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Show DEPUTY SHOOTS ' BOOZE SUSPECT THROUGH BODY Cafe Proprietor Who Attempts At-tempts Getaway Receives , . Bullet Wound Through .Lung; Harries In Party f Alex Oeroe, It, of 121 H West Second South atreet. . Is hoVerlng between Ufa and desth at St. Mark'a hospital, with a balet wound la his body caused by a shot fired by Deputy Dep-uty Sheriff John W. Harrtsv In a raid conducted yeeterday by Sheriff Ben R. Harriea, for the ostensible purpoaa.of discovering whether I here tea laloaioalles l eoa.es-Ue. roe' restaurant, at S7( Wear Second South street 1 The shooting occurred about I:4i 1 o'clock Sunday afternoon. It followed fol-lowed a reported scuffle between fierce and Deputy Harria. Geroe fled from the restaurant. Although Deputy Harris aald ha fired three snots In tha air after tha fleeing . man. tha fourth took effect. The bullet entered Oeroa' right shoulder blade, pierced tha lung and paasid out through the chest. Deputy Sheriff Arthur Kletinlls said the shooting occurred on Fifth Weet rtreet between Flrat and Sec-nd Sec-nd South streets. Ha aald that when he and Harris reached Oeroa tha latter began to accompany them back to tha restaurant. 'Geroe. at that time, did not know ha had been shot, Nleholls aald; but it waa pointed out 4hal there waa blood on nla shirt front- "I guess I must have been shot." eaid Geros. Ha continued to walk back with NTeh-olls NTeh-olls and Harris to the restaurant, but as ha n eared it he collapsed. 'He waa placed In the ehertfTe car . and taken to tha emergency hos-rltat, hos-rltat, and later conveyed to St. Mark's hospital, RUNS PROir PLACE. . Sheriff Harriea. Deputy Harris snd Deputy -. Nleholls entered the .restaurant" for ths" pur. poes of serving a John Doe search ! and selsure wsrrsnt. Geroe wss behind be-hind the oounter when tha deputies went In and according to Sheriff Harriea. when he attempted to aepve'l she warrant. Oeroa . rsn from the place. Deputy Hhrrlee followed and , commanded the fleeing man to nalt. In the rear hall of the place, Har-r Har-r lie and Oeroe engaged in a shdrt struggle. Oeroa broke from Harria. Sheriff Harrlss aald, and daahed through the hall which con nee te all the ahopa la tha buoinede smcs en which ths cafe la sltusted. Pursued by Deputy Harris. Oeroa Oe-roa ran up Second South street to Fifth West where he turned north. Bherlff Harries, who sdvlsed Harris not to tslk. ssys thst hs saw V three shots fired Into the sir while the two men were sn Second South street. Harries resumes aearch of the place and later learned from Deputy Nleholls that Geroa had been shot. According to ths sheriffs office. Purchases of Honor were made st Oeroe' place esrller In the day. A deputy wss standing outside Geroe' place when purchasea were made and on the strength of thst evidence evi-dence the sheriff's office obtained a. . search and -eeisure warrant from Justice of tha Peace George E. I'srkln. According to Sheriff Harries. Geroa Ge-roa hsd a boHle of whisky In his . pocket when Harris tried to street him. Thla he threw away while . being puraued. Sheriff Harries eald. According to the sheriff, a part of, the bottle with liquor. In It waa picked up and thla la being held I . as evidence to produce agalnet I neroe If ha recovers, when he will face a charge of having liquor In hla possession. Ths - searchers found ssvsral bottles of whisky In the rear hall of ths building. Ceros Is welt known at the shrr-lITs shrr-lITs office Sheriff Hsrrles said. Hs hsd been st ths sheriff's off ice a few nighta ago to post bond for a tnsn, nsmed Bavsge who had been . arrested for bootlegging. Savage Harriea aald. operated a atlll at 1 Second South and Eighth West iau-sets. f SUSPECTED MOONSHINE. fierce msy havs been Interested In Ksvage'e still." Bherlff Hsrrles said, "snd may have become frightened fright-ened on thla account when ha saw ua enter the place. Sheriff Harries wss at a loea to understand why Geroe ran away. I knew tha man." Sheriff Harriea Har-riea aald. Ht muet have known the purpose of our visit and when we told him we had a aearch warrant e for hla place hs should have aub- |