Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1904-10-28
OFFICERS BATTLE
WITH DESPERADOES
Three Dead and Three MORALLY
Wounded as Result.
THE CROOKS OPENED FIRE
In an Attempt to Capture Gang In
Pine Street House, Chief Des-
mond's Men Meet Desperate
and Deadly Resistance.


battle in a front room of the house at
1924 Pine street at four o'clock Friday
afternoon, two detectives and a sus-
pected train robber were killed,on 9th.
or detective and another suspect were
probably MORALLY wounded, and a
third suspect, who was under arrest as
the officers entered the room, was
beaten almost unconscious by the two
officers when he attempted to take
part in the battle in aid of his friends
The Dead.
John Shea, detective.
Thomas Dryer, detective.
AL Rose, suspect.
The Wounded.
James McClusky, detective; also In
critical condition.
c. G. Blair, fugitive, shot four times
through the body.
Harry H. Vaughn, fugitive; badly
beaten about the head by detectives.
The dead detective is John j. Shea.
Detectives Thomas Dwyer and James
McClusky can hardly recover from
wounds through their bodies. They
are at the city hospital. The dead sus-
pect, AL Rose, shot through the neck,
was taken to the city dispensary, where
the body remained stretched out on a
table until 1t was taken to the morgue.
G. @. Blair, another suspect, Is at the
city hospital, shot three times through
the body. His recovery is regarded as
impossible. Harry H. Vaughn is the
suspect who was beaten. He was treat
ed at the city dispensary. 1t was NOT
thought necessary to send him to the
city hospital.
The police learned Friday afternoon
that Rose, Blair and Vaughn were In
st. Louis. They were suspected OF
completely in train robbery near Gen.
tralia, Ill, few weeks ago, and off,
GERS were sent after them. The posse
consisted of Shea, McClusky and Dwy'
er and Special officer Harvey James, Of
the st. Louis force, and Detective Ed.
ward P. Boyle, of Kansas City.
The detectives had reason to suspect
that the men they were after were In
the neighborhood Of Fourteenth and
Pine streets, and began to shadow the
neighborhood. They took up their pc.
sitions in grocery store at the cor
ner and watched.
The Battle Begins.
A few minutes before four O'Clock
they saw Vaughn come out Of the
house at 1924 Pine street and 60 into
the house at 1926 Pine. In a little
while he came out of this house and
walked to the corner.
The detectives arrested and searched
him, and then started with him toward
the house from which they had first
seen him come.
Shea, McCluskey and Dwyer wer.
leading; Boyle and James were behind
with the prisoner between them.
The FIVE officers and their prisoner
entered at the. front Of the house. A
door leading into the front room or
the first floor was open and the detec
tives saw two men sitting near the
window.
The detectives started into the room
Shea, McClusky and Dwyer still ir
front, and the others bringing up thu
| rear.
AS the officers crossed the threshold
there was revolver shot, followed b!
others in rapid succession. There wa!
a fusilade, both the men in the room
and the three st. Louis detectives fir
ing.
At the first shot Vaughn tried Il
break away from his captors and joir
forces with the other two men. Hi
captors began to pound him with thu
butts of their revolvers. In the few
seconds that the battle lasted, Vaughni
head WINS pounded unsparingly.
| Ammunition Gives Out.
When the last shot had been fired
and the revolvers Of both detectives
and suspects were empty, Shea wa
dead, and McClusky, Dwyer, Rose ant
Blair were helpless from their wounds
Crowds of citizens and policemen
rushed to the scene, and hurried cal
brought five ambulances from the cit!
dispensary.
Boyle and James, still retainin,
their hold on Vaughn, walked him Il
the city dispensary, where his wounds
were dressed.
At the city hospital, Blair, thougl
weakened by his wounds and suffering
excruciating pain, did not lose an ali
OF bravado.
He was boastful, declared he wal
glad he had "got" one, and with pro
fuse profanity regretted that he hat
not had another revolver, so that h,
could continue shooting.
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