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Show IS'SHOT DOWN ON STREET Chicago Man Fatally Wounded by Unknown Un-known Assassin Chicago, Feb. 1?. Shot down by an 86sa6sin whose identity Is unknown, Charles J. Patzelt is reported dying at the County hospital from two bullet wounds In the head. The case Is one of the most baffling that the ."hlcaeo police have been called upon to vZ In months. A.l'hqugh Patzolt's as ant was seen as hb ilrfd the shotj . description of him can ocs obtP.Jed from the only eyewitnesses to tho shooting. Patzelt was on his way to a lodge nicetlng, when the shooting took place. The assassin was a pace or two behind be-hind him. Mrs. Mary Pillar, walking on the opposite side of the street, wit-ncFsed wit-ncFsed the tragedy and saw the assailant assail-ant flee across a prairie. She pluck-llv pluck-llv remained at the side of the wounded wound-ed man until the police arrived. Patzelt was at the operating tablo when his heartbroken wife arrived. The purgeons found two bullet holes In the back of the had about two Inches apart. The hair was powder-burned, powder-burned, indicating that the revolver was held close to the victim's head. No attempt was made to probe for tho bullets as his condition, the surgeons fald, was hopeless. The police believe he was shot by pomeone who knew him. No alempt was made to rob him. |