The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-08-12
THE SAN FRANCISCO TRAGEDY,
Full Particulars of the Shooting OF
William Mulligan.

Full Particulars of the Shooting Of
William Mulligan.
From the San Francisco Morning Call, July 81
| ANOTHER CHAPTER OF BLOOD THREE MEN
KILLED-TRAGICAL END OF THE NOTORIOUS
BILLY MULLIGAN.
The events of yesterday furnish an
other of those revolving episodes that
mark off the periods in the history of
our city with disgusting regularity.
A desperate, whose name figures in the
annals of the Vigilance Committee, the
noted Billy Mulligan, shot down two
men after having fired twice ineffectu-
ally at other persons, and was at last,
while holding the force of the city at
bay, himself killed by member of the
| police department, acting under orders
| MULLIGAN ON THURSDAY.
On Thursday, particularly during the
latter part of the day, Mulligan eXhib-
tied symptoms of delirium tremens, de-
claring that the Vigilance Committee
the police Office for protection, anC
seemed exceedingly nervous, insisting
that he was pursued.
| EVENTS OF YESTERDAY
He remained in the station house
| lIlIOuR lllG dltt w as SCllt Jul ny
| Captain Douglass at eight CLOCK yester-
| day morning. About an hour after
wards shot was fired from an upper
window of the st. Francis Hotel, corner
of Clay and Dupont streets, evidently di-
rected at Chinaman on the opposite
side of the street. The ball missed its
mark, and entered the Misunderstanding
of house by which the Chinaman was
standing, and being afterwards extracted
proved to be large conical pistol ball
Mr. Brown, grocery keeper close by
who witnessed the circumstance, imme
diately reported it to Captain Lees, al
the police office, and officer Mcmillan
was sent up to investigate the matter
Arriving at the st. Francis Hotel the
officer ascertained that the pistol was
fired by Billy Mulligan, who had shut
himself up in his room, armed with a
self-cocking seven shooter, and effectu-
ally barred the door against entrance by
ordinary means. Detective officer Chap
pei was with McMillin, and the two
held parley with Mulligan, who warn
ed them against forcing all entrance
A plan was fixed by these officers, with the
aid ofofficer Mccormick, to capture their
man, he having not then fully demon
strated the savage ferocity of his DISPOSE
ton. Mulligan seemed still to be haunt.
ed by the idea that he was pursued by
emissaries of the Vigilance Committee,
who were going to hang him; and in the
barley with the officers he told them
that if the Executive Committee would
come after him, he would surrender
himself to them; but to no others.
MUILIGAN SHOOTS AT DETECTIVE OFFICER CHAP.
| PEI
The inner door of Mulligan's room,
which was on the second floor of the
building, opened into q wide hall, and
! another led out on balcony over
Dupont street. The officers while talk
ing with Mulligan, were in the hall; and
during the conversation Chapel learn
ed that he had no favors to expect from
the desperate man, while toward Me-
MILAN he>was more tractably disposed,
though he threatened instant death to
any one who should enter the ROOM
| Chapel, with more courage than dis
cretion, went through an adjoining room
fired at by Mulligan, the ball grazing
past his cheek. After this demonstra.
ton the officers, being without arms to
cope with the now exasperated mad
man, prudently retired; and as they went
down the stairs Mulligan opened his
door.
While descending the stairs the Off
GERS were met by one John McNabb,
an old acquaintance and intimate friend
of Billy Mulligan's, who was going up
to talk with the latter, in the hope that
their mutual intimacy might enable him
to exert pacyfiing influence over Null
ligan, and render him accessible to 9TH
ers. Mcmillan and Chapel had scarce
ly reached the street, when the report of
a pistol was heard within, and mo-
ment after McNabb was brought out,
MORALLY wounded. The unfortunate
man was conveyed to Doctor Muir
phys office in Clay street, where he
received every attention his case demand
ed. but nothing could be done Tor him
beyond stopping the wound, administer
ing q little brandy in a teaspoon, by way
of q stimulant and rubbing his limbs to
keep up the circulation. He apparently
suffered but little pain; but 1t was evil
dent that the current of life was fast e6b-
ing out. The ball had entered just be-
meath the right shoulder, passing near
the subolayian artery, ana seVering a
large vein. from which great internal
hemorrhage followed. He diedin about
q half hour after receiving the wound, al
DR.. Murphy's office. The exciting and
trogical turn in the affairs at the st. Fran.
cis Hotel was soon bruited abroad, and
. in n very short time a crowd of five OF
| six Thousand persons had gathered atths
snot. The shooting of McNabb occurred
at about half-past one o'clock P. NJ, anC
having now tasted blood, Mulligan seem
ed to have been suddenly transformed
4 into a demon, and, with the cunning o
the maniac, glided from room to room
in the building, with the apparent de
n sign of getting an opportunity to secur
another victim. His appearance at
= door or window, armed with revolver
a. always sent panic through the crow
1t and caused them to fall back in confr
E sion. Mulltgan' Is position was now some