, 1873-03-08
fAE s0WDY ELEMENT.
A Policeman Attacked by a Gang
Of NufIlans.


Tho saloon Of Schroeder Brothers. at TIL
oornof OF jackson and Clark Btroets, rms tht
Dcono, last evening, about O'Clock, Of q dis
turbanca which onded In Ofllcor GustnTul
Oudmoro ecrtouAly wounding man namot
uoulihnra.
Tho Rtatemont OF tho officer ln, That nbout tht
hour named LIB was passing tho aa1oon, whor
bono ono oamo, out md requested him to ge
Inside and hlrest aono parties who wore drunk
ana orenting serious disturbance. Tho ofllco'
vent Into tho anlton, and, after Bhort gcu1lo
aucccodod In arreBting Honiihan, ono Of the
pnrtios. He had proceeded with him aB far ~
tho corner Of Van Durcn gtroet md Pacific
avenue whom two Of tho mon who wore In tht
saloon came In pursuit. Of tho officer and his
ohargo Whom they woro neat enough to speal
to him, thoy demanded. In m insulting manneri
that he surrender bis prisoner, paylng that ht
x snoa snd h s OF ts5i s s Ella }fsn q M pia pe no that at
hb suuld also nr7ast them II thoy did not coase
their abuse. 1Io had hardly passed the
corner whom his pr1aonor endoavorcd to
en nsss IS By and sonosrea GO tas ea@s
him from bolfnd. Tho officer dofended himself
vigorously with his onb, but ~ all OF tho asBail.
ants wore large md powerful, ho was soon ovor:
come. Tho ruftians knocked him down and dill
fearful ratio, whom onlcors 11onahan and Now.
nan, hearing his crics for hclp, canie to his re-
lief.
Upon aecing them approach, tho rufIlans loft
OF boating tho officer ind ran west on VnnBuron
Btreot: Cudmoro, who wns not greatly injured
with tho othor two officers and Home citizens
gayo chase, at tho Rame time shouting to tho fl.
gitivees to atop. Not, 'oboying tho com:
bis revolver into the Gro crowd. About thia time
ono Of tho men ran into tho now depot Of the
Lake Shore 4 Michigan Railroad, and escaped.
The other two continued wost on Van Buron
Htreet, till they reached Fifth avenue, when
they turned south. and onterod . boarding
they were arrested By the officers.
When found, Houllhnn WAS sitting in chair,
aud complained Of boing hurt. Being intoxi-
cated, not much attention WAS paid to him, IN.
when it WAS discovered that ho had been shot ii
tho loft side. By thia timo the wound had bo-
come painful, and tho man was suffering in
tonsely.
Dr.. Ault was callod in, and, upon examination,
found that tho ball had entered tho loft sido at
iuchoa, had lodged uudor tho left shoulder -blado
4 probo was insortod, but tho ball was not OF.
tracted, tho Instrument boing too. short. Hou'
lihnu was In ouch o nervous and excited con-
dition that IT waa deemed advisable to delay ary
further operation until this morning. The man
arrested with Houlihan gayo the namo Of John
Tye. Houlihan is sing gle man, about 80 yoare
of ago, and q toamstor for coal firm. The man
who escaped was tho principal III tho affair, and
WAS tho frat to mako tho attack upon Cudmoro.
Officer Cudmore would certainly have suffered
tho fato Of poor Roch lad his club beer
taken from him. This ho very vol knew, nnd
therefore clung to 1t as for his life. One ol
them succeeded in wronching 1t from him at the
beginning OF tho fight, but the officer ut once
recovered 1t. ..... .
Oudmore was arrested upon 1t being discov.
cred that he had shot Houlihan, but was sool
after bailcd out.