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Show DINERS ARE EXCITED WHEN MAN SHOOTS Blank Cartridges Fired at Entertainer Cause Momentary Confusion in Restaurant. Maxim cafe wbb tho scone of confusion for a few minutes early last evening, when some unknown man fired threo times with a revolver loaded with blanks. Police were at onco notified and In five mlnutos every exit from the place was guarded while Inspector Carlson and others of the force went Inside to ascertain ascer-tain tho causo of tho excitement. But the cause of tho trouble was gone. He did his shooting from within about ton feet of tho door and then walked out without Interruption Just ao though ho had done nothing unusual. The pollco and some of tho guests of tho cafe wore Inclined to think tho Bhootlng was a hoax. Chlof among those who took notice of tho noisy Intruder were S. Rothenberg, Harry P.eichman nnd Harvey Mackley, eri-tortalners eri-tortalners In the cafe, who were directly In front of the man, and seemed to be used by him ao txtrgot3. Mr. Relchmnn. who Is an entertainer at tho cafe, gave tho following account of tho affair: Tho follow cam up lo whore we wero and asked if we woro entertainers. entertain-ers. I answered In tho affirmative and good-naturedly Introduced the others to him, although I never hnd Been him before and don't know who ho Is. Ho eald ho was an entertainer from Ogden named Par-due, Par-due, Ho seomed lo have been drinking, drink-ing, or at least a little off color from ome reason, and we "kidded" with him. Then ho loft us and paid his bill, for ho had been nt another table beforo be-foro ho came to where wo were. Alter paying his bill the man ro-turned ro-turned to us and. asked for a cigarette cigar-ette Wc paid no attontlon to him, thinking that he would move on. But ho asked tho same question again and then said: "Don't get fresh with me, for If vou start anything 1 will be the only 'one left around here." We still disregarded him and ho stepped back nhout ono step and seomed to shoot straight at mo. Tho gun ho had looked llko a young cannon can-non and 1 could fool tho wind from tho dlschargo go past my face. H flrod throo shots in all and thon went out the door, and I found, upon examination, examina-tion, that I was still alive. Nobody In tho enfo seemed to know tho man, and an accurate description of him was not furnished to the police. |