Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-05-19
LAGER BEER, CHAIRS AND PTS.
.n.NU Tolls.

The DlmeaIty a. 0stting Correct
InfoFmation nefore Trial or After
a Case In Point-rhe shooting
OF Quinn.
Reporters are often abused for givins
what are termed incorrect reports OF
difficulties occurring few hours before
going 10 press The outside critic finds
some error, and II interested in the
fight. rushes to the newspaper Office in
order TO publish an explanation or com
pei the reporter 10 do 80 gratuitoasly.
Some years ago the methods Of eompul'
sion were loud talk, profanity. threats
aud pistols. but these inducements failed
to be appreciated 10 newspaper Offices,
aud the reporters objected 10 having
heads put on them, having been supplied
many years previously with that seem
ingly necessary appendaEe. The pres
enl method ia probably more objection
able than the former, as II deprives the
reporter Of second sensational item,
and il involves the expense Of setting
up half a column Of explanatory matter
showing that "Bill" was struck over the
left eye, instead Of the right. When n
reporter arrives at the scene Of local
war, the eye-witnesses to the transaction
become painfully reticent, and those
who know the least generally give the
most information. The friends Of each
combatant color their description Of the
affair so that their friend becomes a mar
tyr to the ferocious attacks Of the fend
in human form who made war on him
without provocation. The intelligent
reporter has often to exclaim, soto yoce,
Lord, how this world is given to lying.
Last Saturday night Billy Quinn, a tin.
smith, got shot in Mullers saloon, on
Main street, under Cochran Hall. The
three morning item snAtchers" were on
the ground soon after the firing, and it
is evident that they did not compare
notes, and each surveyed the fight from
different standpoint. The Register
insists that Billy Quinn,was a fireman Of
Company l, and was shot by some one
whom no one seems to know, and it was
said there was no dispute or disturbance
on the spot at the time. The Appeal rep
resentative makes Quinn a timer, and
gives him as company female attachee
of the Varieties Theater. Quinn was
drunk; he and the girl drank beer at
Muller's; Quinn, by way Of exercise or
amusement, kicked little poodle dog in
lively manner, and when Muller inter
fered in behalf of the poodle, Quinn
drew pistol and struck Muller with it,
was knocked down by Nuller's son, and
was shot by some unknown party during
the ARRAY, all of which was truthfully
headed Bloody Work" The blonde
Avalanche reporter heads his version
KILLED in Brawl," and informs the
world that Quinn was former fireman,
but a tinsmth by trade; he and the wo-
man were drinking beer; Quinn kicked a
large dog owned by Muller, and sent the
canine bowling away; Quinn was drunk;
struck Muller with chair, and in turn
was knocked down either by Muller or
App, and was shot by Muller's son.
1t may as well be agreed that Quinn was
drunk; that the woman was with him,
and that he got shot-two of the re-
porters concurring in this. Butwho struck
the first blow? or what was it struck withh
and was the dog small or larger are
mixed between pistol and chair and
Quinn, Muller and App; and then the
discrepancy as to the dog is remarkable.
The Register man knows naught of the
dog, but the Appeal man recognizes him
or her as belonging to the genus
poodle" of small size; yet the Ava
lanchian insists that it was large dog.
Neither reporter commits himself as to
sex of the animal. 1t is plain, however,
that the dog the woman, the pistol, the
chair, Quinn, the two Mullers, App and
the barkeeper were mixed up in the
transaction. Yesterday Esquire Hoist
issued a warrant and heard some testi-
mony in the case, and then released A.
B. Muller on $4,000 bonds. Rudolph
Muller and Matthias Gourmant, waving
examination. were remanded to Jail. A
further examination of the parties will
take place before Esquire Hoist at three
o'clock this afternoon.
This afternoon Quinn was resting
easier, and his physicians and friends
had strong hopes of his recovery. A
painful sensation about the hips indi-
Gates that the ball is lodged there, and
gives rise to the theory that the ball
passed around the body instead of going
through it.
Printers Picnic.