The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-03
TOUCHS ATTACK AN OFFICER
Three Of Them Beat Policeman HaineS
Into IISelSibility.

Mike Drewry, Tom Fogarty and a Man
Named Lynch in the Affray-They
Are Arrested and Held for the As
sault-The Attack a Vicious One.
The Officer Badly Hurt.
Policeman A. F. Haines was assaulted
and badly beaten on West Broad street
last night There is a very tough, gang
which hangs out in the neighborhood of
West Broad and Stewart streets.
So many complaints have been made
against the gang that one night about two
weeks ago Assistant Chief Reilly went
out with a squad of police and brought in
seven of them. They were all fined in the
police court the next morning and were
warned that if there was any further
complaint against them they would all
be sent to the gang. at the first oppor-
tunity.
Since then the gang has been laying
for chance TO take revenge on some
policeman. tt was Policeman Haines'
misfortune to be the man. Officer Hanes
was coming up Sims street toward West
Broad about 1880 o'clock, when he heard
cursing on the corner. He walked over
to where three men were standing under
" sup pOoC anu "aIHSu Ihon W Keep
quiet
Nov, don't you get gay" said one of
them.
CURSED THE OFFICER.
When the officer demonstrated with the
man for the speech, the fellow cursed
him. He then put the man, whose name
was Lynch, under arrest, and started with
him to the nearest box to send in a call
for the patrol wagon. Tho other two
men, Mike Drewry and Tom Fogarty,
followed him, and when he was about
half way to the box, felled him with
blow from behind. While Haines was
down, Drewry gave him kick
IN the face, which almost para
Iyzed him. Before he had time
to recover from the kick Fogarty got
possession of his club, which he had not
taken from his belt and proceeded to
hammer him over the head with it, After
beating the policeman into state of in
sensibility the three men ran off. Haines
was picked up by some negroes who had
seen the difficulty but were afraid to in
terfere and was carried into George Schro-
der's grocery near by. Mr.. Schroeder tel
ephoned the police barracks of the affair
and the ambulance was sent out after
Haines He was taken to DR.. Jarrell's
Office, where his wounds were attended
to and he was then carried to his home
at President and Price streets.
THE OFFICERS STORY.
To a MORNING News reporter Officer
Haines told the story of the assault sub
stantially as related above. He said he
was knocked Senseless before he had
time to draw his pistol He was not ex-
pecting the assault and had not even
drawn his club. He had four severe cuts
across the head, and his left hand, with
which he tried to ward off the blows, was
severely bruised. He did not seem to be
In much pain then, but he will have very
sore head this morning.
Assistant Chief Reilly, who was at the
police barracks when the news of the as
sault was received there, was very much
enraged at the affair, and determined to
capture Officer Haines' assailants if posi-
BILE. Sergt. Baughn was sent out to
search the southern part of the city with
two mounted officers, while Lieut.. Reilly,
with Detective Bossell and two privates,
went to the immediate locality in which
the assault occurred.
TRACKED AND CAPTURED.
They succeeded in tracing the fight of
the men through several streets in the
vicinity and finally located them in the
house of Thomas White, Fogarty's
brother-in-law, on Roberts street. The
house was surrounded and the men called
upon to surrender. AS Lieut.. Reilly
threatened to come in and take them if
they did not come out, the men took the
advice of their friends and came out.
They were taken to the barracks where
they were locked up on charges of as
saulting au officer and interfering with
him while in the discharge of his duty
They refused to answer any questions
about the attack.
togarty, Drewry and Lynch are all
well known in the western section of the
city. All three have been employed on
the government work at Fort Pulaski,
and were paid off yesterday. They were
out after fun last night and had it at
Policeman Haines' expense. 1t is likely
that they will pay well for it. F'ogarty
has served a part of a term in the peni-
Tertiary for shooting DR. e. j. Kieffer,
but was pardoned out through the efforts
of Hon. William Clifton.