The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-12-02
SHOT 81 IN OFFICER.
policeman Hanna Brings Down
. Fugitive.
r.u,s smith Said to be the Mans
Same-The Wound Not
Dangerous.

Three men OF rather snpreposses.iug ex-
,s-sor entered the bagnis Of hsif-hreed
an the north side OF Jefferson street. be
tweep Third and Fourth, aboat nine clock
yesterday evening. The bzlfbreed living
IN the house, who gave her name ss Viola
Jefferson, asked them TO 90 ont again. a.
she did not Ike their appearance One Of
ne men drew q bottle Of whisky from his
Jacket and invited her 70 drink, and on
her refusing, gave her blow on the eye.
the woman threatened 70 call an officer
nheu they made q stampede for the door.
one Of them snafching bottle Of orange
zinc which stood near. a. he made HIS
exit
me woman Immediately called on her
uert door peighbor and procured whistle
IN which she blew repeated calls. Nicholas
Hanna. the officer on watch In that ace
tioa- heard the sounds and At once started
from front Of the Salvation Army barracks.
where be was clearing the sidewalk OF a
number Of noisy ioiierers, 10 answer the
srnnrloas On arriving at the house the
wouan informed him Of the eircuFn-
stanees. but the three men had dieapppa red
gupposing that the rOwdies would shortly
reappesr In the vicinity, Ofieer Hanna al
xestsd himself OF 3 heavy overcoat, which
rsce that was sure to Occur. II was about
Il minutes after the FIRST summons that
fha Officer again heard repeated blows
m A whistle aud rushing west
through Third street he reached the j1ne-
Hon OF tba, street with jefferson Just in
time 70 see three men Zee towards the rail-
mad track He Joined 10 pursuit and over.
hauled the men on the track. arresting the
largest of the tho while the others disap-
pesred The follow al first made strenu-
ans efforts of resistance. Overpowering
MIN, however, Officer Hanna took him in
eusfody and the prisoner moved along
guletIy until arriving az the middle Of this
block on Third between Main and wash
ingtou. Here he gave the officers arm a
guick. vigorous wrench and succeeded in
breaking loose, running back over the
ground jus. trayersed. Offieer Hanna
called on him to stop twice, but the fugi-
dive paying no attsution 10 the warning,
Hanna pulled his SIX shooter and
but keeping his pistol well down
The discharge was Immediately followed
BIZ the fail OF the fleeing man, who struck
the muddy street with great force, owing
10 the impetus of bis pace. The wounded
man was carried to the Montana stables,
where IL was found the the bullet had
shattered the bone OF the leg. He was
thence conveyed to Grace hospital, where
Il was some time before a surgeon could
brs' +. j. Holmes and z. shaw, who are
attending him, stated Mt 2:I5 this morn
ing. that they did not know whether
they could save the leg or not.
DIDN'T INTEND TO HIT HIM.
Ofieer Hanna stated to a Posr-isrELLI-
aEScER reporter that he did not shoot with
the intention of hitting the man, intend
ing to brighten him into re-delivering
himself up. IL appears that after leaving
the woman Jefierson's house, the three
men went mp Jackson street and oyertak
ing a Mrs. Magee, who with neighbor
was on her way home, grossly tnsaifed
them By improper language. They were
frightened away by the approach Of other
citizens, who were coming up in
the rear and. as detailed, soon
reappeared on the scene Of their first Of
fence. All three men were under the in
faence of liquor. aud the man who was
shot seemed 10 take matters very stotcally,
coeliy smoking cigar as he lay on q heap
OF straw ia the Montana stable awaiting
an ambulance. He refused positively 10
give his name to the officers, aud on being
pressed, said that 10 was Jas. Smith. The
officers, however. do not believe that this
Is his true name, and think that there Is
some criminal reason for his rctieence.
He asked the officers what. medical officer
would attend him ~ the hospital
and being told that it was Dr. J. d. Eagle
son, replied that he wanted Or. McCul-
Tough To dress the wound. stating as his
reason that Or. Mccullough had been his
family physician In the East His two
companions could not BE- found but can be
easily recognized by Offieer Hanna, who
got good glance at both
Officer Jones says that he has seen the
wounded man In the city FOR the last six
months, but no one seems 10 know what
his occupation has been. From current
reports ii appears that he has rather a hard
character, and Il Is supposed has already
served term In the county Jail.