Alleged Robbers Shot
by Gastonia Officers
Gastonia, May 1—A.L. Rook, a white man aged about 21, who
claims Greenville, S.C., as his home, is in the city hospital here with bullet
wounds in his body which the physicians fear may prove fatal. The wounds were
sustained about 2 o’clock yesterday afternoon while Rook was fleeing from
police who were after him and three companions who are charged with breaking
into and robbing Freshman store Tuesday night. The bullet pierced his liver,
stomach and intestines and his condition is such that little hope is held out
for his recovery. Two of the other three were caught and are now in jail. They
are Robert Cox, who says he is from Fries, Va., and James Wood, who says he is
from Durham. The fourth man got away.
Cox and Wood claim that they did not know the other two
until they ran up with them in Reidsville Monday night. Both appear to be about
21 years old.
Immediately after he was shot Rook was brought by the
officers to the hospital. Chief of Police A.B. Hord and Policeman Carl Wright
were the officers who made the arrests. From the best information obtainable
both officers shot and it is not known which one fired the shot which wounded
Rook.
Before going on the operating table Rook, that is the name he gave,
stated that his only relative was a sister, Mrs. Nancie Barnett of Greenville,
S.C. He said that he had no home or trade and did not work. On his arm was
tattooed the words “Hobo Bill.”
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