, 1879-07-30
A poiiceman's Head Tougher man
Bullet.
A Father WHO Wants His Son
Locked Up.
Bareback" a." Robinson in tho Hands Of
the Philistines.
Thu Grand Jury After the Bumboats--'
Criminal Court,
Robbed aud Badly Ponnaed".1nstiee-ceuft Cases.
Pitkpstk.ts md Yagrauts.

NAV street. Just north of Randolph, was the
eccuo Yesterday murnng Of shooting at1ray
which nearly resulted In tho Instant death Of
one Of thu most faithful men In the po1lce De-
partmeut, Ofl7cer' Frederick Howe. While pa-
troliuE his beat he saw man crawling near tho
entrance to IN alley which runs in tho rear Of tho
houses fronting on the north side Of Randolph
street. At first ho thought It was Ol1'ccr
Milluro, who travels tho ndtoln!ng beat. ana
whom he was expecting to ace In that netchnof'
hood. "A moments consideration prompted him
to drop down upon some stems near when 40
was standing, thus completely hiding himscil'
This was ut about len minutes to o'clock. Tue
fellow crawied out upon TIC sidewalk, and after
locking closely about him gave signal whtcn
brought Two other men out Of the alley
Tho officer Jumped at tie conclusion that
they were burglars, either r,,,,n. 1st 1teef nae,
hsySs ,s nax LEFT .;rc, e u. asoS SsS'a e enter
lie lie erpossd himself, and, orlerng them to halt.
aporonched. Ono OF the tbrco took deliberate
aim, aud rcd The bullet struck ~ t!'e e.. ost!cer
f,attenine against The frontal bone right IN
he ' says himself, the eoncussiop turn
ID bin ;o%patey COM ftsun ns a put DsinstyG, sn ,b
lis fingers lifted thu tlatteued bullet out Of the
flesh. The burglars had already made raptu
tracks westward through the alley: and Howe
Th,ch hey returned. but hls aim was nuiided
bs the blood which was streaming Gown Into
bis eyes, and he docs not think ic htt any Of
them. The last he Raw OF THEM was when they
s1se s1ss, %s.s ct ssy stre. ene oneer
Edward Lahia1n Was 10 the Emnediuto vicinity,
ant rau rs soon as he heard the shooting. lie
first directly where to look for them. Other Of
fcers ran to nowc's assistance also. but not ono
Of them saw anything OF the n,urdcrons burg
as Hat LGd soon ss@o up md found
his head and then thrown down. 1t was
of calibre 81, and just tnch as nre Cred from
cartridge revolycra. Nearly one.ha't Of tho
bullet was en- sred had nttensd
was considered serious, md Howe was taken by
his comrades to tho office OF Dr.. Van Iuren,
who dressed tho injury, and pronounced It
most miraculous escape. There seemed TO bc
no dangerous injuries done 10 ths skull, anl II
vas thu Doctors opinion that little tenporary
Illness from the shock VAS all that would ensne.
During the morning F. cogswefl, Of No. eos
reported that during the night ha residence,
No. 81 North sheldon strct, had been entered
by burelars, who gained access easily BY climb
ing through {, window closed with light
pluhdcr, he said, silver watch anu
chain. and a coat which: contained IN
one Of the pockets pocks'hook continuing SS5
ing his compia'ns, John Graves, Of No. 40 West
Randolph street, cntcred anti turned over to tho
police a pockctbook whict, he had fund on
innrure-pl1e In the rear OF hfs premises, and
the shooting tllut had been going on in tint alley
during the night. Mr.. Cosswell at once identi-
fed tho nocketbook. and found all Intact savo
The police then saw clearly through the cntire
affair. Tho thrce men overhnulcd by Ilowe
we're the burglars WIN Ind plunlcrcd Mr.. CoEs.