New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-06

clean through his brain. coming out at bis ngnV
ear. Snyder jumped of the car and bent over
the unconscious man. An uptown car IN 1he
Boulevard stopped at Sixty-frst-st. ana the poice
man on it went 10 SEE what had happened. other
policemen who had been attracted by the snoo'-
ing helped to clear away the crowd. PASSING
wnuon vns bailed. and Snyder had the wounded
striker removed to the Roosevelt Hospital The
man died soon after he was carried into the hos
pita1. Men who ,rnew him said he was James
MCGOWAN. who had been employed for several
voars in the Belt line stables at Tenth-ave and
Fiftv-fourth-st as q hostler. He had boarded
with AN Irish family ON the second door of the
tenement house No. 4l2 West Fifty-fourth-st., ana
his only relative in this city was said to be an
aunt. living in West Sixty-hrst-st Mcuowan
had taken an active part in the strike, ana Dau
helped IT, stone the Boulevard ear. but IL was
not known that he WIS the man VINO struck
Policeman Snyder in the mouth with the stone
Snyder's cut lip was dressed ut the hospital ana
the policeman went to Headquarters 10 report INC
shooting. He though he had killed McGowan' ana
he told Superintendent Murray so. since MS ap
pointment az q policeman in 1888. Snyder mas haa
an excellent record. On that account DC Was au-
yanced 10 policeman Of the first grace WIN .
salary sS years 81 from the day Of his appointment
Mr. Murray put Snyder under arrest ana sent nun
t. the Essex Markst ISl,cs oo Onad as
PRAIsING HIS BRAVERY. \
Mr.. Brennan went to Police Headquarters m'er
and said he felt sure that the policeman had not
killed McGowan He praised the officers bravery
IN defending the car, and said he saw the seriher
fall before Snyder fred into the or9wd. III,
brennan thought that Cond9ciSSr r arsav MI Mr.
mc9wnn vent TO sI the Tssex Market Court TO give
his testimony as a witness OF inc e"oo'"s'
said to Justice Patterson; w Tho car was
aseksd BY mob Of several hundred people pe Eys
one armed The policeman WAS Was s S'1ns was sssd
With sticks and windows N n t he car mo wste
sn he &c & ss e: % into
Ss d Il vas sd tho Sst md ' M
was II danger he IL drew wss revolver He sssea 70
his a Isl ssss az IL Sss shot o BY
Justice Patterson thereupon issued wafrs she
for the conductors arrest ana "'Schais0' SNo
pore crdnctor Walker and Dryer Kindorf took the
battercd boulevard car 10 the stables IN f9 p,
second.st. soon after MCGOWAN was shot insy NY
were seen in charge Of another CIT n.', renorter
II had revolver Of easalibre and ! ilrea u
a. the e1 crowd. don't kaow whether ! hit any
bodv c~ not The policeman fired after ne WINS
hit in the mouth With stone pnt o ny e. 10
,sd = nistol.a The driver said he WAS busy
dcdgpg bricks and stones and keeping tne ne iaiI
ehed horses IN their traces Late III tne aitcr,
noon Walker and Kindorf were arrested ano
Ioclxe1 up at Police Headquarters.
AN EyE-wITNEss's STORY.
Thomas Doolittle. who lives in the row~ol
large brownstono houses on the south sihe Oh
sixty-irst-st, iust of the Boulevard, was an eye
witness OF the whole trouble from the beginning
TO end. and told the following story to the re-
porter: , n.or-
Twas sitting in my front room on the secoaa s'oors,
that ovsrioofs the scene OF the trouble, me nfst
ssH as sa sossn 's %s my Tsss %se s
Others who came along in gronIs o. .wss quo Tn
e hcX diS not w,s9 70 sWel1ed Is about eighty
About o,ci5cix green car came Slowly down me
boulevard. police officer and driver wcrs "a 'he
'o Just before this car reached sixtyfecondst, tho
iesde, Of the mob gave signal and hn Two sris Ss
With their OCCUPANTS drove out ana sspps,o bs ear
the truck pulled out brick stone that he had
s%sshins s eSSr' WI Window S in It.
lhe policeman aghtsd and cndeayorsd % Su0 and
ont lis rcvoycr at this and fired II twice N the az,
fsw ran at this. but others made another rush
q HIM ws ere nc nnd s on his back Others
rushcd Oh ia charge Of friends. The mob scattered
The whole plot was premsditated one; The men
,rere IN charge Of one man and meant mischief They
All brought stones along with them ,,r Inc annr
IL had not done II wonld have gone hare Win
the DRYER. conductor ard himself Is %e1 n. a Tsr
deserves tho highest praise for the brave ana
Courageous manner IN which he acted