Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-04-27
A NOTED FAEIR SHOT.
Hls ORANGES FOs llFs Ass "a"
80 Polics Offcsrs Arrest .u. F14rt
hho. IN an Atssmpt 20 escape. :
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thzss- card non1e game. rhas afalr - 81
onee mA<sa E1o~u ~ ths police departmsnt.
AID uls kardenssd PAIR of fAkir- specify
s1ook tHs tast 0f he e1ty fFoEa their feet
snt s,agAt sesurer helds In xhich
- ply their hshi-1 fingered yocafion.
SoEls uIae since Il became kno~n n this
clsg that Hart aid soKae associates @eFs
working" DsEnoit znd Windsor. and their
HoFsmeats we're watched b Of1osrs here
andsr he belief that they would AGAIN re-
turn = tias city. E4rly Wednesday morn
ing last Hart and t~o ''pAis" arrived IN the
eity over the Abseigan Central road, and the
fact u their beAas here 49, communicated
~ Chief u Police Perry. shO eaared a var
rant ~ os issnsd Tor the arrest Of Hart.
The warrant charged him with gasnbhns ia
violation OF the eity ordinance On Satar-
day Pstrolman Herman Scoby. who ~as
perfOrunng relief duty, informed Chief
Perry be sas quite certain be had seen
Hart enter house upon South Division
street. iast beyond the Intersection OF
ealthy avenue. Mr.. Perry then ordered
Patrolman Sooby and Deputy Sheriff Chas.
Moran, Who has, during the illness of his
father, been working with the detective
force Of the police department, 10 try to
dad Hart and make the arrest. The two
officers then started Ia the direction OF the
house where Mr. Sooby had lately seen Hart.
They were passing t.se kalamazoo House on
South Division street, when they noticed
t~o men standing At the opposite street
corner engaged ia conversation.
One OF these they recognized
a. the man Hart. They arrested him
and at HArts request allowed him 10 walk
anrestrained between them, and also started
N round about way 10 headquarters. AT
the corner of Ionia and Lyon streets, Hart,
by quick movement, got away from the
ofhcers, turned and ran up Lyon street to-
ward Division. the officers pursuing. Seeing
he was getting the better of them in the
race each officer drew his revolver and fired,
A. they supposed. one IN the air and the
other in the ground. Hart ran north on
Division street and the officers here missed
him Detective Moran went 10 police head
quarters. reported the affair 10 Superintend-
ent Perry and afterward 10 Detective Cast.
Ths two detectives then asked Mr.. Perrys
advice about securing a rig to drive to the
D., g. IL. Z NJ. Junction, thinking Hart
might naake good his escape by that way.
Yesterday morning the fact was made known
that Hart had been seriously wounded by
bullet fired from revolver IN the hands of
either Officer Scoby or Moran, and that he
was lying IN a critical condition at the home
of Maurice HOuseman- A representative of
The TELEGRAM visited the home of Mr..
Houseman. - Waverly Place, last evening,
and found Hart resting a. comfortably as a
man can with bullet buried deeply in his
flesh. Doctors Wood and Barth were IN at
tendance. and reported that the chances were
not the most favorable for Hart's recovery.
The bullet entered the body near the spinal
column IN the lower portion of the back, and
lodged IN the abdomen. The doctors probed
the wound several times and located the
ball. but were unable to extricate II yester-
day. Maurice HOuseman said that about 9
O'Clock Saturday evening Hart cams TO his
house, entered the hall painting and almost
breathless- l saw he was about to fall to the
hoor and grasped him in my arms. Hart
said be vas done up" l asked him what
was the matter and he said the officers IA
arrested him, he had broken away from them
and was shot. l then helped him 10 a bed
and sent for a physician / then examined
the wound myself and also his clothing. |
found two bullet holes through his coat. one
OF them, 1 think, was made by the ball which
entered the body and the other ball must
have passed very close 10 him. Tie has been
somewhat delirious during the day and does
not seem TO recollect much concerning the
affair of bis attempt to escape and the shoot
ing. tie thinks two or three shots were fred
b. the officers aud says he stumbled and fell
on the sidewalk while running by the Church
Of Christ on Lyon street; that he regained
his f0otiRg, ran north on Division street.
turnsd Of aud by circuituous route ran
every step OF the way to my house.
The reporter next went to police head
quarters, where he found Deputy Sheriff
Moran. from whom he received the fol-
lowing account Of the affair: Saturday even
inz vas instructed by Superintendent Perry
u accompany Patrolnau Herman Scoby IA
An effort to find and arrest VIM. Hart. Mr..
Scohy aud myself started out and while W.
were walking down South Division street,
and were Just IN front Of the kaiamazO'
Honse. ~ saw two men couveTsiDR uponl
the opposite corner. Mr. Scoby sad. Il
think that's Hart over there" pointing ~
The direction of the men. We passed aloD
Division street to the next corner. crossed over
- the opposite walk and came back 10 whe;a
Hart wss standing. Both of us arrested hinc-
We did not have the warrant with "a. ~ That
vas not necessary. Scoby took hold Qf
Hart arm TO lesd him. when he said. Lat
- of me and IH 20 along without aIiy
trouble. Charley meaning me- has arrested
M several times and I've never given hifu
an trouble 7 said I thought he would q
AL right and Mr.. ScOby let - of his arm,
euc he walked between us he said he dj
not want ns 20 take him down Monroe
street a. the boys would guy him. ard
asked II he might 20 to headqnarters sorle
other way We walked together an riz at
down North Division to Fountain. when
we walked block ON Fountain
- Touia and down fonia - Lyon