The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-03-13

Heeney, and went few feet. dublin
] ack" says you may as well come over the
river tonight: told him l didn't have a
shirt on, only had an undershirt on. lie
saws [ have got some over there, II you
want them; | says, I'll see;I want to talk
to my wife again; SO | went back to my
wife. He stood there, don't know how
long; three or five minutes, when the po-
licemen came up. The policemen spoke to
Dublin. First thing see they both had
fell down, and should judge the policeman
fell on top. Dublin, when he was down,
said ARE you fellows going to stand this
There were present at this time, Thomas
Ross, Dublin, Pat Heeney and myself
could not say whether my wife and sister
were there when the policeman and Dublin
we're down; they run as soon as the tuss
began. | did not see my sister before the
policeman came. When the fuss began l
was at the corner, and the fuss was on the
crossing. Dublin and the policeman were
alone, They fell down, and Ross rushed
over: he was standing by me, and Paddy
says to me, who was standing, BESIDE me;
Cd d-n it, .don't let US let him go,
abiding to Dublin, meaning not to let the
officer arrest him. | says Il be damned
if I'll have anything to do with it; ten or
fifteen days won't hurt him any way; Its
all he will get" heard no words pass
between the officer and Dublin; Paddy,
he rushed over to where
they were, and | turned round
to 20 up the street. l had walked prob
ably or 6 feet, seen the two who were
standing, one Of them raised cane or stick
Of some kind, it was either Paddy or Ross.
and hit either of the others, of those that
were down. suppose it was the officer,
l don't think they would strike Dublin.
After that Paddy came over to me, Paddy
said: Let's go now, we'll get arrested. /"
Went on little bit further east, and
across the street from DR.. Truesdale's s, and
| looked back and saw Dublin was up. He
had the club in his hand and was cursing.
He was using the club. Istarted to run then
and Dublin and Ross started to run after US.
| don't know how far they run. We sep
arated from them. but they didn't catch
ahead, until an officer or two of them were
into some alley and through the alley, and
out in the block again. The policeman
| was still after US. | said to Paddy / an
going to stop. | amt going to be running
all around town for nothing, so | stopped
The policeman caught up with me then,
| thought this was the policeman the fell
lows had the fuss with. didn't know
thought it might have been. The police
man asked me: What are you fellows
running for?" and | said | was down towr
getting bottle of whisky and didn't wan
| to get arrested, didn't know whether thu
| police would allow man to get whisky
| this time of night, or some such remarks
Well, be said, come or with me, and
went with him. So we walked on till VII
came to Adler's corner, and there we say
where this poor man was lying. He say
this is some of your fellows work. SO h
put the handouts on me and took mt
down to Jail. This is all | know about it
| Cross examined.- When the encounter
! took place | was probably twice the length
of the room from them; it was less thar
quarter Of block aWay. 1t was brigh
moonlight. could See. think it wa
| Paddy that struck the blow; it was cithe
Paddy or Ross. It vas bright enough t.
see the club 60 up. When Dublin Jacl
got up he was using a club, and thinl
he was using it on the policeman, | me
policeman at Goettsche's saloon.
know that Dublin was using the cane o.
the man who wns dogp. Ross was stand
ing near. Paddy and | were CO the rur
When | run away did not know that IN
policeman was killed. run away becaus
| did BOZ want to be witness or wa
afraid would be hauled Up for witness
/ When Maggie. my sister, came around tic
corner, only Ross, Cavanaugh and Paid
were with her, / was arrested by Office
Metsch. When | was arrested Paid
and were together. The officer did nc
strike me until | got to Truesdale's.
might have made the remark, "Oh, m
i God, is he dead2" B. G. HEENEY.
PATRICK HEEsEY.
Residence Davenport; age 10 years. Al
learning to be moulder at the Eagl
Works, Davenport; was in Rock Island 0
Tuesday night, March 18th, at the hous
of my aunt, Mrs. Flanagan, in Roc
Island. This was between and 10 o'clock
: My brother Mike. Thos. Ross, John CAY
anaugh and myself were there; these wer
from Davenport With me. My aunt, Mrs
Flanagan, Thos Heeney, Bernard Heene
and Jerry Flanagan, and Maggie Eeene
, and Bernard Heeneys wife and Jos. Fiar
} agan, a little fellow, three years old. A
J soon as we arrived at the house we too
up a collection among ourselves, and Mix
t Heeney and Thos. Ross went to the corne
] saloon to buy a keg Of beer; they Wer
? gone about II minutes returned with th
! beer; we drank up the leg Of beer, had
= good time, When the first keg vas E0n
? Bernard and John CaVanaugh went for
D second keg of beer, and came back with i
, which was not half drank when We left til
D house. When we left the house 1t wa
} about o'clock; when we left, Maggie, Bel
] nard and his wife, Thos Ross, John Caviar
J augk au3 me vent together; Mike Heene
; came out as far IS the street, and the
t went back to the house; I did not see biz
r after that. We left, intending to 60 Lom,
, Bernard and his wife came along to sho
US the way to the bridge; we came down b
the saloon, then turned to the right, the
? we went down until we came to a stree
;; that turned to the right, and crossed tn;
g street to the next corner, then went cas-
Q ward again. When we turned to the RICH
: Bernard turned to the left and went nortl
After We had turned to the left, we can
S TO the corner where We met Bernard an
0 his wife, and | stood little piece frol
Bernard, and Thos. Ross and CaVaDaue
e went on ahead Then Maggie, my cousil
0 said, come on over, see if we can't Sc
! Nike we waited awhile, and I said, yo
had better 20 into the house, you are ge
{ ting cold, sis said no. want to see Mix
= before he goes away. Soon after this Ca
e anaugh and Ross passed Bernard lit
t ahead Of me. We stood there; prett
soon we saw them coming up and polio
| man with them. They stood at the cornt
talking by them, [ mean Bernard and b
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