Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-05-22
ANOTHER MURDEROUS AT
-l-r5sss t- FRAY.
Three Men Shot at n Fancy Rail-
-.itah One 1LorsnlIy Wounded.

Three Men Shot at n Fancy Rail-
Il l-it~h One Norsnlly Wounded.
The spring fights seem to have opened
IN real earnest, and the peace and quiet
enjoyed by cur city for some months past
have been rndely broken into by several
murderous affrays within the past day
or two. E of l..-...
i The last affair, in which three men
were shot-one MORALLY, one very seri-
ously and one slightly wounded, occurred
yesterday morning about half past two
O'Clock, at the pleasure resort, just below
Fort Pickering, and known as French
Gardens Owing to the vast number of
rumors in circulation as 10 the origin of
the fight, and from the almost impossi-
bility of obtaining accurate and correct
| information in regard to ii, we only APP
pend the outline of the statements Us
given to US by eyewitness. The con-
current testimony of several, male and
female, whom We questioned, is to the
following effect:
Mr.. Jerry Riordan, for several years
head barkeeper for Harry Weatherbee,
was dancing with Miss Nettie White, in
cotillion set. Mr.. Sam Finlay did some
thing which he took for an Insult to his |
partner, The action was repeated few
moments aflerward, whereupon Riordan
struck Mr. Flnlay with his fist in the
mouth. A rough and tumble fight then
commenced, in which Mr.. Finlsy threw
Jerry down on the floor Two men,
friendly TO both parties, rushed forward |
to separate the eombatants and one of /
them Selling Finlay by the coat
collar lifted him off Riordan. 1t
was at this moment, and amid
the confusion attendant upon the
fracas that the shooting commenced,
and out of eight persons who saw the
whole affair, with whom we have con-
versed, we could scarcely get any two
stories to agree exactly as to how it was
done. Two men and three women state
that Mr.. Howell drew his pistol and fired
first, shooting Mr.. RiOrdan, who was still
lying on the floor, through the body.
They further state that Howell continued
firing off his pistol, apparently at random.
One other party got out pistol and fired
INTO the crowd, also apparently shooting
1t no particular person. RiorClan, on
feeling himself wounded, pulled out
leringer and fired once at his assailant,
With no effect, however.
As to the total number of shots fired, |
here is also difference of statements, |
ONE declaring that there were as
Ugh as nine or ten, and others being i {
qually positive that there were but six. {
Be this as it may, the whole fusilade did
lot occupy over half minute, and on
umming up, the woudded were found to |
&c as follows: I
Jerry Riordan, shot through the abdo- t
nen, and declared MORALLY wounded.
Joe Moore, an employee at the Gardens,
hot through the thigh, wound declared q
cry serious.
Albert Behrs, newsdealer, shot through
he calf the right leg, painfully, but not ]
eriously hurt.
The rooms were emptied of their Occu- a
ants in far less time than it takes US TO !
ecount it, and the only marvel is, that in y
ne rush so few were hurt 3
The friends of Mr.. Riordan put him in P
hack and brought him to his rooms, in !
ne city, where he was promptly attended
} by DR.. Lynch. The doctor, on T
lancing at the wound, saw that il was 0
npossible to probe it, and beyond apply P
lg something to soOthe the sufferer, did C
othing for him.-Memphis appeal. I