The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-09-30
BURGLARY AND MURDER IN the ELEVENTH WARD.
A Policeman Shot Dad while In The Execution
Of His Duty.
ARREST OF THE SUSPECTED xURDERERs.
TIE coRohER's MQUBrTl0a,
TO-, DO. 90.

Tenth street wss shot dead upoa the spnt by oos
Of the rufisns, who then escaped I. sppears that
the bakery sto,e Of A. Logon. SSs Ninth street.
entered By burglars and Mr. Logan being awakened by
theaf noie, Dried eut, Who there - whereup,s
of the hous-orsssers sAapFei pistol aud Doth
% them then started out Of ths by
Icssn immediately jumped oat Of bod. aus gave the
alsfn 20 his wo,kmen In th~ cellar Who pursued
to burglars up avenue to Teutn street,
yhsre shot fred at the pursuers hoy Continued
he chase however, up Tenth street far avenue
cry IS out stop thief" officer cah code ed
TO Intercept the n when Of them arsd piscl Il
him shot aim dead upou tue spot. The wors ,uso
up In few minutes, and found tho poiicemaa
veieripg in his bood quito dead. The murds,srs then
Hed ifRcers Marsh and Luke being atrscted by toe
roi,e just up the & Cd fell 10 the
bfelsss corpse they I'm nediatey raised him from tie
eide wsk where he lay and convs cd him the sveath
yard station house. giving these in command there In
foru atioI Of he bloody ,rsgeoy
Efforts then made by the officers there to obtain
trace OF the murderers and the whole reserved
portion OF the ocs secured the entire neghhofh Ia
search Of The uurcerers and Dumerous srreets
made Two men, named Gusten Pattsn and James Ryan,
arrested in Ionpkips square together. and tskca
the station house by officers anh and Luke
sion Of being the parties and being taken to the
room where d. eased lay Ryan CHICO out lid do that
appear betrayed the evitently guilty mind Four
other named John TiLbrock, alias stormy John
frieet, Alexander Pusidu, AID Tim thy Nc arhy sere
also arrested suspicion of oe pg In the mur
der, and were locked up in the station house to await
the Corens RS inquisition.
Captain Squires at seasonabIe hour notified the Co.
ner 81 the fact of deceaseds death whsreupou Coro
Wilhelm prcceeaed to the Eleventh ward station
house, after little difficulty obtained jury ami
number OF Witnesses Of the kpg Of the unfortunate
Policeman but of them could positively ideutfy
any Of the p,korsrs the fred the revolver
la'en and asan sere brought ato tho room during
IL quest, and remained there until the conclusion
The following testimony ol,oited upon the
INQUEST.
Alexander Logan, residing ut S64 Ninth street. being
duly sworn, depoei tha he kept bakery at the oovo
house, vhe,e his we're - work; witness slept 10
room actseen The so.e and back room, on toe drst
aoor on the morning Of the Ssth inst he AwaksGsd
~ Lore ~ ome one was removing the b.r whicn
secured the door; when he bec he boltci ami
lock- the hearing the noise he jumped cut OF
bed went into tho aud cd vas tn re- nc
Two r4n unknows to hin, sssuding in the tor !:
witDss al mpted to grasp or then, bat movsi
Sscsw ,d und pr seoted pistol at him aud srtempte
fire IT but ply the exploded both of them
ed I'M mme'ia'ety down Nnsh ttrcet, towards &
witness cried on stop thief p which brongnt up
Of bis from tho basement, Abraham Bi0odxoad aud
themes hcCuinan who stsrts, with me In pursuit o.
the mer witness followed up far ~ avenue aud
Is
ubi- ing up AvsDue they turned around sud d re-,
a' aass trIee shots It their our but Of tn
TeI bome after get,ios on his psu,aoous ne
returned 10 te puysui', and going 10 root stfas,
found tcs decsased In charge q rwo officers lying
the sidewalk d. -nsss could RECOGNIZES Der o.
the men although he hat pre-. .eotc tine pistol a
him VAS rsd faced rather stout, and js-ket
OF at snd cap there was no light In the sorc whsu
witness returned to the store he found matches and
paper lying oB The counter; was tha Of the
nara at hof nrad
wss wrapped up in such manner II the pi,tol mad
been wrapped up in 1t; orc Of tn. prisoners shown
(Jsn es hysn) seems very much Ike the Who snap
ed the tssoi - me but cannot swear chat he Is the
ssys thst he resides at hs Of Tbireath
Ano avenue Is employed ~ Mr. Logan 10 his bakery
N kio,h ,tret soon after three osloct tb mornias
beard noise In the wh ch seemed like h,s N.
poysrs vcice c,uo not h.a' WI at tho ssii but ran
up TO see what sas tbs matter his employer sail that
the store had been broken Into, and witness
men running from the to wards avenue Wit
followed In advance Of the Others Who vent In pur
within ,h " o. forty feet of hem when they ared hut
witness could not recognize any OF them describe thor
sppesrspce; Kept following then tar Tea 81 cot
vhie, at the corner Of Tenth street shot was dred
which be thought was by police officer, and he Gu
had them. Be then T. distance eSoS
$50 feet Of them put when no got up there found
that the man shot was the policeman and that he
10 chate OF two ofhcv ohcers at urst witness thought
deces "a Of the burglars; hs left ssy
and ssw more Of any Of the en- at minutes past
one o'clock witness saw two men standing Ia Ninth
street. rext door to tho bakery Of them vas small
man and the other was largo ono; ono had cap and
ousn vas Il work n the olso. Nth hm ma
rsD after ths ct the time he did the large
nan had the hat on could not ssy that any Of tho
we're standing In Ninth street
Austin Luke, residin ., No $40 Fifth street, be-
ing duly sayr-That he In . poica officer Of the
Eleventh dstnct; between three and half past three
oceck on the mornil OF the 29th be vas standng
the corner Of syeous and Eighth ssrses whea he
heard the cry Of watch, stsp thief, In the
direction OF enth street ami avenue u he sta ted and
ran towards whore be heard the nose, before hc
70 chsd the parties he besrd shot- red the
ner Of avenue and Tenth street He mot three bsker
who said the shots hsd Cd them an that the
rSics direction be ea soc sn'i "ss VII
eciDg Tenth street tnst no and heard four Il too
shots dIed saw 90 persons whatever until he got the
cori o. OF avenue B. where o found the
TO tre be was alive ut the time. though spsschles
and vas In the act Of failing to the sround he ecos
Cshnl; be groansd slightly he fell to tho ground
this was all the appesrsnee q life that he gave by rhs
time ether ocers srrived and hey ought wagon AMI
Mrs GuisoouSne resicios at $40 tenth rtrces being
dui, sworn-deposed tnaf -con after three O'Clock sM
she was ava snsd b. - rog 4 shots in the strs.
.bs jur.ped up and koksd out Of the window
Into the street where shs two ns towards
svenue having come from avenue G; thought there
r! srd looked up aud dowr the street, wheu sos
saw "Hcemsn fh' .. he vas giving III. alarm, sod
rr,i , a he ram- ''no IDS . 'r.. souid not Do
II rather dars II berg about three O'Clock .. the
Tin oil ths shots bred before she looked out Of
the window.
The Dext witness called 10 ON. virmyio another
OF the poicemen, residing st No 22 kIsveath street
Who beirg duly swcrn dsposed that about clock
te wss stAnoipg With ohAcer Lake a. the cDSnce Of
averte and Eighth street, whom he heard the cry OF
watch, and .stop thief, tho same stated BY ON
Ger Like he followed 10 direction Of the noiss, and
reached The deceased at the tme and Gao In ell
other respects corroborae the Of sait ccer
Lake
Cstharipe Ryan soms relation Of the pri omar lame.
Ry an, ueIosed 'hst he vas MT nj tho house Of hts
vi Gle Gu the above night, but Vas from home
Gilbert Legssu, rssiiiog at No. 85o Fourth street.
6eptsec 'hs, he VAS police sergeant OF Eleventh
wsrd, vas In Eighth strces between and O,
this Doinirg shout 6k ocl,cs ofhcer Marsh and be
sent into the bouse No 3c3, and met Patrick Ryan Ia
the hall, about haf way towards the back door; ocsr
March delivered hin, to wit,es ant tpey agnt hin
10 the station house suspicion ~ being
the murder; he searched him In the hscs room, and
fourd nothing on his person; hts pockets enrelg
empty; be 'hsn showed him he c,rp.e, turning him