, 1873-03-07
A FIGHT FOR LIFE.
Terrible Midnight Battle in
the Sixth Ward.
Desperate Encounter Between Blk
Roseghs and. Two
Policemen.
Two Bridgeport Pets, in Search
Of Some" Bloody Fun"
Killed.
One of the 0tIicers Pounded and
Kicked Until Nearly
Dead:
His Life Savet' by His Com
panion's Revolver.
The Sur tfyf8lS Members <of
the .EaaieFng Party
Arrested.
And This AL Occurred Near the
Scene ,0f the Rafferty, =:
0'1lhara Tragedy.
His Life Savei' by His Com
panion's Revolver.
The urtivtBsy Members <ot
tire .ERaieIi1g Party
Arrested.
And This AL Occurred Near the
Scene ,0f the Rafferty,
0'11hara Tragedy.


0'1laara Tragedy.
Bridgeport has agair, vindicated its right to be
called the wickedest place in Chicago. For
some time it has not b,en very prolific Of tragic
deeds, and Soma peo| ,le, residents Of remote
districts, hare believed that it's morality Was
improving. Such has not, however,, been the
case. The same autliarios to deyltry have
been carried On during this seeming quiet, as
when the police record, Of the city teemed with
its encounters The aiet has only resulted be-
causo some bullets happened to miss their
marx, and in az rme cls y. because revolVers and
d;rk-kuires wertx lef: a. home. Tho following
story Of q mid hight <encounter by the ponco.
with eome Bird. yepsft residents will fully sus-
tain the foregoi ag ASSERTIONS:
- On Wednesda =. evening there assembled at
the house Of Daniel Mcneil, No. 10 onelda
street, party OF men and Women They came
there in response Ito an iavitation from McNen,
and remained uni u about 12 o'clock as Is usual
with most B1idg. F'nrt "pa avties," the chle1 1es-
tivity Of the even ing was dri nk1ng W1fskg' ana
all the pleasure 1t the ing vas est1aetea
from that spirit About IL O'Clock, fa.IlcA
MeVeigh, James McVei5h, Joh.a McVeigh' Fa1-
rick Boyle, Dani Il lu:Kernau, nd-Donny NC
Keegan, finding aiuF .ossible to Teate & o1ncui,
ty in the house ot3 Nc Sei conclut 'ed they "ou1o
60 outside, hoping It lat they wou 10 meet Hoine
defenceless per.touk nth whom the cou1u .1A''
as one Of the partya expressed it, :" sonle otoouy
fun" They went Out into the. morning
air with murder in Il leir hearts. It lse sa1a tnA1
ore Of them Remarks ID that policemant"oula oe
thsir best game. They proceeded a'one Inv
streets hooting a,r / shouting, and utt erlng e1-
x4n... 1oEo of
walked south IN Halsted street, near Oonglas
place, they attr acte the attention OF Pol,ceman
Reinert. True to / us duty, the officer has'eneo
toward them. and demonstrated with the men,
informing the, n iht such actions were improper,
and il not at { nee desisted from he would nave
to arrest the nj 1.hey hooted at this renon-
STRANGE. and yelb.d more loudly than before
Not only did they exert themselves to make
night laideou: with their how1s, but they abused
the oficerby: .alline him dsagTeoab1e names, and
tauntine him with threats and insults. Rsinert
saw at oncet hat it would be folly to attempt to
srzest the CT. yyd and therefore continued to re-
monstrate eth them, hoping to quiet them
without trou Ele. The officer is worthy Of great
plaise for th trodlness he preserved while in the
presence Of The mob, every member OF which
seemed mad le1et1 By his gentle approximations
Reinert fol- sowc{l them block or two, when
they we're st by Officer Koch. He also ADVISED
them to mo le1at their conduct, but in q more
positive ma nner~ than had Relnert. he tod
them that su. h conduct would not. be
permitted in the streets OF chicago,
not even II Bridgeport. The crowd
seemed ,.ow Il believe they had met
the "gam1e they sad spoken of when first start
ine out. They use more insulting language to
him than .nev had addressed to Officer Reine1t
F6ch hacamo exaz3 .erated, and, selzing one OF
the crowd, attempts to make of with nm. me
waa followed, hoNE5 er. and after q short scn1ne
the prisoner wan roa cueo 1fon o's cassoos' "No
Joined his ftrunklp4 ;omradcs.
,,;1dnaaa 49, mercy if persisted in, would result
In their d. fest. Th, ~, therefore Ieso5ted tc
positive me asu:cs afn @ nfS + +Ea nceT;na
straet Sta, i'm, Reine It succeeded, after strik.
inr q law Tell-au 'ected blows with h1s
club in getting his prisoner sepafsaeoh hra1e ara
half biz ,ck When Eo' heard the words, :. Muir
der, they are killing 1ao Reinert, Tor Gods aake
come oui ok, fire into he CROWD !" helnert thten
aside his prisoner ani rushed oaSk 70 tne Gromu
The mo e ct this ts 70 yas aaI dcuit For hin te
discover ,fhe cond:.ion NJ affairs. His reappear-
nnce did nut scam to atrc. the attention Of the
roughs every member Of n3cn 10 'ne y
a;s deel, ssgret aft.uTa1a5 Waeh he lay Upon IT,
Of the. mob deecend 1pon the owners head, ano
then ss 1as.a he neE +, 5hat sgopt tna % fhis me me-
Ss 1eydvey fos bu the shot hat
= man nearest him fir. ID This operation he re-, =
peated until SIX Of Il seven shots n LIS ps.o 1t
ssss I'll - bSis5s a;spsrsa ssa tho rioters,
na;f1,or aSes,, ta7 One 1t the number, belns
: armed With Koch's tuio returned, ENC WILL r.
hor1id oath, attempted to renew the scuano ~ .hn
vas 1icky frightened aw:y i hessssed syed hat Til
mar Vas James Mcv eigh, who d.. ~ 'essetfae2 'aafa2
aft e1noon about O'clock, ar that be nEs,
i .e fatal shot at this time: The bloo> e44t =
'.er1ninated with his retreat: = IL
Rainert. who had received but few injurie> ::
the feht. now went to the assistance Of /
prostrate brother officer: He found Koch ineen-
sible. and bleeding pzofusely- He believed him
j. to be dend. There was no evidence OF Lie about
him He YVES pale and motlonless, LnqnS nun
up carefully he carried him to Union Hal, on
Halsted street, and physician, named McCar-
thy, was sent for. Before his arrival Koch re-
viyed somewhat and it was not long before be
WIS sensible and able to converse. It was dis
covered that his scalp was cut open, and tho
hkul exposed from tho top Of the head
to the right ear. Over tho left car thero
,~-Has wound of the same character and some
1hat deeper, and it was. st first feared tue skull
,>rsrealed that it was not. The right shoulder
Fss fearfully bruised and cut, and upon the
right breast there was the imprint Of boot
heel showing that the roffians he'd most bsutaly
abused him.
" While Koch was being cared for, man named
John Brulln, the proprietor of.a grocery store
On the corner OF HalsEed and Esplanade streets,
rushed into tho hall, and, in IN excited manner,
said that two rnen we're lying in front of his
~~etore, one Of them dead and tho other dying.
!: He related that, as he was proceeding from his
store, be saw nGn lying on the sidewalk ap-
PATIENTLY dead- He went to him, and, Thlle
examining him. man came up and lay down
beside him, e1c1aiming, a Let me die with him
Hardly had these words been utteted before
they both BECAME unconscious.
4 number of citizens, who had assembled
n the hall. upon hearing ur. Bruhns