The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-07-03

IHE I1OMICIDE. we ledTHcu yes
terday further particulars of the
shooting affair Of which we made
brief mention yesterday morning.
The man who was shot, and who has
since died, was named Thomas Hal
vey. From the evidence elected be-
fore the coroner's jury. a we'll as
from the dying deposition of the vic
tim. it appears that Halvey was en-
tirely unarmed: that be and a COM
rade had been in the keno room, in
the third story, but had come down
to the bar to get a drink. They
started to go back, but were stopped
by Mat. Burns, who was d~oorkceper,
who told them they must purchase
tickets before they could go up. Hal
vey said they had been up, and he de-
sired to go back to see a map. Burns
replied that that was, played out.
Halvey then said something to his
comrade, which Burns thought was
applied to him, and asked if he
called him a name? Halvey replied
)" no." when Burns drew the revolver
and shot. Halvey not feeling any
wound, clenched with Burns, and in
the melee that eHsued, four more
shots were fired, all taking effect on.
Halvey.1 inficting five wounds as fol-
lows, as the examining physicians tes-
tify: tl
A slight cut over the left shoulder;
a flesh wound through the left fore
arm; a wound on the left cheek, the
ball penetrating the bones ofthe face;
a wound of right side of chest, the ball
penetrating the lower lobe of the
lung; a wound in the abdomen, the
ball passing through the large bowel
and vina cara, or large vein running
up the backbone, and elancing from
the latter point and losing itself in
the muscles of the back. This latter
wound was necessarily fatal. The
wound of the chest was not Cneees-
sarily so. although it might have
proved to be had he lived long enough
for inflammation and its consequences
to be set up. The other wounds
would not have produced death.
Burns himself received a wound in
his left arm, supposed to have been
inflicted by his own pistol, as Halvey
appears to have been totally unarmed.
Halvey was met at the door by officer
Williams, who had been attracted by
the firing, and seeing blood upon him,
took him in custody and led him to
the corner of Main Street, and search
ed him for arms, but found nothing
but a common pocket knife. At the
alley he sunk down, and Drs. Thomp-
son and Casselberry were sent for.
The wounded man was taken to the
Central House. where he died at ff-
teen minutes after o'clock last eve
ming. Previous to his death his dy-
ing deposition was taken by two off
GERS of the law.
Mat. Burns was arrested yesterday
morning and is now in Jail. and will
probably have an examination this
morning. e
A post-mortem examination was
made of the body last evening by
Drs. Thompson and Casselberry, from
whom we obtain the above descrip-
lion of the wounds An inquest was
also held by Coroner Havlin, and the
rendering of the jury will be found
elsewhere in the JOURNAL this morn
ing.
Halvey was unmarried, and is rep
resented by those who knew him well
al AN inoffensive and ~peaceable man,
and always faithful in the discharge
of his duties. He has no relatives in
the United States, being a native of
ireland.
1t appears that crime in our city is
rather spasmodic, aud once in a long
while they follow each other with
alarming rapidity.
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