The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-04-10
A Stabbing Affair.

| Officer Callahan has made quite an
extended record, and not very pleas
ant one has it been, either. He h <
| hardly been installed in his office OF
city policeman when he got into a Sc
rious difficulty with yellow woman
in the first ward, and beat and bruised
her most terribly, according to heI
story. She filed criminal charge
against him before Justice Tegener
and at the time her appearance from
the drubbing made her hideous look
ing object indeed.
When the day set fer trial arrived
the girl could not be found anywhere
and it was learned that Callahan had
made friends with her and that she
said she went away at his request.
The case of course had to be dismiss
ed. Not long after he got into further
trouble and charges were preferred
against him before the common coun-
Gil and committee appointed toinves-
tigate them and report with recon-
mendations.
This committee made a thorough
and extended Investigation and found
the charges true and so reported with
the recommendation that he be dis
missed from the service.
Some few weeks ago another mem
Der of the police had some negro pros
titutes arrested for certain indecencies.
and it happened that one of them was
the celebrated yellow girl who
had made. herself and Callahan
no little reputation in
the city. Callahan told this officer ii
he had her arrested he would have
every woman of i'll repute in the city
also arrested. He could not, however,
deter the officer, and he kept his word
by causing the arrest of all the others,
some forty. This last act of Callahan
is what led to the stabbing Sunday
night.
Tom Bowles and William Perkins
went to Sally Daggett's place, and
going into one of the parlors took seats.
Soon Callahan came in and sat at the
the piano and began to play. Perkins
spoke to him and asked him if he had
missed some of the girls and had
come back to get their names so he
could report them. Callahan made
a vulgar reply. that cannot go into
print, and Perkins made similar re-
Spouse to this; and then they contin-
ued to handy epithets for some
time, when Callahan struck Per-
kins in the eye with his is5
a very severe blow. Perkins and sew
eral other parties present say Gala
han then drew a pocket knife and at
tempted to cut Perkins but the latter
took out his pocket knife and grabbed
Callahan so that he could not use his
knife, and cut him several times, twice
in the back and once in front the blade
cutting into the thoracic cav
ity and injuring the pleu-
ra but not reaching any
thing beyond. DR.. Swearengen was
called and dressed the wounds, and
says the man will speedily recover
unless inflammation should set in, in
which event the injury would be like
ly to prove fatal. Perkins at once
gave himself up, and Robt. Holman
went on his bond in the sum of 81 900
for his appearance in the district
court. Yesterday Mr.. Perkins,
in company with number
of other gentlemen, went
to Fort Worth to attend the races
The report that he has run away is
without foundation, as his bondsman,
Robert Holman, is with him. The
doctor would Lot permit Callahan t.,
be interviewed, and his side of the
case, therefore. cannot be given. The
account herein contained is that of all
the parties who could be found who
were present in the room at the time
of the affraV.