| Show D H I 1 N if AND A PISTOL of posen held for murdering a san salt francisco policeman police man TUB mm CHAS 0 OF me 2 E mar other evidence going to show bow how bo be cann came t to shoot dit ilia captor then fled threw ing iway the fatal weapon BAN sax eco sept IL 11 late last night ight D a policeman waa was shot in front of the station house and killed the pr prisoner i so the 0 officer had under arrest ii tried ed to escape pe but was capt captured ared lie ile tamed turned ont out to be M B curtis well known as ol 01 posen he lie denied led the shooting of the policeman eman why curtis wag was under arrest is not ot known but it Is thought be he was creat r aa t 1 ing g a disturbance while under the 1 influence fluence n of liquor curtis tella tells the following story of the affair 1 I 1 I wag was at the grand opera bouse house last night with my wife to see bernhardt Bern bardt in camille Cam I 1 left the theatre about 10 to go to the tivoli theatre with one of the proprietors prie tors win kreling we drank together and I 1 left him to return to the opera house for my wife when I 1 reached the corner of third and mission streets I 1 was suddenly tumbled into the gutter and after that I 1 remember nothing only somebody p pulling 1 1 i g in me about until I 1 found myself as 1 I 1 in a wagon with handcuffs on my wrists I 1 when cattle was taken to ai jail last night be he appeared to be under the influence of liquor and incoherently told of hid bia doings duria during the night I 1 protesting that be hal had no weapons and was innocent of DETROIT kept sept 11 ll comedian saml of rosen posen charged with murdering an officer ia incao sao Fran 1 ranc laLO claca IASI last night waa was a detroit boy bla his name is mauric maurice bertrand and he was born about fifty years ago after leaving school be he worked in a tobacco tore store thee three th ee or four years as a shipping C clerk lark he ile went to chicago after afterwards and took to the stage A at t first he ie waa was employed in a stock company at Me Vickers theatre then he graduated from the stock compa companies fee and played three seasons with maggie maggle mitchell itchell tl and three with lawrence jarrett barrett always in comedy role roles with his experience and a peculiarly bunny play of posen he was jue titled in in embarking upon the at stage age on bis his own account the play was a success eeg and he made m money 0 ney serapid ly y that be e was enabled enable d to t 0 retire rich conr our years ago william king proprietor of the tivoli corroborates cartia curtis at story ory about his having been there last night he lie C curtis urtle had bad sev several oral drinks and when he be left the the theatre atre about 1130 11 0 he be was showing the effects the police officials eay say grant unquestionably bad placed a d curtis under arrest because he was making a disturbance on the street and that curtis shot him while the officer was two quietly ile aly taking him to the station awo young men who stood across the street from where the shooting occurred heard beard the policeman say come along now there was no answer newer but immediately after they saw the bash and heard a pistol shot followed by two more the officer fell on bis his face and the man who bad had been beside him fled up folsom I street the scene of the shooting was only a short distance from the station stat on and when the officers came running out curtis had not yet gained the corner of folsom and fifth they chased and soon awn caught him the nippers which policeman grant had twisted on bis his wrist were detill there his ills revolver he had thrown away near the corner of fifth street but it was soon found at the station he ac acted ted in a pitiable manner running from one to another to protest bis his I 1 innocence no cence aes asserting erting that be bad had bad no pistol the case of curtis was called before fo re police judge worley today to day curtis looked pale and troubled and evl evidently had not slept much bince since the time of oi the shooting by consent I 1 it t was postponed until monday next to await the action of the coroners corone rs jury and allow the attorneys attorney a to pr prepare e pare their cases |
