Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-08-18
RECKLESS SHOOTING.
PinkertOn Detectives In Trouble at
Albany.

Trouble was expected all along the line of
the Central road within the city limits Of AL
bany yesterday. owing to the fact that the
Pinkerton men were all known to be armed
Nearly all of the Pinkerton men were with
drawn from duty at crossings within the city
limits in consequence, as their presence served
to excite the frenzy OF the throng of on lockers.
The police took their place. The stoning of
the Pinkerton men continued UP to noon
with no serious results. About l O'Clock
James Ha,ton Of New York Pink
erton man. was patrolng the tracks in
the vicinity Of Van Woert street. He
claims TO have been struck with stone in tue
chest. while his companion who was on duty
at that point was Knocked down and severely
hurt by Il gang Of roughs. Then he fired his
revolver into the crowd, the ball striking
small boy named Dwyer, giving him an ugly
wound on the hip. He will recover. Hatton
had no time to fire another shot The crowd
surged around him and his clothes were torn
oil nis back. lie was struck with fists and clubs
and presented pitiable sight when rescued by
the ponce. One policeman had his coat torn
oil him In the fight. Hatton was taken to the
station house, when. after his wounds were
dressed by the police surgeon, he was locked
up on the charge of assault in the second de-
gree. He would surely have suffered death had
| the police not come to his assistance
These occurrences aroused the passions of
the spectators as nothing else has since the
strike was declared. Their number increased
, and the chief OF police established his head
quarters in the station house near by and
placed all the reserves at that point. At inter-
walls freight trains came down from west Al
bany OH their way to New York. About 8
o'clock one OF these trains passed. This train
was stoned. When it reached the Broadway
viaduct the Pmkertons on top Of the freight
cars, carrying Winchester rifles. began fusil-
! Ilhn Il
fired and resulted i'll the injury of Mrs. Thomas
Hogan. who was standing Oh the stoop OF her
residence on nearby corner, when a shot
struck her in the right thigh. The ball was
| readily extracted, and the physicians say she
will recover.
| After this incident Robert Pinkerton. who
| had charge OF his forces in person, called on
| Chief Willard He said his men had been as
saulted continually and the firearms had been
| put In their possession yesterday that they
| might be used when necessary i'll self-defense
and in the work OF protecting the companys
property, which task had been allotted to him.
| he declared his readiness to turn over to the
police any of his men who committed a
| crime. Chief Willard expressed the belief that
| II the PinkertOn men had never been brought
| here the local police would have been abund-
| antly able to cope with the situation.
While the two chiefs were talking a third
victim was brought into the station house. He
was Frank Parks, aged eighteen, and had been
| shot in the right arm above the elbow by one
of the PInkerton men on a freight train which
passed through at clock.
| Pinkerton man who fired into the crowd at
| the VanWOert street crossing was pursued up the
track to west Albany by Officer Dunn and cap
tured. The officer brought his prisoner back
| to the cit y by train, on the understanding that
the engiD' er would stop and let them of. The
train was not stopped, but continued on to
east Albany, where q crowd of Pinkerton men
rescued the prisoner and handled the officer
| roughly.