The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-02-17

da,'. Crime, and Two for Inriicr Onrncc-.
There was mourning among the attaches
oudhahtuf4 of Joe Coburns barrOom ycs,cr-
dl. iar .ln, was locked up in tho Tomhs with
a rfulAhilii, II being railroadcd." as Cd,i.
Williams OF 'hc rhirticth street police. said to
state PRISON. for he was already under in
dui.,nt foriwo iclonious assaults. with intent
TOXIN
Coaurn's bdrroom Is situated AT the junction
II broadway and sixth avenue. H. outward
appearance is rather imposing. hui It's rcrut-
uDn !, as bad as lt could wei hc. Joe is
Usually ci'hcrin trouble. about torri into trout
a., or lua' ont of trouble for he has been r.
mlr.ahly fortunate In escaping the consr-
ulcn.,S Of his laWIossncss. Or all his ad,cn-
tu =. however that OF yosicrddy morning Yves.
probably. ,hc most foolish. and il promises TO
b. his last for some years to come.
Br ly. the circumstances are these. Some
weeks ago it became OGircr William Tobias
duty to interfere TO stop some dsordcry con-
duct in Columns slloon. gnd I'm doing 500 he got
INTO dispute with the pu.;iiist. and more
especially, with one OF the pugiliSts friends.
and they threatened him ncn. ana in Oh" fricas
81 ycs rday tbs threat was partially executed.
The officer went into the barroom. at about one
O'Clock in the morning. to usl; who wis the
drN,r OF - hack that was standing unattended
outside. Tie found the man inside. and sent
han uut. sub" ting hims NJ 90 some abuse from
C0turn and those VINO Wrre " fla him in the iFr-
room, nnd on ma return 10 his post one oi the
r.u followed him. and Wdisrd with him to
rH Us ihiri sitc,L .Wh,rr thny wrr. JOINED ~
tONurn and "a croW,l of his friends 4 d.-tt,fi.
soon arose. and COburn sc.2i,d the olie.r in tn.
throat. aud was about tO strike MIN hui ihc lt-
triuuprd buck and raised his baton. Quick
NJ 81 Uisl tohufn drew % pistol from his pocket
and red. the bali striking the officer in tn,. lct
nf 'HSl. anu ne rcclrd bach, lust ~ Onircr john
ior' inns assistance arrived Onlcer To-
bias threw up his RIGHT arm Just in
,,ne 70 reeve second bullet. from
and the whole hrunt vi the battle fell upun
Oni"r Jcrilcs. The latter IL a young powerful
man brimfnl ~ pluck. H. tried t. close with
III. pugilist. but CoDurn. with wonderful ra-
pidity, fired three shots at him almost within n
second. One bullet struck him in the lett sido.
but nothing daunted. the officer grasrei his
as?aiant ny me collar, aud u" two rolled on the
sidewalk As they iell the officer struck Coburn
acLoss me lace with his baton. and the prize
lighter returned the blow with the butt of his
pistol. cutting the officers head severely. Still
Cnburn was unable to release hims If from the
officers hold. and. clinched desperately. they
struggled ON the pavement
,Cob'un had almost rcgaincd his feet when
Rqnndsman ONcill arrived. He struck the pu-
wren he'd the pistol from his hand. 0ihcr
officers arrived. and the prize hghtcrs dis
pcrScd. Cohurn and the two wounded officers
were taken To- the Thirtirth street police sta
ION anu on the way the pugilist recognized
unlwr Hamilton, who had struck him in The
SCUM" prrNeilnghis arrest You - - -
h"gruwled, II could get at you Id settle YOU
III KIN YOU when get out"
The pistol with which Coburn attempted 10
murder the officers IL "a heavy self-acting Cots
revolver, black and much used 1t has six
chambers al of which are empty. although
only iiv shots We're fired.
Dr. sWteree pronounced tho officers injnries
serious nut not necessar " dangerous. Jrrfl,s
W. rul lHudiy on the head. and bullet had per-
iorAifd his let side, lut. the doctor thought had
fallen out. Onicer Tobias was the greater sui
hrrr II, had lost much blood and was very
weak. bullet had to be- extracted from his
arm. and another from his left breast moi lar
ltlow the heart Both officers were very hoaNi-
Is clothed and to this fa, / they are indcpirI in
agrcat h-easurc. To their lives. The bullets were
Of exceptionally large size. and the thick wool
en- garments somewhat arrested their force and
Omrr Tohias's coat and glanced downward:
Otherwise i must have lodged in his heart.
Coburn was badly bruised about the head for
even after the. arrival of the other officers he
struggled and fought So desperately that the
police had to club him.
Oniccr Wi liam +. Tobias sat in the rear hase-
ment OF his boarding house at 239 West Twenty
fourth street yesterday forenoon. His head
OF rest. Tor lie had not slept for twenty-four
hours previous to the shooting. He was sui
icrng severely, and feared that he might not be
all" e resume duty for some time 10 come.
About midnight" the officer said " noticed
q hHck. without any driver, standing in front Of
l1hurn'- place. did not interfere with il AT
hist for although knew the barroom 10 bc
T. svri for disorderly, characters | supposed
That IN" driver would soon come out. Bur an
hour passed and the hack. without any attend-
ant. was sui standing where had at first seen
7. Then 1t occurred to me that there might d.
burglars tools, or something of that kind. in in;
:. opened the door Of the barrOOm and said
l. 'he driver Of this hack hercy y0uu. man
pumped dp and said he was the driver | told
MN hr had been there long enough and to 70
ont and take care OF his hack or | would
s arr nm H. He went out quietly and drove on
very roughly and said. Well what do YOU
v ut said was not speaking 10 him. and
be- had better not interfere with me. H. abused
NJ. ana threatened 10 close his saloon rs a
dls"rirfiy house. There were great many
mon ia ihH saloon, most OF whom knew 10 be-
r." Nhnih pudrrcllrd "A lew weeks ago. Nncn
| went uut several of them followed me among
,ngm man named McD9nough whom | know
a. N' i,ad character, phry collected around
m, bal showed them aside, and walked To-
T'fI Inr'y-third street, MeDonoush Keeping
!, -ni' 100" and abusing me. At Ihuy-tlrd
tr't W. -iopped. and | threatened to arrest
n MN. Almost immediately / saw Columns
s"d q, l'llG ,Ed,ss me- ,,o, with Coburn HIM,
nrWind me, and Coburn sworc al mo. said If
p h4d my friends there they had better Lring
- ''ps' ms saloon too; but suddenly Ia seizcd
~ N me throat and was going H. hii me-
~ ri"d back and tried TO use my club. but h.
a ',n a pistol, and, without taking his hand
,away rom my collar, fired, 1t seemed to me
l. q ine two shots came together. | felt a .ha,p.
s r. pain in my chcst and another in MY
u-' and when | saw Officer Jerlles running
i'- tile street | said. Officer you take
image Of HIM. | can't help you: he has shot
~ ! heard three more shots fired and saw.
lnd'stln'ily struggle going on between tho
ono q anu COhurn. bat | knew very ltlc more
a. Wuhi took place uniil was carried la the tn-
pee station. | think It likely that Cobnrn nud
his gang Of h"rlrrs' had a grudgo against me
weeks ago ~"
,Onieer John Jcrlles sitting in his room nj 900
West Twenty seventh street, with a bullet hole
IN the lett side Of his blue waistcoat and brn1-
age bound around his head. furnished the
sequel 10 the story. About hall past O'clock
D. morning." he said Il was Standing At
lhrty-third street and Broadway when saw
police officer ON tho opposite of the street sur
POUNDED by crowd Of men. One Of them seized
ira 10y the throat, aud | ran across to help him
recognized Joe Coburn as the man who was
struggling with him, and | caught hold OF him
T. me collar. He broke loose and humping
Ia 'lrew pistol. Before l could catch him
i .,sal.r Il h. said You a. IN KIN you
S S,, iEtggcred back. and throw up his. right
arm The second bullet struck him in the
.n|, and he cried I'm shot and fell
ind not see him again until VIZ met in the
lpn', station. All this time the crowd was
frNlllnE around encouraging COburn. but no
1g merged him IN any other way. As soon as
NA,r Tobias foil, COburn turned on me and
nr.l ilrre shots so rapidly that they seemed
ainN-' like on" report. The revolver was self
~ ~. nS ana no time was lost in cooking II, for