The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-11-23
THRILLING ENCOUNTER.
AsToNe THROWN INTO A CAR WINDOW.

The. e.Perpetrator Arrested, then Afterward
Rescued by Desperate TrampG-A Hot
Sktrmtsh With Revolvers-Hleven Ar
rests-One Man Shot But Will Recover.
hot skirmish between police officers
and twenty tramps occurred Saturday
evening at Stark Siding along the Et.
Wayne railway, about mile east of the
city. The posse arrested eleven of the
tramps, one OF the desperate fellows re-
cetving bullet in his left side. The mans
name IL Charles II. KennedyIand he al
leRes he resides at PittsburR. His wound
is painful one, but he will recover.
During several weeks past the Pennsyl-
vania company has suffered loss by un-
known parties whe threw stones into the
car windows as the trains rushed along,
and the petty theft OF wearing apparel
and other articles prompted the company
to place special officer on the passenger
trains, EK-Marshal Stacy of Alliance,
was engaged for the run, and he showed
his pluck Saturday evening when he
caught tramp, surrounded by gang of
twenty, throwing stone, and ne nt-
tempted so arrest the fellow.
Passenger train No, 3, due here at 4 Isl,
was few minutes late Saturday after
noon and stop OF few minutes was
made at Stark Siding. Stacy descended
from the car platform and walked along
the north side OF the train where quite
number OF namps had congregAted. The
conductor OF the train was standing near
by when,he saw q big fellow pick up a stone
aud dash II through car window. Stacy
arrested the tramp and as he was rushing
him up the steps of the smoking car, some
one from among the crowd hurled q huge
ctnder toward him, which struck Stacy
upon the head, inflictinR q small cash in
his scalp. The officer had c uRhE hold of
the prisoner's overcoat and when the
ID. Ill,
gave quick lunge forward, leaving =
strip of overcoat still in the officers hand
end escaped, The train moved on and
the local police were notified when this
city was reached, and Officers WIelnndt,
Fink, Smallheld, Battin, Kincaid, Jacob,
Smith, Special Officer Stacy. led by Mar
shal Becherer, with the patrol wagon,
made a run to the MalleAble Iron works,
where the horses were tied and the police
attacked the gang which still was there
encircled about fire. The trampa broke
in ell directions and when closely pressed
began TO fire upon the police, who quickly
responded aiming their revolvers into the
air. Ten OF the fellows were secured.
Marshal Becherer tackled burly looking
fellow who held q revolver to his face and
threatened immediate annihilatioD. The
man jumped into the creek but
noI before bullet had been lodged
in his leg. Officer Smith who was
bhohOhou oh buo ONheE VI tnb btT6hIuN
captured the fugitive when he stepped on
shore. The gang was handcuffed,
brought to town and locked up in the city
prison. They gave their names as Charles
Pecher, of Mercer county; James Murphy,
Kenton, Thomas Johnson, Youngstown
| James Marks, Ft. Wayne; James Thomas,
Harrisburg, Pa. Ed. Rogers, Pittsburgh
Thomas Mcdonald, Benton, III.
James Payne, Bowling Green; Thomas
| Burns, Homestead, Pa. Henry Slaup hter,
| West Virginia; Cherles +. Kennedy, Pitts-
burg. Kennedy refuses to say anything
relative to his home In the Smoky City,
alleging that he doesn't want his parents
to learn of bis condition. He was dressed
in rough looking clothes, wore q black
coarse shirt; his countenance is rather
light, bis scalp 10 partly devoid of hair on
the front part of bis head he says he was
employed as a rolling mill hand, but his
looks hardly indicate that.
Sunday morning several officers who
revisited the place of the shooting
found four revolvers lying In various
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