Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-08-04

The negro, Brown, who seriously
wounded the two officers before ueing
| himself killed, has been in the city
about two months. He has been work.
ing at the packing plant part of the
time. He claimed to be an eX-Unite1
States soldier. That he was a despar-
ate character, there is no doubt. The
fact that he was sneaking up on OFF,
Ger Veins with drawn revolver while
the latter was watching near the
Workman place, showed that he in
tended to get" as many policemen
as possible before being killed or cap
tured.
1t is not believed the demonstration
against the peaceable colored popu-
lation of the city had any serious in
tent AS soon as the crowd learned
that the man they were after, was
killed, they went home quietly.
THE WOUNDED OFFICERS.
Officer James Collins. who was shot
| down while in the performance of his
duty. was resting quietly at the city
| hospital when last heard from at 3
o'clock this morning. The bullet
from the revolver of the negro enter
ed below the heart and is supposed to
have glanced around the body outside
the ribs and out at the back. If the
bullet went straight through the lung
was not touched and 1t is not believed
the wound is dangerous.
Collins was able to walk with as
sistance to Kreiser's drug store on the
corner, and was then hurried to the
hospital
Ellingson's wound is painful and
serious enough to lay him up for
some time.
J. o. Fowler was with Officer Col
Inns at the time of the shooting. He
grapDled with the colored man after
the first shot was fired at Collins and
which took effect. Mr.. Fowler's story
about the affair is as follows:
.'The whole trouble started in Hen
ry Levinger's saloon. I was in the
saloon in company with young fol-
low who works for Donahoe Bros The
colored man came into the saloon and
my friend in a joking way walked
after the colorcd man close to his
heels and when the fellow saw him 1t
made him mad He called us all man
ner of ugly names, We did not care
to get into trouble with him so said
nothing in reply He went out and
stood in front of the saloon looking
in at us After while we went out
and when we passed by the Cataract
hotel on Ninth street there he was in
company with six other negroes and
there was hack there. They all got
in This was about $50. He started
toward us again and drew revolver.
We got away and I saw Officer Collins
and told him about it. He said war
rant should be gotten out for his ar
rest We went south on Phillips ave
nue. to saloon opposite Joe ToSslnis
store and there were some fel ows
there in quarrel. I then caught
sight of the colored man and pointed
him out to Collins. Collins caHght
hold of him and the colored fellow re-
sisted and the officer partly threw
him to the ground In getting up the
colored man broke lose and whipped
out his revolver and fired. Collins
grabbed him again but the fellow steo-
! ped back and fire again. That shot
missed. I then jumped on the colored
mans back and got hold of the arm
in which hand he held the revolver
Quick as flash he changed the gun
| to the other hand and fired again. He
evidently was after me with that shot
He then ran across the street and
saw Officer Johnson and I said there
goes the man Won want. He started
| after him and I followed but the fel.
/ low was too fast for us and he sooI
! disappeared in the darkness"
Mr.. Fowler gave the following de
scription of the negro. He is about
25 years of age. wore glasses. wore 6
! black suit is about feet inches
high, weight about 165 pounds, wore
Panama hat.