The Portland daily press., 1890-07-07
Police Notes.

There were "a arrests last week, "a for
drunkenness and So ON Fourth of July.
Fourth of July celebrator who carried
his celebration over into the 9TH fell through
window in j. F. Bonds plumbing Ishop on
Federal street Saturday night.
An unprovoked assault was made on Seth
Hamilton Saturday night at Pixies saloon on
Franklin street, by gang of reughs led by
Henry Kane. Hamilton received hard
blow in the eye and was otherwise injured.
The passengers on the steamer Cadet were
edited Saturday afternoon by the presence
OF man dead drunk and laid out for inspec-
ton on the upper deck, who had gone down
to Long Island Friday and stayed over night
in the open air.
Walter Fickett's store at Stroudwater was
entered at some time during the night of the
Fourth, the safe blown and the contents,
about $l20, stolen. The police have no clue
to the thieves except the similarity between
their work and that done elsewhere in the
state. They were not artists, as the safe was
entirely wrecked.
A number of citizens and soldiers have
been the victims of more or less unprovoked
assaults from rowdies on Commercial street
during the past few days. The most distin-
guished victim was Gen. Butler. As the
general had his walkiDg-stick with him he
made his assailant wish he had been else
where.
Some celebrator of the Fourth on Fore
street loaded his pistol with slugs and fired
across the street. The slugs went into
window in Mr.. Gatcomb's house, broke two
panes of glass and wounded yong man in
the leg. The shootist was interviewed by
the police, but, claiming 1t was wholly unin-
territorial on his part to damage his neigh
bors. he was not arrested.
A small sized riot took place on CONNER
cial street during the progress CT the fire Sat-
urday night, being brougb. on by the gener-
ally slack condition of affairs that permitted
the crowd to press IL on the firemen so that
they had no room 20 work. Sailors and citi-
zens re aed and pulled Unfortunately, I'M
til the story was started that there was pow
DER In The building A fireman seized a sailor
aad threw him across the wharf Some of
the sailors companions came to his rescue
and drove the citizens and police off. Officers
McDonough and Phillips arrested the original
sailor and started up the wharf with him. A
mob Of the kind of people who always SYM
pathise with the arrested man tried to pull
him away, but squad of levelheaded sail
ors and other policemen surrounded them
and kept the crowd off. Officer Frank Smith
had hand-to-hand struggle with Martin
Connolly, well-known character. Both
were dubbed and cut and both bled freely.
Assistance arrived at an opportune moment
and no lives were lost.
What this city needs is rope,-strong rope
and plenty of 1t, to be used at fires, as soon
as the hose is laid, with guard of police
men, armed with clubs. behind it, to keep
the mob at safe distance. It would also
be well If people could understand that as
sa1lting an officer when he is making an
arrest is serious business.
The sailors of the fleet engrossed the at
tention of the police to large extent yester-
day, seven cells being filed with gallant tars
In the nations livery before morning. The
most important arrest Of these man-o'-war's
men was slightly intoxicated tar who in
sisted upon getting into a sailboat which
two others had hired and were using for a
pleasure trip with two girls. The drunken
sailor became enraged when the other two
refused to let him into the boat and threw a
lump of coal at one of them. His aim was
not good and the coal hit one of the women
on the head, inflicting a severe wound. The
sailors postponed their sailing trip and
turned their murderously inclined shipmate
over to the police.
Police inspectors Watts, Cogan, Howard
and Knox Of Boston, who were on duty in
this city during the celebration last week,
went home Saturday evening, They are said
to have interviewed several New York
crooks and given them their choice of leav-
ing town or being locked up.
A bad young man went into stable on
Federal street yesterday and stole a jumper
from chair. The owner of the jumper went
after him, took 1t away and slapped him
with it. The bad man reported the assault
to Deputy Merrill and was promptly locked
up to settle his part of the affair first.