The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-11-11
HARD TUSSLE
FOR POLICE
To Get Gus Olsen Behind
Jail Bars
DEPUTY SHERIFF INJURED
Crowd Impeded the oficcrs without
Reason Saturday Night-PrlsonsT
Was in Court
Today.

With 100 pounds Of bone and muscle
IN the shape Of a belligcrent intoxicated
man and an unFoaaoning crowd 60 CON
tend with besides, several policemen had
hard and long struggle getting Gus.
tafus Olsen Of Montpelier from Granite
street the quarter ol q mile 70 the Jail
Saturday night after he had been ar.
rested Tor intosicatlon. one officer
Deputy Sheriff Henry lawson Of Mont.
pelier, got hls left shoulder dislocated
by a kick from Olsen. a nosina bystand.
Ct was laid prostate By \ blow from
police volunteer, and altogether the incl
dent took on the appearance Of a not,
Main street being blocked by q crowd
o. seyefai hundred men.
When arraigncd in city court this
forenoon, Olsen found himself confronted
BY two charges, intoxicntion aud breach
Of the peace In dislocating Deputy Law
sons shoulder. To the first he readily
pleaded guilty, and was fined s5. with
coats OF SO. he said be didn't remem.
Der kicking the deputy, but finally con.
elnded TO plead guilty to that charge
also.
This afternoon, Olsen was sentenced
70 the house Of correction for not less
than fifteen mopths nor more than four
years This was for aksaulting the OH.
Ger. But he first viii serve 4 sentence
Of twenty days in the county Jail, hav-
Ing failed to pay fine and costs in his
drunk case.
The police, three Of them at most,
could have made the arrest without
much trouble, in spite Of the fact that
Olsen j. about the toughest proposition
they ever struck, II the crowd had not
blocked the advance or, still worse, inn
peded the officers with their hands. 50
stubborn was the crowd, however, that
seven OF eight officers were in the thick
Of the melee before Olsen was finally
landed behind the bars. Several officers
report being struck or kicked. =
Olsen had been making a nuisance Of
himself near Granite street when Patrol.
man Gamble decided TO arrest him. The
prisoner did not put up great resist.
anee until they reached Depot sqnage
There he began 10 fight and the officer
put the twisters on. Then Olsen fought
Ike a madman. Deputy Sheriff Lawson
Of Montpelier happened to be near By
and went 20 the patrolman's assistance,
and the. trio moved along mp the street.
BY this time a large crowd Of curious
on-lookers had gathered, some Of whom
were in sympathy with the prisoner be.
cause of their cries OF Don't hurt him!H
Meanwhile all the injury that Olsen was
receiving he was iniicting on himself;
the officers were very easy with him.
In fact, about the only criticism heard
Of them today is that they were too easy
with both the prisoner and a few hot
heads in the crowd.
One of these last-uamed tried to stop
young man named Peterson who had
volunteered to help, and Peterson swung
powerful blow on the fellow, which |
landed him in the gutter. Friends car
ried the PROSTATE man away, and today
he has quite a few bruises and more.ex- |
perienee AT least one pail of water was
emptied on the heads OF the crowd from |
upper windows by way of squelehing
tneir enthusiasm.
Deputy Lawson got his shoulder
knocked out by attempting to grasp one
of 0lsen's legs, while another officer took |
the other as the prisoner lay ON the |
sidewalk But the other officer was too
slow and. when Lawson laid hold, the /
prisoner let drive with his free leg with /
terrific force. The blow hit the deputy I
He was taken to Hendricks |
drug store. where Drs. Lazell and Leon I
ard put his shoulder back in place and I
he was able to take the midnight train +
to Montpelier.
During the excitement someone snatch
ed away Patrolman Richardson's twist
ers and threw them into the street,
whore they were picked up yesterday.
Patrolman Gamble lost his on the cor
ner Of the City Hall also. Not o club
was drawn by the officers; whereas, q
little judicious clubbing would have had
the proper effect.
After Olsen had come to his senses yes
terday he was asked why he fought SO
hard, and he said that he supposed if
he could get away from the officers they
wouldn't try to get him again. He said
that's the way they did in Boston, SO he
was trying il in Barre But he found
out his mistake. He has been away +
from this section some time, but last
december he was arrested in Montpelier
after making rough house Of dance
and that time put up vigorous resist
anee He has been working for two
weeks as fireman on the locomotive
Boulder Of the Montpelier 3 Wells River
railroad.
Al man named Hermon Coulson was
arrested today on the charge Of kicking
Patrolman Carle during the excitement,
but he was released, as he was found
ID be the wrong man.
Howard Simons was arrested today by
Constable Nichols on the charge Of
breach of the peace in mixing up in the
affair. Simonds pleaded not guilty and
was placed under bail Of $500, which
le has not furnished. Simons is said
% be the man knocked out by Peterson,
who was assisting the police.
Early this afternoon Alto Mariani and
William Emslie were also brought into
,ourt. charged with being in the same
.rouble; aud Emslie was charged with
,ssaultinq Deputy Sheriff Lawson. Both
pleaded not guilty and were placed under
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