The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-12-05
SHOOTING AND STaBBIEG.
Mai Malone, An Ex-poIicemsn, fa-
tally Stabbed,
And a Solder of the 23rd u. S. In
fsntry Shot.
A Quarrel of Long Standing Settled
With a Knife-Escape Of
the Murderer.
sHo0TING AND CUTTING.

SHOOTING AND CUTTING.
Last night about eleven o'clock, shoot
ing and stabbing ARRAY occurred at tie
head OF the landing at the head Of the stair
way, leading into Clark Burns gambling
house, in Fifth street, between Shawnee and
Delaware streets, during which Mat Ma
lone, an ex-policeman, for the pas. twenty
years until within few months past, a
member Of the police force in this city, was
stabbed in the abdomen with butcher
knife, and q soldier, named Joe Flynn, 4
member oi Co. +, %! L. ;. Infantry, sta
toned at Fort Leavenworth, shot in the
mouth, breaking the jaw bone, but not in
flicting a fatal wound. Malone's injury is
believed TO be fatal.
HOW IT OCCURRED.
The cutting and shooting occurred about
eleven o'clock, and originated between Ma
lone and Young man well known about
town, named Patsey Muliane. 1t is said
that there was an old feud existing between
Malone and Mullane, which was the cause
Of the trouble The two met at the head
Of the stairway. on the landing leading into
the gambling rooms Of Clarke Burns, which
was
THE SCENE OF THE sTABBISG.
The stairway leads up from Fifth street
into Il rms rooms, there being turn at the
landing before making the entrance TO the
rooms. What was said by either party is
net known, but after the passage OF L few
words a scufile ensued between the two
during which MuIlane drew murderous
butcher knife and made back-handed
abdomen Just below the navel, iDhictins
what was considered TO he, upon the frs
and necessarily hasty examination, fata
wound. Alter being stabbed, Malone drew
a revolver and fired at Mullanc, missing
him,
THE BULLET STRIKING THE SOLDIER FLYNN
who was standing on the outside of III,
stairway, upon the sidewalk and taking NJ
part in the afiray, probably knowing moth
ing Of it }, in the right side OF the mouth
breaking the jaw bone, and embedding it
self in the iieshy part OF toe neck. As sooI
as the stahbing was done, Mullane fled anC
up 10 an early hour this morning had no
been captured. Malone was carried dow
stairs and laid upon the floor Of the saloon
kept by himself and son, when a physician
was called and made an examination
About half past twelve o'clock this mornin;
he was placed in an express wagon an'
/ TAKEN TO Ills RESIDENCE,
on West Cherokee street, between Tent
and Eleventh streets. The soldier was ais
carried into the saloon and laid down, an,
later was taken TO the Fort in an ambu
lance and placed in the hospital.
| Malone is probably as well known maj
as there is in the West. and during his ser
vice upon the police force was the terror O
evil doors and rascals generally, who kne,
that il they ever fell into his hands Their
was
NO CHANCE FOR ESCAPE.
He was perfectly fearless in the discharg
|, of his duty, and never hesitated TO go an
place. no matter what the danger, and pos
. sessing the strength Of 4 giant, seldom. foun,
, match. He resigned his position on III
, force a short time ago, and has since beel
keeping saloon in Fifth street, betwee
Shawnee and Delaware streets. No bette
officer than Mat ever paced beat, and
, will be a source of sincere regret to hi
hundreds of friends should his wound
prove fatal. Mu.laDe, the young man VIII
did the stabbing, is OF
WILD AND RECKLESS NATURE
and was in the habit of carrying weapons
About two years ago he was accidentally
shot by a man named Bob Craig. but re
covered from the wound, which was in tn
abdomen, and which was thought by tn
physicians to be fatal He was in all prob
ability under the influence OF liquor whel
the cutting wss done.
LATER PARTICULARS.
Later particulars OF the affair as gather
ed from eyewitness differ somewhat iron
those given above, and go TO show that tn.
stabbing was premsditated on the part O
Mullane, who got the knife with which b.
committed the deed from the table in tn
keno room where the lunch is served. Ma
lone was sitting at one of the tables whei
Mullane entered and few words passet
between them. when Mr. Burns, proprieto
OF the house, stepped forward to prevent al
encounter. Mullane then said he woul,
have no fuss in the house, and then wen
out, and this must have been the tim,
when
HE SECURED THE KNIFE.
Malone then arose to go out, when at tn,
landing he met Mullane, and after shor
scuflie Mullane stabbed him and ran Wild,
down the stairs, Malone after him. Officer
Cunningham was at the foot of the stair:
and grasped Mullane as he came out, and
just then Malone came out and said, "He
has cut me-" Mullane said, ayes, / did
cut HIM" AT this juncture Malone, who
had his pistol in his hand to shoot Null,
lane, raised the weapon, and the officer, to
prevent his shooting, turned his attention
to him, and. Mullaue, dropping the knife
was escaping when the soldier, Joe Flynn
bullet struck the soldier, who fell
| 10 iht siGSNaIh- ANU III Tue tOnlGslOD
MULLANE ESCAPED
by running up the stairs, through The keno
room and down the back stairway. Malone
was about to shoot again when his con
John, who had come out OF the saloon.
cried out that il was the wrong man, and
Mat did not shoot sgain. Malone then
walked into the saloon and SAT down in a
chair, and when the doctor came he told
him to attend TO the soldier first. Malone
did not bleed at all, and it is the internal
hemorrhage which is feared. At two
o'clock this morning Malone was not dead,
but was feeling sick at the stomach, and
did not seem 10 realize
HOW BADLY HE WAS HURT.
When Mullane ran through the keno room
he could have been captured, but in the ex-
citemeDt he was allowed TO escape. Mr.
Burns did all he could TO prevent an en-
counter, but the stabbing was done so
quickly that no one had time 10 prevent il.
From all that could be learned there seems
to be no doubt but that MulIane got the
knife with the intention of killing Malone.
HE rs INSANE.