The sun., 1894-03-12
4 NIGHT DUEL WITH BILLIES.
.vo GUARDIANS OF 1HE MILLION
,ns DISTRICT IN FIERCE coMBAE

r....-.. Rss-sr ..a wst-h-sr coushii-,
:. F-n U.ifo-r.. Bsi.sor E.es Other ..
rrc.t or Cor-eiius vs-ssrsiirs New
u.,.ior-The BIs w.tesrs. - vsn-
.,,.b.d and Arrested ny the Lit,is Coz.
p.hind the dask At the East Fifty nrst street
liz. .tation a q . heavy locust night stick.
,,,t .uch a stick as the polics discarded few
n.,tb. ago for the billy now In use. When
policsman Daniel Redner came down from
y.,tvills Police Court yesterday morning
.-,naina the big stick by the leather thong
.,t,chsd TO II, people looked at him In sur
10. and asked each other II the once popu-
lar heavy locust had come back into use again.
pnt the stick IL Policeman Redners only tenn
.or,,ily. and the owner. Thomas Coughlin.
an yedeem Il whenever he wants to call at the
.t,,lon house. although 1t was won In fair and
open conflict on the highway
This particular stick, which Is scarred with
,hs marks OF many thwacks, has figured twice
"A disturbing element between CouRhlin and
policeman Redner Coughlin. who is some-
thing more than six feet tall and weighs up
v.rd Of 200 pounds. is night watchman en-
nloyed BIZ the Holmes Electric Protective Com
many and he keeps watch and ward over the
houses OF millionalres and a few other people
ON Fifty.seventh street between Sixth and
hndiaOn avenues n pdEb vi thth ooas 10 ih-
cluded in the patrol lines OF Policeman Red
her who Is q compacty built man Weighing
perhaps lbs pounds
II. and the watchman were good friends
until about q month ago. the first occasion
when the stick came between them. The
trouble was originally between Coughlin and
Policeman Drummer OF the Fast Fifty-hrse
street station. They quarrelled about some
thing. and Redner. hearing Coughlin's voice
raised IN wrath arrived on the scene In haste
and just in tlme to divert toughlin's stick.
which was descending straight toward the
bead o! Policeman Brunnor. Coughlin was
hustled away after some difficulty. He had
becn drinking. according to tho statements OF
the roiicemen. subsequcntls. It is alleged.
Coughlin apologized to Redner and Drummer.
sayins that IL no had been sober the aneir
Mould no; have taken place, but thereafter he
tnl isiner.. while, oatwardly friendly. had
Early Yesterday morning R-dner was stand.
tns on the corner o. fiity.seventh street sna
Up and entered into the conversation in an
thsir ik talk the n Policeman nan n said to Coushlin:
You ought TO be over there enjoying your
@ ns 'n 10 'ns SoasS Sa"' on the Other side Of Fifty
seventh street from which sounds OF reSelry
nS tS. .bssnss o the a%
Coughlin seemed to suspect An implied Of
fence In the remark. Tor he replied:
dnsssr want ySu to understand I'm not arunk'
.Weii. You may not be drunk. but you're
Al this the watchmAn began talking loud
and using Offensive language. and when the
SSss or 20 e,1 SSag he % rsussd sec to do either WITH
you'll Keep quiet or I'll lock you up" said
sneSgb Istortsd ceSFhlia drswInS y. his slpb
only Dan kyan for, spectator and referee. a
esssRman 1n not S ony because SS his a Ssss. and
reach. which were partially Offset By the light.
also because Of the aispsrity in. Weapons. the
night stick being more than double the length
sfencsr. realized the advantage OF armament.
and decided to act on the defensive at the
msni @ would % give him him an ' openins % z There was
plenty OF light from the electric lamp on the
corner as the two men faced each other with
The frst blow was struck BY Caughlin, who
made vicious swing at the policeman's head.
on his billy and struck the night stick up. but
not quite far enough. There was a resounding
rel and The Officers helmet Iespsd from his
head ana spun lightly across the street. ietch-
III. snuna. M ID three lire noctuTnal % roanders and an an
electric light llneman arrived et illl speed aud
coaSSIiS fosWed % nsfGfG np his irss % stss@pt by
would have crushed In that member had It
the owner OF the head got It out OF the way by
Aquiek lump; then he landed on the watch.
mans neck with his billy. aud nimbly hoped
Goo boy" volunteered one OF the round
ers, who was q little the worse for wear.
SSuTe e-horker. swat I'm again
sy TH.isa Ss Psss
little billy against the others nose. The watch-
the policeman did little bit OF neat. fencing
the three rounder.. Instead Of lodging or
parrying. he met the blow half way. brin ging
bis billy across CoughliE's forearm with sting
,Ths, wstchman's fingers suddenly relaxed
!heir hold and his stick went nying through
M Fs51w sss hssd q Of
lin down with a tap on the head. and the rest
was easy. even without tho help Of the loaua-
end have the vanauishsd eombatant sent TO
Now Thoroughly submissive. Coughlin was
iorkyiIe Police Court YESTERDAY morning the
prisoner told Justice Noorhis that the poliee-
man had attacked him because OF an old
kIudge; hedner denied this and said that
Solghlin was drunk and disorderly. and that
tIruhsImoTe the Toundsman in charge OF the
near f,tS PAM .t,s sss'SR % on saaih avenue.
duty, told him. Rsdner that Cou ghlln mad been
Snnkilg when he left the place that evening.
Coughlin lives 81 TOO Columbus avenue II
said at the Holmes CompAny's station on
slaIh avenue last night that Coughlin's gem
Ior duty last night. and the roundsman was
snsois 70 state any reason for his absence. as
Ri nj iSesioh had been tAken BY the company, A
HASPI HakaId setting superintendent OF the