Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-01-15
Remnants in Silk,
Remnants in Cashmere.
Remnants in Dress Goods,
Remnants in TriCOt
Remnants in Lady'S Cloth,
Remnants in Velvet
Remnants in Plush.
Remnants in Lace Curtains.
An OFFICER SHOT.
A MurIerOus Attack at Al Early Hour This
Morning.
DEPUTY JOE GLEN The VICTIM.
Seven or Eight Shots Aimed At HIM by
WOuld-B8 ASSaSS.nS.
TWO OF THEM TAKE EFFECT,

At b 1t q quarter Ol one o tluOh 'uE
morning. Officer Joe Glenn, II OF the men
on the Fifth ward beat, and a policeman
we'll known for his ability and pluck, was
shot aud very seriously wounded by two
unknown assassius. The most serious
wound is IN has stomach, Just below the
navel. while the other shot struck him IN
the left leg between the ankle and the
kuee The circumstances OF tue affair
could not be fully aScertained this NOM
ing. owing to the latencSs Of the hour, and
the serious condition OF the wounded man,
but the following, details are not very lar
from the truth.
Abouttwenty minutes OF one, while the
officer was passing along Market street,
lust at the intersection OF alley Nineteen,
his attention was attracted by the barking
OF a dog somewhere up the alley. lie went
into the alley and up 1t until he came to
the intersection OF alley c, halt way 70
ChaplIuc street. There ne IndIstInCtly
saw tSu men moving about In the dark
ness. almost in the rear OF the residence o!
John e.. Hoffman, 81. lie made q start
toward the men, when one OF
them said Stand where you are, 20
and almos, immediately tired at the officer.
The second OF the we men also drew a
revolver, aud before the officer could act
upon the defensive he had been wounded
twice. aud was at the mercy OF his assall-
ants. The two men tired q total OF seven
OF cI,ht shots at the officer, and then took
to their heels. leaving him lying upon the
ground.
Joe. although suffering intense pain,
MANAGED to drag himself to MenkemllIcr
drug store. a. the corner Of Dwentv-secOnd
aud Market streets, where he pulled the
bell and then fell into the recess OF the
door. To an enquiry from u second
story window rs to what was the matter,
tiIeun cried.
For Gods sake, hurry down. I'm
shot
II was but q moment until Mr.. Menke-
miller WAS IN the store, and the wounded
officer was assisted in and laid upon the
door At the rear end OF the store, while II
OF the twO or three spectators attracted 10
the scene was sent across the street Tor lT.
Campbell. The physician made a nasty
examination OF the wound IN the stomach
which was the one most to be feared, and
then, Officers Shorts and Carney, Constable
Love, two or three reporters and Others ha'-
inc nut in an appearance Glenn was put
upon q mattress and carried to his residence
at Twenty seventh aui Market streets.
There % more thorough examination wa
made, and a. the paper goes to press he
was unrring great pain and vomiting.
In addition to the balls which found Il
IoGgmeut in the body OF the officer, a third
passed through his hat, Just gazing the
head OF 1.-THE weaTer, while two or three
others must have come very close 20 the
BODY Of the policeman. Glenn never lost
consciousness, and rs he lay on the floor
Of the drug store awaiting 10 be carried to
his home, ne told those about him, in a
broken and di-iointcd way, all he
knew about the circumstances OF
the murdrrous attack upon him. To
"a reporter tor the REGISTER he said it Wa
Impossible 10 recognize the men m the
alley. cr to give q description OF them,
other than that one OF them was a tall
man and the other short. They began to
urr almost simultaneously, and he had no
.hauce from the first, none of hIs brother
officers b,i1p within call. When the day
force goes oil. at II o'clock, there remains
hut one man 10 a ward, ~ arule, on duty,
and anything happening to that one II Is
futile Tor him 10 attempt to Surnmon help.
There seems To be no doubt hut that the