Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-07-13
SHOOTING AFFRAY.
Probable Fatal Shooting OF George
M'Guin8 by HOFTis QutnlaB In
Defense OF his Household.
QuInIAn HOnOFabIy Acquitted before
Justice HaII-TerrIbIe Abuse OF
wife by Il Drunken Hus-
band.

| sunday afternoon Mr.. Morris Quin-
Ian, well-known cooper who resides at
the corner Of Second and Carolina
streets, Fort Pickering, shot George
| M'Guinn, inflicting wounds which will
doubtless prove fatal. The following are
the facts Of the shooting, as related to
us: Sunday morning M'Guinn, while
drunk, came home and acted very bru-
tally toward his wife, who had just about
| finished cooking breakfast. After hurl-
| ing the dishes out Of doors, he threw
bucket Of water into the stove, thereby
eXtinguishing the fire, and told his wife
and children that they could go without
| food. Mrs. M'Guiun, through fear of
Iurther bad treatment, left home, and
| during the day went to her next door
neighbours Mrs. Quinlan) to get some
thing to eat. About one o'clock
| MGuinn came up to the window and
commenced quarreling with Morris
| Quinlan, who told him to go away, as
he did not want difficulty. Two hours
| sfterward M Quinn, with derinser in
his hand, again visited Quinlan's house
and c9used him to close the doors and
windows, threatening to shoot the Occu-
pants. After walking around the house
| about fifteen minutes, M'Guinn burst
open the door, and upon entering the
front room felled his wife to the floor by
striking her over the head with his pis.
toll. When his wife fell bleeding and
senseless upon the floor, M'Guinn pro-
ceeded into the second room to shoot
Quinlan, who, Selling a small car
fridge pistol, fired three times
at his assailant, the balls hitting him in
the left side Of the neck, the left a m land
in the breast near the heart. There
upon M'Guinn retired to his own house,
which was adjoining, saying that he
had been rightly served as he was wrong.
Mr.. Quinlan, after shooting the intruder,
renamed at home for an hour and a
half, when Constable F. B. Dunn went
to his house and he delivered himself
up, stating that he had no wish to evade
arrest, but was anxious to have tue
matter investigated. He was carried
before Justice Hall and committed to
Jail to await examination. Yesterday
Justice Hall, upon hearing the evidence
of the witnesses in the case, discharged
Mr.. Quinlan from further custody, it be-
ing in proof that he acted only in self
defense. Late Sunday afternoon Con-
stable Dunn visited M'Guinn, who ex-
pressed his thanks for arresting Quinlan,
and said he would do as much for him
some time. Yesterday, however, he adj
mitted to Constable Dunn that he
wanted to give an order for the release
Of Quinlan, and was unwilling to prose-
cute the case, as he (M'Guinn) had acted
wrong and caused the difficulty. Yes
terday afternoon MGuinn's condition
was not improved, and his Won IS will
doubtless prove fatal. The buAlJ that
entered his arm has been extracted, Uu.
the others remain in his body, one
having lodged somewhere in
the region of the spinal cord.
M'Guinn is an honest cooper, who
worked at the elevator, but was addicted
to excessive drinking. When under the
influence of whisky he treated his wife
with severe cruelty, often driving her
and his children from home and leaving
them to the charity of their kind
hearted neighbors for food and shelter.
The unfortunate woman was severely
wounded by the blow from the pistol
Sunday, deep and ugly cash being
made in her head. M'GuInn was ar
rested last week for beating his wife,
and fined fifty dollars by the recorder.
Mr.. Quinlan is peaceful and Iaw-abid-
ing citizen, and while he regrets that he
had to shoot M'Guinn, he says that he
was compelled to do so in order to pro-
tect himself and home from a drunken
and Infatuated man.