Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-08-28
POLICEMAN BOYD
SHOT BY FOREIGNER
He WAS QUESTIONING
Latter Raised a Shotgun He
Had Been Hiding and Fired
at the Officer.
TWO SUSPECTS ARRESTED

Shot down early yesterday morning
by one OF two mon he was questioning
on suspicion OF robbery. Patrolman
Howard Boyd. Il years old, In In a
serious condition I'm the Delaware
Hospital with a large gun-shot wound
In his right shoulder. While the Of
fcer IL badly wounded. II was stated
this morning that he is expected to
recover.
The shooting occurred mt Lancas-
ter avenue and Ford street, about
o'clock. While patroling his beat
officer Boyd met two foreigners. One
was carrying a bag over his shoulder.
He stopped them and asked what they
were carrying. One said the bag CON
tanned peaches which they had gotten
from farm outside OF the city
limits. As the officer was about to
examine the bag. one OF the men.
about six feet away, raised shot
gun, which he had previously kept
hidden. and fired at the officer. The
muzzle of the gun was not moro than
three feet from the policeman when
it was discharged. The force of the
charge knocked the officer down and
Ills NNo aSSdiitilAF hfhs t'Ni US nus w
his feet, Boyd reached behind him
with his left hand and pulled his re-
volver from his right hip pocket and
fired four shots at the running men.
None of the shots are thought to have
taken effect.
Too badly injured TO pursue the men
the officer pluclSily made his way 10
police box at Second street and
Gray avenue, where he sent in a call
for patrol car. After doing this he
collapsed. A pedestrian finding the
man in serious condition. sent In a
call for the ambulance.
Patrolman Boyd was hurried to the
Delaware Hospital, where II was found
that the fun charge of the shot gun
had entered his shoulder, fractured
his collar bone and finally lodged un-
! der the skin of his back. The hole
made by the charge was as large 'as
a half dollar. His uniform and other
clothes We're at the police station thie
morning. They were saturated with
! blood and the direction of the shot
was indicated by the gaping hole in
| the coat. the suspenders and the shirt
The report OF the shooting was i'm
mediately sent to superintendent o'
Police Black and Captain of Detec'
tives Benson. both OF whom hastenet
10 the headquarters Captain Benson
made a personal Investigation.
Almost Immediately after the star
of the search for Boyd's assailant.
Nichlas Personti. aged 4s years. was
arrested by Detective Riley and Spe
cid Officer Lynch. Shortly after
o'clock yesterday morning Casio Far
aone was found hiding in Silver
brook cemetery and was also arree,
ed on suspicion
When the two suspects were take,
TO the injured officers bedside at tn
hospital his Identification of Faraon
was positive. The latter, he said, wa
carrying the bag. Personti, however
he was not so sure Of. but said n
thought he recognized him as the 9th
: er man. The authorities, nevertheless
are satisfied that they have the righ
men, as they were known 10 hav
been together on the night OF tn
shooting. Both are employed at Sll
verbrook cemetery. where Faraon
was arrested.
Patrolman Boyd is one OF the young
= est members of the police force. II
was appointed to the police school o
the first day OF this month and o
August 10 was assigned to stree
. duty. His plucky conduct after tn
shooting was commended among tn
= other officers on the force today.