Daily globe., 1881-06-09
A FIGHT UNTO DEATH.
Tho Sunday Orgie and Probable Double
Murder.

Tho Sunday Orgie and Probable Double
Murder.
In the light of modern research it is most
possible that generation or two hence will
come to look npon the Darwinian theory of
| evolution as one of the most brilliant dis
coveries of this or any other era of the worlds
history. At the same time, it is pitiable re-
Election that so much misery, squalor, abject
ignorance and wretchedness can exist in the
heart of civilized and wealthy city like st.
| Paul.
That it does exist to a grim certainty, and
dread fatality, perhaps, requires only that the
reader visit the flat in East ST Paul, which
skirts the railroad tracks and lies within ear
shot of the Seventh street bridge. Here it
was that terrific midnight battle took place
last Sunday night, in which men, women and
children ndulged in the most savage Orgie
that has ever taken place in st. Paul. AS a
tangible result of the fight, John McGinty
lies dead, and another participant named
O'Mealey is at the point of death.
The inquest on the remains of McG.nty was
held at his shaniy on the fai. yesleid y, COM
mencing at 10 O'Clock and lasting I'm il 2 in the
afternoon. On entering The sharty a ',,riking
spectacle was presented. Resting on two
chairs was an ice box contaiHiug the deceased.
Around the coffin were gathered crowd OF
| shrleking men and women, whose wild de-
meauor and hysterical howls we've 700 unnat-
ural TO arise from feelings CT genu' 'e gsief.
On the box was plate filed with f)bacco,
| pipes and matches. There w.s no Ill, niture to
speak of. Some OF the poor cle.ures were
repulsive to look at, one or Two having small
weasel eyes, highly inflamed, -ering from the
crown of The head, which was 80 contracted as
to admit of no forehead.
During the inquest the jury visited o.
| Mealey's shanty, the place where the fight
| took place.
| In single room made of rough boards,
12x2O icet in size, resided two families When
the jury entered. the room was packed with
men, women and chilG.Ien. The old man lay
on The only article of furniture, bedstead,
with his .ull crushed in. Mrs. O'Mealey
| and har d,u ghter also showed marks OF the
brut.' L9ht.
The ,e, mony was fearfully conflicting con-
cerGing the fight.
The maie.ial point elected was that the boy
| O'Fallon was the only one seen to have re-
| voiyer.
! The quarrel was .he result of an old furd
and was precipi, led by lie Hopkins and Nc
Ginty gang The ',st;mony is Fl ZEN in full
below and is iniei es. ing reading.
| The iulv was IS follows: A. u. Mcleod,
W. C. Wilson, D. Kennedy, s. E. Finch, Il.
G. Dunno and s. NJ tConnel.
MRS. BRIDGET M'GINTY,
che wife of the deceased, was the first witness
The deceased was my husband; he died Tues
day noon; he was about SO years of age; wit
ness resided IN tre house nearly two years; her
dauch:cr eld son-in-l..w, Hopk,0", resided
wi bel; ne dece SD WIS odG fsn,rg ilst
Sund,y: on ne way bone Pc Il O'ra',ol called
him 20 Ills hop,e, s ying IsI he h@d CHRIS
| tennr; Foobi IS went Wi bin; witness
heard no. e aboct IL O'Clock; she went out;
Green's i lie boy and Jolnp7 O'Fcnon were
fg5jur: O'Fal'on came out of O'Mealey's
| I'd odd h's ooy 10 use 'eyol,el, II ftey had
a knife; Iii O'Mea,ey came out VI knife
| aud swO.e e e wouldn't s'eep un'I Ie took
| some ores J. vhe on-in-i Uoi W mess came
in q as nd eelw ~ he ~ C. led b m vile
name; young G,een biz Fopt IS with CHAIR;
general fsht ook ,'ace; s was in the
O'Mealey house; Mrs. Cc 'ley too witness not
to goio, that lere was fe,".o'e slsugh,er
| go'pr on; witnna zen, 4 arc fOrlG her bus
| band .nenli Ig on f. y Wi. Green, there
was pm axe 5'twea tnem; AIS. O'Meal,v and
| Mrs. Green was DeJ ngt tie deceased; OMealev
was t1rown out az W 90 wert in: witness
| heard a SHOT a. size wen, il: she n ID her
| husband out; be 81 d oe was sloi; t'e Fa'on
boy was rot ir:..ce; there was great crowd
in the house; 'e decea ed W arrested and
brought back to sht house; ie told witness
| that James Lee shot MIN.
! DIR. ABBOTT.
| DR.. Abbott was sworn and testified to hav-
| ing been called on Sunday pight TO attend
deceased found bullet wound in
| the right side, near the abdomen;
witness asked who had shot him; he replied
Jimmy Lee; witness came home with him and
attended him till death ensued; he died from
| the shock and inflammation; witness describ-
| ed the course of the ball; the wound was suffi-
cient to cause death.
DANIEL MEIGHAN.
| Witness had known deceased; saw HIM Sun
day night; was coming home that night aud
heard racket; came over and saw big
crowd around ONE ley's; witness went in the
house; saw cow bea:iog Hopkins; witness
| took lol6 Of him % Get n'm out; while so
dong heard a psio, .ot; hadn't seen pis-
| toll when witness came out &rs. McGinty
asked him to bel her husband; went in and
saw McGinty anG .teen clutching each other;
| they hsC au X between them; each was de-
Tending Himself; witness separated them; on
! coming out witness saw man lying on The
ground; thnk it was old man O'Mealey; he
had been cut; on tie way down McGinty said
he had been shot by Jimmy Lee.
| MIKE HOPKINS.
The deceased was my father -n-law; last saw
him Sunday night; that night Peter O'Falion
invited witness and deceased to come to the
christening; went up and staid two hours,
coming home passed by O'Mealey's house;
saw the latter's son Mike have knife threat
enirg his father; he said he would have his
brother Val's life; man named Green stepped
| up and called witness vile name. telling him
to let O'Mealey alone; witness told him not to
call HIM that again; he was then surrounded
by crowd of men, women and children
! who attacked him with clubs;
| old man O'Mealey caught him by the neck;
some one helped witness out; there was gen.
eral fight in the house; witness had
not beaten old man O'Mealey; witness was
not drunk; had been drinking; witness was
about the only sober man in the crowd but
Dan Meighan.
MRS. MARY CoNLEY.
This was the knowing witness; she refused
| to talk, and didn't know much to speak of
anyway.
MRS. HANNAH KING.
;esides near O'Mealey; was in bed Sunday
night; got up and went out; heard a. noise;
met Mrs. McGinty, Hopkins and Mr.. McGin-
ty; they were outside O. Fallon O'Falon
said to Mrs. McGinty That some one in
their hou e had sto 4ooons rom his house;
O'Fallon's boy said he would knock it out of
them; heai! there was iuss at O'Mealey's