The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-04-09
A WOMAN IN THE CASE.
An Unsuccessful Suitor shot bv the Father
His Sweetheart.

John Doughertv OF Harlingen, New Jer-
sey, lies in st. Michaels Hospital. Newark, and
James Shields who shot him on Thursday
morning, Il running his boarding house In Har-
lnRen, and no attempt having been made to
arrest him.
Harlingen Is a little village about seven miles
south Of the station OF FlaRtown, on the Central
Railroad OF New Jersey, and Its white cottages
cluster about n section OF the new Delaware and
Bound Brook Railway. At the junction Of tho
principal village street with the railroad IA a
deep, unfinished cut, and on the summit Of tho
high bank stands a long pine cabin, In which a
part of the railroad employees are honrded and
lodged. MIR. James Shields Ia caterer for the
gang. About half mile across the
lots from this building MIR. Shields has
another building, a cottage in patch OF
woods. and in this about. forty more OF the
laborers are accom- modated. Among them are
Pat Dougherty, the boss OF the gang, John
Dougherty, the man who was shot by Shields,
and John Moore. John Dougherty, stout
young fellow, 25 years old, came from another
Jersey railroad to work on the Delaware and
Hound Brook line about three or four weeks
few days fell in love with his landlords daugh-
ter Mary Ellen Shields, who 10 pretty and about
II years old. Miss Mary Ellen turned her back
upon Dougherty and her foe toward Moore,
VIII. Sc attentions she admitted. Dougherty
OF seeking to make young Moore her son-iu-law.
On last wednesday evening John DOueherty,
Pat Doughertv and n friend Of tho two men,
quit their work early, bought bottle OF Jersey
blue grass whiskey and said that they would
"noid a hind o.. n Jubilee" In their room In tho
cottage of Mr.. Shields. Alter they bad eaten
their supper they went up stairs to their room,
shut the door. and soon the house shook with
their carousal. The family remained below and
John Moore spanked Miss Mary Ellen while they
listened to the uprOar above their heads. At
length II became very late and Moore pounded
"A DrOOmstipk a bQ n
aoove which sat the whiskev drinkers, as W srn-
log Tor them to cease tueir jOiity and 40 to bed
In the morning the three friends who had
drank on the previous night, took two or three
more drinks, and came down to breakfa surly
aud quarreisOme. After they had eaten John
DOugherty accused John Moore OF causing tue
raps on the ceiling that had startled them on the
night before. and shouting, I'll TX YOU" he
spr ing toward Moore. Mrs. Shields darted be-
tween the two man and separated them for a
moment. DOucherty exclaimed oh, see
you want him for your son-in- law; that's what's
enraeed, and general nght cnsuod be.
tween the men and woman, IN which
each said that the other was liar. Dnugherty
at length, In desperation. made another spring
at Moore, and rs Mrs. shields came between the
men, the former grasped her by the hair. and
dragging her into the bedroom, kicked her
around the floor and struck her IN the face
Miss Ellen ran out of tho house and To the cabin
father. She found him. and told him OF the
manner IN which Duu-hterty had abused her
mother shields set Out to find DOugnefty. aud
met HIN IN the fields near the wood as the lat
braidci each other. aud Shte ds cxclsiming,
III Tx YOU for this,' drew his revolver aud
hred. The hall sscd through Doughcrty 's
thtgh near the groin, ana the Latter, with curse,
pulled down his cap ana ran toward his foe
shields fired two more shots, neither Of which
wss effective, and tnen fled TO the woods.