New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-01-22
KILLED BY A POLICEMAN.
OFFICER LAIN SHOOTS A FLEEING NEGRO AND HIS
cAprAIN SAYS He DID JUST RIGHr.

OFFICER LAIIM SHOOTS FLfElNu NEu"' AM mo
CAPTAIN SAYS HE DID JUST RIGHT.
Policeman George Lahm. of the Twenty -secOnd
Precinct was on duty in SiXty-second-st near the
house of William II. Morgan, at 4:l5 a. m. yester-
day, when he saw two yonng c9lored men gong
der his arm. Lahm walked rapidly toward them,
and they increased their speed. Their conduct was
so suspicious that he ordered them to stop. they
dropped their bundles and ran down the avenue
Lahm followed aud called upon them several times
to halt At Sixtieth-st the colorcd men turned to-.
ward Snhaye Lah% dreT hs rey ns of d tbe
col0red men put his hand to his hip pocket IN
a threatening manner and told the officer with a
an oath, TO stop himself Lahm fired, and the man
fugitive was stopped and arrested ~ Nlntl-iVe. ny
Policeman William Walters. When Lahm APP
preached the nan whom he had SHOT ne received u
blow in the face. In return he struck the man
light blow the head, and then held INN uhtll
anot her policeman came along. They soon discoy-
cred that the man was wounded badly IN the "ack
and they took him TO the Roosevelt Hospital lie
SAID that his name was William r: swain age
twcnty-tnree, laborer, OF No 24l West twenty,
ninth-st. The surgeons found that the bullet had
entered his back just above the left hip. They
extracted 1t. but the wound appeared to be fatal.
Swain admitted that he had been engaged in a
robbery. He died in the afternoon. His c0mpan-
ion was William Hicks, eighteen years of age,
whose home was at No. POI West 1hlrieth-st.
Hicks said they had been IN Harlem with the IN
which they had intended to rob was too secure Y
fastened. After trying in vain 10 get INTO me
house, they crossed over TO the west size OF me
city and stole some articles from clothes line.
The bundles which they had thrown away con-
tanned linen and uader clothing Hicks was re-
manded at the Yorkvillc Police Court yesterday.
Captain Killca said last evening" " LahIn is
one Of the best policemen in the city. think he
did just right i'll shooting that thief
RYAN DID NOT ASSAULT SULLIVAN
The crowds that had gathered at Paterson's
sporting house at rwentv-second-st. and seventh
ave on the day after the Sulhvan-Ryan match at
h,l runI ,l1Ns
Ryan was about town SAYING farewell to ms
friends before starting for the West to-day.
There was. a rush OF custom again
about o'clock IN the afternoon An evening paper
had published an account of an encounter between
Sullivan and Ryan, which was said to have
happened few hours after the real match at the
sion of the gate money. RYAN was credited with
having landed right-hander on Sullvans nose
The fighter from the land of baked be ms was said
to have been "done up in the most graceful man
ner On accoust of this story, Shoft-halred, pea
iacketed sports aud wcl-drcssed club men, with
Prince Albert coats, buttonhole bouquets ana
bar and inquired for Ryan or Patterson;
Neither could be found and the impatient crowd
finally came. Both were, smiling They had al
ready heard the story Rvans denial OF IT was
emphatic. He said: Not a word of truth in 1t!
sullivan and did not meet after we left the Gar
den. such thing couldn't happen for if we did
meet il would be III friendly way. OF course, |
am anxious to have fight with Sullivan, either
with gloves or bare KnuckicS.
Pat Sheedy, Sulllvan's hacker and the man
agcr of the show, was seen at the Coleman House.
As the reporter approached him he said, langhngly:
After that story, heyi All lie from beginning
to end. Sullivan and Ryan did not meet after they
left the Garden. Neither did either of them have
ANYTHING to do with dividing the money. SullIvans
brother looked after his interests, and James Pat
tersOn did the same for Ryan" Sheedy SAYS that
he is going to san Francisco in few days and If
RYAN and Sullivan really want 10 meet. lie can ar
range for a match there that will not be ntcrlercd
with by the police, but rather receive the protec-
ton of the authorities