New-York tribune., 1880-03-01
AY AssEuBLYMAN NTH A SAUNG-SH0E
sTRIKfyG DOWN A POLGCEMAN-THE WOUNDED
MANS LIFE IN DANGER-AssEMBLfMAN h"""
BEIItvFD TO BE TIE AssAHANT.

sTRIKfyG DOWN POLfCEMAN-rHE "OONpi-D
MANS LIFE IN DANGER-AssEMBLYMAN HA"AS
BELIEVED TO BE TIE AssAHANr
Assemblyman Edward p. Hagan, VINO repre-
sents the XyIth Assembly District, lives ~ NO. '''
East Nineteenth-st His brother, Hugh }'1gan' hVeS
in the house Two "eenS 'I',
Hugh Hagan was arrested TOT ulsoi"e''y
conduct by PatrOman Jesse Carter OF the h'Rh.1', %
Precinct and Judge Patterson aaed him 20 ana h'Iu
him in $500 hail for good behavior IT is said that threas
of have been made against officer Garter or
making the arrest Officer Carter was passing 'no
corner Of Twenteth-st. and First-ave ABOUT o'ioo
last night whom noticed crowd OF young inen SIAM
ing together near the curbstone Having feeel'eu
from CAPTAIN Cncy that precinct to keep that corhcr
clear from crowds the officer approached inc Souhs
mon and told them they must move away. Among uc
mon the officer noticed Hugh Hagan and his brother'
the Assemh yman.
One Of the Hacans said " We viii move away when
VIC get ready and not before The ohlcer IL
plied 81 am obeying the Captains or
ders I'm ordering you away, ana w"
must go at once" lie then began to push them when
Hugh IIagan seized him by tho shoulders The ofhcer
felt blow on his head which he believes was n'c'cu
with slung shot by AssemDNuah ""S"'
The blow knocked him down Immediately some OF .ne
other men present rushed upon nm, TOOK away ne
club and pistol, his uniform ana peat anu
kicked him until he was unable 10 Hse'
A citizen who Witnessed the assault al
n distance shouted FOR assistance, ana fatroiinen
Waters and Lacey Ofthe Eighteenth Precinct ahs"ec"
the call They ound officer Carter lying on the Sidewalk
bleeding profuscly from wound on us hea" anu
breathing with difficulty His assaanis hld He'd Ihe
officers hclped their wounded comrade TO the lwch'y-
secoudt pocO station and Surgeon Phelps was sent TOT
The surgeon examined Officer Carter and saw tat ne hnd
received "A serious wound. evidently inflicted Dy some
heavy blunt instrument. He was IN douOt "hethor
Carriers skull had been fractured. Carter said that ne
was certain that Assemblvman Haean struck him. ana
lie believed that the blow given with supg sho''
Later IN the evening officer Carter became dc
1rious. and his condition became so alarming
that Dr. Phelps ordered him to be sent 10
ST Viucenrs Hospital, where. at Ia'e
hour last night he was in dangerous con
dition and fears worc entertained that he would die
As soon rs Captain Cluchy learned oi tue a-stul .e
ordered ont the reserve force AZ the STALLION honsc 20
search for Assemblyman llagau and his brother hugn
Neither of the men could he found at ther mouse III
Fast Ninetccnth-st nor in anv ~ The saloous Whlcu
tncv were known to frequent. The Grand Central Depot
was watched with the expectation thht ANsthuN hau
U..lu would take the tram for Albany bnt Ie uld h'
appear At hour last nifht neither OF the h"E'9
had been arrested. officer Carter was HpphrH
OF I'm the Eighteenth Precinct last night ~ trust"
ana active man. He appointed on ihe torc' duOu
wear ago and ever since his appointment ne mas -cNcu
In the Eighteenth Precinct