Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 90, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 April 1916 — GUNMAN IS KILLED BY CHICAGO POLICEMAN [ARTICLE]

GUNMAN IS KILLED BY CHICAGO POLICEMAN

Policeman Mark Franks Chases Man Who Insiilted and Makes Him Pay With Life For Act.

A gunman paid with his life Thursday night for an attempt to hold up two women on a loop corner. He was shot and killed by a policeman in the lobby of the federal building. The man was identified as Harry Harrison, alias Frank Hines, and the policeman was Mark Franks. Harrison had accosted and threatened Mrs. Virginia Herndon and Mrs. Nellie Cole at the corner of South Clark and West Adams streets. The two women stood on the post-' office corner when two men approached them and asked them to accompany them to have a drink. They refused and Harrison pulled a gun, During a scuffle orie of the women ran across the street to where Officer Franks was standing. iShe spoke of the man with the gun and the policeman started in pursuit. The two men fled in opposite directions but Harrison slipped and fell. He picked himself up and fled, waving a revolver toward Franks, when the policeman fired into the air. A hot chase ensued, during which Franks remained cool and lid not fire his gun in the crowded streets. When close upon the gunman in the federal building he fired and Harrison pitched headlong down a flight of stairs. The officer ran to him, snatched away his gun and lifted the man’s head from the floor just as he died. Policeman Franks was congratulated for the great discretion he showed in holding fire as long as he did, with a man threatening him with a gun. He held his head, and refrained from shooting when there was a chance he might hit someone else.