New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-06
POLICEMEN'S FATAL SHOTS.
THE KILLING OF DANGEROUS CHARAC-
TIERS WHO RESIST ARREST

coRoNrRs AND POLICE COMMISSIONERS HNoN-
ERArE THE MEN WHO ARE OBLIGED IL ~
1T-soME RECENT STRIKING CASES
cor,a os the officials at Police Headquarters late
" have expressed doubt as TO the "isuo'" VI
couraging pistol practice amons u's ana kin
The force policemen have been shoo'i"s ~
L. mon co frequently. In every case inc poi'
man who has shot to kill has been eNohe'"uu y.
the Coroner and Police Commissioners om'IS
tho reason that the victim OF 'he p o
Workmanship was burgi"' vi
fan who resisted arrest , o,,oa
non W.. ,i,sni,c a school for police pistol practice
IA ,ps,s,i,p that every policeman must haNe
standard revolver in good worhins o'"''' =,
lice Commissioners several H'orlns aSo - 80
fa.,,vo n,eas ures TO make the police o"hs'io"
1awbreakers In several cases since 'he' w"
.uoa,,e, have shot down dangerous criminals
r,ho showed fight the Commissioners nave ""'
cd honorable mention TO the pohce'"."'
made them understand by dismlss'" VI an
~. .,o use of a revolver in the hands or an OH
cor of the law Is justified whenever Id" ~, ~,
resists arrest and attempts TO disaoic VI MI ',,,,
@oor commissioner Andrews. in talking WIN !"
Tribune reporter the subject the o'"e' u''' -
plained the situation in this way .o
.orhe Commissioners do not want 10 eh'o"'as'
,ha Killing Of human beings. but they would prefer
~ have a policeman kill a dangerous ou's
ro,,.r than have the burglar kill the pohceii"n
What we are aiming at is to have lhe pm ou. ,.e~
So we'll drilled in the use OF reviewers ''"' -
co., nrotect their own lives and the hNes Vi ~
snectable citizens without Killing ahspouS'
haya In the department the champion aiha'e
nistol shot of America, Sergeant re''S' NV
acting captain at the Charles-s'' s'a'o', GO
has been placed in charge OF the woih VI " r,
other policemen in the use OF the reNo'n' ,,
rso Of the shooting gallery in the Sth hes'n'e"'
".r,orv has been obtained for the pistol practice
90 cha nolicemen are trained 10 shoot quickly a'
a target i'm the form of a DUNN! man
..,rhe instructions are 10 ann Al .iie ''e9 ON
arms and IL is intended that the pohce"'"
no trained 10 shoot so ~ to MAIN uespe'",e =,
ola, In an emergency. instead of Killing MIN III
= ,,rroher of cases in which policemen nave h'ieu
,,,rg,ars who resisted arrest the fatah'y was uu'
rore 10 bad Workmanship than TO ues"c "
hill A policeman has tried to shoo' inc ' Sc
., tho leg and the bullet has gone through ''le
hod,, or n shot aimed at an arm mas soie UNIV
the head Some policemen have hurt persons ".,r,
xo,,uo Of rohid dogs In the streets on account
of had craftsmanship. | think that pe'.ei '
uanship would enable the police 10 GRIPPE "i"e
ous law breakers without killing them ana MANI Wv
1870, 90 a DANGEROUS animal in the streets sale'
for the pubic ,,,rsbin without
s ,,.anons and for that reason many meihoe'9
~ the force were required 10 puE ie' .,,oo
standard make. There was "A run '''" -, 49,,
,,.n should have revolvers OF UNIFORM o"'' ~,
&C. c.ntrc1re cartridges that in case Oh " ,'o,
nc .s,s could be distributed rapidly. put
<s hat many of the policemen hau c'e"p ~
Waivers which were faulty in coils'r"', 'o'., ~ 49,
Of order account OF heSl'''' GU , 49,, who
rors were more dangerous TO the men WHO
arr,ed them than to anybody e'se We
.,,,,a for The rule which requires ever! Poi0o
80 60 have a revolver Of the stahoa'u p''
and 10 keep 1t in good order ,o sx
--,r,hough former Police 'onln'SS'o"Vi' -,
o,or.ted policemen who killed desperate ,'.t
=, soIf-defence there have been few cases Ill wC''
ais
.., aud there was only one case in "iiicn '"'
rinine of u rufiian led 10 promo'io'' ,u,.
81, John Delaney won his eou S"io'' =; ~; 90
. MAN named MCGOWAN In f'S''i-9''' a.,
80 vaars ago Delaney. who then was l
man Of the Tcmbs Court squad "en' ~ .,,,.o,,
, an NcGowan and found him IN 'he INV
{, Hester-st which was kept by io' -,
~ Of ..Rilly' McGlory. McCiowan resisted "' 49,
,-svr = revolver. shot out one Vi D."N' .,oa
- 60 tho street jumped into a carriage anu ~
Tan ~ 81 r,.,a,a,. half blinded and bleeding
~ 49, arious wound pursued the rufhar nieu
w., through the back Of the carriage anu N'
,,ccowan When Delaney was "o'e " -,
bosntal and wear glass eye "e va" ', .
. ,ho rank of sergeant. and later was maui
captain. .o,,o, hv . noliceman
vac thai of last Sunday afternoon, wheh ra'i t'
,.p w J. Miller killed the negro oursiai h.'o"
90 "Chinee" Bradley. in the hah"as Va III" -
~, ssS rhird-ave Bradley was making oeSie'
w -, 90 oscane and was I'm the act OF drawing
charm chis,.l from his pocket win the c'iu'
intention of attacking the officer VINE" Nv
.hot down Miller declared that he ON! "i''
-, ,he negro when he fred the shot. but the
huuet went tn: ough Bradley's head Inc p"' ga.
No., osc,ned being shot by Policeman Jones III
r,.-Iem only a few nights before In coihP"nS
With another negro. Bradley was suip'l9e" :" Wy
40, Of committing a burglary in One-huhdreu-"hu-
t,venty-drst-st and Jones ordered them 10 SUI
render. They resisted. and Jones fired sho' at
pradlev while the other negro hit Jones OH 'he
had with sandbag and felled him to me groundd
psensR b BSn been earchng ndusrousy
Bradley's compani3n Mer and w1'' he NAV receive
In the last two days of July two men Were killed
in The srGSS of of h july e' Policeman Thomas
Meysrs gaq Hamor store in Psars
arrest They ran ana he pGrS SnS tbreat
cnnc to shoot Waldweber Kept ON running o ana
Meyers fred shot The buet srru Cleared t that
ne ' aimed Owe Waldweber's head. intending TO
~ youth hi f@ @ dead on vi" the poc
nO h nspded case to nT Was that Of Cody
Tuaq oY wh Of w ss k kose y @ sixty
second-st on July g. Policemen OF Ine prdch me
faed ,rl so find him before Herman him walk
out of the house in Sixy-second-st IN c9 9ipnd
Xt sight of the policeman Cody ran thrGu , , rno
no%ss AND and i rs back by KeTna Then The friends
OF the prisoner assaulted the policeman ana aliowed
s.odv 10 get free but as he could draw ms
reyo,yer Kiernan ordered Cody TO SURRENDER ann
threatened to shoot anybody who interierea WIN
the arrest Urged on by the cries of his friends;
Cscsdv seized THE policeman with both arms around
he waist and tried 10 throw him down Herman
then fired shooting Cody In the abdomen ana XIII,
irg him Herman was both exonerated ana praised
by the Police Commissioners -
In the same part of the city about twenty years
ago a young policeman was assaulted by ruihanS,
Who threw bricks AT him as he was patronnH ms
post They threw the bricks from the ROOF OF z
tenement house declaring that they would kill
him or chase him off the block. As one OF the
ruflans was leaning the edge OF the roof and
raising a brick 10 throw II. the policeman fired
and shot him through the body corpse fell
10 the sidewalk at the feet of the policeman. who
was exonerated for his act, and was never modest
ed In the block again. . - "
On June 8 Thomas f. Thornton, brother of