The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-07-04
D0LBEAR "RUNSAMUG
A Drunken Bonwood Policeman
Flourishes a Pistol
IuD BRU7ALLY STRIKESA WOMAN,
Then Takes Naked Man $ Mile to
PrIson-..A Crowd Terrorized and an
Unofendius citizen Maltreated and
Arrested...An Unparalleled Exhibi-
ton of Official Brutality.

Bruce Dolbeare, the Benwood police
man, covered himself with peculiar
kind OF glory Saturday night Bruce
was gloriously drunk, and in splendid
condition to exhibit his qualities as an
officer of the law. He started drinking
tolerably early in the day, and when he
wound ur alter midnight four men and
woman were able to show the marks
of Policemen Dolbeare's prowess with
his fists-chieay on their faces.
About four O'Clock in the afternoon
Dolbeare started fight with man in
Brinkmau's saloon, near Forty-third
street, and raised welt as big as a
pigeons egg on his cheek. The next
heard Of him was at half-past eleven
o'clock. Having loaded up beyond an
ordinary mans capacity he started
home in dogcart, accompanied by a
friend. Just beyond the county line is
n row OF little houses, and from one OF
them, occupied by hard working Polish
people issued sounds OF mild revelry,
which seem to have disturbed no one
else. The quiet loving soul Of Dolbeare
was stirred within him, and bringing
tho horse to halt he and his
friend jumped from the vehicle
md burst into the house. Three men
and a woman were inside, the man OF
tho house, his wife and two friends.
They were having friendly time
together. The husband was lying on
the bed in his trousers and undershirt,
and on him the two men jumped. They
pulled him from the bed and started to
drag him out. There was nothing
about Dolbeare, except his badge, to
show that he was policeman, and rs
soon as the two other Polanders had
recovered from their astonishment at
this descent upon tho fold, they piled"
the officer and his would be deputy.
UNHEARD.oE BRUTALITY.
The drunken policeman pulled his
pistol and struck the mans wife terri
BILE blow with the butt end, laying her
cheek open. By this time her hus-
bands clothes were of and he was
dragged out on his naked back over the
cinders on the sidewalk.
The cursing of Dolbeare, the shrieks
OF the woman and the prisoners cries
Tor mercy attracted the attention Of the
employees of the street car company at
the barn across the street. They rushed
out and saw Dolbeare and his friend
beating and kicking naked body. Mr..
Joseph Black, the street car machiniss,
was disgusted. :.
kill the man."
DolbeareS "take thatW aud letting
drive with his fist he struck Mr.. Black
in the face. All this time he was flour
ishing his revolver and threatening to
kill the first d. g. OF b." that
came near him.
That's right, Bruce" shouted his
companion, keep your gun on'em!
Keep your gun on 'em!"
The brave officer and his friend hus-
tied the Pole into the dog-cart. He was
stark naked, but without giving him
time to get any covering the friend
drove the prisoner toward Benwood.
CD you" said Dolbeare, going up to
Mr.. Black, "you were in that house,
and you're one Of those that tried to get
that Polander away from me" Moth
ing that Mr.. Black could say would
satisfy the liquor-soaked officer, and he
was compelled to accompany him to
the lookup, about mile away. The
woman he had arrested, and who was
bleeding from the wound in her face,
had to go, too.
Some OF the street car operators and
conductors followed the trio down, and
the others returned to the stable and
got out on the electric motor, in which
they started down to the lower part Of
town. When Dolbeare and his prison.
ers arrived at the Bo9gs run railroad
crossing, the officer looked back and
saw those OF the street car men who
were following them atoot. Leaving
Mr.. Black and the woman he Walked
back, and showing his revolver in the
faces Of the crowd, he threatened to
kill the frst-using his pet name-who
would dare to come step farther. As
they turned away he struck one Of them
violent blow in tho back with his
pistol. Staggering back to his prisoner
he began to abuse Mr. Black, threaten
ing incidentally to put bullet through
him. When the car arrived everybody
got on, and the town was reached with.
out further incident.