, 1879-06-17
pOLlCEMEN'S PISTOLS.
Jchn,tore's At'ompt to Prosecuts
Officers Croak md Dennehy.
For Shooting and Clubbing Him o Pro.
nounce1 Failure.
suspicious-Looking People Will Here
after Take Warning.


The charges nga'nst ollleera William Croak
and Dennis Denneh7 fur assnultinH Thutnns
Root ,Johnstonu will, i deadly weapon veru 10.
vp.ttontntl voatcrt1,v ,,v 1usa,n. i,,,r1,,;,l~ !,
sss.e s,,sne. ~, sss.s"Is us vus'@e lI;s'e:
t'se Wsllace BY the dtfente. This Is the case in
which J1hnatonc, colotcll man. wss shot NJ by
QUO l'oilestnaa anu, IS Ii alleged dubbed by
anotter on wabash avenue on " @th ny. u
orMtal AM 1thci.!lcu 1of.
ing Afst wstnuss was Dr. 4. II; Comp, who
Examined examine Johnasone alh i9unti deep cut two
inrEes IN length on hss head nnu two
iatoxlratGd a. me time o. TUG examination. Ono
ol tlIr bullets nae hot lounu, AM might cause
,fe man tro1sle IN ta,G iulofe lt'S snt un tlie
head W. r. Evineni!y Inflicted win club.
FFnuK w. tett!t; sHosIHana iep1Ftetf was
AG .i., ~ nt sE ntoI ~ n't e ~ H.. n. a'
ssw llil{rcr Crtrk chnsl,Iw ,tphn.:tt,,.. anil Aas
him cpck lis pistol ami Gre again. i;ofn,r mi,
sic he found the olIlccrg returrnr viii .inh,,.
stOne, rhnss head was hieedi,lg, lie could nat
lrnr wbc,tlrr l,ry caitatl Ia him In stnn AM, iii
not ei recuenise oslicer % Dsn"es. ''op' "1o o''
MI, j. x, Huriuramu. salesman. v,v. ,t-
most eintllar teat!mony. After Croak shot.
smother officer ciubbrI Johtts,onc. .rh,s ,i.o
witness saw. lie saw lin r,turIt,,r ru,j nratt :
tnst ior a drunken 1,an Or even a s;,ber one.
,dentia; Croak a. or one % Of s tic oser. bt M
nut recognize pcunel,y, Tl,c clubbing otrnrre,1
in front Of uftl,css' s.orc. md ohn.tonc sa.
Struck twice riti1 great forse wtuess I'D NO. not
see tue shooting: N'N NV
officers, md aid tllut he was sIot iwicc T
by croak. lin had hor nS tnivca Nm. my
der Its coat when Crpak stopped him.
ard he ran BECAUSE be VIVA drunk an.t
ior ilat otrcusc liz fe|l after tho tirst shol.
and Waa shut aeaIn Wills down. Thru M.
stoppe.l In q doorwny and wss clubbcd mn the
bend by Dcnuehr. lie did not heur anv cajt IN
Init. As fur ,tr: knives, be 6ourS. thcn, Of n
boy for 20 cents.
In croaae1nrlination. .1obnstonr .,id In hoa
hcen arrrstei ti,r,a tines for tr1,nls",,nrss mi
being IN lu1uute OF housa Of iii.fat,c. hmt
lcycr for nnythln. else. lie worked in totals
Was uayrr arrcstcd N''
''0 '''s' 49, -. I'sS1 ~u;,v ~, =, - n,
-. 80: - ~""",
Ihe .: mother OF Johnstone testified slat her
aon llSeu IL nono occasionally, ana thought he
t,,s, MnS n,,,,s,t "J xem 1Ueg u m get
fang. ~ ~
A. Carmeit. of M, 1s9 state strcct- aworo
that johustot.o worked for lin at odti t;n,ns.
It appcarcJ, however, tint si,e work ti.,nc wns
nil prrformrl srnsir,Ii thr irothe1s Nos in "nI A
lis Fourth avenue. which CARMEL sworc "i,.. hc
nwncai. f.iz,t, ainnrn orrunes mir ~ tt.so
runches, md The witt,css ssI he Ie,isyei sic
rrntc.j ftrrishc rnnn.s r.. hod ,anrd na,io 1,'o
who lang around corners OF, Fourti, aycn,,u uIsu
saw tlut Johos.onc wns Il rotul Inv
aid thnt thcv ali lii;rd lin n"h ~; ~;
aixn hrard iy7ir hInorc ,os,;f, ~
.Ini,nstnns,a ron.l chararte. Tnn.;,,rt,,', ~
1l,nt tifs colorei iudIyi1S,,.i ia conunn,,v ~.
gar.ied "A die !, ,inyer u of th;s de,yotisI
Tnmor,- IL !. rco.cpni,to n srnnnsr ,iMf .,,et
trstmony as tls .i int irnd pnv sxnitattom i ~
ti,c mania chnracer' INT at tho an,nc fim. Il II
hani to srs how la ,sncra 1' wnrthIc,.n,sS t -, ~
Justified the officers in attempting to xiii lin.
thcre j,snr i,tiic ~ m nv;fnnrr c,nna,cs,n,, s",
Denuchy ,rith the eiuhi1iup, aItbn,h Il wa ~,
t,,,r.ttrmohly nerfn1mcT h5v no,tanan ~ ~.
Inns al tfm arrest' tsa, t,fijrer A. ,Iiarh,rrcd ~
T'hr drfeusc lin rs,Iea E,1wari E"rrcT ,
rcs,ai,ranf. .Eccncr AI"Sa stTact md wni,os,
avnnup, wha testicd tn hrori,'c t,,c tre - .si
,lpou tjuhn.tot,e t.. 4 halt.H To didn't sre t},c
cirhhln,. ~ shn,t;,v, ~ WV