Evening journal., 1891-08-04
LAST EDITION
BROWN INDIGNANT.
HE SAYS THE EVERY EVENING
LiBELED HlM.

his Statements.
Constables Brown and McKelvey and
their friends In the city are indignant
over the biased and apparently unwRr-
ranted attacks made upon them by the
Every Evening in the Hughes affair.
These attacks are quasi sccusations of
murder, and the constables have been
told by prominent attorney that they
have a good case Of criminal libel against
that paper.
Brown Makes Full Statement.
Constable Brown was interviewed at
Browns Hotel on West Fourth street
this morning He made the following
statement of the affair without hesi Ia.
tion.
II had q landlords warrant on Mrs
Hughes for $50. There we're two war
rants, Of sl5 each, which, with the
costs, amounted to $33. This WAS for
rent due to my father for the two months
she had resided in my fathers house. No
GIL Poplar street. She had only lived
there from March % to May 25 She old
not pay any rent while there, until a
landlords warrant was served on her
Then she paid Sc Of the $50 She said
she wanted cheaper rent Ny father
consented to allow her to move If she
paid the rent alresdy due. He could
have held her there for the year, but did
not desire such tenant, as father had
heard that she had already failed TO pay
ths rent iu the two houses In which she
resided previous to renting from aim
How many times did you ask for the
rentf'
Il was around to the house to which
shs had moved. Eve or six times. Every
time l went she put me off by saving
that she would pay On several occasions
she made appointments to meet me at
Magistrate Sasse's Office TO pay the rent
She failed to do so.
On these occasions | received all man
ner Of excuses. I,gave her an opportunity
to pay it in instalments, but she did net
do SO. Becoming tired of being put of,
was ordered to get the money or the
goods.
I'm company with Constables Bowers
and McKelvey and a man named William
ii. Loper, We went to the house, with
teamsters Eden and Mcshea, to carry out
my instructions2 Loper and went in first
Going in we met Hughes in the basement
asked him where Mrs. Hughes was
He said, she is upstairs, (meaning the
frst foorl- Going up met Mrs Hughes.
| asked her what she intended to do in
relation to the rent. She said she would
pay me sometime, but could not say
when. She had been putting me off so
repeatedly in this matter that | must
have the money or the goods
While we were talking Hughes came
Ap from the basement Addressing me
hs said You won't take id thing
out Of here. If you do it will be over my
dead body. He Immediately left me AS
he started away he muttered something
aud his stepdaughter, who overheard
what he said, exclaimed, Oh, don't 40
shatr
II -~s1t 20 the door and told the team
sters to come in. In the meantime Con
stables McKelveY and Bowers had come
in. then walked back to the dining
room, the door of which opened into the
hall
cat the threshold met Hughes, He
walked up to me with his right hand
back of him. he asked, threatsningly.
Now what are you going to dor re-
piled, i am going to take these goods.
de said, You viii never take these
goods / said, Don't YOU attempt to
interfere with me, or / will arrest You.
aud another thing, don't You attempt to
hit me With anything | knew that he
had something back of him, but did not
know what it was.
Constable McKelvey, who had seen
him go down in the basement. stepped
behind door and waited until he came
back and followed him, knowing he meant
mischief. As ! uttered the words 'don's
you attempt to hit me with anything,
Mckelvey snatched the concealed weapon
which proved to be g hatchet, from
Hughes's hand
hughes then jumped at me and
caught me by the throat Ia order to de-
fend myself I caught him By the throat
He struck me in the face several times
and l struck him We had broken holds
on each others throats at that time.
then started to arrest him. l had him
by the arm or shoulder. He was still
struggling and striking at ms When
we got to the door Of the narrow hallway
we both fell on the steps. was thrown
clear beyond HIM by the crowd surglng
out of the house. / fell on nv head and
rolled over on my back
Both Of us then struggled to pet m
AS we wers getting up he caught me-
about the knee and tumbled me over On
my back He then got on me, and Con
stable Bowers pulled him off before he
could strike blow. He then said Cd
d-m you fellows, you can't arrest me
McKelvey said i can arrest you and
started him up towards King street /
then went into the house. ] was met BY
Mrs. Hughes who said that she would
pay me some money If would not take
the goods.
Hughes had come back. he became
threatening and abusive again, and
ordered Officer Taylor to arrest him. He
did it. ! asked Mrs. Hughes how much
money she would pay She said she
would give me 50 and the balance in q
few days That made $15 of the $33
that she had paid, ordered the team
sters away, and together with my fellow
officers came up town, and / have never
received penny since, nor have
troubled her since for the money still
due
''Who did take the goods2'
Constable Green took them subse-
quentlY and sold them for rent due on
the house on Second street, near French.
in which they were living, and in which
this trouble took place
did you strike Hughes with any
T.aponf
81 did not. was unarmed
''Did you beat him over the head with
your 6sts2
"Not to my knowledge. He was doing
most of the hitting | was simply try
ing to arrest him and did not use any
more force than was absolutely neces-
sary.
Ibid you read the account of the