The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-05
PatrOlman MahOney Had
One With a Prisoner.
Latter Had a Revolver and
Tried Hard to Use II.
Did Not Succeed, However, and Was
Finally Locked Up in a Cell.

william Maloney, about 30 years Of age,
and Patrolman Dennis Malloney had "a
lively experience last evening and the
policeman thinks he il lucky to DC alive
this morning. Maloney when he appeared
I'm court this morning had the appearance
of being tho foreman of n slaughter house.
He was covered with blood that had
flowed from wounds made by the police
mans night club He was fined $50 and
costs for carrying q concealed weapon and
held for trial on two counts One was for
an assault with dangerous weapon on
policeman AIahoney, and the other for n
simple assault on Edward Simpson. He
was held in the sum of $500 for the simple
assault and $500 on the other. His case
will be heard next Tuesday. The story of
this rumpus is as follows;
Maloneyl and Simpson were employees
at the Gorham works and they could not
agree. Last Tuesday they had quarrel
and as consequence Maloney was dis
charged. This made him hate Simpson
with more energy and he determined 10
have revenge He selected last evening as
the time and waited for Simpson 10 come
out of the works. He told several persons
that he intended To shoot Simpson on
sight. Simpson was apprised of the dan
ger he was i'm and when he left his work
he was on the lookout for his enemy.
Maloney was drunk and waiting for
Simpson at the railroad crossing near
Carpenters ice house. At O'Clock Patrol
man Mahoney was informed of Maloney's
threat by Simpson and he went To the
railroad crossing followed by about hum
dred of the employees of the Gorham
works. When the policeman and Maloney
met there was trouble at once The officer
informed the drunken man that he was
under arrclst. Maoney refused To go To
the Seventh station and when the police
man used force and began to drag his
prisoner along he drew revolver and
poined il at the policeman's head with
his finger on the trigger. This position
was no sooner noticed than the police
mans club came i'm contact with the
prisoners head and he saw a whole firma-
ment Of stars. The blow landed over the
left eye and Maloney staggered back
ward. He was blinded with blood
when the policeman grappled with
him. Then there was IA fierce
struggle. Both men swayed for moment
and then they went down together.
They rolled over and over, the prisoners S
hand holding the revolver being free.
The policeman endeavored TO secure this
hand, but Maloney held him in such "a
position that he could not reach the revol-
yer and the drunken man tried repeatedly
to cock the weapon. The pistol was re-
peatedly placed against the policeman's
head and the only thing that prevented
murder was the fact that the weapon was
not self cooking. A few minutes after
the danger was averted, the officer felt
the cold muzzle of the pistol up against
his head again and he concluded that
this time ne was rs good as a dead man.
He made supreme effort and rolled his
prisoner over so that he had control of
both his hands. This struggle lasted for
10 minutes and the hundred or more
spectators never made an effort to assist
the officer. He had called upon the
tiONu w tnht Nttpoh
away from the desperate man, but they
stood like blocks of wood when the least
particle of manhood would have prompted
them TO take the revolver away. Then
the third attempt TO shoot the policeman
was made, and after it failed, Simpson
who was in the crowd, seized the revolver
and then the policeman lifted his pris-
oner to his feet and started for the patrol
box on Crocker avenue. Both We're
covered with blood and dirt Meanwhile
someone had enough sense to notify the
officers at the Seventh station of what
was happening and Sergeant Clark and
Patrolman Jones arrived just in time TO
relieve the exhausted policeman. The
prisoner was unruly until this superior
force tackled him, and then he quictcd
down.
Maloney has a bad record He has
served time at Cranston for chewing n
mans ear off in fight, and he was
charged with making an assault on Mrs.
Jones, the mother of Policeman Jones.
After his trial for his efforts OF last even
ing he will probably have some time for
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