Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-06-19

WHICH is go icing driven. was rrsx To
srrive on the scene he found the car
riAge overturned sad the harsss. sui
Gu the ground. struggling aud kicklng
slcaoosly Two mes. both unknown 10
the of.iper, were doing their bast 10 right
the carriage. The officers first care was
10 call the attention If the men u the
horses.
If the horses regain their feet while
the carriage Is IN tins shape be said,
''aad there Is DO one az their heads they
viii make q pretty mesS Of IT.
With thess words ne turned 70 the
vehicle. By tins timeseveral pecple had
gathered about the place, nj least four
Of them bring officers. They qaieted
the horses and assisted them 20 their
feet Then they tugged at the overturned
carriage until il was firm on its four
wheels again, and the mischief caused
by the eAxelessness IF the driver had 10
al appearances been corrected. A casual
examination OF the horses, the carnage
and the harness showed that no damage
whatever had been occasioned by the ac-
eideut.
In an Instant the man in charge OF the
rig was IN his seat in front. and the man
who seemed Ia have been the passenger
stood with hls hand on the carriage door
ready 10 resume his ride. In another
moment the carriage would have been
ON its way 10 the ferry.
Prompted by some unaccountable i'm
pulse which he does not attempt to ex-
plain, the officer checked the man by
placing hand on his arm.
Before you drive away" he said,
.'look to your companion; he may have
been injured"
You are mistaken, was the curt re-
ply II have no companion. Drive ON,
coachman."
The officer was not satisfied. He sig
nailed 10 an officer TO look to the horses
heads, and still stood with his hand on
the mans arm.
Il forbid your driving away until
have seen tue interior of the carriage"
| be said. please stand aside"
The obstinate man 1T the carriage door
hesitated he opened his lips as though
about to demonstrate or make a denial
Then something occurred that made
such a proceeding unnecessary.
A frightened sob came from behind
the closed doors of the carriage, and the
voice was Enthusiastically that of a
woman.
The muscular figure of the man still
barred the entrance to the carriage by
way of the door where he stood, but the
opposite door was unguarded.
In response to motion from the
officer patrolman opened this door and
| stepped inside. The next moment he
reappeared in the street bearing in his
arms the form of fainting woman.
Reports differ as to exactly what
occurred next. According to the officers
statement, he merely notified the man
that explanations were in order, and
that they must be made before the
| captain at the station house, thus
practically taking him into custody.
According to statements made by others,
the officer seized tho man in rude and
violent manner, at the same time inform.
ing him that he was under arrest.
Whichever account is the true one
seems to be- immaterial, except as affect
| ing the conduct of the officer, for what
followed was not warranted by either of
the alleged occurrences. According to
all present, the man at the carriage door
drew . revolver and fired two shots ut
the officer in rapid succession.
Fortunately both of the shots missed
| their mark. but before anything could
be done to ward off the attack the officer
received a savage blow on the head from
the handle of the revolver. As he fell
stunned to the pavement the man who
had dealt the blow entered the carriage,
and the horses, smarting under singing
blows from the whip, dashed the patrol
man aside and sprang away in the direc-
ton Of tho ferry. AS yet no clew to the
identity of the equipage or the persons
connected with it has been obtained by
the police.
The woman taken from the carriage
was at once conveyed to the nearest sta
ton house. Only for the statement of
her companion that the carriage had no
occupant other than himself at the time
Of the accident, and but for the brutal
attempt on the officers life, the woman
would have been allowed to have fol-
lowed her own inclinations about &C
companying the officers. As it was she
was practically in custody when she left
the carriage.
At the station house she talked freely
about only portion of the occurrences
of the night. She gave the name of
Caroline Green, and stated that she had
been abducted from q private asylum,
where she was receiving treatment for
disease Of the brain. She refused TO re-
veal the names of the persons concerned
in the outrage. She even declined to
state in what manner she had been de-
coyed from the asylum.
In q private interview with reporter,
however, Captain John B. johnson, in
charge Of the station house at the time,
made some statements which may throw
some light on the mystery.
| Mrs Caroline Green" he said, "is
the person believed by the police to be
guilty of the murder of Mrs Clark Mel
ville's coachman. Mrs. Melville's pro-