The San Francisco call., 1897-09-21
BRUTALITY Of
TWO HOODLUM MS
They Knock a Man Down
and Kick Him With
Fatal Effect.
A Disgraceful Scene Outside a
Saloon on Harrison and
Langton Streets.
Monk" Bowling, One Of the Hood
lums, Surrenders Himself; the
Other Has Fled.

An unknown laboring man was bru-
tally kicked to death outside Mrs. LAWYERS
saloon, corner OF Harrison and Langton
Streets yesterday afternoon by, it IS sup
posed, Frank Bowling, known as "Monk,"
and his younger prother, James.
The man was III LAWYERS saloon for sew
eral hours drinking beer and at about 3
O'Clock he came out of the saloon without
his hat and coat, followed by the Dow
lings and another man. One Of them sup
posed to be "Monk," struck the man,
knocking him down, and he fell against
the curb on his forehead, fracturing his
skull. While on the ground one OF the
other two made kick at him and missed.
Another kick was more successful. The
heavy boot caught him under the lower
jaw, fracturin2 it and playing havoc with
his thorax. Before another kick could be
ad M Mustered Tom Crocker, q barber, at
346 Eleventh street, grabbed the brute
and pulled him away.
Policeman Tracey was about a block
away and hurried to the scene. Before he
arrived the three men had jumped a fence
close by and disappeared. Tracey rang
for the ambulance and the dying man was
! taken to the Receiving Hospital. He ex-
pired on the operating table III less than
minute, and DR.. Fitzgibbon diagnosed the
case as fracture of the skull, fracture OF
| lower jaw and stran Sulation. The body
| was removed to the Morgue.
There was nothing in the mans pockets
| to give any clew to his identity, and
| neither the Lawlers nor any one else in
the neighborhood seemed to know any
thing about him. He was a stout, full
| faced man, with a dark mustache, end
| about 80 years OF age.
Policemen Tracey and Donovan started
! in TO investigate al once. Tom Croker,
| the barber, told them that he saw "Monk"
and two others follow the man out of
LAWYERS saloon He saw the tailest of the
three strike the man, knocking him down,
| and then one of the others kicked at his
| face twice, but whether the kicks landed
| he did not know. AS the kicker was
abont to make another kick Crocker ran
J forward and dragged him away. He did
not know the kicker's name, but could
identity him, as he had shaved him that
morning.
| Edward Wegener clerk in drugstore
| opposite LAWYERS saloon, corroborated
| Crocker's statement. He saw the man
! knocked down, and one man, the shorter
/ of the two make two kicks at i'm; one
| missed, but the other landed on his neck.
| The third man took no part in the brutal
| affair.
Mrs. Lawler and her son Denny were
| non com initial. They admitted that the
! stranger drank ten beers in their saloon,
! and said he became quarrelsome. He was
| talking all the time about priZe-hghters
mentioning particularly Jim Lawler, Mrs.
| LAWYERS son. He went up to Monk"
! Dowling ana wanted 10 fight him. Then
| they went outside and there was tight,
| but they did not know who struck the
| stranger.
The case was reported at police head
| quarters, ana Detectives Egan and Silvey
| were detailed on it. They returned to
headquarters and reported that they could
not find either of the Dowlings.
|. While they were talking to Captain Bo-
| hen monk" walked in ard surrendered
himself. He seemed nervous and i'll at
| ease.
! He made a statement to the effect tha:
he and companion named Hennessey
| went into LAWYERS saloon to have drink.
His brother Jim, William Shelley and
! James Collins were there at the time. The
| stranger was talking about priZe-hg hitting
prize-ighter He was ''pretty" drunk
and wanted to fight Hennessey. Then he
called "Monk an offensive name and
monk" told him TO como outside. They
went outside and made pass at each
other and the stranger tell. When
| 'M0Dk' saw tne DlOOd, as ne tnOugBt,
coming from his nose he ran away. he
denied that his brother or any one else
| kicked the stranger.
Several detectives and policemen in
plain clothes were detailed to find lin
Downing, as Monks story that no kick
ing was done is not believed, there being
| two reputable witnesses against it,.
James Bowling was arrested last nigh I
on the dumps at the foot of Seventh
street by Detectives RYAN and ODea and
| Policeman Tracey. His statement con-
tradlcts that of Monk" as he admits thai
he was with Monk" when they went out
side. He said that the man made pass
at monk" and he, to help Monk" made
a pass at the man, who in swinging /,
blow at him fell. He denied kicking th
| man.
Both brothers were last night booked OF
the charge of murder.
An autopsy was held on the body of the
dead laborer at the Morgue last eveninl
and it was found that death resulted from
hemorrage of the brain, caused by tn
fracture of the skull. Up 10 a late hou
the body was still unidentified.