The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1892-09-15
A RACING PAnA thaIEDY
Two Men Killed and One Fatally
Wounded at Ga ficld Track.

The racing at Garfield Park. Chicago on
Tuesday, terminated in dreadful TRAGEDY
Three mems lives paid the forfeit ~ the eff.
fort to suppress racing on the track. James
NJ. Brown. the millionaire horseman, and
officer John Powell were killed and Onicei
Henry Mcdowell was mortally wounded.
The triple shooting was n sequel 10 the
daily ratLPn tIc-Tsfttr ti,r,.-. -A.p.sgifs the
previous days raids by the police, Brown is
alleged to have said that he would kill any
policeman who attempted to arrest him
Tuesday afternoon, while the raid was IN
progress, Brown was stationed on the roof
of the stables. Three officers climbed to the
roof and Brown, drawing revolver warned
them of. lie was ordered To- surrender, but
refused and, pointing his weapon At the
policemen, began to back TO the edge of the
roof. one Of the policemen fired a shot in
the air and Brown made u wild leap from
the roof, landing inside the grounds
Officers Mcdowell aud Powell followed in
pursuit aud some one of the three. suppu,.
cdiy Brown, fired shot Then the horse
man made dash for liberty through the
south gate, lie ran across the lrairie u
Harrison street near Janhuss avenUe,
where Il brick building is in course of con.
struction. Here Officer Powell overlook
INN aud reached out TO grasp him by the
sleeve
Turning suddenly around. Brown who
still grasped his revolver in his right hand,
raised the weapon and fire point blank at
the policeman. The bullet struck he oiliC-
or in the mouth and he fell dead. Then
Brown started to run east on Harrison street
and encountered Officer Mcdowell. Both
aH.. Ns..H. 4
tancously. Mcdowell staggered Few feet
and than fell across the sidewalk
Brown ran west and stopped suddenly To-
IRE again ~ the PROSTATE body ui officer
Powell lie met officer Jouc, and both
men raised their reyulycrS AMI Brown
pulled the trigger Of his weapon I,, no cN-
piOSlOn followed, Jones by this tine had
taken aim at the wounded hur,rman and
ilred. Brown sprang into the air Jud utter.
ed a sharp cry. lie staggered a moment
ana then, turning, ran into the area way
between two buildings and fell dead.
Three hu'lcts we're in his body. one had
penetrated he heart
j. VI. Brown, who figured in the tragedy,
is the owner of g. W. Johnson, tur crack p
ycar-old colt of the West, Rcd Banner, Dor.
calls, and other horses, ComprlSiug the best
string of running horses IN the Western and
southern running circuits. Brown lives az
Lexington Ky, and was not on a veal.
Cupants OF his stable, when lac fuug.ed them
!n races 10 the limit,
The trouble between the Garfield Park
and city officials Is u long slandug one, and
originated I'm an attempt on the la'fer's part
To suppress winter racing last winter. The
! city authorities held that the traCb was not
operated So much for racing purposes, as to
conduct pool selling business, which was
done ON al! foreign races, at enormous
profits
As they had suppressed all the pool
rooms, they thought il only nrouer to do
away with its successor, the winter racing
track. The case was taken into court and
constitutionallty of the pool selling law
tested, resulting in victory for the Garfield
park people. Still the city officials thought
the fact that they had been selling pools on
foreign races had not been properly present
td during the trial, and ON this ground con
tinued prosecutions and failing IN this they
again sought to close the track at all times
not stipulated in the State law or city Ordi-
nance covering race tracks, and II IS on these
acts which limit the lime for racing they
are now proceeding.
Horsemen generally attribute the warfare
TO Hawthorne Park, owned by Edward
Ccrrigan, who through the persecution of
the Garfield Park people, was compelled 10
move his track outside the city limits.
THE enforcement or President Harrison's
twenty day quarantine circular, II strictly
carried out, will entail serious consequences
on Italy, which country sends TO American
ports forty thousand immigrants annually.
The Italian authorities are greatly con.
cerpAd at the restriction.