The record-union., 1895-05-21
DESPERATE CHARACTERS ARRESTED.
DESPERATE CHARACTERS ARRESTED.
Men Who Shoot and Stab When They
all to Rob.
Officers Secure n Notorious Ex-Convict
After q Very Lively
Encounter.

Two men are behind the bars at the
City Prison on whose capture the COM
| munity is to be congratulated.
AS was related in the RECoRD-UNIoN
yesterday morning. two footpads stood
up laborer named Manuel Azuza on X
street, near Seventeenth, on Sunday
night, and shot him through the arm,
after searching him and finding he had
no money. - ~
Shortly before that. as a young man
named William Clegg, who lives near
home, and when within few doors oi
his residence, a man suddenly confronted
him, aud presenting pistol, said
"Throw up your hands!' Ciegg is
scarcely more than boy, but he pluckily
said, "pll do no such thing ~ and started
to run.
AS he passed tree another man jumped
from behind it and struck at him with
some sort OF weapon, but missed him.
The fellow struck so hard that the weapon
flew out OF his hand. and AS Clegg ran
upon the porch OF his house the footpad
did not wait to pick it up, but tied with
his companion, evidently IhinkiIk that
the neig h bors would soon be on hi.s trail.
A woman who lived close by, and had
! Witnessed tho attempted robbery went
out and picked up the weapon, which
proved to he a sharp, doubled-edged
| stiletto, with a blade about lour inches
long, The handle being silver plated.
| Ciegg did not report the case to the police
till yesterday morning. and he could not
| give much OF Il description OF the loot
| pads, but officer Logue. who had been
| for some days shadowing four tough
| looking Characters who seemed to De
/ watching the street-cars pretty closely,
! thought the meager description lifted
! them, and started to see If he could find
out where they got the stlletto. Among
! other places visited he Went to the Sec
! ond-nand store of j. Bloombe on *
! street, near Second, and WAS Informed
/ that two men had come in there yesterday
! morning and made IA purchase. While
! Bloomberg was making change they stole
| a couple of silver watches.
! Logue went out with young Bloomberg
! to see il be could find the nleu, and on
| arriving at the cornor of the street they
| saw u uian who, as soon as he discovered
| Logue, fastened away. They gave chase
! and caught hin. just before they did SO
| he threw away something. Logue and
! Bloom berg picked 1t up and 1t proved to
| be one of the stolen watches. The other
/ tile station. Tie prisoner gave his name
! as John Hines. and proved TO be one oi
! the men Logue had been watching.
Logue anu young Bloomberg then sci
! out 10 see il they could tind the other
man. They went into saloon near
! Bloomberg's store, where Logue found
another one OF the four suspects, and
/ Blooinberg identified him as the other
man who took the watches. Logue ar.
/ rested him, but soon found he had caughI
| q tartar.
The fellow was powerful man,
with immense muscles like iron,
/ although his hands were very
soft. He gave Logue all he
] could do to hold him until Officer Taylor
came along. when they got the fellow
] down and tried 10 handcutf him. Officer
/ Fisher now appeared on the scene, aud
! the three officers finally managed tC
nantcutf the fellow. He bit and scratched
and kicked them until they huaiiy had
To tie his arms and legs with a rope and
nut him into ali express wagon. He
/ fought ali the way To the jail, and refused
at slrst To gve his name, but finally said
was Thomas Murphy. l, WAS since
learned that he is a notorious ex-conyict
known throughout The state rs New
I York Red"
Although the officers were very for.
baariur Will. the fellow. there were sew.
1 eraI of inose who stood arui.Id who, as
usual, condemned the officers for iheil
/ brutality. They seemed to think il al
officer duty to submit To all q deS er:iuo't
| bites and kicks aud handle him gently.
! One bystaEder OF different turn O.