Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-04
is
CAPTUREDBY
PATROLMAN
OFFICER HAS DESPERATE
CONFLICT
THUG TRIES TO KILL HIS
cAPToR
Policeman's Hand 10 Torn by Revolver
Iammer-subdues Fugitive
by Terrific Blows on
Head

| There was a dramatic scene In the
Office of Chief of Police Edward Kern
when Harry Mitchell and RoIlo Robe,
his partner In crime, were brought to-
gether.
| Mitchell had been I'm the Office for
nearly an hour. He had been swentcd
and put through the third degree to its
| uIlcst extent. He had "come through
! MS the inoii.e officials say, with q state
ment of his connection with the crime
| with which he wns charged, and as
final test Robe was brought in.
As the boyish prisoner walked into
the room he advanced toward Mitchell
and held out his hand.
Mitchell graspcd the extended palm.
and Robe remarked; opal guess we
are up against IT.
"I Eucss we arc" was 1Iitchel1'E re-
ply, as he cIasped the hand of Robe
and the two men stood for a moment
| and looked at one another.
Then Mitchell dropped Robes hand
and turned away with shrug of his
sb oulders.
ssThere is nothing more to say. gen.
t1cmen.. he observed to the officers
gathered In the room. 81 have told you
al that can tell you.
'T remember nothing distinctly uffer
! got thrown out of that wagon
| r veIftb street. + went into trance
when landed on my head In the street
! 81 went down the street In n
dream. / remember going into n place
and seeing some one open a cosb reg
lister and take the money. When we
came out a man stopped do not
know that he was officer. he or
dered us to stop and he had gun In
his hand
"Au this happened as in a dresu-
saw him indistinctlS. In n trnnce
pulled my revolver and Aired shot. "
] hit hi1n do not know
81 indistinetly remember that my
partner told me Ind slot a man. do
not remember 1t except that SOW
I man fall. and aftcrward when came to
study the matter over seemed to know
that had shot man and that the mnn
had fallen. do not remember If he
was a police Officer.'-Confession OF
Harry Mitchell to the police.
The murderer of Patrolman =. TT.
! Lyons. who met death while attempt
! ing to arrest two holdup men wlo had
! Just held up and robbed the Magnolia
4 winery. 1404 Sout,. Central avenue. last
I Saturday night. is in the city jail.
! Harry Mitchell for whom the police
have searched with greater persistency
/ tory of the city. was arrested yesterr
day afternoon in q pool room at 1882
East Seventh street, between Central
and Merchant streets, at o'clock. his
capture being effected only after one Of
| this most desperate struggles recorded
in the annals of tic department, and
-Iring which Anthony Connolly. n pa
| trolman. was in constant danger of los
| ing his life 1t IS not until other in
mates of the pool room came to Con
nelly's assistance that Mitchell was
Cverpowered.
Connolly after the capture was suf-
fering with a badly cut thumb on the
left hand. le result of vain efforts OF
Mitchell to discharge bullet into the
patrolman's body
Two men are now in the city jail
charged with completely in the murder
of Lyons. Rolla Robe was arrested
Saturday night. shortly after the muir
der and it was through his confession
and a description or Mitchell that the
latter was captured yesterday
Has Irish Grit
Patrolman Conn lly. who effected
Mitchelps arrest is an Irishman who
speaks with a broad Irish accent. He
is % years of age and came to this
country ten years ago from the south
OF Ireland. He has been In Los Angeles
five years. serving nearly two years iu
the fire department, and was trans
feIred to the police force about two
years ago.
Patrolman Connolly told of the cap
/ ture of Mitchell yesterday after the po
lice had thoroughly examined the man
His suspicious regarding Mitchell he
said. were aroused as he passed the
door of the pool room and saw sitting
by a table a man wearing q. suit OF
clothes similar to one known to have
been purchased by Mitchell few days
before the desta of Lyons
II walked into the pool room three
or four doors from Central avenue and
Seventh street." said Connolly. telling
/, the capture. There were ten or
more men sitting around a table watch
ing a game of checkers. and looked
them all over. for the captain had Civ
en- me a description of Mitchell and
had been looking for him
Il noticed one man in particular
dressed in brown clothing. similar to
the cloth in the suit Mitchell had
bought last week. He had his left
hand in his trousers pocket. and this
further aroused my susptcions.
Answers Description
Il went to the proprietor aud asked
him il he knew every one in the COM
pany at the table. and he said he did.
with the exception of the man 1 sus-
pectcd The proprietor was going to
speak to the man. but / stopped him
and told him to say nothing.
Il then went to an adjoining room
and read over the description OF Mlt-
chell and made up my mind that he had
been discovered I came back into the
main room and walked up to Mitchell
His left hand was still in his pocket
= want to speak to you a moment,
i said to him.
What do you want to speak to me
for2' he demanded, roughly.
- I. .et me see yOur left hnnd.' I said
What for what's it your busineses