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Show TRAGEDY IN GRILL STARTLES DINERS By 'Universal Service. CHICAGO, March 18. Scores of diners at the St. James grill, a fashionable resort re-sort on ton of tho Majestic hotel, were thrown into panie early tonight when a man as vet nut fully identltied, fired three shots at Charles Somer the manager, man-ager, severely wounding him. jne shooting followed a quarrel over a dinner din-ner check. ,, . . . After the shooting the assailant faced the frightened guests calmly and tod them he would kill anyone who attempted attempt-ed to summon assistance. Ho rang for the elevator, commanded tho boy to take htm to the lobby without slopping, and walked from the hotel. V ben the boy gave the alarm, the man had dtsappeated on thf crowded street. Somer was removed to a hospital with one bullet n-:ir the heart, another in the left arm ami a third m the right leg The only clow Is a dinner check which the man signed as Dr. itei h ortb before the shooting, and a ''-'t-11 rt scription bv the waiters, who said I e i s it-d the grill frequently, accompanied to j a wunuin. |