Show I BIRCUMSHAWS STORY Officer Katcmnii Knocked utA Lively Time in the IMintii Vard Officer Bateman while attempting to enter Mr Bircumshaws yard on the corner of Fifth South and Fifth East streets in pursuit of a cow yesterday afternoon was unceremoniously bounced into the street by the doublefisted old man The officer spared him his life on account of his gray hairs but he spared him his cow on account of his muscle musce Shortly before dusk Mr Bircumshaw had ted his twocows to the fence surrounding his yard on Fifth South street where they were to stand while he perfected some business on the inside His story of the affair is as follows Looking up he saw Officer Batman whom ho describes as an overgrown country Jake of Wes Jordan untying the cow farthest away from him After calling to the man to leave the animal alone he learned that it was his intention t drive the cows to the estray pound Accordingly Ac-cordingly his son rushed out and untied the other friend of the family and drove her into the yard The officer made an attempt t stop this move but owing to his horses indisposition to lead his time was too much taken upin brutally beating beat-ing him After a terrible volley of oaths and lashes the noble defender of peace preserver of quiet and driver of quadrupeds quadru-peds jumped on his horse and rode to the gate of the yard where notwithstanding notwith-standing his enraged endeavor t enter he temporarily gave the idea up when old man Bircumshaw appeared with a shovel in his hand and indicated his l intention to stop the intrusion The officer throwing his hand t his pistol endeavored en-deavored to run a fourace bluff on the old man hut when Mr B called with a spade high the officer declided tho invitation invi-tation to shoot on the strength of Mr Bs gray hairs After making several attempts at-tempts to strike the old man with his long whip he alighted from the horse and attempted to enter on foot He gained entrance twice and elimination elimina-tion twice The well built old mason picked the whip cracker up as often as he came in and fired him into the street Remembering the old legend about the third time Mr officer did not try it again but mounted his horse and rode to the City Hall where a complaint was sworn out against Mr B for resisting duties an officer while in the performance of his |