A Drunken Clerk Empties His Revolver at a Seattle Policeman

At 1 o'clock this morning Harry C. Good, a clerk at Cooper & Levy's grocery, shot Police Officer J. W. Glasscock twice with a .32-caliber Hopkins & Allen double-action revolver. He took three shots at the officer without doubt, and according to the condition of the revolver and the statement of Sergeant Willard, four shots were fired. The shooting took place at the corner of Third and Marion streets, at less than ten feet range. One bullet just grazed the officer's right hip, but the other entered the fleshy part of the left arm near the elbow, making a very painful but not necessarily dangerous wound.

Good was under the influence of liquor and tried to hold up Officer Glasscock and Merchant Patrolman West when they approached him with the intention of finding out what he was doing, leaning against a fence. Glasscock was on the Second Street beat and met West, the merchants' patrolman, who said he saw a well-dressed, drunken man going up Marion Street. They concluded to follow and see what had become of him. When they got to the corner of Third and Marion they saw the man leaning against the fence at the northwest corner. When the officers got within about 20 feet of him, Good threw his hand out as if holding a revolver and said: "Stand back!" It being too dark to see that the man held a gun, they paid no attention and were within about six feet when he repeated his demand.

"He's got a gun; keep your distance," West yelled. Glasscock said, "All right," and as he stepped back Good fired point blank at him. "He's hit me in the hip," said Glasscock to his comrade very coolly, and kept walking across the street toward the First M. E. church. The man followed him up, and with intervals of a few seconds kept on shooting until he had fired four times, according to some, and three according to others. When he was through, Glasscock's left arm was helpless, but he advanced on his man, who yelled out: "I've got another gun."

In the meantime Officer West had pulled out his gun and, covering him, ordered him to throw up his hands. Good suddenly did as commanded, at the same time dropping the gun on the ground. Sergeant Willard and Officer Brennan were soon on the ground and the prisoner was taken to police headquarters, where he gave his name as Harry C. Good. He appeared very drunk. Officer Glasscock was taken to police headquarters and cared for by Dr. H. M. Hall, who said the wounds were not dangerous, but that the one in the arm was very painful. Later Dr. Hall, Glasscock's physician, took charge of the case and put his patient under the influence of chloroform in order to determine the extent of the wounds.

James A. Greene, of Berney Stewart, saw Good during the evening and says Good said: "I will send you up a corpse before the night is over."