Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1882-11-28

A Detective Shot Down I'm thu
Street His Murderer Shot and
Captured.
DUBLIN, Nov. % "A detective
named Cox was shot 1t IL 80 tonight,
in the middle of Abbey street. Another
detective, named Eastwood. shot Cox.
assailant. Both wounded men were
taken to hospital, where Cox died
Eastwood, Cox and another detective
were on special duty in the neighbor.
hood of Sackville street. watching q
party of men suspected of being
Fenians. Four shots were fred at the
| officers, one of them wounding Cox.
Eastwood pursued the man who fired
the revolver, and shot him in the head,
arm and hand. The man is not ex.
pected to recover. He was among a
group OF ten men, one of whom sought
to hurry the murderer away. but was
captured by soldier of the Rife Brig.
ade, VINO drew his bayonet and threat
ened tn run him through if he did not
surrender. Cox was 50 years old, and
his assassin, whose name is Christopher
Bowling. is of about the same age. A
third man of the party is in custody.
The men had just come out of pubic
honse frequented by FeniaEs.
DUBLIN, Nov. 27.-Detective Cox
was previously warned that if he left
the police Office he would be shot.
Cox's assassin has six bullet wounds,
two in the head, one in the right
shoulder, one in the neck and two in
the wrist. There was lively exchange
Of shots for few seconds between the
officers and the others. Bowling Tor
Dc!:n), the murderer of Detective Cox,
Is brass filler. One of the other men
arrested is named Devine. He was re.
leased from prison only q few months
ago, after having served term of two
years for burglary. He is known as a
bully. He was at disreputable house
when arrested. He had two revolvers
in his breast pocket
The detectives had been on duty all
evening, and at about half. past 10 clock
they noticed 80 suspicious.lookingp per.
sons withdraw from . crowd on the op.
posite sidewalk. The officers crossed
the street and Cox approached Dolan,
whom be suspected of having arms in
his possession. As the detective neared
the group . man shouted "Now
Ere!'' and Dolan Immediately dis.
charged his revolver. Eastwood ran
towards Dolan, and after wounding him
wrenched the revolver from his grasp.
Meanwhile another of the party fired
twice at Eastwood. One bullet pene.
trated the latter's hat. Devine knocked
Eastwood down, and was about to draw
a revolver to shoot him when he was
seized by constable on one side and a
soldier on the other. He drew his sword
and held it across Devine's throat, and
threatened to kill him instantly if he
moved. A voice in the crowd shouted
"Shoot the soldier !" Matters appeared
threatening at this junc.ure, but the
police confronted the crowd with re-
volvers and threatened to fire. This
action of the police and the brandish-
ing of the sword by the soldier caused
the crowd to keep back until Cox
and the prisoners were carried away.
Doian is in the hospital and is not ex-
pected to live. He says he and the
party he was with are all good men, and
he does not care if he dies The police
state that whistles were blown as they
the group. and the word to
fire was repeated three times. Another
Constable, as we'll as Eastwood. used
his revolver, firing two shots at Dolan
and three at the others of the party.
Dolan lives close to where the |
Fenian armory was recently discovered.
The police at 2 o'clock on Sunday morn.
ing broke into the house Of William
Woodward, an organ builder on
CUTIE street, and arrested him on a
charge of being connected with the |
murder of Detective Cox. Woodward
had been imprisoned under the
Coercion Act on supicion Of being |
in the murder of an informer
named Bailey. The mob followed the
Gao in which the detectives conveyed !
Cox to the hospital, and, fearing an at |
tack, the officers presented their re.
volvers ont of the windows of the cab, |
and reached the Office in safety.
Dolan observed a reckless demeanor |
in the hospital while the doctors were
examining his wounds ana searching
for the bullet. He exclaimed: Probe
away 6uu oo u Il 10 you. CurCncT |
in uirv tends to confirm the opinion |
that the men were waiting for some
one with the intention of numbering him.
The moon was shining brightly. De. |
tective Eastwood has identified Wood. |
ward as the man he saw in the middle |
Of Abbey street about the time of the
shooting. The police have arrested
Patrick Ryan. sailor. on suspicion Of
belonging to the party. When the
Fenian arsenal on Kelvin street was
seizsd during the Summer, Ryan was ar
rested. He was kept in custody under
the Coercion A t but was subsequently
liberated. Ryan was arrested in Fra
hazon Row, in a house where arms
were seized some time ago He served
in the American army. It is evident
from the circumstances connected with |
the murder of Detective Cox that it
will be necessary for the authorities to
keep body of censtables sufficiently
strong to deal eEectually with the more
desperate attempts likely to be made to
shoot the police. It will be a life and
Heath struggle between the authorities