Bisbee daily review., 1912-02-06
MAKE ATTACK
 UPON OFFICER
Two Men Order Patrol. man Brooks to Throw Up His
 Hands
SHOTS ARE FIRED

Charles NoOlschlSgel, exiusurrectO Of the late Mexican reyO@.ion and later a ruraie under Juan Cabral, at Cananea. and F. B. Stitt. are in jail m default of bail in the sum of Sl.000 each. on the charge of assaulting { Night OfIiC .r Brooks. of the police department, with a deadly weapon. Monday morning at two o'clock Woolscblagel and Stitt held up Of1ceI Brooks al the point of a 41-calber siX-shOoter. with the intention, as they are quoted as saving. Of killing two or three of these officers and getting out of the country The hold-up did not work. however. as the officer dis armed WOolschlagel S-h frightened Stitt into giving himself up.
 Try Hold-up Game Brooks was standing in front of ! tae EdelWeiss Cafe on brewery Gulch at the hour named. talking with a stranger. when Woolschlagel and ! Stitt came up from behind. The of. ncer first became aware of their l presence when a voice, that of Wool | schlagel. he afterwards learned, asked:
 You are an officer. aren't you 1 Brooks?"
 Thinking that it was some one wanting an officer 10 make an ar. rest, Brooks turneS, replying in ths ! affirmative at the same Hrae Well, throw up your hands" Wool 1 schlagel commanded.
 Instead of doing as he was com manded. Brooks grabbed the gun with his left hand and struck Woolschlagel n the temple with his right The ] blow staggered him, and the officer | .ollowed up his advantage and grap- ped At this joint -Stltt took a hand | ID the struggle. bNt his aid was dis counted by the entry of Louis Bost ! wick into the affray on behalf of the 1 officer Stitt turned and ran down the street, and the officer, using the gun i ne had taken from Woolschlagel hred at him. The fleeing man stopped and crouched at the door oi 1 j saloon, where Brooks overlook and nandcuffed him
 Shot Goes Wild
 As Brooks grabbed WoOlschlagel's gun, the latter fired, but the bullet struck the pavement. The only in Jury the officer received was slight abrasion of the right knuckle when Ae struck Woolschlagel, and a slighi powder burn on the lower part oi ne palm of the lzft hand.
 During his struggle with Hool schlagel 10 obtain possession Of the 4l-caiiber six-shoOter. Brooks had his antagonists stomach covered with g small derringer. should th. Gnequa contest show signs of turning against him.
 The shots signalled Officers Farley NcRae and J. Wilmourk {O the scenC
 nd the two men were taken to jail There were few men on the streets at that hour but it was not long be before a crowd collected According tC Oficer Brooks. the men Lad made he statement that they intended tC
 kill two or three of these officers -nd get out Of the country" McRae
 nd Wilmouth being two of the off CTS they wanted" Apparently il ,as an accident that they met uI with Brooks first, the heaviest of the hree officers.
 Had Trouble Earlier
 Woolsch.agel figured in a minor routle at the Arizona bar earlier iI the evening, and Officer McRae was .alled there u is saiu that Wool schlagel did not have the gun on him At that time. Yesterday afternoon man came to Judge High's office and identified the gun as belonging 10 him He said that he loaned Il 70 Wooischlagel seven weeks ago, anC .rhen, several days ago. he asked him for it. WOOlschlagel said that he had Oaned it to a man who took it tJ Douglas and soaked" it. The gun is q caliber, mounted on a 45 frame
 When the officer and WoolschiagC were struggling over possession o the gun, it broke across the frame O. the cartridge chamber. but the officer fired it, at Stitt Stitt did not draw a gun on Brooks. Tor the reason that he was not armed. But for hi. attempt to aid his companion. he ap pears to have been merely an under study of the rampant ex-insurgent.
 The district attorneys office al Tombstone was communicated witt by local officers yesterday ss to tho course of action, and v was not unti five o'clock in the afternoon that tho complaint, a joint complaint against the two men, was signed by Officel Brooks. At that hour WOolschl2se and Stitt were brought into court anC advised by the court of their rights Alexander Murry was present to rep resent the territory. The men wer, advised that the charge constitutes ]; felony.
 Men Are Nonchslent
 That means we are to go over ths road. doesn't it2' asked Woolschlsgel
 Are you ready to go ahead?" tn court asked.