Street Brawl Erupts as Police Attempt Arrest

There was an exciting scene in a house on Second Street yesterday morning at 4 o'clock. Lieutenant Nick Hanna, a prostitute named Laube, the proprietor Pearson, and his bartender, Andrew Peterson, took part. The lieutenant took the parties to headquarters, and charged Charles Pearson with rescuing a prisoner, Peterson with assault with a deadly weapon, and the woman with prostitution. Two weeks ago Hanna cautioned the woman about soliciting on the street, and last night caught her at it and arrested her in her room. She refused to go, and the lieutenant sent for the proprietor to assist in taking her out gently. The proprietor, on learning that Hanna had a warrant, said the woman should not be taken, but Hanna insisted, and started toward the stairs with the woman. Then Pearson grabbed him around the neck, and a rough-and-tumble engagement ensued. Hanna blew his whistle, but the bartender answered instead of the officer. He had a revolver, and in the engagement that followed, the woman got away. The row caused a great commotion in the house, and the women lodgers ran out into the street yelling 'Murder.' Detective Cave, who had heard the whistle and was looking for Hanna, saw the exodus and went in to investigate. He found the war waging merrily, but with his assistance it was soon stopped. Yesterday, the woman was fined $50 by Judge Humes in the municipal court for prostitution. The cases of Pearson and Peterson will be heard in Justice Von Tobel's court this afternoon.