, 1876-07-27
Police Officer Koenig Pursuos and
Attempts Their Capture.
One Of the GanE Shoots the Officer
iii tho Head and All
EYchpc.
Four Hard Cases Arrested on Suspicion
.--0theEs Being Pursued In the
Country.
The Notorious Brocky Mclean
Supposed to Sc the As
sassin.
At Last Accounts the Wounded Officer
Wus Rapidly Sinking.

was Rapidly Sinking.
a party Of North Side burglars mado 4 rail
Oh the northwestern portion Of tho Wcst
Division early ycstcrday norl!ing, and. after
robbing tlye sasoons n,ll dwellings, nlorta1ly
wounded policeman who attempted to nrrcst |
them. They iirst broke into tho dwelling OF |
Joseph 6.ockcr, No. lies Milwaukee avenue,
where they secured a silver watch and $3l6 |
In nickcls; next into tle saloon Ut August
Wfnlie, No. 1lul Milwaukee, nsenuc, obtaining
d small amount of money; then intu Erncst |
where they atdcd $G3 to their booty; next into
Sclp Thornbushe's hs,usc, No. Bll North I,obey
street, getting only s.; and Justly Into the house
Of Mrs. GIL, M. al0 Wauhansln avenue,
where they secured a5 IN cnrreuey. While Ill
thu latter house, about o'clock, ii son uf the
occupant heard them, md gayc tho alarm, and
thc thieves ran out. Procuring. =, gin: youHg
Gill Tired ut them and followed then!
as ;, thy Tstrsats4 hq st Ft1sI ettIasis
joluing GIll, he puralcl treG Of elc lncsl to thu
corner Of Asnnd avenue anh julian street,
where be oycrtuuk unc,-a small tellow,-an1
caught him b. thy coat collnr: The N,omei't
Iioeng placed his l,uud oil tt.c thief, tho latter
faced niiii, a,ld accompanied tllr rcinnrk You
- ---- ylu can't urrcst lie shy
PUTTING 4 REVOLVER
to the offlecr's lurcLsId and IrlnE right IN l1is
facc. Kocnig fell to The sldewusE, anu GIL wus
50 astuundsd TINT le WIS Utmost pafalyze1.
Recovering, however, III 1nulllel,t, he rMn to
tic Rawso.l Street stat!un and reported the Gir-
cunIsta,,tc, and all tho available policemen
{,our ur III 81 were at oAce started In pursuit Vi
tho supposed murderer.
Iiouilus1lnn Pattcn ura Patrol.llan LYNN,
who were several blocks distant heard the
shooting. aud, sceln. three, men running,
ss as ad i'ixq appsea @ They Close M 10 "s liz
fugltiyes near North aye,i,lc bridge, Wien, benE
observed, tho thieves separated, ouc Soints iio
ii lumber.ynrsl and twu nostl, toward Clypourli
avenue bridge. fattcn pursued t!e latter,
tirjug I've ehots ut them md tltry
Ut l.trn. When near tia Rteci-nlll he cried OUT
tu suInc labOreTs al ~urk tu stop them. but With
one exception, through fear, perhaps, they stta'd
still. Ono made ~ effort tE stop t'le i,lgs!yes.
lsueli, put his revolver up to shoot. Tic two
ran bcIwcrll the stecl-lnili and lnacllinc-slop,
dow, through tic roling-mt!l yard, aud crossed
tho CIybour,a avenue pridge, und, fur time,
were lost to View.
rnE SHOOTING or KoEsIa
brought together crowd, mid IN c1pfcss-
wagun was procured, aud ho was conveyed to
tse Lawson s.rsst Station in ;Io 81 lsgnsoS +,
attvnd lin. Hu FUND TINT the ball
la.l entered the lead Just above tic bridge ol
the nose, and Ind penetrated 80 lar that prob
Ing ~ Inches fallctl to discover It's whereabouts
It T.,s Ills opinion that the wound wns mortal.
| Subsequently the wounded otlscer WIS taken to
| Ills HUNG, No. o0J Milwaukee, avenue, where
several other physica,'s saw him, mud expressed
tlcEr doubts Us 70 his recovery iie Is Muglt 10
yenrs of ugc, ntl1 hus wife and tuur clltltircn
| ulld another in prospective. Possessing sonIu
| 1nru,,s, liz owned cluckcry sture, which was
conducted by his wife, mud, 7 IL sud, hc intend.
cd rcstgniny from tho police torso Ill 2 short
lucid intervals as,u would talk intrllIgcnsly.
| TliREE MEN sSEnE AlssEsTED
OIL suspicion Ut being tnclbers nl thu gang, and
| they huyc nut yet been identified by any ono
who saw the burglars III question. 0ilo ot
thcsu was captutca Ut IL o'clock at the coT,nr ot
Haisteta and Division streets by Officers stlcllcr
description given BY yuu,lg Gill. lla gayc hls
| nuns III Frederick Ncnlenlbarkcr, bur denied
Ill completely III the ui1alr. Upon examination,
lyIl spot WIS found upon Ills buck, such ~
%Sh' sot f1o nsns ysSng Sss' afr Z gu ' osf
two wcrc merely arrested upon snspleto'it
and notl,Ing has thus far been found
against tiu..i. Latcr ln Inc Gay well-knowI,
h ky0,ur thief named Adam White MAS found
S';ulking nbont III the tamber-yarls abnut tlle
,,lIl Brunch, nntl, " lsc answered pretty ac-
| curuttly THE description vi UNI Ut the thieves,
llo WIS lockca Up ut tho Chicago Avenue Station
to await further examination
After losing truck of tl!e murderer and us
th!vyish companions, Pattcn und llis Oillct'H
continued btlntlty IL nurthwestcrly ti!rCctt"1'
Iass!nE within Aalf-block Of the knWson Street
stat!os tho burglars were scel. " Oiliecr n1ut,
them, but lie. toat lost sight Ut them III tl1e
ro,liG.;.1nills property. THIS twa wcre next scu
by Ofcvr lInn.ath III Jay Btrect, rcnr Webster
uyenuc. At that t!'ns they were cutting
through lots IN u noytcastcriy direction, Mn
lie, giving chase, rail north Oh 3hy street to Fu!
lcrtuu avenue, hoping to cut tllcin Ut thc ub
atructions of ile new conduit.
THE THIEVES ......
reached Fullerton Aygtiuu ut about tho SAINT
tnc u tho utilccr, Ana, turning cast, sucecedeG
IN finding crussinE-pIuec III Haeltsu Aytl!ue
Tho otllecr pursued ttrilI few blocE8 further
but not knowing any thug abont tl'c, sontl1!e
aoon rcltnauislca tic clsakc, nnd, turning back
inquired Of every onc hu met ~ tn wllo tiln l'nr
ties weEu aisl ttsu c4rEc ot their cxtvc!l!u haste
'lhoy wg!e next seen III Lake View, ulld tti!thel
Qisfccr Patton started In hot pursuit. THIS tEtf'
was followed as fur north as EsnnatoE, til
thieves keeping we'll u The wos,da anti thu III
by Constapte Smith, VITO. upon t,u arrIya! q
tie Chicago ocerd, joined N the casc I'LL.
10 the TUwn VI Niles. 4 telegram received IT
o'clock yesterday hy Chief Hickey uunounec.
t!'at the pafsrcFs were within tlnes4nartcrs, =
amls y! the Fc:.r Ct three Of the me,l, VII!
every hope Of ellettlng sresstY capture.
second to cgenn was received q u Del'tl, .1atst
a:51 p. ~. Ina ANNOUNCED t!1ut tho rcncgMic
HAD Helen SURROUNDED
In AIo,ltun's Grove, ptces Vi wuultand but
slrt ltstatCu rast Ut Mics, The nefGhbor
llu'.l was reported as being out cn .nAsse arnct
to tbs teeth, ana determined upon tic cupturt
, Frutn the general tonu Of tho telegram, ulo
Inv SEEMED Imminent IN tlc easu of The tllloye
attempting to nuke my tletersnined resistance
Tie ,ulice waited anxEollsly fur further lactlell
. lars, yut up to lU O'Clock 1uthng had brcn RI
crye.l, a,,i thc Inference was that tic thleycs
i l,ul csrApcd from the grove, aud wern 6ein
pursued through tho country north, whicf, lI.I
: no tclugraphc communication with. this city
III t.,Is event fvars wcre entertained by tic 20
l!rc officials that Mshtfall would allow tho raa
cals tine to make good travelling, and pcrtlup
lgad their pursucrs sotno blntl chases th!.
, would entirely goycr up Tie truil. THIS polfc
l have Instructions to lu!tnw, though thu ctas
NAV cxteAl to the HnEth Pu!c.
| OFFICER kpES!a
was long llnown " sonu Ut tbs most faitlfI
/ men oil t!.e force. Hc canie TO th!s city fros
PENNSYLVANIA ut the close Of the War alt uut
iag wlcl, lp WAS In uettyu se1Ytcu Us HcTgeaI'