The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-03
A LIVELY CHASE.

SOME EXCITING PISTOL PRACTICE ON TWEEN
TY-NINTH sTREET-DEPLoRABLE MAEKsMAN-
SHIP.
People passing and living in the vicinity Of Twenty
ninth street and Madison avenue at noon yesterday
had the opportunity Of enjoying a sensation II
desperate chase after desperate thief In which twelve
shots exchanged, one very seriously hurt and
the pursued finally captured. A nne.toking man,
with uxurant side wbiskcrs and mustachc, dressed in
gray clothes, entered Wards furnishing store No.
112l Broadway, and asked TO some silk stockings.
necktics and handkerchiets He bought $40 worth
and paid for them; but before leaving the
store managed to steal s25 worth. The same man
went into Conney's hat store near by, bought hat
paid for IT, stole another and Oncer Paddock
OF the Broadway squad called and arrested the
thief he was trying TO make his way through the
Broadway entrance OF Demonico's restaurant When
they reached tho OF Twenty ninth street and
Madison avenue the prisoner suddenly changed his
umbrella from his right to his left hand and pulled out
a derringer pistol saying, Snow Pm off," and tired.
The bali grazed the officers cheek and the smoke from
the pistol blinded both him and Mr. Colby the manager
OF the hat store, who was accompanying the prisoner
to the station house to make charge. SO that he
prisoner gained at least hall block them the
He ike deer down ~entyninth street to Fourth
avenue and through Fourth avenue, loading his two
pistols as he and firing over his shoulder. At
Twenty -iourth street Olccr Paddock jumped into
butcher cart and ordered the charge to drive
alter the desperado He fired five shots at the flying
figure, oil the balls grazing tho back OF tho iugi
tve's head, knocking OIL his hat and another taking
effect in the calf OF his right leg.
On tho corner OF Twenty fourth street and Second
avenue young man named Edward Scoomfeld
ceved ball from the ugitlve's pistol in the lapel of
his coat tearing large hole through the front Of his
Shirt but fortunately intIcting no wound
BROUGHT TO
The thief was finally brought 10 bay in Second nv-
enuc Twentythlrd street. after despers ate fight,
in which he received clubbing about the head
aud body this seeming to have more effect him
than pistol bullets. BY this time six officers had
gathered around, and surrounded by tho squad, he
taken to the Twentyninth street station house.
Here he gave his Roscoe d. Peterson, and
said he came from Chicago When he was searched
S. 1884 In money was found OH his person, several
checks and bottle OF yellow liquid. lie was arragued
before Judge Wandcll later the afternoon,
and taken TO the court well hanucuIed. When
asked what he had 10 say for himself lie
appeared like one having very little conception
OF what no had been doing, but answered, Z" |
have nothing at all TO say" Some persons IN the
Ing hard for several days from the wild gcam OF his
eye the action OF his whole body. Before
Peterson taken to he escorted TO Belle
vue Hospital, but positively refused have tho ball
removed rom his leg after the surgeon had found II
with the probe. When he stood up before tho mags-
trate he aud not seem to feel the wound and as Judge
Wandcii committed him In SIC, 900 bail to answer
two separate charges OF elouous assault and IN 600
bail Ia answer on charge OF grand larceny, no took
the decision calmly and walked OIL in a negligent nan
ner toward the prisoners box