New-York tribune., 1903-06-08
POLICEMAN SHOT.
THOUGHT TO BE DYING.
Woman Who Informs Station 1f7es
Suicide.

Patrolman John McGovern of the Graht-Sl
station Brooklyn. while pursuing supl'oSeu
thief up Malbone-st., from F1atpush-aEe'' e'
yesterday. shot and propsiply mo- ''.'
wounded. Further incident was addeo 10 Inv
tragedy in the afternoon when WomaH' "i'
hearing the shots of the fugitive In the n'otiii
had gone and reported the affair at the sta'io
and took laudanum in an attempt 10 emu ie
life in a vacant lot near by. Both the pollce-
man and the woman are in ST Mary i1oSp''"i
The woman. who describes herself as Mary Earl
t1vartv-fve wears old. of No 1,211 Winter-st
PhiladeInhia will recover. SO far as khoWh
there was no connection between the two oc-
! currences.
NcGoyern who is forty-two years Old hVes
with his wife and three children at NO 90
Fenin1ore-st Brooklyn. He was standhs III
Flatbush-ave opposite Malbone-st.' AT = H. f'''
when he saw man acting in a suspicious man
ner near the automobile depot Where 'He
brighton Beach trolley run down into the
cut The strangers trousers pocket was ouis
ing as if a good sized package had been thrust
into it. Walking quietly up to the man. NC
Govern was just about to speak to him. when
the stranger jumped back and pulled a plstoi-
He fred shot at the policeman whlch went
wild and then started to run up Malbone-st-
At the end of one hundred yards McGoVerh
was rapidly closing in on the fugitive, Wheh 'ie
latter stopped and fired again. The pullet pehe-
trated McGoverns left hand, preventing MN
from pulling his revolver. as he was Ieft hanued
The weapon in his left pocket was 1ouhu
covered with blood. showing that he mao lrieu
to get the weapon and had failed
AS the running turned into WasnLls'o
ave he stopped and fired again. This shot
struck the policeman in the lungs just aooEe
the heart In spite of this wound. he continued
tn nursue the fugitive for a hundred yards untl'
faint from loss of blood, he dropped in front OF
the Consumers Park Brewery. His assallant'
of course. escaped
WOMAN TELLS OF TRAGEDY
The first tntimation that McGovern was IN
trouble was received by the sergeant a' ''ie
desk in the police station when Miss Earl al
o.a,, ,,entioned came in about 4:15 o'clock and
said that she had policeman chaslns
man I'M MaIbone-st and had heard some shooL-
ing AS the policeman did not return she reared
he had been hurt A sergeant and TWO men
were sent out and found McGovern uncon-
scous where he had fallen An ambulance was
called from the Kings County Hospital, put
meanwhile McGovern revived and expressed
desire to go to st. Mary's Hospital where one
of his sisters Is nurse. The patrol wagon was
called and he taken there Inc uoCOol'
do not believe he can live.
ante-mortem statement in which he told the
| circumstances of the shooting and described MS
assailant.
The story of McGovern's encounter spread
rapidly through the Police Department. and the
unanirnous expression of opinion was that the
tragedy would not have occurred if he had he'd
niebtstick Two weeks ago Police Commissioner
Greene ordered that the men should not II
the future carry the nightsticks, which they
had carried as protection against desperate
night provlers except on special occasions NC
Govern himself says that if he had had his
stick he could have knocked the revolver out or
the mans hand when it was first drawn anu
could have made the man prisoner
About noon F. R Worthington. OF NO 1oo
Jinden-ave reported that il the nlght MS
bouse had been entered and dozen silver FORKS
in a box had been carried away.
Tho roltce believe that the who shot NC
Govern may have been the Worthlngton ouIs
low and that it was the box of forks in his
roo1,o+ that had attracted the policeman's at
tention.
After Miss Earl had reported the snoouhs dl
the Crant-st station she was closely questloheu'
The nolice became convinced that she khe"
ro+bino more than she had told. She then ols-
.nnaared At o. m. a boy reported that "oh-
an was sick in A lot near the station sne was
found unconscious, with empty iauoahulh
bottle b1, her side Two policemen carried her
into the station house. where she was reco8-
n,ze5 as Miss Earl She said that she had taken
the noison because she was respondent
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