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Show DM! KI v- II STREET FIGHT Former Soldier Beaten by Intoxicated Policeman, Who Is Dismissed. ' , Another Patrolman Sus-pended Sus-pended for Part in Brawl, Which Ends in Shooting. ; One iiatrolman win he , , , pouoe do r t: complaint charging hin, wit,, assault vi be filed today. Another been suspended for a p0rl1Hl 0f uhl days without pay as the rrsult of ln. ve.t.gat.on conducted yesterday hv chief of Police J. barley Win,, of a drunken orgy yesterday morning at Sixth South and Main streets in which.uno man w; shot by a police officer and o.henMse bruised and battered by another member of the department who w!is umler the SeZL!lilUOr' A woman figured in tt'wholeifS 'ly rCyi,0llsiMe "Motorcycle Pntrolmr.n AVilliam A asdult. Motorcycle 1 airolmaji J y Husbands lias been suspended for" fif-teen fif-teen days without pay for the renon : that my inveMtigutions find thai ihev : both have been indulKing in imoxioaiink iquors said Chief White last nudit after ne had questioned nearly a dozen witnesses. wit-nesses. Soldier Is Victim. Lrfel Higham. 28 years of age, n returned re-turned soldier residing at 1179 South Main street, is at his home suffering frum a bullet wound in his shoulder, lie also is bruised about the face and body, ami both his feet are badly crushed and lacerated as the result of an assault on him bv Patrolman Pierce, Arthur McKee, husband hus-band of the woman, who lives at 4M; South Main street, and William Pliisler, a visitor at McKec's house. The bullet wound was inflicted bv Patrolman, Pa-trolman, J. J. Duffy, who. when told by Patrolman Pierce that Higham was responsible re-sponsible for an attack on M rs. Annie McKee and was escaping arrest, ordered him to Halt. 'When Higham, who was running away, did not obey the order, Duffy fired a shot into the air to intimidate in-timidate him and followed with a second shot, which caught Higham In the left shoulder, inflecting a flesh wound. A atrolman Duffy was exonerated by Chief .White from all blame for firing the bullet which entered Iligham's shoulder. shoul-der. "Duffy was acting to his best knowledge, knowl-edge, I "find, with the understanding that the man sought, on his arrival al Sixth South and Main streets, had stabbed a woman and had broken away frum his captors," Chief White said. "The report as given by the acting desk sergeant to Patrolmen Duffy and W. K. Jukes yesterday morning at 2:05 o'clock was to the effect that a woman had been stabbed on Main street between Sixth , and Seventh South streets, and that her assailant was in the custody of neigh; bors. It was on this call tltat Duffy and Jukes went out. Search for Fugitive. "Duffv and Jukes immediately went in search of a fleeins man who. they were told, was the woman's assailant. After an unsuccessful search they returned 10 where the woman had been removed to a porch. Jukes went to find out the woman's wom-an's name and address so she could be taken home lor medical attention. "Jukes learned that the woman was merely intoxicated. "Before Duffy, who had remained with the police car, could bring the machine around to where' the woman was waiting with Jukes, shouts of 'There he is. Get him Don't let him get away,' atttraeteu his attention. According to the investigation, investi-gation, Duffy was told by Patrolman Pierce that the man whom he had been holding and who had escaped was the man who had attacked the woman. "Not knowing whether or not tic woman was seriously hurt, and seeing the man fleeing from another officer who, to the best of his knowledge, was acting in that capacity, Duffy took the course lim duty demanded." Higham Tells Story. Hig-lmm the wounded man, said: "t was awakened by hearing a woman scream. I ran to the street, and there found a man beating a halt-dressco woman who w-as lying in the gutter 1 pulled him away Irom her. A neighbor came up to help. The man broke awas and we both followed him. He went norm on Main street a couple of blocks to an alley running east and west. He hollered for help. . "The men rushed from the alley ana commenced to attack us. They secmoa to concentrate their efforts on mo ami soon I was being badly beaten. men bundled me into a machine, un siting si-ting me into the machine, the dmer said: -Kill the ' The man in back with me, who was identiiied later bv one of the policemen as Officer fw commenced pummeling by face and bou. I fought back and while we were driven around through the streets I was bem? beaten by the man in the rear seat wim me. He ground my bare feet with ine H heels of his shoes. He appeared to be intoxicated. , a "When we arrived near my home, whore a number of people had congregated. congre-gated. I broke away from the man wiw was holding me. feeling that I was .wi safe in his hands and was not sure tnai he was an officer, as be would not show me his badge. As T ran I heard a man yell 'Stop!' Thinking it was e sam; man who had beaten me. 1 did not slop even when Cue first shot was iired. incn I r felt a stinging pain in my lot t snoui- j der and I dropped." I How Trouble Started. I Patrolmen Husbands and Pier, c- ! cording to the investigat im. v ere wn. on the street by Mrs. Me Koe and her sister. Marv. who told the officers that a man bad insulted them. The four walked around the streets searching ir : the man. and then went to h soft drmk I Parlor. After several soft drinks, a bottle I of whisk v was introduced. Tt waa'then suggested that the poiioe-! poiioe-! men go home with the women and nice j Mrs. McKee' s husband. They did so, and I Fhonlv after their arrival the two Sic- ! K.'es loft the house for a walk. Patroi-! Patroi-! mjui Pi.-rce then left tlu- house also. Mr. McKee said at I he i i l vest igat 'On (that his wife fainted and that he was I utiarked while trving to re.:usciiate her. Both M cKeo aid his wife denied ihat a? ' bad struck her, and no marks or hruu-es ' Hejv discernible on her face rmi hunuf. i The MoKees were separated by rilvoreo ! last Nov-miber. A month later they re-j re-j married at Hountiful and have been hvir j together since. |