Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-10-08
A AFFAIR.
A COuntrynan Drugged and
GarrOted.
The GarrOteTs Captured and one
OF them MOTtaIIy wounded.
Jenny BOyIe's Saloon Again.

Last night about ten O'Clock omcer'
McElroy and Holland hesrd sounds OF s
| seuf1e, and q cry for help, In the alley
| between Naiu and Second, and Adams
and Washington streets. Proceeding to
the spot as rlyidIy As possible, they found
| three men gsTr0ting a man whom they
| had knocked down. AS they APP
| prosched they heard the gsrroteTs
| threaten to murder him II he did not
cease his cries. They got close to the
party before they were perceived, and
succesdei IN capturing One OF the gar
rioters. The other two made theiF es.
cape, not, however, before thsy were
recognized.
Securing assistance, they conveyed the
injured msn and their prisoner 60 the
stationhoUse, where they recognized the
prisoner as Frank Foley, q well known
thief. Officer Holland Immediately re-
turned to the n~eighborhoo1 of the scene
OF the garroting, and in the course OF
eight or ten minutes saw one Of the
other gsTToters, who had made their es-
cape, come ont OF the Basket Saloon and
start up the alley. He called to him to
halt, but instead Of doing SO the ruflsD
turned snd fred on the officer, who, In
turn, drew his pistol and fired four shots
st his sssailant, ore OF which brought
him to the ground. The firing attracted
a crowd instsntaneously, almost 10 spite
Of the inelemency Of the weather, among
whom was d.. Nuttall. = light was
produced, and revealed the fact that the
wounded maj was Anthony. Conway, q
desperate and well known garToter aud
thief. He held In his hand, when found,
a revolver, of which several chambers
had been discharged, and the barrel vas
yet quite hot. BE was bleeding profUsely
from 8 wound over his right eye, and,
for q time, il was thought lie was shot
there. On being taken to the station
house. an examination by DR.. Nuttall
revealed the fact that the apparent
wound was but s bruise, the real
wound being between the shoulder
blades. The ball had passed through
the lungs, In the region of the heart,
producing what IL necessarily 3 mortal
wound. The countTymsn who had been
garrotsd had, meanwhile, had his
wounds (which proved not to be danger
Gus, although %severe) dressed and on
being confronted with the maj first ar
rested, identified him as one of the par
ties who bad gsrTOted him. he states
that he had gone into Boyle's saloon,
snd taken & couple of drinks with him
and another man supposed 10 De the
nan who was shot, and in paying Tor
the drinks had shown from 800 to Sl20.
He went out OF the saloon, snG they fol-
lowed him, knocking him 90 IN and
gsrrotlDg him IN the slley. Foley was
up on this statement.
Meanwhile the wounded man lsy upon
the floor writing in gIest agony, and
begging for 3 priest. Father Kelly came
and confessed him. When " e left the
s~tstionhouse, at quarter past eleven
he was rapidly growing cold,
evidently in 3 state Of collapse, and ere
meets the eye Of the rssder, will be
desd. There are others connected with
this affair, IL lie supposed, who are still al
but who will no doubt DO promptly
arrested.
P. s. Since writing the above John
the other garroter, and Jem
have been arrested aud lodged iD
the First District stationhouse.