The sun., 1908-04-04

laid Nsrncy out II II had dropped squarely
upon bis soft cap
What In hell are you doIng'' shouted
Bresnahan. "I'll break you In two
-No Won WON'T said Nerney. "Theres
besn a scrap over In Eighth. somebody's
done up n cop. think Its YOU Come,
and come damned fast
They were struggling on the trolley
Tracks lust south of the corner OF Fiftleth
street and ninth avenue A cigar butt
thrown from the windows Of the Thomas j.
MoManus Association, would have landed
on the two policemen angrily wrestling and
hitting at each other with their lists, All
This time people were tunGing from up and
down ard from the west and east Of Ninth
avenue, pressing in harder and harder.
banking up olear to Tive Windows ot the
little shops. until the pair we're lighting 10
ring not five feet In diameter.
Somebody remembered after the trouble
was ell over that woman. keeper OF a deli
catsssen store fow yards on was trying 10
force her way through the Jam oi excited
men with q bucket of water. She was
screaming at the top OF hsrSoioe that she
must throw the water on them.
Bresnahan. unable 70 tear himself from
little Nerney's grip, nnally got home with
tho blackjack a smashing blow which
atunned Nerney for a moment and left a
dirty dark bruse down the lett side Of
his face but he wound his legs around the
big mans and brought Bresnahan down
with a crash As they fell Nerney reached
for his revolver, certain In his own mind
that he'd have 10 use II to save his lie.
He thought he could shoot Bresnahan
iu the foot or in the bio and cripple him,
but he took a chance and tiu'd into the
ground first That ditn't stop hresnahah's
furious swings with the hluCHjack ana
Nerney le' him have il. aiming as best he
could for the big mans lcgs The hlllel
went into Bresnahans abdomen, ana blE
Jack slowly letting 60 his mold on NeIney ;
neck, crumpled up on the car track anu
lay still
Two policemen broke through the crowd
then, HAYES and NaudcrpOoi Of the West
Forty.second street house They pushed
through the jam knocking people righl ana
left. and when they got there NerneY was
bending over Bresnahan feeling his heart
Great Lord, man" Nanderp0ol said TO
Nerney, this is Jack Bresnahan, police
man, one o: our bunch in Forly-seyenth
street How did you come 10 mia II up
with him
i thought he was a crook, said Nerney;
why didn't he tell ne he wa acOp? There
wouldn't have been aGy trouble then. He
never said word. Look at NV head where
ne swung on me.
They go' an ambulance hurredly from
Roosevelt Hospital, Dr. Carlmell in attend
ance, and took Bresnahan the =, Or.
Auchncloss found that the Iullet from
Nerney's service revolver bad torn through
the larger int tine. bresnahan was con-
scious. but 40 weak he could barely speak
Whom Coroner Hsrburger arrived and tried
20 got an ante-mOrtem statement ho WASH 7
successful Hresuahsn gssped % few
words
Il was shot -Firtieth and Eighth lie
never said word 20 me lust shot ne
can't tell any more don't know
And then he tainted. They operated on
him at O'Clock last night Or. Auchin-
Gloss couldn't find the bullet, but he re-
moved n piece OF the intestine and ,eWed
up several pOrfor1tions. Brssnalgn aD-
psarsd 10 stand the ether well, bul hr has
hardly chance in ten 10 recover
Sergt Ncrney completely unnelyed, was
taken TO the Vest FOrty-seyenth street
station. charged with telonious assault
There he told the story rs he understood II,
and the part he knew fitted apparently the
patchworS Of stories supplied the Coroner
Assistant District Attorney Symonds and
Capt. Daly b. several witnesses
There was story old that Bresnahan
and Nerney hadn't been friendly; that
they hated each other In fact, but Inspector
Richard Walsh, who knew both men, said
that Nernev and Bresnahan were not ac-
quainted and hadn't even seen each other
before. Bresnahan was appointed on
February - Of this year and had been
patrolling in Tenth avenue all the time,
while Jim Nerney had been up In The
Bronx chasing wild automobiles for at
least two years. Nerney has been in the
Police Department twelve years alto
eether Both men, said the inspector, had
cracking good records for fearessness
and regard for duty.
Bresnahan is 20 years old and lived in
q hathouse at 3ji West Forty-ninth street
He is unmarried but he has two brothers
Patrick and Jerry who were with him at
the hospita last night Sergt Nernry is
married and lives at 2lB West lOjth street
Sergeant Nerney was arragned in the
night court and parolrd IN custody of
Inspector Walsh