The daily sentinel., 1905-10-25
RESISTED THE OFFICERS.
ARE BADLY BEATFN

La9t hlshl ABOUT two O'Clock two
drunken rowdies created a big dis
turoance OF, Colorado avenue bv re-
s,sIlns ana attacking police officers
s siiu Ierce struggle between the Of
hcers and the drunken men resulted
in one of the latter being shot tbrough
the nip and the other beaten infn
insenslbility and neither of the
served. - ''' ue
The cook and another fellow EN-.
ployed at the Boston Lunch restau-
rant on Colorado avenue proceeded
TO tank up early in the evening and
along about midnight. as result
OF pouring whiskey and absinthe
down their throats they were soon
crazy drunk and were irving 10
have thinges their own way.
While at the corner of Fourth and
Colorado avenue the men We're an
preached by Officer O'Neil and Night
O1lcer Horton and placed under ar
rest. The men refused to so quietly
TO the city jail declaring that they
would clean OUT the officers and do
as they pleased. The officers then at
temped to force the men to accom-
pany them and the struggle which
lasted for some time began. Two or
three men who happened to be near
We're summoned to the assistance of
the officers and the journey to the
city jail began. About half way
down Colorado avenue, between
Fourth and Fifth, one of the men
succeeded in getting away from the
officers and escaped in the darkness.
The other fellow, the cook, put up a
stiff fight and received a hard blow
over the head from the billies of the
night marshals, but he was stout
and nerVy individual and stood up
well under the blows. Just in front
of the sample room of the Grand
hotel new vigor was added to the
struggle. the arrested man became
more desperate than ever. He sue
ceeded in pushing one of the officers
through one of the big windows in
the sample room smashing the glass.
Night Marshal O'Neil who until this
time had hesitated in giving the man
any blow that would settle him warn
ed him all the while of what would be
done If he didn't behave, sent few
well directed blows to the head of the
rowdy and stretched him on the
ground IN an insensible condition.
While the man was being carried
to the Jail his companion who had
escaped from the officers returned
armed with a heavy green quaking
aspen club in one hand and an ugly
shaped article that looked like a por-
tion of a carriage seat and stealing
up on the officers in the darkness he
struck two or three of them over the
head, administering terrific blows
that completely stunned the parties
hit for short time. Night Marshal
O'Neil avoided the blow directed at
him and Maj. Whorten quickly re-
covering his equilibrium, both officers
drew their revolyers and as the fell
low who started on n run down the
street into the darkness as soon as
he struck at the officers with the club,
was making his escape, fired after
him.
The fellow with the club attacked
the officers near the corner of Colo
RADIO and Fifth streets and he ran
down Fifth. Five or six shots were
fired in his direction.
After the other man had been plac-
ed in Jail a search was made for the
fellow with the club and he was
found lying in the street near Pitltin
and South Avenues. He was put in
jail by Fire Chief Rogers and O'Neil.
! He declared at the time that none
of the bullets fired in his direction
had struck him but this morning after
/ he had sobered up he said that he
had been injured and on eXamina-
tion It was found that a bullet had
passed through the fieshy part OF the
! left hip. DR., Henderson was called
and dressed the wound, pronouncing
| It not dangerous.
The affair created considerable eX-
citement along Colorado avenue and
Fifth street. From all accounts the
! two men were not as drunk as they
made out they We're. They gained
nothing by resisting the officers as
1 the personal appearance of each
I individual proves this morning. or
/ course had the officers cared to badly
/ hurt the men the struggle would have
| been of short duration and from all
accounts had the officers been more
severe in their treatment they would
have been fully justified.
The two men are comparative
| strangers in the city having been
here only a short time. They Will be
arraigned for trial before Judge
/ sweeney at five O'Clock this afternoon
and each will get pretty stin SEN
tence,