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the g inio intro tn urch, i the“can ife inme tain we ldren very how-g ■ a side : the0 and1 took me to fc was iitiour par* hereveryuse IherevhiehniliesoursStone,tbrosetiestertrain for Dixon, after which they will go home.A FREEPORTER SHOT.sr the heard this.of the Stone, ig the r acresfatherlatned vay to ?r and Anally ert.” s and vacit? peoted t both iarcely their nd hisV andV visit-return iagaraid Sun-lunday gelicaj )pened enden-arnest ted by ►n the luuday Sunday itial toWILLIAM ALLEN, WHO CLAIMS TO HAVE BEEN BOItN HERE, THE VICTIM OF A BALL IN A LEADVILLE SALOON.A copy of the Leadville Democrat has reached this office, which contains a lengthy account of a shooting affray, .in which a man named William Allen figures, and who claims to have been born in Freeport. A crook named “Doc” Holliday is the man who did the shooting It was all about $5.00, borrowed from Alien, and the latter said if Holliday wouldn’t pay him by a certain time, he would be “done up.” The time came, and Holliday armed himself with a shooting iron. Allen saw his man going into a place, and followed him. The Democrat best decribes it as follows:As Allen stepped across the threshold Holliday suddenly elevated his pistol and fired; The ball struck him below the muscle of the right arm, passing through the arm, emerging near the shoulder and shattering the upper light of the folding door. Allen at once fell, uttering a loud scream, and Holliday, rushing behind the cigar case, leaned over it and fired again. The bullet missed the prostrate man’s head by a hair’s breadth and buried itself in the door sill. At this juncture Henry Kel-lerman, oue of the bar tenders, rushed forward and seized the weapon. His courage undoubtedly prevented a killing.Almost at the same moment Captain Ed Bradbury, who was just outside, ran in and disarmed Holliday. Friends of Allen at once grouped about him and he was taken in a hack to his home on East Fifth street by Mr Allen, his employer, Holliday was hurried to jail and put at once behind the bars.At last accounts the wounded man was alive. The Democrat, in referring to him, says: “William Allen .was born in Freeport, Illinois, in 1859. He went 6b the Leadville police force in 1S80 and soon became recognized as one of the bravest and moat gallant officers. About a year ago he became special policeman at the H rand Central, afterward held the same position at the Monarch saloon, and finally became bar tender there.He was thrice wounded in the city service. The first time he was shot through the groin in a fearless attempt to arrest the fiend Bakewell, who murdered two policemen. Later he was shot in the leg by a man who resisted arffeat on Chestnut street. His last wounds were inflicted in the notorious “Cat alley” on State street, where he had foliowd'a burglar. The miscreant turned and shot him through the chest, also stabbing him. The wounds were serious, but owing to a spleudid constitution, he was soon on duty again. He was absolutely without fear, and ~es teemed as a clever gentleman by all whomountin rupt Salt 13 road we the dolli .and the for this goods at tnunufac aug20(For t patrons, High scl day andAugult;Semi-iSepteml; all parti town o same foiaug26lt;A far 154 acr running land; fo augC2Wrigl days ret turers a graph aaug21FINEiVIONEWSprM EIC0L1knew him.
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Freeport Daily Journal and Republican
Freeport, Illinois, US
Tue, Aug 26, 1884
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