The morning call., 1892-10-03
KICKED, BEATEN, BRUISED
Policeman Ryan's Encounter
With Two Burglars.
AN ATTACK NOT RESENTED.
Ex.Convicts Resist Arrest Even When Hand
cuffed, but are Finally suoiued
and Led to Prison.

Officer T. L. Ryan Of the Southern police
station made record for himself yesterday.
He had three eases on hand, and one o.
them was an experience which few mem-
hers of the force would like TO encounter.
He captured two desperate burglars after
over an hours fight, and when he landed
his prisoners in Jail he sat down on bench
calling for water, exhausted, bruised, black
and blue on legs, body and face. and with
only one consolation-that he had done his
dnty.
The burglars be captured were old con-
vIc.s. John Clark. alias DOugherty. and
Alexander Pedrosa. Dougherty has served
two terms-one of three years Ia Folsom
for robbery, and another for the same
period in the House of Correction Tor
burglary.
he has been out of prison just three
weeks.
Pedross is also an ex-prison inmate, and
has been enjoying his liberty only two
weeks. having previously been confined In
the House of Correction FOR robbery
Both of the ex-convicts VIII return 10
prison quarters.
matte one.
Early yesterday morning Officer Ryan,
whose beat is on Mission street, from First
to Sixth, was in the vic nifty Of Ecker and
Mission streets.
The officer noticed several suspicious
characters proving around. The LOCALITY
Is rendezvous of roughs, thieves aud ex-
eonvicts, and after dark no citizen who has
any desire for his valuables or personal
safety will venture in the neighborhood OF
Jessie and Ecker steets.
Officer Ryan reported of at o'clock. but
having a personal pride for preventing
crime on his beat returned to where lie had
seen the suspicious characters.
In a black smith-shop al 544 Mission street
be saw four men working away at the forge.
Ryan got the proprietor of the shop, Mich
eel Murrln, and the latter told him that the
men we're intrudeTs. and that they were evil
IDENTIFY manufacturing burglars tools.
Ryan and Murrin opened the door, and
entered the shop, when the four men started
out the back way leading to Jessie street,
breaking the back window to escape.
Ryan 6rst caught Alexander PedrOsa.
Murrin, who is an cid man, started for
Clark or Dougherty, who wasigettlng over
Dougherty gave him kick on the chin,
and sent him sprawlinZ with a bleeding
mouth.
Oficer Ryan then made a grab for
Dougherty, and received a kick In the side
of the face
Ryan jumped over the fence with the
burglar. and a hand TO hand struggle ensued
In which Ryan received q resounding blow
under the right ear, and was knocked back
ward off his feet.
Dougherty started on the run. The off,
Ger arose and followed, drawing his pistol.
He fred one shot at Dougherty, thinking to
scare him.
But the burglar would not scare.
A secoud shot was fred. raising the dust
about Dougherty's feet, but he still con-
tlnued TO run.
A third Shot from the officers pistol
missed fire.
Ryan saw that If he shot again he was
liable to kill his man, so he started on a
desperate run of two blocks down Second
street, and finally oyerhauled DOugherty.
But his trouble vas not over
When be brought bis prisoner back to
Mission street he handcuffed him to Pc
drOsa. linking in his hurry both their left
hands.
When he tried TO get them to move on
with him they again showed fight. The
two handcu4fed men had both their right
hands free, and their legs. D0ugherty
turned suddenly on the officer and gave him
q vicious kick in the stomach, knocking him
30 the ground and doubling him up.
PedT0sa turned with his right foot and
kicked the Officer - tne left groin. With
t0eir hands LGey pummeled him and kicked
him with their feet.
Ryan called on some Of the crowd which
had gathered to assist him, but no one could
lend him any aid. He took out his key and
asked some one 10 ring for the patrol wagon,
but no one would do so.
They all seemed afraid to excite the en-
nifty of the desperate crowd which infests
the locality. Ryan had exercised great
lenlency with the prisoners, who appealed
to the crowd, saying they were being NAL
treated.
Dougherty pointed 10 blood pouring out
Of his shoe, and said he had been shot.
The wound in fact had been caused by a
nail Willie jumping over the back fence.
Finally the officer saw that more energetic
measures were necessary, and he tried his
club and hit DougbertY over the head.
rendering him insensible Tor fifteen min
utes.
Then he called the patrol wagon and took
his prisoners TO the station.
good judgment in not using bis pistol or
knife on the burglars during the excite
ment.
Ryan's body was black and blue from the
encounter
When Dougherty was searched Ryan
found on him number OF burglar's tools.
He had jmmies. chisels and about twenty
five bits for iopenng drawers and trunks.
De bad evidently manufactured these arti-
eles in the blacksmithshop. Shortly before
these arrests Ryan arrested JOHN Burns
grand larceny. He discovered them rolling
drunk on Mission street frUm whose pock-
cts they had extracted SO.
Yesterday afternoon Officer Ryan discov-
cred that Daniel Donovan, who was ar
rested several days ago for stealing a pair
of pants, was burglar He found out thai
Donovan is the man who entered a store
and stole quantity of wine and number
of valuable tools.