Evening star., 1881-12-27
Two Policemen attacked by q Mob.
ONE or The oFTIcYRs SHOOTS A xAN

The deniZens OF neighborhood in South Wash
ingtown called Fredericksburg made a serious
assault On Policemen Brans0n and Howell, OF the
South Washington precinct, about O'clock Sun
day afternoon. Officer Howell attempted to ar
rest notorious colOred woman named Ellen
Duckett. at the corner OF Sd and N streets south
west, for being disorderly and blowing tin horn
on the street. She fought like a wildcat, and bit
The officers arms and hands Within few min
ues there were at least fifteen hundred people on
the spot. most OF them cOlorej. large crowd OF
coiored men and women attacked tie officers with
sticks and stones, and the fight 1asted half an
hour sam Duckett, Ellen's brother who Is des-
perate character, was one OF the foremost Of the
crowd of roughs that assaile1 the officers.
with which he struck Oficer Branson in the
breast, and WAS in the act of picking I'D another
stone when the policeman fired and Duckett fell.
Inc officfr thinking he had killed his asSlilant,
went To the assist tlce of his partner who was
hard pressed by the crowd and bleeding from bad
cuts on the head and bites on the hands and arms.
Inc woman was finally gotten to the station house
and locked up. After relieving his partner
Branson went to- look for the man he had shot,
but could lind nothing but a pool OF blood The
officers have received information that the bullet
struck Duckett on the back OF the head and glanced
around between the scalp and the skull and came
out at his forehead. III the Police Court yesterday
Ellen Duckett was charged with assaulting officer
Howell. There being some doubt as to whether
lhlS court can send prisoner to Jail for year,
the court sentenced her to eleven months and
tWehty-nine days in jail. Sam Berry, one OF the
'tOhu, NdS CfldIScu WITH conduct ana
llned $40 or 30 days In the w0TkhOuSe. Agnes
Ware, alias Lucas, was also arrested for being dis
orderly in the crowd, and was fined s. or Is days
Christmas Boat Racing on the POt0.
nlac.
The Potomac Boat Club yesterday afternoon
gave two races on the river. The first race, for
single SOULS, was called at one o'clock. The
course was from the "Three Sisters" mile down
the river. ". f. Roberts, w. c. Bailey and A. W.
Harrison, were the starters. Roberts took the
lead When the bridge was reached all three
were well together. Harrison SpJlrted and took
the lead. Roberts tried to capture it from him
out could not. Harrison came in first, Roberts
second, and Bailey last. Time, minutes, 80 sec
ondS.
The second race was for four-oared shells. 1t
was from opposite the Potomac bOat-hOuSe to the
Aqueduct and return The lightweight crew con-
sisted OF Harrison, bow; Roberts, 2: Wilmington,
j. and Barbarin stroke; cOUrS, white. The heavy
crew was Bailey, bow; Johnson, 2: ZappOne, 3,
ana Doyle stroke; colorS, red There was coed
race to the turn. The lignt-weights started back
with a lead of two lengths. The race was hotly
contested The light-weightS, however, went
ahead with spurt and crossed the line about
length ahead of the heayieS The time was min
uteS and seconds.
DEATH OF AN OLD CITIZEN-Mr. Anon Duvall, a
Well-hnOwn citizen OF the District. father of Police
Olilcer Edward Duyall, died on Saturday at his
nome, NO. 215 street, in the 6Sth year OF his age
MI. Duyall was native of Baltimore but resided
In this city nearly all his life. In ante bellum days
he was member of the Old police fOrce-the Aux
Hilary Guard-and for a number of years one
or tie guards OF the jail. He was one of the ear
lest republicans In the District and took part in
the organization of the Wide AwakeS years ago.
Lodge of Odd Fellows, who this afternoon attended
his funeral.