, 1879-05-30
PISTOL PRACTICE.
One Officer Blazing Away at a
Fugitive Possible Of
fender,
And Another Charged with Clubbing
Him After He 1s Shot
Down.
4 Few Extracts from the Statutes ot
the State.

tuG 0tAtEs
What Is characterized bv the citizen spectators
% piece of tAe grossest and must incxcusablc
brutality on tho part Of two policemen took
placs ahurtIy after i o'clock yesterday after
noon on Wabash avenue, near the correr Of
Adams street. Judgment mar be given By tho
Eeaier after pssuslhE the sub1olncd statements
Of the parties interested In the transaction. It
may more plainly establish the to stats that
at the timo indicated pedestrians, sllopkeepers,
an'l others In the netRhborhoou mentioned ~ere
startled at hearing two p.stol.sho!s 1t brlcf-
cst interval, and astoulshcd to obscrvc
two policemen chasing cotorcd mau
through tho ccu.ro Of wabn.b are
nue. The pursued party fell to Ills knees,
regained bis feet immediately. and moment
later VISA run down tn the ycsttule Of an ad-
jaceut store. 1lis captors took the man. bleed
Ink profusoly, into blacksmitlcshop on Adams
street, near Wabash avenue, sent iur an express'
wagon and Doctor, and madc the wounded
man ~ comfortable as possible.
OFFICER WILLIAM cRoAK,
Of tho Harrison Street Station, says that while
Walking his beat, md When At the Intersection
Of Ntchigan avenue and Adams street, be met
4 gentleman, wl,n polluted out young co1osed
1nan walking along the street. Tic former said
lle suspected the colored man of beIug thief,
as be had something Aecretcd under bis coat.
Tie officer followed the young man tato Adams
street towards Wabash arcnue, IND Just Is tie
latter hail nearel The corner Officer Ucnnehy, Of
the Harrison Btrcct Station. .alGhted from horse
car, Croak stgnaied to Dcnuehy to intercept
The colurcd nun, who subsequently Eaye the
name Of Luco Stone. Dennehy ncated Stonc,
reached over bis shoulder and drew from uHder
Ills coat paper box contatn!1't. two dozen k!yes
and forks, md as he did 50 Stone said "lln0 on
minute. Is I've something elsc to show Jou."
out to see II he had an7 moro goods tec!eted.
when the coloscd n,nu stopped anu dar.ed for
ward, running aionE the centre of Wabash
avenue north cfoak sass ne LhfeW os G,ao @ at tiie
stone kept on, wllen he lCroak( drew hls rc.
yoiyer and fred twicc. At tue first shot stone
fcl to Ills knees, but Instantly got up and
"iiow near to Stone wsrc you when you first
"About aftccn feet"
"Au,l I,ow far away WAS ha when you fred
tho SECOND shotF'
s.Wherc did you lit hlnlf'
"Unco in lie head, Just back Of tho car. You
can sec the wound plainly. The SECOND shot bit
him in tic left hips
TUE WOUNDED MAN q
was bleeding protusey from the region FIRST in
a, ~ e. i'nir ,oottct nho,,t ,hn ,vo"nd
MI 1i"ri.s H,1 s' s,nr.rrI ~ ,.,rs nm w verv it,i.
PAN anu nJ TX. tsahi A hn ~ - 'pu tss .s o'',
ceas ne osn., ~ IN. ~ .,ie ~ III - tha
| sapsess""so"' ,s,.s '"' 'e'S "o'' ~ "A'' ~ '"e
Ojliccr Dcnnehy's story was virtually the
same as that Of Officer croak, from the time he
apprascd upon the scene.
etouc; that he had formerly worked At the
| Palmer, the Grand Pacific, and at Race Drotf.-
ers' US a waiter liz had lived IN Chicago seven
| yeare, mud rttidcd ut Nm lbi Clark street. lie
protested, hut, It nuak be atated, not with the
atr Of an 1nnocent mau, that he had honestly
come Into possession VI the goods above men-
| toned. While walking along Michigan nyenuc
a white boy had approachcd him., saving,
i !" Don't your want II, buy n,ee boz of knycsa''
| lie thought he would like TO hate nlcm nna
patd the boy his price, 20 cents 11la cheapness
| Ut the Euods Immediately thereafter alarmed
him, utl, thinking the oilo who sol might also
iie Ind, he sa!d. peen arrested III tho citv for
drunkenness, b,tt never for THEFT.
A caIorel nlau named Scott, who has done
spccaL detective work about tle Harrisot Street
Station, was presenl, anu sold be knew the man
| we'll, hut would give no particulars as to past
crimes which ta inferred he had committed.
Dr.. Cattcll caule tn rcaponsc to the su'utnons
for sarslea oia, und examined The man's Wounds.
| He found TINT one bullet had pnseed through
the tnror tleshy portion OF the thigh, aud that
10 artertcs had been severed. The wound on
| tho scalp juat behind The left car, was ab0ut M
| inch Quu half lung. the 1eali he|nE laid open
nearly to The skull.
"Tllat," said tho wounded man to 0f1ccr
Cron,s, us where yon hit mo With Tie c!Nb.'
No other bullet wounds beyond tue ons above
| described wcre discovered, aud Stone WAS
| taken to the Arn,ory.
The circumstances attending the arrest Of this
| man elected
| rnn s1noa0EsT CONDEMNATION or TIE Of
| ficElss
on tho mart Of those who witnessed tho affair.
| Fral,E N, Petit, a law-reportur at No. 10
Dearborn street who hsd iust come out OF tlln
Harjirk Ho,1ao, saya there wus no possible *
| guae tar tue shooting. 0alrur Croak WA aMost
within nru,' 's-lengtI Of tho man when he hrcd
liza ijrst al,0t. ami could have secured lin by
oih4r means tha. the liso Of firearms.
Ii, Ii, DUN, millinery goods, No. 187 Wabash
nyenuc. ha liis attention, called to tlle afIair by
lie pjstol.shols, mud, running to ts,o front por-
ton Ut bis store, saw tho cnlofed mau down in
| h!G doorway, the .wo policemen holding him,
mud then saw one Sne coala n.y. te1t ulo a,a manse
but BAY6 It WIS tic InfkEf 0l Tie tM1 ClI1ccT51