, 1877-02-24
Tho meeting then adjourned.
THE JOLLY REVOLVER.


THE JOLLY REVOLVER.
When M e,.hsr M - - i..rn. % n ,lrlnt rno, xht.ty.
aan e'.ne, 'ea,uo " koou ""sAJs
% epa ueet M .n I r Tnar aSdes a' sn sa
,ieht hern n The hecfnniur OF tha shooting
.tfs.v .t,,.,. - ~ W. s.,s.as .hst xtrs r.,1s..a.r
sn,ay ~, Aoo". 10 DC lc'a9eo tnat n'ns nss'e5soan
deserving @ T se oi the persecution Of such such pstos ~
Cough and Murphy. Probably, had the g.og
'" Hs, st's aa, s,"a .ts" ,ha .,,r =.
Tho bot bottom % Of Il: The he time vs. S:ao ,a., ssen
Ing; The location Matt wa1sh's snloon upon the
southwest corner OF Van Buren, md Clark
streets. which r. o,tlina,;1v one nj Tim outc,aat
aud most sF'stoc5atic in that rather tough sec-
tfon Of country. Tho partfclPants were Gus
Anderson, coloreti, nnd John kea1, white. The
former Ia q porter upon Pullman palace car,
. .'iu "ns" ~. nos a' "ots soa'as a'oaHa .o"n aee.
!nB Tho sights, and manages TO Kct upon
hurrah rs often a. hfs pockets arc
Is tunk-lealcr doing business
In = vfcck of tumble. down shanty At tho
southwest corner Of jackson and CLARK streets,
and also has the reputation Of man Who likes
better thsa hc ought. i weok or 20 ago 10 vas
!mphneicd. upon tue jury in Judge 0ary's
Court. mud las l,cen In almost constant daily
attendance since, waitinG to ~ called toduty,and
iecteti Id rcsnlar employment aud took 20
loahng about town. Upon his way
down 10 court yesterday morning,
as he says lc called into Walsl's saloon for hts
whose name he onlv knew by what 1Ic had heard
othors call him. The negro set up the drinks.
antl sndulgcd IN considerable bragna:aocio
toward Real, the burden of Ills rcmarks being
rnt,uke fuE Ennt hnrinrr n fnnb unrt,rtf .fnn1ra
Murray arrested andrut under $50 bot'da to
Geep .he ,pcacc. 1t appeared from their conYer-
sati9n TINT James MURRAY, butcher IN i,; 5iIe
Murray, Keeper Of . saloon close by
ror some caA.e q other last "Wednesday
afternoon n Wa1sl''s salnon, and had beaten
gro sided with Murray, and told Kcal he ought
TO to man enough to either give Of take gUod
thrasl!nE; 1nthe ensuing conversation Anderson
made kcnl believe that lao was detective from
Central station, and t1al considerable moro to
say abont aflairs around town than he. kcal,
was .ew.rc Of. Nothing catne of thts dispute,
and Keal went about hts business to elle court
foon L S S as 6s wua s aa h xana N
again Until Monday. and he at enee repaired e
Wals!is saloon, whcrc he found THO negro still
drinking and Dragging that be had bccn homo
and thraahcl Ills wife. The partY, Of whom
Kenl anl Gus Anderson wcre the only ones who
stayed permanently, kept on drinking, talking,
and arguing until toule time after Z o'clork.
BY this time both had become pretty full. aud,
Ia thelr disputes, abused each other with the
n,oss foul langua9e, until therc was no resort
save blows. The negro was preparing
to get Ia bis work first. wien Kcal
stepped back With . motion ~ II to
draw a revolver, aeelng which, Anderson
remarked, With a. frirhtfu! oath. - You dare not
stoot.r Dasn't J." said Kcal, and thu bullet
went whlzzlng Into Anslerson's brnin by the way
Of the left eye. Kcal then escaped out Of tho
sldo door. Tho negro did not 1all, Is might bs
expected, but stepped up TO the bar, saying hc
Tue bystantlcrs refused and tad him sent in 4
wlgon Il, his homo, M. I'll Fourth nycnne. lie
WIS thrrc attended frs. by DR.. Ford, who llad
no hopes u his recovery, and afterwarda
by DR.. Willard, who thought tho wound
might not be AZ serious ~ IL looked. Its fatality
wifi depend altogether upon whether tho bullet
proceeded directly into the brain or glanced oil
tho duva n,a&er Or hard covering Of tho head.
From tho fact that tue man was allve and pros
pcriug finely at ii o'clock lust night, tho latter
superstition would seem tho moro correct.
0fIlcer Tsainnr was In the ncighborhood at the
| to ~ draeo's ~ saEoo9, ,.rt On toe corner ,