The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1919-06-19
POLICE SERGEANT KILLED;
THREE POLICEMEN WOUNDED

Police Sergeant John G. Brinkley
was instantly killed and five othel
white men were wounded, one seri-
ously, in gun battle with a negro
desperate Friday morning. The
fight started at 10 o'clock at Poplar
avenue and Mclean boulevard, and
was concluded when the black slayer
was captured at II o'clock by police
headed by Chief Joe B. Burney, at
Barrett place and Breedlove street.
says the Memphis Scimitar of June
1S.
The wounded men are:
PatroIman Edward Crume, Of the
Barksdale force, shot in hand; taken
home.
Patrolman Edward Crume, of the
Barksdale force, shot in left arm;
taken to General hospital.
Detective Chief Hulet Smith, shot
in palm of hand.
Frank Micci, joint proprietor with
Brondini Of the Overton Park mar
ket, shot in right breast, serious
taken to CARLY Ramsay hospital.
Unidentified white man, said TO
be saw filler for johnson & Heyer;
whereabouts unknown.
The first four men who were
wounded were shot at the Overton
Park market, Poplar and Mclean,
when Crume and Mccarthy attempt
ed to place the negro under arrest.
Sergt. Brinkley was killed by the
black man at Jackson avenue and
Breedlove street, as the black was
fleeing from pursuing parties Of po-
lice, summoned following the shoot
ing at the grocery. Smith was
wounded when Brinkley was killed.
The negro is held in the state PEN
itentiary at Nashville, for fear OF
mob violence. He is Lorenzo Young,
aged %. He was farmer, and
worked on the DR.. Williams place at
Neshoba, Tenn, but later he told the
police that he lived at No. PIT South
Second street. He was held at police
headquarters while Chief Burney
went before the grand jury. The
probers indicted Young on charge
of first degree murder. He imme-
diately was placed in the custody Of
Sheriff Perry and was placed in the
county Jail.
Stolen chickens were the immediate
cause of the killing and shooting
affray, according to A. Brondini, who,
with Frank Micci, ran the Overton
Park market, where the black opened
fire.
Brondini and Micci had been buy
ing chickens from the negro Young.
He gave them a better price than
they could buy for downtown. He
sold them the last lot about two
weeks ago.
After the chickens were paid for
by the grocers, persons living out
the Poplar pike identified the chick
ems as some that had been stolen
from them.
The negro went back to the store
Friday morning with more chickens.
Brondini engaged him in converse
ton after he had told Micci to call
the Barksdale police station.
Patrolmen Mccarthy and Crume
answered the call. They went into
the store, where Brondini made the
expose regarding the chicken thefts.
Crume took the negro preparatory
to placing him in the police car.
Mccarthy stayed inside, to get the
facts for prosecution.
The negro, through some pretext,
persuaded Crume to let him walk
to his buggy, which stood before the
store.
Reaching the buggy, the black
man ran a hand beneath the seat,
and suddenly drew pistol.
H. p Hood, blacksmith, saw the
pistol flash forth. The negro shot
at the policeman, and struck him in
the left arm, according to Hood.
The negro then turned toward the
grocery door, evidently for venge-
ance because he had been handed
over to the police. He opened fire
through the door, into the grocery.
Inside were Patrolman Mccarthy, |
BrOndini and his wife, Micci and the
white man. However,
this man may possibly be G. T. Keen,
credit man for the Mcconnell Furni-
ture Co., who in his automobile at
tempted to head off the negro in his
flight. Young shot at him and b.oke
the windshield of the car, but XOen
was not injured.
Mccarthy drew his pistol, while
Micci seized one from beneath the
counter. They returned tie fire.
McCarthy's pistol was shot out Of
his hand by a bullet from the black
mans gun. Another bullet struck
Micci in the right breast A trail
Of blood to the rear Of the store
shows the course Of the wounded
man, having been shot ia the shin
Il the r'gi lei BY Crumc.
The negro then leaped into his
buggy, whipped up his horse and
sped away, north on Mclean boule-
ward.
Word was flashed by telephone to
central police headquarters. Capt.
Mike Kehoe turned in a general
alarm, and every available man was
to the scene.
Two automobiles, driven at the linn
it of their speeds, rushed to the
scene. Others followed them. Am