Show 1 A 1 4 L S I 1 TRA f I IN MAIN All sT TI f 7 Assailant t Greek Section I 1 Hand Who Claims to Have Been Swindled by Man He Attacked DR R M. M B. B SHIPP SHIP jo n a ph physician having b offices at nt l South Main i street was shot toda today at noon h b hy Michael and amI may ll die C of his injuries s G s u- u los a Greek stated to o the golice po- po lice that tha t ho no had shot tho doctor bo- bo cause a large fee which he ho had paid had not been returned when a courso of ot treatment which ho was undergoing undergo undergo- In ing proved ed un unsatisfactory Tho Greek Greel was waR captured b by Patrolman Pa- Pa Patrolman Patrolman Pa Pa- Lester Wire Vire a as he attempted to escape from the scene of the shoot shooting 1111 SHOUTS FOR HELP Dr Shipp suddenly sullenly appeared at a window in his office overlooking o Stain Main street at noon shouting frantically ll for help Bystanders say Eay he then disappeared disappeared eared from Crom the window Imme immediately immediate Immediate- late late- I ly thereafter and shots were h heard A pedestrian excited I by the tho Indent incident inci In- I dent turned In a fire alarm while others rushed up un the stairway These Thle encountered a man running down clown th the stairway The Tho fugitive fug pursued his hl wa way north on Main street but was wag overtaken and captured by Policeman Wire Dr Shipp was found Cound lying on the floor In the rear of ot his office by Sergeant Frank Franl Bush and J. J G. G Woolley Woolley Wool Wool- le ley of oC the marine marino corps Ills His clothes were burning from close cloe contact with tho the revolver held heM In tho the hand of ot his hla assailant ADMITS SHOOTING at ut once confessed to tho I crime when ho was examined b by Chief Chit of or Detectives Detective's Joseph Sharp j You bet I shot him him said los I 1 had hart paid him and his company company com com- pany panr for Cor treatments The Tho treatments treat treat- treatments t- t ments did me no good an and 1 had been going to him since May 11 I asked fiske I him to r return turn some of at the fee I had hall paid Ho Ile said he 1 could not do so that the man who had received the I mone money had left town Ho He told me tl to tog Ig g n g t t out ACT DELIBERATE l I 1 went out and bou bought ht a revolver I I r camo came back and asked NI him again to toIve give Ive me mo some money mone lie He sa said sald ill no Then Thon I r took revolver re I out m my was r er very excited He lie ran mu to the window ow and called for Cor help When n he came back J I walked up close to him and fired Then Theft I placed the gun un rl right ht against his breast r ast and he fell tell down I threw the gun on th the stairs a n j I 1 ran toward Main 1 street street- I have never killed anyone I am a f s section cllon hand band and worked In hl for tor several sc months Thirteen n years cars ago I came camo from rom Greece to tho the United States iThe v i The doctor tried et to beat me out or ormy f my money and LInd I T shot him an and that thal J Jall 1 is all there Is to It Il MARINES ON SCENE Sergeant Woolley U U. S. S marine corps was the first to hear the tho shots hot Ho lIo was In the tho recruiting office of ot tho the corps n across ross tho the street from Dr Shipp's of office 0 tle ice fice on Main We Ve found a huddled crowd of ot I people peo peo- eo- eo plo pIe at tho foot toot of the stairway all all raid to venture up UI sald salU Sergeant Wooley rooley ale We dashed up the the- theone one flight light of ot stairs and anel found Cound the tho offices In entire con con- fusion Apparatus and antI medical instruments In Instruments ments were scattered everywhere c It appeared as If It someone had hall engaged In Ina Ina Ina a and death struggle trub lc In tho the rear office we found Dr Shipp in a pool of ot blood apparently unconscious and his clothes blazing We e gave what l aid aid wo wo we could and und ascertained ascertained ascer aseer- that the police were on their theira way a Patrolman Wire Ire says Ea's the Greek was being pursued north on Main street 1 by civilians when ho he h captured him SHIPP IN AGONY Dr Shipp Is 5 52 years o of age Ho lie In Iq Ina a a. specialist In lit certain diseases an and 1 has las tho the entire second floor Joor of ot th the Continued on pago page 2 2 c QUEER PRACTICES OF DOCTORS END IN TRAGEDY Activities of Brunswick Building Medical Concern Concern Concern Con Con- cern Under Inquiry Continued from paso page 1 Brunswick building Ho lie regained consciousness consciousness consciousness con con- In the emergency enc hospital long enough to state that he had been shot by a Greek but hut he was in such sucha a agony on that he could give no further details Physicians in attendance held slight hope for tho doctors doctor's recovery It was discovered that one bullet had p pene penetrated nc hated his left lung Just above e the heart and ha had emerged at the back I Tho police Hn say the Greek fired tired four our shots Tho The weapon ho used was waa a a. 1 H caliber revolver UNDER INVESTIGATION According to S. S it Jt Thurman assistant assistant assist assist- ant county attorney a a. conference was I held recently between Sheriff John S. S I Corless and members of th the county attorneys attorney's office relative to the medical medIcal medical med med- ical conc concern rn with which Shipp was associated conducting business In the tho Brunswick building It was wao stated to today today today to- to day that a Dr Randall a n. Dr Moore and a a. Dr Irvin or Irwin Sher Sherry were tho heads of or the compan com com- pan pany Mr Ir Thurman stated that the op operations operations operations op- op of at tho the gang gan amounted to a 1 askin askin skin game Dr Shipp Is said to have been only onh an of ot the theother theother theother other supposed physicians DOCTORS DISAPPEAR Dr Sherry It Jt is said paid claimed to have been connected with the th Johns Hopkins Hopkins Hopkins Hop Hop- kins hospital at Baltimore and the Roosevelt hospital at New ew York previous previous pre pre- Ious to his coming to Salt Sail Lako pre I but I Investigation In Is said to have disclosed the fact that he was not known at eIther cither hospital I The physicians with the exception exception tion of Dr Shipp disappeared about i three weeks ago ngo when rumors were current of or an Investigation of or their I operations I I The medical company is said to have sent out solicitors for tor patients through tho Iho small towns in ht Utah and large I sums of ot money are said to have been thereby secured The Greek who shot Dr Shipp la Is probably ono of oC th the victims victims vic vic- Ic I r tims Urns of these activities |