New-York tribune., 1877-08-03
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
AN EXCITING AND PERLoUs PURSUIT

AN EXCITING AND PERILOUS PURSUIT
rIsIoL-umNG IL THE CROWDED STREETS BY Po-
LCFMEN AND FUGITIVE FROM APR ST.
Broadway and the neighboring streets from
Twouy-nmthst to Madson-sQuare were thrown INTO
great excitement Yesterday afternoon by the escape ana
chase Of a prisoner who used pistol freely firing
number of shots at the officers pursuing him. ana shoo
ing a bystander. The fugitive was oscar d. Petersen
the city, who had been arrested Wards shirt
store No 25 Broadway Petersen cnte ed the store ana
asked 10 he shown handkerches and hosiery ana
other articles He spent several minutes examining the
Goods before him and then turned % leave the store
without purchasing auy thing. Meanwhile clerk rs"
seen him put several articles m his pockets "hth Io
tersen reached the door officer Paddock OF the
sluad who had been sent for, tapped him nthcsHoue
The prisoner smiled apparently not in the least dsc"n
eetted and walked down Broadway without offering
resistance aud chatting pleasantly. At Twenty nlhth
st however Petersen suddenly drew pistol ana point
Ing Il at the Ulcers head, fired e&c'a'm'"s
.sNow. old fellow. I'm of! The oihter oo'@o"
in time 10 escape the shot aud the PRISONER
breaking away from him. started on run uo""
Broadvav officer Paddock Immediately gave chase 'uu
was soon upon the fugtves heels, when Petersen
peronnd red another shot after whicn he redouOedhS
spced on ser Paddock returned the hre' nu' Ms o''
went wide OF the mark. striking the sidc oi p"'"s
Petersen again discharged his pistol at the o'' '"'
without effect
Tho crd in Broadway fed 70 and cross-sreets
for safety and no effort was made by any one except
poccmcn 10 intercept Petersen. officers kether oi ue
Twenty.nnth Precinct, and Pratt Ot the lNehtl l''u
Precinct ioned m toe pursuit near Twenty
were about TO cheek Peterseus flight when he hrcd sew
eral shots at them. and into the brunswick ho'el
with the officers at ms heels Peterson escaped from the
hotel by a side door and a moment was dashing down
Twentv.niuth-st. 20 Fifl-avc., when he was struck
and almost brought 10 stop by sh"t hted ~
one Of the three officers As his pursneIs S"inc nic
up however. he tmptied an.,net cai,'u-o c r,,,d ~.
winch he was chased. 10 the asouishmcu ol tle tl"AS
Of people. Keeping a good distance from the ohcels
P,ictscn next turned down Twcuyfourih 49, stoppiuS
frc0ucutlv tn hreat the pol crucu ana RELOAD MS po
When he clcd LeXiugon-aNr ne met Oinc,r o' t ~
the Eightccuth Precinct AZ Whom r ulss E'u 80, ~
The bah missed ~mth, and struck Edward bOohheiu oi
No 333 West Fourteen l-st "oundlng uiu s.t1u'Ef, t1 T.
Petersen then secured, Ohccr smith taxing u''" ]"
charge. ..o.. ,, q ,,s
tol wound n The lex ana cur over the 'iic nv ,i'r
taken % Eiehtocnth Precinct station House, Wue'
he gave his unc and stated that he dla MOI I'VE @ Sl
where iu particular, but had feccutf arrived J" "l
York from Chicago. Upon ms person We're Iuuuu
eleven handkerchief fifteen necNts' naG NJ, Ga.iL y,L
and eleven pairs ~ hose. il> "cNc.-u"ON
contained ~ ISL "a. and various papers and mcmoI3
a. Petersen ius styd upon counting Ais mone$, hs
acted Iu so strange "a mauuar thlt sergeant MctWi.u-h
4 M me opinou that hc NOT boo his right mind From
cnnv.r,,tiau with him 10 Wa. also concluded hy thc
ej.r t,t fi. fris01er s "a Il,ptomaulAc lie refused
fo make auy cXp.uu1fian uf hs extraordinary c"h"uc'
and was somewhat lncuucr,nt IN li~ lau-ut-r'
Petersen ard MI Bloomfield wnoin h' nae! sn"', WI, W'l'
aficrWard taEtu t0 Bellevue Hospital. me EU'lS
wound was 80 gut Petersen refused 10 nave 'I' ni To-
moved from his leg, bat his wound was ncyrIin'''s
dr. .sd aud hc was taken tp the Jefferson Ikrl l"tc
CONT Justice Waudrl held him in default of c-h0oo
ba tn aus er for fclouOust asau;iue OWccr I"ddpch
aud Edward li""hH'iI ""tt .' ,I ,'t.r Goods
change oi stealing the hdhdaeichcs anu "'"'i s""''
Tnc prisoner D. ahput forty years OF and has the
appearance Of atcspcctable merchant. ne NoI' "n "
Guary -it of clotut-, but there was dh uu-.h h"iu
connections and of property, but subject To mani" j"
Stealing.