Salt Lake Telegram | 1950-11-01 | Page 1 | Assassination Plot

1 Assassination Plot Passers W v Tell Tg of Shot foray Foy I WASHINGTON Nov No 1 Tl A woman taxi rider caught in the theun gun gun un battle in front of President Fiuman's uman's Blair house residence Wednesday said the thc shots seemed to be coming from all over p At At the sound of the shooting fhe he related pedestrians scattered Hk like magic and the cops swarmed to Lo to the scene I The woman Miss M. M I. I E. E Hayes of f Arlington Va an of the American Association of Rani Raili Rail Rail- i i oads loads said she saw at least three thre and nd maybe four persons shot and lying in on the ground in the vicinity or of pf Blair house Altogether three policemen and two civilians were were shot hot one of the c civilians fatally fatany I II That's No Xo Backfire acl fire I Miss Bliss Hayes was riding north on street in a cab At the comer corner comerf of f and Pennsylvania ave we she he heard what sounded like a series of backfires J no backfire her cab cabdriver cabdriver driver dri said id shooting for real reat r t J- J I f Miss Hiss I ss Hayes told a lepo t er r the first shot was followed follo quickly b fc b at least two more I r Cops gathered quickly at the cene scene she s said id which was in rant front of the Court of Claims and nd the hou house e separating it from Blair lair lur house f The cab driver told me and anda andI I a second passenger to duck to the floor I The shots kept on they on-they they seemed to be coming from all over It was as definitely an exchange of shots I Miss Hayes ran from the cab cabo to o o take cover behind a a tree She aid aid she saw sa a policeman lying n the middle of Pennsylvania Pennsyl ye e opposite Blair house A sec- sec nd id man lay at the foot fool of the lair house steps Fusillade of Shots Shots' t Another eyewitness Archie B B. B a avis vis told reporters a regular of shots were fired He the number at between ight and 12 Davis said he was walking westward west- west yard ward along Pennsylvania ave on onlie he lie White House side of the street ind nd had just passed the west rate ate when he heard the shots cross across the street in n front of Blair ouse louse r I He said he saw one officer run- run ing ing- out from the cast east guard ouse ouse in front of Blair house houseas shooting hooting as he ran until he cached the streetcar t tracks r r a c k s 5 There here e he flopped on his belly i DavIs Dam added that he saw anther anther anther an an- ther officer emerge from the xit it of Lee Blair-Lee house adjacent the Blair house who also was wasI ring I He said a third man in civilian othes r-othes who was running west westway I way ay from the Blair Blah house was hooting mooting at both men