, 1876-07-28
OFFICER KOENIG.
He Still Lives Despite the Bullet
in His Head.
Identification by tho Ot1lccr OF
Three Of Ills AssailaAts,
His Ante-Mortem etatemont-Pu1suit Of
tho Other Member Of tho Gang.

Ing Ot1ef MeM0hf OF Inc Tang.
The phenomenon Of mnn with bullet
through Ills brain, Jet refusing to die, Is ono Of
those tare accidents shat bai11c al tho science
and skilf Of tho medical gontry. Such yester.
day wna the condition Of Onleer Fred W. Koc-
ntG, who nYaa shot IN tho teutr Cot the forehead
while attempting to arrest a gaug Of four burg
lars Wednesday morning at tho corner Of ASH
land avenue md Julian street. Although al-
teraately reported dying md dead throughout
Wednesday afternoon and evening, the wound
cd man was at times conscious, mud iu no such
proximity to death as WIS represented. Ycstcr-
day morning found hin mucl, improved, and
upon awakening at 8 o'clpcls ho was
found to- ba conscious Of nil t1lat was
going on about him, and took
littto vcal soup and some lemonade. He said ho
siderable ratt.. AZ 10 o'clock ho had 30 far ro-
covered from, exhaustion as to ba abla to talk
quite fluontly and lntcll1gent'y upon various
subjects, and requested Ills physician, Or: Wild,
to send word to tho Chicago Avenue Station
had becn arrested upon susplcton II be!ng mem.
bcrs Of tho gang who committed the outrage.
Upon hearing this Capt. johnson was somewhat
astoundcd, and made sure Of the man's
se Bss fssa {. @
Inaii. Each ono reported that the mai, wos af-
parcntly a1l Fight, and thnt they had eonvcrsed
With him and been recoSnlzcd fully, In
men afs..eG Ta dnesa%y " a% ssns ,S afsS s.
eff s. ysung Eli a weaS seon snoo fs o s assSe1 ees
Thcir naInea are Fred Relchenbaekt OF No. 119
Divialon stEsst; Ja1nes Brown {.ee, corner ot
Of No. 6l9 Halsted street. THO police wcre but
little inclined to believe TINT any ono Of these
was Implicated, simply bec9use there yas moth
ing found upon them in my Wy connecting
mcrnIng Of tho affrays, but each 'sas taken TO
Koeaig'o Residence. There wcFa present at tho
t1me Iii tho wounded mans room, Scrgts. T. D.
Fox md N. Q. Brfsco, George Kotchrnluse, OIL
eers :, Royclait. George Deuder, Charles Larsen,
John uuebner, and others, relatives OF tho faul-
IDENTIFIED.
Tho tlrst ono hrouElltin was Fred Retchenbaek.
young nan entered hc called lin by name, &C. md md
then said, "Tha1s one af t.,a,u that ci1ascd,''
The young scoundrel wiltcd under hts look, md
Tas taken from tho room without having utter
ed stnglo word. Joan hlull!gau was next
T9Indcd officer, who said, aa ltc entercdt
That's tho follow who turned on me with tho
pistol" Mulllgan turned palc, but rcgainIng
IT, sis Courage, Which Is abn,ndsa: Judging from
gucstea Kocnlg to take a batter look at him.
KooniG Remained tr1n1y convlnccd, however,
that Mulligao was ts,c mani and stated 50 posi-
lively. Tts third culprit, Lee, was then led In,
ons Of tho three who presented rcvoiy.
era at him. After brown Leo was led out,
Koonlg looked about the room, romarkiug,
Whore Is the other one; there we're four 81
not yet bcen captured, which appeared 10 satis-
y him, and he saed nothing further. While
Keichcnbaek waa hetng idcut{ned the wounded
man seemed to rally Under tho hope that h!s
sssalaats we're to b brought to Justice, and,
the batter to view. tho young rascal Who was
covering before him,
At the time Of thelr capture The men were ali
at their homes, but arc known 70 have been out
tG5ag,nS ss Z; to P5oyios night Brown Lss ths
rowdy, about q years Of uge and about s
bony ogure. hfulllsan is ? small iellow''
s .sfs Ssss .a S a.s a ssnps1onea sd % ne:e sss
son oi . respectable German, an sx-nlemhor Of
tho police forco and at present IN the employ OF
: bank At the corner OF Halstcd and Harrison
ue has noted With sorrow the downward Career
Of hts boy, and has frequently remarked to
police acAuaintaoces that ha expected toine-
ag IN hs :aocts .s n Or stabeng ns tsGm b.;
up Ia separate cells in tha Chicago Avenue Sta
tion together with fellow named Adam Weiss,
the fourth man Of tho party who has not yet
heon identified.
At II o'clock Justice Bcully visited Koenig
With tho purpose OF taking
AN ANTk-AonTEN srAT1MENT,
which was taken rs follows IN the prascnce Of
number Of policemen:
siy nams ia Fredctick n, Koent2: am q eaxon,
trlCt beat aud 9, and afteF hearing shot flfhd
wont n ill., direction of ths paeiae Gardens. = i
SS f &. H. rss ssd = Gsaf Il hsss ss y yn s9S
eWaS s iise S 1s ss
sssa s,oss, s PSats we
..5 -;:,o. ,r,l could no! te1l xho .hot; thiea
ssN saoo ns1a' bo ea s'oysf sss ~as ha sa
ise: ;st It. VT L. &C. ID Ksss s 1 s s1% % 5
and continued; He stood about Two feot in ftont of
me when shot wes fred. netote shot Nas Ared,
n Ssn as ss81sB an asi sn sssnF ssM @5 @5
ro'ut psasoa hoard the shot ffed. When arrest
VA sdo hagan Ss6Ssd q n po,kg aTa
s ;ea Nbeas W. i sssadns a1s nsat Ash Masss
cams from est 10 west waon tho offers stood IN
tsat TO of Malligan- cannot tell positively who
HAhk4EN k9E4liy +&Gu WuUHA UP A19 4Ht9IFUXAL0~
ries with the question, "Do you reaiize that
you are going to dis; TINT you are at tic point
Of death1" To this Koenig replied, "I aun't
expect to dle," thereby knocking what was slr-
puaed to ba q tlrst-ciass ante-moftcm Deposition
higher than Gilderoy's kite, for tho law only nd
mfts such testimony when taken as d dying
mans declaration, III fuli knowledge Of lis fui-
pending death. Hence the next beat thing was
done, and that was TO leave the statement Intact
with Tho officers OF tic Chicago Avenue Station,
80 that Ia the event Of koenfg'a growing worse
the All-important questions can bo asked ut any
time ind appended to the document 1t seel1l6
usci6sa, however, to hopo for, tho mau's life;
tho doctors have probed the hrain w inches
and bayc not found the bullet, and afe conf
dept that he cannot live. Nevertheless, be con-
ttnues to thrive very we'll, and a. a1ate hour
laat evening was perfectly conscious during tho
lew moments that he remained awake.
AouHDsMAN PArroN'a CMAsa
tor the supposed murdcrers, full details OF
which were given In yesterdays paper, stll con-
tlnues. although koenig has Identified tho per.
sous arrested here, The Chlcf has tclegrsphcd
Patton 70 come home, but no answer has yet
been received.
Tie Drocky Mclean crowd, who were thought
70 be the guilty ones, wore all bagged before
daylight yesterday by Scrgt. o'uonue!l, and IL
the forenoon the notorious leader delivered
himself up A. the Bfadtson-strcet Station, md
hknS{-t Ill