The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-06-24
CHICAGO THUGS SHOT.
Saloonkeeper Does creditabIe
Piece of Work.
ONE OF THEM WAS AN EX. CONVICT.

The Toughs Were Killed While Making
an Attack Upon the Barkeeper In Order
10 Secure What Money lhere Was i'm the
Piace-Chicago Police Succeed In Arrest.
Ing Several People Who Had just Robbed
safe and Recovered the Property.
CHICAGO, June 24-For the first time
since the reign of crime began In Chicago
| Two thugs were shot down Monday night.
One was killed outright and the other was
wounded so badly that he died at the
county hospital at o'clock Tuesday
| morning John Clark, who defended his
smploye and brought the daring crooks tn
the end Of their careers, has been arrested
| by the police
The shooting occurred at 10 o'clock Mon
day night In Clark's saloon, 6l5 Clark
street. Earlier in the day William Ma
| roney, an ex-convict, and John Bartley,
two member of the notorious Henry street
gang of thieves, highwaymen and crooks,
held up and robbed the barkeeper. sam
Harris
The barkeeper refused TO tell where the
money WAS located and was severely
beaten. AS the crooks left they threatened
70 come back for the money. Harris noti-
fed the police his employer, Clark, and
the latter armed himself.
They returned Monday night and were
making savage attack upon Harris
when Clark came to the rescue and began
shooting. Both men fell, but Clark con
tinued TO shoot at the PROSTATE men until
his revolvers were emptied The shooting
created great excitement and during tho
confusion BARLEY crawled out of the rear
door of the saloon and escaped. Later ho
was taken to the county hospital, where
he died Tuesday morning
Safe Blowers Caught.
To show the public that Chicago's thief
| takers have not all retired into oblivion,
Detective Sergeant Alexander n. Cam
eron, who works directly under Inspector
Fitzpatrick, left Central Monday morn
| ing, after taking some advice from his in
speotar on the johnson a. Lund safe rob
berry case at 5l4 Wabash avenue. Before
nightfall he had caught Ed Ratigan, alias
Ryan, said TO be notorious burglar, at
35 Thirty-first street and recovered the
| property, valued at over si0OO. There
were two robbers i'm the job, according to
| the information given the police by Mrs.
5. l.. Knapp, who lives above johnson a.
Lund's dental supply store, and Tuesday
L
| ton as implicated i'm the Job, II not one OF
| the principals. He has been rooming
| with Ratigan on Thirty first street, but
l was out when Cameron captured Ratigan
after a hard fight
/ Made "A Break for Liberty.
Ratigan took off his undershirt and
made break for his liberty when he
heard Cameron coming with the officers
from the Stanton avenue police station
whom he had called in to help make the
arrest. Kitty O'Brien was also arrested
| and in her trunk was found a lot of gold
foil and other valuable dentists material.
mickey" and "Duggie" Synan, who had
| been associated with Ratigan, were also
taken into custody by Lieutenant Bon
/ field as implicated in the robbery in max
| ing away with the stolen property. Chief
Badenoch and Inspector Fitzpatrick both
| congratulated Cameron on his excellent
/ work and were well satisfied with the re-
suits Of the last twenty-four hours.