The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-05-07
BRENNAN's BULLET.
A Policeman Shoots o Nan in JET.
ferson City.

From the jefferson City Tribune, list.
Between eleven and twelve O'Clock last
night, policeman John Cohegan, while
standing near the City Hotel, vas attracted
BY loud shouting and hsllooing up High
street, near Capt. Maus' store, on the COR
n~r Of Jefferson. Proceeding in the direc-
ton Of the noise. he saw three men moving
along the sidewalk on the north side Of
High street, acting in a very bOisterous
manner. Others we're attracted BY the I'M
usuaI noise, among them DR.. w. A Curry
Of the Jefferson House. Cohexsn kept
along the center Of the street end did not
ove.tAke the parties until they had reached
the corner Of High and Washington Sts.,
when he crossed and demonstrated with
them. On his near approach, one Of the
party, subsequently, ascertai"ed to be Geo.
Opel, broke and ran down Washington
street in the directio. Of the Capitol. One
of the men followed on run after Cohegsn,
shouting cd d-n you What are you
running after tina. man forr About mid
way down the block. Cohegan overlook
Opel, and at this moment the man vh0
was pursuing came up and struck the po-
liceman. Cohe9an let Opel %. and the
man wh" struck him. Robert Brennan BY
name, turned and ran back to High. Co
hogan after him. At the corner. Brennan
turned and clinohed him, and, after .
scuffl-. threw him in the gutter. 1t the came
time. IA Cohexan says. cutting him (Cohe-
x.n) with knife, and slsaaing hi- vest.
Brennan then ran down High toward. the
Convent building. and Coheg.n. a. soon -
he had regsined his feet. started in pursuit.
Just in front Of Fred. Kolkmeyer's. Bren-
nan was overtaken, and Cohexan caught
him BY the coat tail. Brennan turned and
the men sgain clinched for . tussle. Just
before Brennan seized Cohegan, the latter
said to HIM, "Don's make another cut at
me, or I will shoot you" They scuhled
for few moments face to face, when Cohs-
gan got his pistol out and fred The ball
entered about an inch and half below The
navel. bearing toward the right hip. Bsen-
nan was then taken to Chris. Kolkmeyer'A
on the corner of Mulberry and McCarty,
where Tribune reporter cav him . short
time Afterwards. Drs. Willis B. Winston,
Curry and Matthews were there, and Father
Hoog was also present. Brennan said b
was running from the policeman when shot,
but this ia evidently mistake, - be i shot
fairly in the abdomen.
At the present writing, it ID impossible 70
determine what will Be the result Il vas
though. best not to probe for the ball Let
night, but that the best and only sdvisable
course Wis quiet. When Ne left Brennan
was vomiting. but from the fact that no
blood was thrown up, the wound may not
be fatal. Brennan ID represented - being,
ordinarily, . quiet man, and had worked
for some time with Henry Kolkmeyer in
the quarry. Cohegan gave himself up to
Dr. T. Matthews.
The mostof the foregoing statement u de-
rived from Mr.. Cohesan, and, Ne supposs.
il about the truth Of the unfortunate mat
ter. John Hartman Wa sanding in front
OF Fred. Kolkneyels when Cohesan and
Brennan clinched just preceding the firing
of the .hot. We are informed that he ssys
he heard Cohesan tell Brennan not to cut
at him again, bat thought they were scui-
ding in friendly manner.