The times., 1899-03-19
COLORED DISTURBERS
SHOT BY A POLICEMAN
Desperate Struggle in a Dis
orderly House.
The Combatants Rolled Down a
Stairway While Fighting.
John sherman, the Wounded Man,
Expected to RecOver-A Revolver
Used in Self-Defence.

Because he resisted arrest and threat
ened to kill Policeman James Narrower, of
the Fifth precinct, John Sherman, colored
| twenty-seven years old. was shot in the
| left thigh by the policeman at 2:3o o'clock
yesterday afternoon, and is now lying at
the Washington Asylum Hospital with a
bullet in his body. His condition is not
regarded as necessarily fatal. The shoot
| ing occurred in the rear yard of Sherman s
! home, which is located in Duephler Alley,
| between Thirteenth and Fourteenth and d
/ and E Streets southeast.
Sherman, together with several male
+ and female friends. were holding forth in
+ the house. They had several cases of beer.
They partook freely and became disorderly.
/ The attention of the policeman was at
tracted to the house by the noise. He en-
| tered for the purpose of subduing the dis
| turbanee and placed Lizzie johnson, col
ored, under arrest. She was very abusive
| When Narrower started out with his
! prisoner Sherman interfered He was
/ warned to desist, but he grappled with the
/ policeman and a fight ensued during
which Narrower was roughly handled, and
| his clothes torn. Sherman is well-built
\
! policeman, who used his club, but was un-
| able to release himself from the grasp of
his antagonist. The men fought for sew
eral minutes, gradually working toward
| the stairway, when both rolled to the bot
tom, still holding to each other.
| When the bottom OF the stairway was
reached Sherman succeeded in breaking
| away from the policeman and ran into
| the yard. Here he threatened to kill Har-
rover If he attempted to follow and to
show that he would execute his threat he
threw heavy earthenware Jug at the po-
liceman. This was followed by other
missiles until Narrower. after warning the
man to desist, fired at him. The bullet
took effect as described.
Narrower again placed Sherman under
arrest. The disturber picked up two large
stones and was only prevented from
throwing them by the threat that he would
be killed IL he raised his hand The threat
was emphasized by thrusting the revolver
in the face of the prisoner. Narrower also
sounded several distress calls for help, as
he feared the friends of the man would
come to his assistance.
On the contrary. the friends sided with
the officer. and while they offered him no
physical assistance they advised Sherman
TO cease his struggles and assaults and
| accompany the policeman. Sherman did
not seem to appreciate the advice. but
finally allowed himself to be taken to the
station house. He offered some resist
ance. however. en- route.
AT the station house it was seen that
Sherman was seriously injured, and he was
Immediately sent to the Washington Asy-
ium Hospital There physicians went to
work on the man in an effort to locate the
bullet. The attempt was not successful,
and he was sent to ward after being
made as comfortable as possible. Another
effort will be made to extract the ball with
the aid of the Y rays. The hospital physi-
clans last night reported that the condition
of Sherman was favorable TO recovery. His
pulse was strong and he had developed no
alarming symptoms.
Sherman Is given a bad record by the
police, who claim that he has made them
great deal of trouble. Lizzie johnson
was locked up and will probably be ar
raigned in court Monday morning.