Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-09-24
"ALFY'SPEECE MUST GO.
a .sssU rat AMI uusSnonssaRy Assault

Uficsr speec. Ue-i, nuraerous slows with
TN. s'aoS Jos on u D.tenssiess
Pri'ooor--s OAso Tor tue Mayor.
Harry Pyis, pitcher OF the Honsides
base bail olub, went to the skating rink last
evening semo~hss under tue tntiuence oi
liquor. Being novice In the aIt ut skat-
*. he Tell several times aud thus inter
tered VI h the sport Of others. Tue man.
az r called bim as de and requested hin TO
take Oii hts skates, which Pyle Tor time
refused, to--da. rF.papy ~Pulpe othoer
Rltohie, who was standing outside without
tuu.iurm was Called and took him into Gus.
tpdy. After leaving the hall he resisted.
| Tue rpen strp. gled for a short tine, bat
| IL Was soon over, AID Pyle started To walk
| along with Rltchle towards Csutre square.
| suddenly Odioor Alfred Spesce, oi tho
| Ninth ward, who had 9eeh standing near,
rau up bgnin1 -Psls and struck hun two
| terrible bioSs uu the head with a black
| l4yk, stunning him and laying open the
| scalp On the left side OF his head tor "a
| length of two inches. Covered With blood
Pyle was then takon by tho two policemen
| " the lock up and DR.. Roland was sent Tor
4 -, dress his <rsuBds r
4 The ej,cion ut Pyle from the RINK was
i . proper aet NNo mAu, either drunk or
| sober, has a right 20 interfere with or au-
/ uoy the hundreds ui ladies and geutlemen
y wbop tneet there tur recreation. But the
conduct of Officer cleeoo III clubbing Pyle
Aas uoI only ujustGuabIe, but was brutal
IN the extreme Py 10 was IN the custody
vi Rttohle, one of the stoutsst and bTavesG
utiiSrs ON the iorco, wno could easily have
UveIpoweTed aud taken him TO the iOekop
4 Il it were u.oessafS. Hedid not call upon
Speece for assisJauce, aud II no had done
| 10, Speece, who also Is large Rnu
muscular man, could easily have
| isslst, d kychie to overpOwer him.
Iurtead OF doug su,h however, he rushed
! ~ HIN with his muIderOus club and dealt
nIm blus that mtshG have killed hin,
| IL two brasuy policemen, each oi whom
weighs not lar from 200 pounds, oaUuuL
arrest a lesO. lauk fellow hike Pyle, whom
riva bail players dersyeiy call tho ''okyl
tJu," hen they had De ter DO tetlTed truR
tue police turcs. Richie appears To have
acted IN the matter IKE decent officer,
out spsece's conduct MAS that Ui au over
grown rutiian,
Ihe may VI should At once remove Speeoe
! fcom the force. IhIs brutal assault
- not his hrsJ UihInl ofeuse. OIiy
week sgp he ass,nt yed Frank Saugh ia
the Sehlller houae, aud was arrUstud Tor
ne otffnse SyeiCe at once brought a
suit against Slaush AMI frightened uIm
intO settling the case. Before having the
difficulty S4Lh Slaugh, Sps.co, whu Vas
uud,r the influence OF liquor, enueayutcu
1y every possible ~ay To provoke quar-
rel With Pyle, who VAS Ia the oar roam At
, the time, perfectly suOeC lie called uIn
ail Kinds VI nanes auu tAuLted hin about
= bis piayIug F,uding he oOu!d no. raise u
j. night With him, be turued his attention to
/; olaugh Officer X isdmsn, who is n parC
- ueT IN " business WIN >p,eCe, Was sIih
hm aug encouraged hi O III his cUuddcS
Spe-ce has b1tu rep slcdly drunk sluoe
J | he has bo"n an uthu,I, aud on mpie Luan
| one occasion hs las maue threats against
, Pyle, wni'm' he cordially hates. Tie as
9 | not 10 uniform ~hru C.aODoi hlm last
: uignt, AID it is said 10y those. who profess
{ 10 KNOW that he foiiu~od Pyle 10 Jas rIuN
last night with the probable Intention ot
t pick iug quarrel with nlui, knowing him
D tD he IN qTor. ...'.. .'r.. h"
Tue assault upon Pyle created the
II greatest iBdIg nation, aud the station house
= Wsss s-urToanIsCtby y tsra-, s'uowi of sym
). path zers, ~hO isuouuucd Spesco y brutality
IA uuspafiug iausuase. Ia .ess Than hais
Il an hour alter his arrest PStt was rsleasrd
' Alderman Barr bscOmIug Bs suTsty tor 4
h hearIug.
d Ho went to his bosrdiBR house at once
aud was PERFECTLY SOBER whsn he ceuraJ
l. lev mIuutes after Wards
I, Ga the day that Mayor Rosenmiller took
ne oath of office, uu.ei Oi PpnCo H4l.>
% who WAS then vcGy " new deliver Il
long lecture ~ tne potus upor thrl
duties he took particular Dair 10 trai
- 'h9m III regard 10 Lne use pt v ,t,,,,s nm,
PRISONERS, aud instructed y An, ~, hs ",
- careful. Last nighJte ~. IN, dr,t nh
,r imong tho few ~ho' ,.-ldsd Sp,ecr, AL
n ne was very induss' ,ou. ia pu,liug a n,c
~ 'H'e ou 'Ho uht' tor the mayors - es.
ID dangerous Nan.
a. 10 snow hat ruff IN Speece is, IL
~ on't h'o" ,saTy TO state mat l.st nix ht aft
ly "le wv 81 attack on Pyle, he travelled d
ID o'eR tosn from oue saloon TO sncth
D. o. aging about his " brave act. Ngi
A. 10 depo he. met a party OF young mt
~ ~ho So believed were Irieuds of Pyl
or 49,, said nothing to him. but be sonpd
az CURSED them = ano made taieats 10 sbO
ed them.