The weekly union record., 1864-10-08
The UNION RECORD.
Local and County Matters.
AGENTS:


LAMENTABLE AND FATAL SE0OTISG AFFRAT--
We sincerely regret 70 announce fatal shooting
aHra7, which occurred in or midst, on the after
noon Of wednesday last. and which resulted in the
death Of az old aud respectable citizen OF lhis
place, Nj Philip Far.elly. It appears from what
we can learn. that the row original on the street
opposite Mr. Farrelly's Saloon ,uear Justice Cough
eyis offce between one Dan Hilton resident
Of orovil!e. and one !. Armstrong, Of Cherokee
Flat. Hilton, il seems was under arrest for stTl-
king one Hugh White. the night before, and had
come TO tie astice's Office 70 await his trial (which
was set for two clock. Whist thus awaiting the
hour set fer bis trial, the aforesaid Armstrong
came oat Of Farrelly's Saloon and crossed the
street and told Mr.. Hilton iasaldngly that be
would prosecute his case, and after some se7ere
language having passed between the parties. Hill
ton ordered Armstrong 10 leave when lie drew or
attempted.;o draw his pistol upon Hilton. At the
same time Hilton drew his. and slapped Armstrong
with his open hand Armstrong then ran across
theaireet il front of Farrellys saloon, AID again
drew his pistol. when Hilton started towards him
ard at the same time some party from Eeag the
centre Of the street tod Armstrong not 70 shoot or
he would throw si him sto1e. The stone wls
Immediately thrown and Armstrong darted into the
saloon. Hilton followed OF into the saloon, aad as
Armstrong was not . &c seen. he vas supposed t.
be in : back room. as constable Simmons passed
through and out the back way the street without
finding him. In the moaltme Nr Farre!ly IS said
to have ordered Hilton oat. and he went outside.
BY this time large crowd Of persons had gathered
as is usual on sach occasions, and among them
Hilton's brother. The sidewalk was crowded and
many persons pushed into the saloon anu several
blows with fists among the crowd were passed.
when Immediately shots were fred, one fatally
wounded Mr. Fargelly and another passed through
the hand Of the bar-keeper Here the details OF
the sad a!say are SO conflicting, and remain IL SO
much doubt that We are unable TO give them cor
rectly At present. There appears not oaly diles-
ence of opinion as to who fred tie fatal shot bat
IS u the number Of shots fred. There IS pretty
good evidence, however. that three shots at least,
were fired 10y tie marks o! the balls. The question
q, TO who hred the shot resulting IN the death ot
Mr. F4yr5ly to as, as yet, remains IL ny sleIy,
and aI-o IS to whether il was aimed At hlIa or not
Under the circumstances We await llll and thor
ough invest CATION before the proper authorities
before making direct statements, as the parties
supposed ta lie implicated have been promptly ar
rested aud hela 10 bail. Mr- Farrelly died on Wed
nesday evening about ten o'clock. post mortem
examination was made on Th4r7day h Dr. James
OBrien. assisted by Dr. Jenkins Of z. Farreliy de
ceased, who was killed in the row on Wednesday
last f4r tac ball that caused h.s death. The ope-
ration wa performed by Or. Briea. They found
that tic la.l had entered on the left side Of the
back pas cd Immediately oTes Tie kidney. struck
the spine then glanced upward along the SIDE OF
the spine. lis course WAS traced t. the region Of
the lungs when 1t aid lie traced 70 farther. 10
lesion oftle iu,estines, liver stomach OF aa-s "a
discovered. After an examination Of about two
houss, the physicians despai.ed finding It. The
Coroners ja.y viii he in session to dag Al ten
O'Clock, An. The remains Of our tavnsman Mr.
FaueHy was taken to Narysville by the eight
O'clock tr-iu On Friday morning Tor iatermeat. \
large coacoaESc Of eur most respectable citizens
accompanied The corpse 10 the railroad depot,>how
lbs how much they respect his memory, AID regret
the sad occuyance that caused his untimey death