Show A ATTEMPT TO ROB PAO PROVED O fATAL Oscar Elmore Elimore Defended His Property by Shooting Down Alleged Thug I DEAD MAN IS IDENTIFIED I In III ft a r On tIe gle fur for Io of An n attempt on the part hIatt ot of a 11 steno named lamed John Gardner Gardnor to rob Oscar Oscur lit In Poe Iho store Third South street shortly after 10 on Saturday night proved fatal tatal for tor Gardner timid the tho mans body Is III now occupyIng n a slab In the morgue Gardner canto came here from Ori Ord Ordway way Cot Col Colt At t about tho lie time mentioned on nIght noticed a 11 stroit gee ger stalking lip up und down In front Cronl of the store Some Somo customers were In Inthe time the place nl at the tho tIme but bul just as SOOIl as they left the entered until asked to be served serell with some and ani As s J turned to servo time the littler said I 1 dont your crackers but I 1 your our monO seized a 1 revolver which was behind the tho coun ler Cr amid Well Vell you ou wont get my rIte Tho robb robber r started for tor and Ind the l lAtter struck the stronger over the tho with the Kun rho made IL a grab for the lint fired a ashot ashot shot over oer hi his head The stranger succeeded lit III getting hold ot of them tho storekeeper and 1101 lie In III a 0 struggle tor po io session lon 0 of time the lath loth lion muon were In a narrow space anti and fought desperately throes callI und pack packages ages ageR overturned umul scattered about hoe pince so ll cured the lie OUt un and fired ogain III at the tho rubber robber The fhe shoot took effect the hul bul bullet hullet let the strangers heart With a 0 the man sank tu to the loor saying I al am a 11 mail The poll police co sian RI notified b by telephone tint Detective Rhodes hurried with nil all speed to the scene The found the dead man the counter Eu moro moore standing near the tho body the tho the stor story an related above but owing to 10 the fact that the stranger wore mask and VIII cor armed the decided to take gl Eli glmore Elimore more to the tho station lion The lime body or of tie the head man was token to undertaking parlor Jus Justice tice Dana Dann T was lIH noli lied a am u at itt were Sheets Sheet anti c Bur l who were tool loon Ott on the tho scene declared that when lie tho money ho he oho also mude ii a motion nit if IC lie ho was going to a draw a 11 gun then truck struck the tho Oman on oil the antI the struggle Ellmore vas greatly excited but bitt huts story was told In a perfectly straight straightforward forward manlier und tuti there Is no doubt that his versIon ot of the affair III ii correct TIme The identity or of the dead wall by br John Welsh V John ld and C C A Scott colt who vito came camo Ith front Tho rho men mell bath nil been at Ford cantaloupes They canto hore tWO weeks ugo All ot of the much men hero with of that hat lie he saw sail nt mit time tho American on ohm Commercial street evenIng and that Guru lice chun his hla coat and hat mind lien tnt out nut This afternoon nil autopsy Is 8 held at 11 b by Whitney anti l Ellinore will be reo cc leased nt at the tho conclusion ot of Ito tho same Kame KameI I It is likely that an Inquest will be beheld heM held by JustIce Pon T El Ef forts Ire arc being made to In locate time this dead m n relatives |