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Show SUFFERING OF EMS l EHDEDBY DEATH Unfortunate Young Man Dies at Hospital as Result" of Wound. After lyinp: belwoon life and death for fivo days, Edgar Emms, 26 years old, tho burglar who was shot in the back last Friday morning by Albert Richardson, proprietor of the Portland bakory at 550 Second East street, diod of his wound at 8t. Mark's hospital. Wednesday morning, at 5 o'clock. Emms had entered tho bakery and was about to carry away u quantity of ilour and sugar when Richardson, who i had been lying in wait for tho person who had been robbing tho establish- ' monfc repeatedly, ordered him to throw 1 up his hands and surrender. Instead of doing as he was told, Emms ran. Rich- ! ardson fired a .38-calibcr revolver at him just as tho man was escaping through the door. The bullet struck Emms in tho right 6ido of. tho back -just ! beneath the tenth rib. Tho ball penetrated pene-trated tho liver and severed an iutesliuo I fivo times. After being shot. Emms ran a 'block boforo ho was caught by Richardson, who gave chase. Tho police wero callod and the in.iured man taken to tho Emer-gcucv Emer-gcucv hospital in the city jail. There, Dr. btewart attended him and ordered his removal to St. Mark's hospital. Friday evening, Dr. Sloelo and Dr. Paul operated upon Emms, but it was soon found that tho injuries wero such as lo causo sure death and there was no possiblo way to ward it off. Emms was given but a few hours to Iivo and I showed a remnrkablo vitality by re- ' maining alive so long. I Emms, who garo his name always to ! the polico as Ames, wns arrested about I two years ago charged with grand lar- ' ceny, it being alleged that ho stolo a I typewriter. The caso against him was dismissed. At one time ho worked at tho Portland Port-land bakery and sinco leaving its employ em-ploy has been carrying on-a small bakery business of his own. The man is survived by a wife and thrco children, the oldest of which is four years old, A brother of tho dead man. John E. Emms, will caro for tho family-. Mrs. Emms, who did much to aid in tho support of the threo children, is grief-stricken over the tragic death of her husband. The funeral will take placo Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the undertaking under-taking parlors of S. M. Taylor & Co. Jiurial will be ill Mt. Olivet cemetery. ceme-tery. Owing lo the ciiTumslances of the shooting, no action will bc taken against Mr, Richardson who, after explaining to the polico all about the affair and showing show-ing where Emms had entored the building build-ing and piled up goods ready to take away, was wholly exonerated. |