, 1873-04-05
RIVER THIEVES.
How q G.,ng Tunlb1el Into the
Hnnds Of Special Police.
Two Of Them Shot, Ono in the Back
: and Another in the Neck,

A policeman ia hardly considered comrotont
III Chicago who is slow In tho tlse Of bis ravol-
ver, and IT. would seem to ho tr,,o thnt tho bold
noBs with which tlioves and aasassins operate In
this city makcH 1t eminontly right that police
offlcera lso aeyoro measures In thoir efforts to
anhtlue lawleesnosa md crime. Whom thioyos
become impressed with tho idoa that rolico-of-
1cers curry royolvors, not morely to mako q show
Of powor, but to use, they will ceaad much Of
their dovi1try.
cnse Of shooting, by apocia1 policeman, oc-
CURED ct the ven Diren atroot bridge lust OVEN
soYorofy, but not 6erioualy, wounded.
For some limo pi!o Of pig-iron In tho doel-
yard Of the Chicago l. Alton Rnilroad, on tho
west sido of tho rivor south Of Van Buren, street,
weos ago It Saa Determined BY ,y''i tha % Dock
61aater that tho persons who were carry
Ing tho iron away should bo np1mehondei.
Accordingly somlo special police, who woro ON
p!oyod around tho depot wore instructed to
the pilo Of, iron. 1t was suspected that tho
thieves carried their plumber away by tho rivor,
hnti to catch any boat that might lind, ropo
was stretched between two boats, nndor the sur-
face Of tho watcr. to DO lifted ot, aftor q boat
had passed over It, THUS .i1npriaon-it-- On
Thursday night, about II o'clock, . ynwl CON
tanning four men, waa seen rounding for, tho
dock, and tho spoo'al oiloors thought they
tho occupants 81 tho yawl succeeded in landing
at tho dock, loading their bont to tho wntorfa
edge with iron, and mailing. good tloir escape.
Lust night, however, tho thieves wore not 30
Mero on the watch, whoao namea .ase Thomas
Mahonoy, G. s. Mesly, John Burke, and T. J.
rowing for tho dock. They wero permitted to
were Oh tho dock, and tvo in tho boat ro-
ceiying tho iron. Their faces we're
distinctly visible by tho pale light of tho moon.
One Of Thorn was heard to romarlt, 1--WE aro
watched tonight; let's 80 horne." Aftor d nttlo
to bo voting as to whethor they hid bettcr mako
of with what they lad, or fiji their boat. It
was while they were consulting TINT the officers
made tho rush upon them. Ihe throe on tho
doa doc rq1 nfsuea ny two 4a Of tho olcors bnfks
boat mado an endea7or to row away.
Determined to Rec,lro tho theivoe, tho officers
pulled their reyolyesa and fred. Ono Of the
men in the boat foil, and tho officers oaHily se-
mon who were pursued rotusnod tho fire Of the
officers without offoot, md did not Seem to have
boon hit. Ono Of them ran up on tho bridge,
aud Officers Mn1oney md Ebinger, Of tho city
foroo, having hoard tho shota, Ind ran down to
from below Ebnger went in pursuit. Of him.
THO fellow wns about to jump into tho river vhen
the otflcer caught him. Ho was found to have
boon slot IN tho back itundor tho right Shout
the boat was hit in the nook undor tho chin,
the ball grazing tho Wind-pipo, and in1icting 0
flesh wound, from which hc viii speedily recovor.
When tho officers brought their prisoners to
tko Madison stroet Station 1t was found that oil
but ono Of tho gang had boen captured. They
gave the nanea Of Charles Edwards, Michael
Donovan, Thomas Mcdonald, and Edwnrd Hart
ID tho back, aud Mcdonald in tho
throat. Dr.. Clark assisted by DR..
Dunn, drosaod their wounds. Donovan was
very severely, but not seriously, injured.
right shouldor-blado, and proceeded upward,
lodging undor the point of Tho blado. Two Of
the gang we're more boya; the rest full-grown
men, although young.
of tie ss Js brRse rRse M Massg5 s airing at
wintor. It could not bo ascertained what Off
cera fired tho slota. or which inflicted tho
wounds, as thoy firod simultaneously.