New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-05
MOB AGAIN THREATENS.
AN ANGRY CROWD GREETS FARhh''Ni
AT THE HARLEM COURT.
THE ITALIAN WHO SHOT policeman NAMES
4 DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE ON
An ELEVATED STATION.


Michael Farrell the Italian saloonKeeper o'
No 234S second ave. who shot Policeman tA'-
rick O'Keefe Of the East One-hundred-"hu-
twentv-siNth-st station. on sunday moo" d" '''
so,oor made a desperate attempt to escape
from Detectives Maher and Meehan' 81 the
ras, one-hundred- and-twenty- siXth-st station
Yesterday morning as ne was being taken '''"
police Headauarters to the Harlem Police Court
Ills attempt occurred on the elevated station Al
1ast one-hundred- and -sixteenth-st Farrell had
= hordcre on his left hand Detective Maher
red the other handcun. As the three got OF
,ho ,,a+torro from the car Farrell summoned
81 he strenrfh and made dash FOR the rail-
surrounding tho elevated station He dragged
r,a.aotiva Nfahor along with him by sheer
.,rerq,h on the railing he climbed despite the
efforts of Naher and over he dropped Manner
cling 70 tho handcuN with all his strength ana
lad the advantage Of the purchase afforded ny
,be chain across the top % the railing lie
braced himself against the foot Of the railing
md hs,a onto the chain by the handcun Win
sr his strength This left Farrell depending
over the railing swearing and making desperate
s,t-n,nts 10 free himself Detective MeeAan
reached over the railing and. With one or Nv"
cthers dragc-d The Italian. screaming ana
curs;ng. back on the platform.
FARRELL was taken early in the morning 10
Police HEADQUARTERS. whore he was measured
and ~ho,cgraphed After this he was taken ~
the two detectives to the Third-ave elevated
ard taken uptown on Third-ave tram ."
the WAY uptown he was quiet and gave no mol
cation that he was coEiiating any ATTEMPT 10
.scano His dash for liberty was s. sudden
,ba, no slrnos, pulled The handcun from the
hands Of Maher
A. the bottom ~ the stairs patrol wagon
from the East One-hundred-a nd-tweniy-siKtA- St
station was waiting IN which we're captain
sbeeban and Detectives Churchill and Buck
ridge The prisoner was bundled into the patroi
vagon with handcuN on each hand Inc
.oa-rol wagon was then driven to the Harlem
Police Court.
CROWD AWAITS THE PR1soNER.
IN from, Of the Harlem Police Court were
rrassed more than thousand men. women ana
children. They had been waiting there some
time for the prisoner to arrive. When the patrol
.v-aoon was seen howl went up from ne
crowd. with great difficulty the wagon was
got through the throng 70 the sidewalk hNe-
,rat.ons demonstrations and shouts Of XII
him 81, vnch him." came from all sides Eleven
.nolicenen from the court squad. under inc
charge of Sergeant Henley We're AZ the on
;uance to the court and tried in vain to keep
~the crowd back.
The crowd was In an ugly mood. When Ear
-eilf u,as taken from the patrol wagon rush
was made for the officers surrounding the pFis-
~oner. The cries and the menaces of the crowd
became fercer Farrell elared at the crowd ana
,ii. not appear to be- frightened This all me
more ,ncensed the throns and they pushed ana
dressed about the prisoner. shouting kh1
him
The policemen on the steps II me court
house we're endeavoring to night their way
through the crowd 10 the curb. whore captain
sheehan and the four detectIes we're nouns
TarrelN suddenly Captain Sheehan mace q
r-sh wish th- detectives. keeping faIleul III
between them and managed 20 get thioush l.e
crowd 10 the court policemen. VINO TOOK MN ny
-r. courtroom Then the doors were locKeu'
AMI nor a minute too soon for ue'e VAS
eIeat rush for the courtroom -
Then The patrol wagon went 70 the East one
hundred and -tWentv- siXth-st station. "here
Mr. Mary Farrell The Wife Of the prisoner;
George Keitman. Joseph Cross ana Henry
rr.fho,T witnesses were placed IN II and driven
10 The courthouse.
The crowd about the courthouse had increasea
1t This time MIS- Farrclh, who was looked on
10y ,he crowd as the main cause OF the sh.SD,-
Ing Of The policeman. vas CehouhVfu' ,u' WI -
they saw her being led sobhing from the paI"'
wagon The demonstration against her ".d,,,.
St. Was taken with the others through slNe
door into the court house.
strange scene was presented IN court Far-
,ef e,.od strongly guarded. in front - Magis-
trafe cornell lie looked defiant and even
threatening When his wife was Jed into The
room sobhing he looked Al her ia pilf '.is SOL
81 xav She rushed To- him 'th arms EXTENDED
I'm, vas prevented from yea ilng h.in AZ ihls
a scowl spread over the mans face and q. NUT
tered something In Italian Ih'n Falr0N vas
,llaced on the bridge and. ON "a short afiiaNit Or
Detective Maher. charged with feloninls assault
Through an li'tl ll''' '-'. ,'.'