New-York tribune., 1874-02-23
TIE SEARCH FOR A MURDEbER

. TERRIBLE BIUNpKR-AN INNOCENT MAN b'N''II'
oUsLY WOUNDED BY DETECTIVES.
Several months ago, "Dutchn Harmon, alias
Herman Liependorf one OF the most notorious mem-
bers of the Tenth-age gang, escaped from Tue 1'a"
Prison at Trenton, N j., where he was serylhg oht
term Of Imprisonment for a robbery commit'ed AZ
Union Hill near Hoboken, y. J. 1t was known that ne
had visited his old haunts this city. superpteDd'
ent Matseu and Capt. Irving, knowing the
aesnerate character Of the man. thought
likely that he might be the one who Killed F'hoas A.
schmeick the Hudson River Railroad watohman of tha
freight depot, on Wednesday night last Inquiries 'u
them 10 believe that he to be found IN inc no"on
No $50 West Twenty-ninth-st, between iohth s"n
rleventh-ayes Capt. McElwain on the night saeeoea
inc the murder visited the house, stationed hs men ID
,ont and IN rear and then entered tho place. accom-
.nan,cd by two or three OF his most uostworthr
men Lenendorf had heard them ener' Ano
snr,np,ne out Of bed. he gained tho bseA
ward He was by the omeers, aho "Ho'
they advanced he fired upon them' 'ney 10
turned the fire. and endeavoredt TO seize him on' I'D o
con,,sion OF the moment he managed TO escape. ho
aod % saloon not far away, remained there un' 'ne
coars had dcparted and then, with bravado worthy
n, the man, returned TO his apartment IN tue eo"o'
ra,t IRVING learned that be likely to visit MS
wife in their apartme Mt, and resolved 10 make
efor, 10 capture him. Detectives Lahey keihe'' ""o
90, Williamson. Van Gerchten, and Mullen were do
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| om,e AZ A. m. yesterday. Leaving Their carriage
so,a distance away the detectives az .
| - visited the house where Lenendor was
! supposed 10 be. Two OF the deteeu'es ~e'"
| posted in front and two IN the rear De'eo
tves Iahey and Reey volunteered the peroos tasA "a
endeayorng to capture the fugitive In his apartment.
The front door was forced by the detectives VINO
aroused the inmates OF the house. The room OF Seheo
ao, vas on the second floor 'front.' On reaching ana
entering the detectives found only Mfs NensnHos, s,
She said that her husband had not peen ,ers 's.
the detectives hurried to the floor above. iey ns s
loud tsE which upon ,nef panse announcing that
fhev were officers OF the law, but no attention s
to them % , The asnana %ds the ocers
force it, The door was partly forced open, anu .ss %
ocsr Detective Kelley put hand inside 70 push
hm aside and received severe blow on the baeR OF
| hand with a fre-shoyel Detective Lahey instantly
red through the door detectives then icrssa open
the door They found tie occupant Michael MeNamars,
an an 1eat 1sa alarm, .upposins the intruders 70 DO
thieves The man vas found to be badly wounded, tne
lie was removed to the West Thirty Poliss
station and thence 70 Bellevue Hospital IN an amSS
be found, and Il 1. believed ths. as The
there that night was true The attendant surgeons 2:
Bellevue Hospital deemed McNaworss case critical sno
statement, which is as follows: n.A A
or q EscSx sSs uSpi.s suS we
named Mary Murphy aw0ke me by scfeemna, ~. ~
IN s:hss S.S ss uu.s s:S
door had forced open BY them 9sa @ 70 so
them from coming At that ume ad nos nnow
| thev we're They aid not tell me they were pones
ocers tried 70 keep door shut Tney nsd ere,sn Zen
| a nanel lust then I shot. ! saw pe.oi IN sae
hands OF man In citizens clothes 1 heard he oposs
Of the pistol, but did not know was snoS 1nree os
Sorr mem then entered and searched my room. ltnen
saw one man holding lamp he was dressed ~ ponee
| oe,esr T had nothing but an undershirt fne men
omeer. 1 - set on nv clothes and to . doctor.
soa a ,hen taken 10 Bellevue Hospital. do not know
who shot me. 1 would not know nun Ass" m"' 1 an
nr Leroy J. Brooks House Surgeon. testined that
xNamara was admitted to the hospital suffering from
nsto shot Of the abdomen half inch above the nm
bi',cus on the median line anticipated that pontoaia
would be developed and the wound would then prove
fatal. =. a.
trusted oy the custody Of Capt Irv1ne
Capt McElwain and the police Of tho Tweneesn r.
| cinct saturday night arrested William haetsss'
| Michael Foran. Peter McDermott Henry Henncf fet'
rick Cody and John Mccormick, and locked them up en
suspicion Of knowing something Of the snoouns " We
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