The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-11-20
A MARK FOR BULLETS
John Vuknovich Game Near Los
ing His Life.
ASSAULTED AN OFFICER
In an Attempt to Rsleass q Prison er.
Young Sullivan Again in the Hands
Of the Police-Herman Ar
rested for Assault.


tate a long time before he interferes
again with a police officer in making
an arrest, if he is able to realize how
close he came to paying with his life
for attempting to take a prisoner
away from Officer Everts yesterday
morning.
drunken fellow was making dis
turbance on Park street and officer
Everts warned him several times to
desist He paid no attention to the
warnings and the officer finally arrest
ed him. He started for the Jail with
his prisoner and as he turned into Jail
alley Vuknoyich headed gang of
toughs who proposed to liberate the
prisoner. They followed up the alley
and Vuknovich, who is big, burly
fellow, assaulted the officer and knock
ed him down.
It would probably have gone hard
with Officer Everts but for the timely
arrival Of Officer McNally, who heard
the disturbance and came to his as
sistance. Vuknovich made a sWipe at
Mentally, but missed, and he then took
to his heels. The officers abandoned
the prisoner and took after Vuknoyich
They chased him down East Park
street and called to him several times
TO stop, but he paid no heed, and Off
Ger Mentally then cut loose with his
gun. The first shot was fired in the
air, but Vuknovich did not stop, and
Officer Mentally the next time fired di-
rectly at him. The bullet whizzed so
close TO the runner that but for the
fact that he was running and dodg-
ing he would undoubtedly have been
bored through.
Vuknovich, realizing the officer was
shooting to hit, lodged into saloon,
where the officers overlook and cap
tured him. The incident created q
great excitement in Park street, az peo-
pie supposed a gun fight was in prog
ress or that a murder was being com
mitted, and in less time than it takes
to tell about 1t fully 1000 people had
locked into the street. Vuknovich
was landed safely in jail, but the dis
turber has not been seen since.
Young Jay Sullivan, the 14-year-old
boy who has been mixed UP in a great
many burglary and other thieving
Jobs, was caught yesterday morning
in an undertaking which will In all
probability land him at least in the
reform school. e, c. Penf1eld and f. P.
Fossbinder. who room together at the
Lenox lodging house in West Broad
way, returned to their room after
breakfast yesterday morning, and hear
ing sound under the bed, looked un-
der and were surprised to find a boy
there. They hauled him out and turn
ed him over to an officer who took him
to jail and booked him for attempted
burglary. The boy had doubtless been
in the act Of robbing the room when
the occupants came in and surprised
him, and he crawled under the bed to
await an opportunity to escape.
Fred Herman, bartender at Fitch
ems saloon in South Main street, was
arrested yesterday morning at an ear
~ hour on charge of assaulting a
stranger who refused to give his name
to the police. The man showed UP at
the city jail with cut on his left
temple, from which the blood flowed
freely. giving him the appearance of
having been pretty roughly handled
He said Herman had assaulted and
cut him, and Herman was arrested.
Herman, who bears good reputation,
in giving his version of the matter,
said the fellow came into the saloon
very drunk. He claimed the man had
the cut at that time and laid over on
the cigar case, besmearing 1t with
blood, and came near breaking the
glass. He ordered the fellow out and
he became abusive and refused to go.
and he then put him out. He denied
Alexander, who was called to attend
the mans injury, found it to be only
a slight liberation OF the skin.
Officer Mentally had a second encoun-
ter yesterday morning with man
bent on releasing a prisoner who was
being taken to jail. He had arrested
John Reynolds for creating a disturb
ance and was on the way to Jail when
Charles Hally interfered and tried to
take the prisoner away from the Off
Ger. He did not succeed, however, and
was landed in Jail along with Reynolds.
Mollie Murray. the negress whose
love Of Gin and sugar causes her to
spend fully two-thirds of her time in
jail, was arrested again yesterday
morning. Mollie had the day before
been released from the city Jail after
serving out sentence for her old Of
Tense of getting drunk and disturbing
the peace. She returned to the bad
lands and Immediately proceeded to
get drunk again. This time she was
taken to the county Jail on a charge
Of vagraney.