, 1875-07-15
MURDEROUS AFFRAY.
l Drunken Itowdy Shoots d
Drunken SWltc1ltnnn in 4
House OF I'rOstitl.
tlon.
As Usual, the Cause Was q Woman Of
the ToWn..Arrest Of the
Assailant.

6HCo OF MIA hl4ktS HtthoNE WpuloHt WhEH-
Ing. Whisky and lowd women ara at tho bottom
Of this last murder. and II occurred In dissrlct
which has \ bloody record. and ia prolific of
atsbbieR and shooting aifrayb and other aan-
culinary yaffalrs.-Cheyenne, or that portion Of
the city bounded by Harrison and Twelfth
streets and Third and Pacific avenues, and in
habitod by tho worry scum Of society. oompFleing
ths brazon couItizan and tho thief and ptinp.
CLINTON pooK,
ayoung man Of a yoarn, sn smployo In tho
ynrds Of tho Illinois Central Railroad, IL the VIC
Tim, and Henry c. Spencer, alias John Gallagher,
dcmoniscal rIaian " years Of age, who says he
ia a native Of st. Georges, Island Of bermuda,
tho murderer. Cook roccivod his psy from the
Company yesterday, aud started OF on spree.
IIo drank freely Ill tho sa!oons on Clark
sass' thrso other " young ' men. and aGou. @ 1ao
o'clock In the afternoon vent into tho saloon
kept by Dan Wright, and known ~ the Uncle
Sam" at No. 483 on tito tloroughfaro last above
mentioned, with his companions, wl1o HOOD loft
h'n. Tbs soas aud upper portion Of the build
ing, . two.story structure, IL kept by woman
named Moillo Wheeler, ~
HOUSE or ILt~FANE.
Wright and his bRrkeeper wGfe In tho saloon
whon Cook came In, and tho latter, after drink
Ing, wont back Into pa'lot or sttttng-room ad-
joining the bar-room, and thcurc up
stairs to ,y, the diniag'room, whe1e the tho
female boartlerB Horo taking dinner. sho linz
mediatey ordered Cook 10 teAyo tho apartment
mud 10 into tho parloF, which request be COM
Piled with .ftee usinE aono rough lsnsnsge.
The wolnnn followed lin into the pazior of tho
saloon, wilen ho began to abuse her for telling
him to leave tho dining room, and wound up by
callng hor "d--b- and knocking hor
down. speneer-or Gallagher, The name BY
cue Joseph II. 1tcEwon Ut this juucturr, and,
Oh Beoiug Cook strike tho woman. knock
Cd hin down and kicked Kim in
,, .ne lace: Gallagher .n. ra' H.. s'so qnte aa',s
waH continued a. soou as Cook reached his feet
aud Wright states tlat ho used bis bost en-
dehyors to separate thom, but without succeas
Cook finally got tho best Of Gallagher, and
dcait him some ugly b!ows after getting Linn
down On ttc tloor. When they got Up. Gallagher
stepped back few feot frutn 4ia antagonist,
and, drawing q revolver from q rear pocket.
directly at Cook. But one Of tho bul1cts took
effect; it entored Cooks abdomon. GU
tho loft side, and = few inchea below
tho usyol. Wright thon soizod tho mur.
as 10 was about to fire At Cook third tsmo, and
prevented him. The wounded man staggered up
agsinst tho wall, pressing lis hand over tho
place where tho ball ensorod. He WAS takon to
saloon, aud there attended by Dre. Bell and
Jenks, who applied rastorauvos and ordered his
Immediate removal to tho County Hospital to
| which place ho Nas taken by 0f1cor Kern FotoS.
| Tho physlciuuA stated tAat tho bowels were
literally torn to piocos BY the bullet, which WAS a
largo que discharged from powerful weapon,
4. i distance Of three OF four feot. They said it
NRa ......
IMPOSSIBLE run THE NAN 70 LIVE
! moro than few loars. liz received all tho At
tuntion at tho Hospital 1t Was posaibie to give
hin, and st 530 o'clock died. He had sho
reputation Of being qulet snd lneffensise when
sobcr, and periodically INDUCED ia spreoo, but
carried no weapons and WAS not vicously cruel
oven whoa drunk. 1Ie boasded at No. 54l Clark
street, in q houso kept by Joseph Galono.
| Gallagher rcmained about tha place for few
minutes after, the shooting, but skulked away
Just = moment before tho arrival Of 0nicer Lon.
dorgaa, who first came upon tho scono, and Kept
cut OF sight. Word vas sent to Capt. Buckley
oyer the entire district to prevent the mnrdorors .
| escape. Altar closo search In tho vicinity Of
Wrght's place, Gallagher was discovered kbout
$50 o'clock by Ottlcora korn Foley and Ktloy III
aud Taylor and Polk streets. lie ran ~ boon A
le saw tho officers, but uaa caught At tho cor
nor Of State aud Taylor atreets. Al Foley nesred
linn
| WITH REVOLVER IN HAND.
ho called on him to throw up his hands, bus the
stubborn follow would not, and both officers ran
up to him II, tie expectation OK !ecelrlnE some
ehotA from the rthtol which tue villain still had.
! They prevented him from using ihe weapon,
lad ho boon no inclined, by knocxing him on tho
hoad two OF threo uuss with the butt ends OF
their rovolverp, and innicting. slight wounds.
The follow struggled sums. but dnding hls
efforts uaeloes submitted TO hs fate, aud waa
marched on to tho Armory. \ largo crowd fol.
lowing. Officer shanley discovered the revolver
In GaliaRher'a pocket on tho way to the station,
and, on examining It, found that two barrels ol
tho ssyen had lately been discharged and re-
Whom bolng boolted At tho station by otlcol
Hayes, Gallagher told Foley
4 He WOULD LIKE TO CATCH nLM ALONE,
| f>n Ey ,ifr1{ {nr hffftrV nm tbs
bead With hlo pistol Whom placed N coil ht
| was 4uest1oned by : TRIBUNE Importer coiscern
Ing the cauBe OF tho shooting, and satd tla'
for nothing ~ all. but could not, or would not
give any Intelligent account OF tho ahair. IL
pointod to bruised. cut. and swollen mouth ~
evidence Of the blowa he rece,yed from Cook
aud said he wIahed hs had killed the - of
-, Then ho butted his head violonll,
aRainst Tie heavy iron bars OF tbs cell. unit
grcat tumps we're yeible. do pleaded froquentl,
ior glass OF whisky. but wAa told 10 could no
have It. lie Is = man rather short In stature
with = smal! chin-whiskcr, = villainoua m.
rough expression Of countenanoc. aud genera
appearance which denotes plainlJ that he In
rutiau Of tho worst typo, uhilo Lis actions stanl
! him - ono Of tho
aud wicked Of men. lie has tho reputation 0
. being deeporAdo, aud 10 better known IN St
Louia than hsre, where be has beeu but
munth, having como up from tho, forme
than himself. lie claims to bo OF Englisl
psreu.aXo, aud saYs he has been engaged !,
, peddling dEy-goods, = story which IL greatl
doubted. Like men Of Ills cl&sH whom II
/, ,ouble, ho MA expecting Job on the railroad
Tho officers here belleyo him to be robber Ali
. | q villain.
oAL1AanxR'a "FAn1NEn."
McEwen, was also arrested and locked up tn tn
: / Armory, There were throe Witnesses TO u
,, silooting,-Wright aud h!s barkeeper Aud III
! woman Whee!er.
Owing to tho insopslbts aud critical condition
. | OF Cook, no statement Of the aIfay could ba Oh
, | tAfnod from him. The shove Beuorat account q
the shooting was obtained FROM those present. =
! tue time.
lATEn,
Bipce tho above was wrtften. 1t has bea
:. | loaned that Gallagher, the murderer, has kllle
: no loss than four man iu drunken bEaWla.
NEW COTTON.
i Nxu f1uIxANa, July H.-Tha Ptien Curret