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but most important Of nlI,- that tho accused
mako M sl1c1 resistance a. may result 10 lntury TO
tho officer Clearly under this section no officer
hta right to XIII q man who kimplY runs away,
even II he bo a feon for whom Tho offlcor
nas a warrant. Much mora clear ID It
lint the officer has no right to. Kill such Of
fender II The oflenso committed he simply .
thu otcef has no right whntevcr 10 kill a man
who II suaprcted BY a chance passsr.by OF bafng
III possession OF ecFtain goods which he may Or
may not have coMte honestly b.:
Furthermore, Sec. 342, Chap. 39, Of thc Crimi-
nal Code tl87t, n. 4Uo). reads ~ follows.
An ntre>t mny p* made by m pftcer, Or by =
priyats puIso. without warrant for criminal Of.
fenfo committed Attempted In Ais preAenec, and
of an officer when erl1linat otfenac has. In fact
been committed. nt.A he has reasonable ground for
inlttcl II.
terlav contend that said negro committed m
oflenbe IN hth presence. or that h knsw that dn
nffcnse-feiuHy mf4dctutauor. or violation Of
city 0r'l!nanca-had heeu committed at Alaf
ilere It was broad daylight. the officer was
within twenty fcct nf the man he wanted to ar.
rcst, tic m!sdetucanant-tt ha tM such-wus
resisting with his legs only, anil not kicking at
thai, and All officer empttcs revolver Into bis
cnrcase. 1hc shooting WAS utterly ncxcusablc
am! criminal. una but for q fortunate error 10
sighting his artiilcrY this officer would be this
morning IN danger Of the law, hni with the
cheerful prospect Of i, trial for, murder
staring hin fn the face. Only In tlle land over
which tie caEc spreads his broad and enccpny
wing are irresponsible and suhordInatc police
U11ccrs al!owsl TO carry loaded pistols, and
even In the {reu atld enlightened land there are
cnttain Limitations p1aco4 upon tnliscrtminatc
target practice upon the pnhlIc htrcots. But
II Ii vcrY fortunate Tor the crusus tAktr and Lie
directory man That the attn of ulc average police
u,an is nbuut "a poor ~ hts acquaintance with
tl,e Iars under which hu IL aupppsed 10 art-
During the evening the negro was identified
~ Tom johnson. . fellow who has fuf eume
time been IosflnR about : nutur!oua eolorel
woman named Lizzie Moore, keeping. house Of
tIl-1aine on Fourth avenue. The police
aay thIs creature never had AuT one
fof a =" friend" except q thief. John-
non's mother called At the station,
but refusc'1to stt her wHr*Easd son. She told
| Cnpt. O'Donncll that sUuc years ago Tom fell
upon his head, and khc bns always thought that
hc unvcr fully recoYerud. When drinking he
becomcs quite crazy, ard Is npi to do sofne-
thing desperate. aont hours alter this lila mis-
| sTrsa procured 500 bat fur him, Ia the pctnon
| u E. N. Marks, pawnnroker.
1IN: EotdA were iu&ntftjed by Mcr1enthaler u
Ionic, Of No. 3tH State street. who recognized
Junne0n Is frequent visitor al tllejr store.
| He called no later, than last "Wednesday, and
t,ffeeh Il wasthuw1 md pitcher. lie unlonbt-
rdy BhnplttteL the goods himself, while making
one Of these calls. But On the contrary, he iu-
sfB,eI that he b0ugli. them of boy named
| Henry Tarlur. TayiDr WAS arrGsted last eyen-
| .ng, ut Tie rorncr ii Fourth avenue nm! Tarior
streets. anu he strongly gives the He to john
| sons Insertion.