Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-05-21
CRAZY STRANGER AT DAvEN-
PORT FATALLY INJURED IN
FIGHT WITH OFFICERS.
ALMOST KILLED POLICEMAN
WITH HIS OWN CLUB
D. Caldwell, Who -RecentIy Came to
Brooklyn From Ireland, Suddenly
Demented-Left Brooklyn for Chi
cago and Landed in Davenport, In
sane and Minus $3.50 in Cash.

Davenport, May Zl.-Olllcer >. -. La
Grange is at his home, 1925 Iowa street,
in a serious condition, having been
beaten over the head with a club, and
D. Caldwell, the man who beat him
while in demented condition at an
early hour this morning, Is lying al
Mercy hospital with a bullet wound in
which took place in Mcclellan Heights,
on the I. & l. tracks. Officer LAGRANGE
may have suffered a conclusion of the
brain, altho this had not yet been de-
termined He also sustained other in
juries.
ine residents of Mcclellan Heights
We're awakened at about 3: 80 O'Clock
this morning by man who was run
ming up and down the streets. singing
and yelling at the top of his voice.
They sent in call to the police sta
ton, and Officer LAGRANGE was sent
there to arrest him. He found the
man in the waiting room at the 1. & l.
tracks, disrobing. He attempted to
arrest him, and in the scuffle which
followed the man wrested his club
from him and beat the officer on the
head with it until he was unconscious.
Mr.. LAGRANGE fired two shots, and one
took effect in the mans chest, under
the arm-pit.
Timely Assistance.
Had it not been for the timely in
reference of Henry Won Maur and sew
eral other neighbors. 1t Is probable
that Caldwell would have killed the Of
ficer. MIR. Won Maur rushed out with
sword in his hand and frightened
the raving man off for sufficient time
to allow the patrol to scome to the
scene and to have the other men assist
in holding the man.
Officer LeGrange, who had regained
consciousness. was taken to his home
and is in quite a serious condition. Be
sides the injuries to his head and cut
over one of his eyes it is thought that
his jaw bone was fractured. He also
suffered numerous minor bruises.
The demented man gave the name of
D. Caldwell, which is also printed on
suit case which he carried with him.
He stated that he had just come from
Ireland, where he had been in a hos
pital He claimed that the keeper in
the hospital had mistreated him, and
thinking that Officer LAGRANGE was
resembled, he attacked him with such
fury.
In Serious Condition.
| D. Caldwell, the demerted man who
attacked Police Officer S. D. LAGRANGE
in Mcclellan Heights early this morn
| ing, is in a serious condition in ST
Johns department of Mercy hospital
DR. O. E. Ficke, the attending physi-
clan. has been unable to locate the bull
let which entered the mans chest I'M
der his right arm. The man is still
demented, although not violent. 1t is
expected that more will be known
about his real condition tomorrow
Officer Lagrange is resting well, and
no fracture Of the jaw or skull could
be located Besides the shock and
some severe bruises, it is thought that
| he escaped injury and will soon be out
| again.
| In America Five Days.
| The police found in Caldwelps clothes
the name of j. c. McIlrath, of Brook
| Ign, Ia, and called him up on the long
distance telephine McIlrath said that
| Caldwell and lMcIlrath's brother had
| just come from Ireland five days ago.
Caldwell had left last evening for
Chicago. Mr. McIlrath knew of no
reason why he should have got off the
train at Davenport and says he was
| apparently all right when he left
Brooklyn He says Caldwell had $40
with him when he left, but the police
found no trace Of it,