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When horamo baclt he fctcloa d pint Of wlis-
koy with him ana we drank 1t. Aftor It was
lave aomeOreakfast, aud went to tho tao5oaud u .l
ad an no sp Of t'' .aooV wo hfn de etgt0 Know Ss
wl.oro tho placa ts-somowhero ea 9aa lou,
several drinka tlloro, and htald about On hour:
Thoro was nobody hut us two tlore, and we sat
down 10 table ana drank. Then 70 came ,rs oas "
al,d brought anothor bottio OF whlaky down to
tho house, aud We dranl. TINT ll1ero. Thoro was
a party that worked iu tito brick.yardH out
thero that waB rrotty vol acquainted with.
e. sa share ~s Ss'se sSs xAsy * hsSi sh % Ssse
wont ovor to q Baloon ncar tho briok.yard TO gos
him, but he wasn't there and no went to
anotlor saloon aud found him thoro. This was
about o'clock II, the afternoon t ana we ',,aa sta'a
! guosa 1t was, or 0. should say, ny father anu
aud treatsd them. sly father told mo
he wanted to geo -, mo- ,.rrns,, asked III. Mm III II
nao n' and o 10 says, n No No, Didn't oar anything
about t." uakod him II ho got 1t on Saturday
night, aud ho Bays "No." 1aayg, well, that
~ al right 10 couldn't got It to-day" He seys
and 60 down to tho Justicos Office in Tie morning
nnd Jay s5 or $40, aud havo done with, it, aud
go baok to work" II says," am going over
Gon,o tonight" Hc pays, You Ind botter not
COMO YOU arc LOO uIuuk, t0lQ ulIl was
not drunk. IIo advised me to ataay, and Ryan
ca!lod tho old man to ono side aud talked with
hiul, mud ho won't When got into tic btreot
Eve or ten minuteB aftcrwardB couldn't SEQ
them. When I got on the sidewalk staggered
mud fell into tho ditch, and o couple OF fellows
helped mo up. I don't know whore / wont after
that. II n,uss have boon 10 o'clock or come
whores about tint thon loAt my coat, but don't
remember where, don't think lost It In tho
ditch. diJn't have it on wlon got to Mrs.
rt7&t
DAY OH tho South Side. I don't know What hap-
penod after I got out Of tho ditch.
TIE NEXT THING KNEW
T was in Mrs. o'brlcns. sho was there, and
minute or two when said, Giyo us something
70 drink."' She saa to mo, Where were YOU I
You are muddy from head to foot" I Bald I
Didn't know myself whore I had been. she
: Bot out tho drinks for, the mon playing cards,
and told llor wautcl whisky, bus slo said she
wouldn't givo INC anything but pop. az
WAS TOO DRUNK.
She says, What are you going to havo ?"
BAYS. WHISKY" says slq, "Yo! ,s are drunk, and
and I saye, "fill thom up again" I was
on the tablo. with my elbow leaning
OH H., and sho says, "Yon. arc too
a drums ohfs rn y aa Rry for Al
glass OF pop, like good boy" With that
TWO 0FFIcERs wAI.KEp IN.
know them both as sonn aa I saw them, as
lad drank ofton With them III tho same saloon,
them % Of tic street. says, "aood night, boys, s
Ing. Says O'hlcara, before any answer was
made, There's our man," ~, and d. ssa,an ;I looks
S tSwsf1s Ss1 1s sn and an Say N9 2s not si ,G
cigar. I thought because there was mon in
Says I, "Tuko cigar, them" aud Mrs. Drien
spos up snd snys N9 Ghr's US ny tseet
das az whisky h ara Mrs eSa oa. seaean n the then
galked up to me, and says,
CHRIS WANT YOU"
BayR I, "WAat for9" He says, 81 have got a
waxynnt tos yca:" Says !, '.1t Sou haye got
q piece Of paper which l,ad no writing on it.,
looked ut it aud saw It had 10 name Or anything
olse signod to it. WAen SAW that got down
on the table, aud says, we'll, II l hnve got to GO
I must Co. and pulled out revolver, and !
walked towards the front door. Ind says III
any Of you undertake to take mo
II WILL SHOOT you,"
O'Mcara was standing with his back towards the
bar, aud when he SIM me walking towards tile
door 1o pulled out n aliug-shot aud put his baok
thrco atops from him, aud looked sidewaYn and
saw 6canlan coming toWnra8 me with his hand
bchiad him as II Ae was getting his pistol out.
just as turned around,
aud commenced beating mo with the aling-shot.
We had a tussle, aud whilo lie YVES striking mo
sAoT At HIM.
Scanlan was coming toward me. and Willie
my hand liko-aud shot at scan1au, aud just
then be grabbed me. OMearn uBed his sling
shot OIL mo in the tugslo before I shot. He
struck ne'with 1t about tho timo I fred. Scan
lan took hold Of mo, both bad hold Of mo then,
mud I fell, or he knocked mo down, aud botb
Of them foil on : top Of me, O'aIeara
the most Oh top. boat O'Meara with my
revolver and O'Mcara bent me. didn't know
whether the nian WIS dead. I struck him with
my revolver. l don't know where hit him.
scASI4AH WAS DEATlNa ME
with his revolver: We tusslcd all around tho
floor, aud | dlopped my revolver in hitting
0Measa. Wo tussled around tho hoor, and
right by the ico-box ut the end Ut the counter.
Scanlan didn't try to hold me- down much he
bud one hand elold OF me, and Was boating mo
with his revolver. I got mp On ono kneo and
acANLAN TURNED AND RAN
out Of the door. Il ran after him., and when I
set on tho sidewalk gave ~ him shove. and 10
street, falling two or three times on tho way.
went up not worry far from there, but couldn't
find tho way acroas the croels BY the brick.
yards-you know where it Ia. I laid down there
until about O'Clock in the morning, mud when
I got up
TWAS ABOUT HALF DEAD.
went down to the locks, and walked out on
tue tow-path until got to little saloon neal
the Springs. went in thore, almost dend.
didn't know what to do. took couple Of
glasses Of beer, aud got bottle Of whisky, ant
walked on down the tow-path, and after NJ
hour or 10 saw wagon coming up: Whom
Haw 1t sat down on some dry Btufr, and ths
wagon came up, aud tho fellow IN It, Who LOOKED
like 8 farmer, Huys,
"uE1Lo, WON'T You rAEE RIDE 2"
by that d man WHO was lyiug Ill tho box Of ths
wagon got up and says, =" pig you seq won4a,
pass hero7" Says I, "No," and the farme
spoke up and says he, "Get In and take ride
you must be tired" 7 looked ut tho other mal
und saw 1t was Policeman Mahouey, and got ints
tho wagon, as aoon as I did 30 Ii
threw himself On to me-, end says, "1
you move I will shoot you." Saya I
'What will you shoot mo for He says "Wha
did you shoot O'Meara for ~ THAT was til,
first I knew ! Ind killed him. I aaya y:
dsaa daa lsa h ry aiSSPps 81 yo'
say that killed him Il tAat is so." he say
You will lind OUT" aud Haya Tint Ia a
right ii do.''
Ry that time haYaral other ntllcars ca1ua Ii,