Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-01-26
Our New York Dispatches,
Reddy the Blacksmith Shoots Another
Man-The StrakOsch Libel SuiI-M ore
Fenian ExiIes Hourly Expected - A
brooklyn Railroad ia Trouble, etc.

New YORK, Jan. 25.-James Haggerty, no.
torious character, was shot at an early hour this
morning by VIM. Marley, better known as 'Red-
dy, the Blacksmith" in a saloon on the corner
of Broadway and Houston streets. The men
had quarrel over a home trouble, growing out
of a previous encounter at Florence's saloon.
Haggerty, it is said, fired the first shot at Red
dy, without effect, when the latter returned the
fire. Haggerty was MORALLY wounded. Var
ley gave himself up, and is now held in custody
at the police headquarters,
The coronerS jury gave verdict this after
noon that Haggerty's wound was caused by
Marley, and the latter was committed to the
tombs, to await its ultimate result. Marley
was sworn during the examination, and made
the following statement of the affair.
Shortly after twelve O'Clock, this morning,
heard that there was quarrel in Egan's place,
two doors from mine; went into Egan's, and
saw Draper and Tracey quarreling; Haggerty
was encouraging them to fight; they were both
stripped for fight; Egan was calling out that
he would not allow them to fight in his place;
he would call in the police; Haggerty called
out: Close the DOORS you've got to fight
took Draper around the waist, and dragged
Linn towards the door; as soon as Haggerty
saw me do this, he raised his fist and struck me
violent blow over the left eye; he continued
striking and ran me from the middle to the end
Of the bar by graspng me by the collar; he
tried TO get me behind the bar, where he could
reach bottles for the purpose of striking me;
Haggerty, finding himself frustrated in reach
ing the bottles, drew pistol, seeing which
drew mine and shot him; he raised his pistol
while retreating, and snapped it twice, but the
pistol failed to explode"
Haggerty also made brief statement, under
oath, to the effect that he was standing by the
bar, when one of the two men who were fight
ing in the saloon suddenly came over and shot
him. He did not know either of the men fight
ing, nor which shot him. Draper, whom Marley
tried to withdraw from the quarrel, also corrOb-
CRATES the latters story. The pistol with which
Haggerty shot was held so near the body as
to fill the flesh with powder and burn it severely.
Haggerry, not long since, escaped from the Phil
adelphla state prison, where he was serving
sentence OF ten years, and has been terror in
the eighth ward since his residence in this city.
Haggerty died at eight O'Clock this evening.
He remained conscious till q few minutes be-
fore, and was attended by a priest who gave
him absolution az seven O'Clock. Haggerty
was twenty-siX years of age, and was of pow
erful and well knit frame.
Judge Sutherland refuses to allow the Stra-
kosch libel suit against the Rochester Union and
Advertiser to go to that city for trial.
Steamer Old Colony left the city this after
noon, to meet the Russia, which is hourly eX-
pectcd with the remainder of the Fenian exiles,
and will proceed to sea, if necessary, to intercept
her.
The Brooklyn city railroad company were
day that, unless they repair the pavement of
streets which they occupy, and put on more and
better cars within ten days, they will be pro-
ceeded against, as guilty of breach of franchise,
and as trespassers on the streets.
Motion was made in the supreme court, to.
day, for stay of proceedings in the case of
John Thomas, colored, sentenced to be hung
February 18th.
Mary G. Miller was to-day sentenced to five
years in the state prison, for the recent larceny
of jewelry from Mrs. Bishop of Providence, and
two years and a half more on an Indictment for
a similar offence, to which she, last term,
pleaded guilty and was discharged on her own
recognizance.
The Europa, of the Anchor line, is now twenty
FIVE days out from Glasgow for this port.
The immigrants arriving in Boston for the
quarter ending Dec 81 numbered $685., of whom
2940 were males.
Henry T. Chapman, the referee appointed to
investigate the affair of the lately defunct Cen
trail bank of Brooklyn, will file report to-
morrow, which shows that the liabilities of the
bank, June %, 1870, the date of the last quarter
ly report, which the president and cashier re-
turned, under oath, as amounting to 1926 1856,
were really 1897 $751; and its resources, which
were returned at the same time at S626, 1885,
were 1901 ,S21.
The milkmen's association have fixed the
price of milk at five and one-half cents per
quart, from Feb. l.