The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-03-16
The Murder of John PugSley.
from the Duluth Minnesotian.


Our city was thrown into an intense
excitement on Thursday night, about 8
o'clock, by the report That John Pugsley
had been shot, and on going to his place
of business we ascertained the report to
be too true. Mr.. Pugsley, who is a
liquor dealer, had his place of business
divided into two apartments. the
front room being devoted to his
wholesale business, and in
the back room is his bar room. MIR.
Pugsley was standing behind the bar with
his left side toward window near by,
conversing with several persons, when
shot was fred from the outside, and Pugs-
ley threw up his arms with the exclana-
ton, II am shot, and know who did it,"
and Immediately ran around in front of
the bar and took off his coat and vest,
when he was taken up stairs (Mr. p. re-
sides over his store) and medical assist
ance sent for. On getting to his chamber
he fell on the floor, but by the aid of sew.
eral persons who had arrived by this time
contained that the ball had entered his
back through the left shoulder blade, and
had imbedded itself in his body.
DR.. Wallbank arriving at this juno
ture commenced to probe the
wound and search for the bail, and ir a
short time extracted it from point four
inches below the left nipple, but as Mr..
Pugley showed no signs of hemorrhage,
and no blood came from the wound, it
was impossible at1hat time to tell wheth-
er the ball had passed through the body
and the left lnng, passing just under the
heart.
While the friends of Mr.. Pugsley were
ministering to his wants, Immediately
after the shooting, another scene twas 60
ing on near the corner Of Superior street
and First avenue east. Chief of Police
Thompson was going along the street,
when all at once what Mr.. Thompson
supposed to be boy fell into his
arms with the exclamation, ''Oh! Mr..
Thompson, have been looking for you,"
to which Mr.. Z. replied, "Who are you?"
and received the answer, Don't you
know me? I am Hattie,'' and she i'm
mediately swooned. When Mr.. T. caught
her he discovered by her soft
hand that it was a girl,
and the thought struck him that
perhaps it was some young girl who had
in romantic freak put on her brothers
clothes and gone out in the street, and
being detected, had sough him for pro-
lection, but when the girl came to her
senses. said, II am Hattie, and have just
shot John Pugsley. To which MIR. T
replied. 'What is this Hattie Russell
and she said it was. Mr.. Thompson then
took her to bis house-(Duluth has no
Jail fit even for a HIGHLAND provided her
with safe quarters in o vacant room. He
then went down and found that what she
had told him agreed with our particulars
of the shooting.
TIE CAUSE OF THE SHOOTING.
1t will be remembered that at the term
of the District Court held in February
last, an action was brought against Mr..
Pugsley by Geo. Russell for the seduc-
ton Of his daughter, Hattie. The jury
disagreed and the case went over until
the summer term. when it was, for some
cause, postponed, and is to come up again
this spring. Mr.. Pugsley was married
some time since, and this fact seems to
have irritated both Hattie and her pa
rents still more, and we understand Geo.
Russell has, on two occasions, threatened
to shoot P"gsley, and when he exclaimed,
81 know who did it," just after he was
shot. he supposed that George had fred
the shot.
will be fifteen years Of age on the first of
next April, and the child which she
claims Pugsley to be the father Of will be
one year Of age on the 25th of this month.
She Is small in stature, and has . pleas