Arizona republican., 1910-03-07
Police Employed Day h
 Gathering Them In SIX OF THEM LOCKED UP
Probability That Seventh and Last Would Be Cap tured Before Morning. Assault Embraces Three Penitentfary Offenses

The police. the shcriffs office and Constable Murphy were busy yester- day rounding up the alleged assail- ants of Officer Harry Gaskin the night before while he was taking away q drunken prisoner whom he had arrested in the Redlight district Though the officer vas painfully hurt and the spot at which the attack was made was quite dark. the officer believed that he knew at least some of the assailants.
 Officers Sullivan and Connors en- gagged in the search for them at once and to get a better clue as to the identity of the men who might have been engaged if the affair they man. aged to learn what was talked about in all the night poolrooms.
 By daylight, Officer Sullivan had satisfied himself that the prisoner whom Officer Ciaskin had taken was Frank Riley who is employed at George N Marshalrs storage plant. He found Riley there and took him into custody.
 From the same source of informa- ton it was learned that Ed Egan, Will Tyson and F. C. Peery were in the party and it was believed that Tyson was the man who had struck the officer the paralyzing blow from behind. lt was also brought out that \ there were three others in the gang
 These three are all plumbers. Peery is an Indian. Egan was found by Officer Troutman and Constable Mur- phy early and locked up. Soon after that the Indian was arrested and put into the county jail. the others being detained at the city jail.
 The unraveling went rapidly and late in the afternoon officer Trout man and Constable Murphy brought to the city hall. Earl Howell also a plumber but young man who has hitherto borne d good reputation. How ell admitted his presence on the scene as Egan had done but like Egan he claimed that he had run away as soon as the trouble started and he could not say who had assaulted the officer. Riley professed to know noth- ing about it. He did not even remem- Der that he had been arrested.
 Howell told what he said was all he Q knew of the matter but he made the mistake of making two different statements regarding an essential point He said that he and six oth- CTS, all of whom were strangers to him except Tyson and Egan. left a Washington street saloon shortly after eleven o'clock with the intention of making d hurried tour of the Redlight district He said that all of them were more or less under the influence of liquor and Riley was very much so. They met the officer in the north ern part of the district and he warned Riley to leave. He said he would do SD but little later the officer en- countered them again near the rail- road track and then he arrested Riley and started with him to jail.
 Howell said that he iiad known Of- ficer Gaskin for d long time and liked him. He went to him and offered to be responsible for Riley. The others, in the meantime were following. some of them cursing the officer. but How ell could not say who was doing the cursing: it was very dark.
 The. officer told the crowd to go ahead of him and then one of them made an insulting and threatening re- ply Who this was Howell said he did not know. The officer turned and struck the man with his gun and then Howell said that $, he ran north on Seventh street He saw some other member of the party run but he could not identify him Howell told the marshal that he did not see anybody strike the officer He left before. any other blows were struck.
 But on the way to the station. How ell had told Officers Troutman and Murphy the same story with the inn portant variation that he ran as soon as he had see the officer stricken down. But for this variation he would probably have been allowed to go, on account of his previous good reputation.
 Tyson's home had been visited dur ing the day but he had not been at home since the night before but late in the afternoon Officer Sullivan found him on the street and took him into custody It was evident then that he was not the man who had struck the officer from behind for. there was the mark of the, officers gun barrel on his head. Another man sought for was Brooks. steamfitfer He was found late last night at the Coliseum by Officer Fraiey The police believed the seventh and last man would be taken before morning.
 There were three painful wounds on officer Gaskin's head. one behind where he had first been struck and it