A Violent Scuffle in Old Town

While Patrolman Casey was attempting to arrest a drunken sailor named Emil Johnson, known also as 'Frenchy,' at Old Town last night, he was terribly beaten about the head with a club in the hands of the seaman. As a result, he is now at St. Joseph's hospital in a critical condition, and Johnson is in the city jail with a bullet hole in his leg. Patrolman Casey's face and head are terribly bruised and cut. His nose is broken and his cheek bone fractured. The trouble occurred at the Stockholm saloon, run by O. H. Holmberg. Johnson had been making a disturbance there and Casey was called by Holmberg to arrest him. When the officer came in, Johnson acted on the defensive and told Casey that he could not arrest him. Officer Casey drew his revolver and fired three shots down low, one of which took effect in Johnson's leg. The officer then started after the sailor with his club, and in the scuffle which followed he was thrown down and Johnson seized the club and began beating him over the head. While the drunken sailor was raining blows on the prostrate officer there were several people in the saloon and they never offered to lift him or prevent the escape of his assailant.