other murder case similar to the Nephl I M Sheets affair would have been record- f , ed at the police station Luckily for Mr I Horsely, however, the weapon was dlis- I charged while it was pointing a t- w I Inches from his person, the bullet plerc- J . . Ing his overcoat. As the shot rang n it I the latter made a run for the store where I he Is employed, and before the hold-up I could attempt to stop him or tire another I shot hr was out Of range and going Ilk" the wind Without stopping to look elih' r j to the right or left let alone glancing L toward the hold-up. Mr. Horsely hurried to the store and telephoned to the police. I Wagon Answers Call. ! With a couple of officers In charge, ttv I patrol wagon was sent to the store, where (' 1 a fairly good description of the thug WS I L I obtained. Mr. Horsely was scared, and l 1 admltt.-d as much, but he wns able to it : clve a fairly good account of the af- j fair md also described hla assailant Th i man did not wear a mask, and wa? cli in f ' shaven. He had on 8 long dnrk-ccilored h overcoat, and, Judging from the bullet f hole in Mr HorsHy's coat, carried a H small revolver, probablv not large than a 32-ca liber. I Tells Why He Fought. 1 To a Tribune representative Mr Horsely Horse-ly Hald. When the fellow told me to H put up my hands my first thought w is "f a valuable vv.it.h I was carrying I I had but very little mone) with me, but I hated to lose the watch When I grabbed for the gun and attempted to I take It away from him I wasn t scared a I bit but when he shot and I ran up the I street I will admit that cold shivers wen J running up and down my back. If 1 h "I had a K'in i could certainly have killed him or had I succeeded In turning his i own weapon toward him I would hav 'SBseae tried hard to finish him with the loads that were In the revolver I would know the man If I saw him analn. I am sure ' Was a Close Call. But In any event It was a close call. Had the weapon b.-. n turned an inch or I so to the right Mr Horsely would ha-e fallen to the ground with a bullet throucth his body, and It wh simply a stroke of I good luck that Mr HorseV) l scaped |