Daily Republican., 1881-11-17
DEATH or waLIxAn SHIELDS.
4 Man Named Hayden Accused Of
Striking tho Fatal Blow,

! kAAhWB So0 ov0u now
In yesterdays REPUBLICAN briel
mention was made of the death of VIM
Shields, morocco worker, residing al
No. ll0S West Second street. The fol.
lowing additional particulars have
since been obtained:
He left his home early on Sunday
morning, and where he WAS, or how he
spent the day, is not certainly known,
IN nothing was seen Of him by his
friends until Sunday night, when be
was found at the depot by Patrick
Dougherty, who is his wifss cousin.
When found he was very drunk, and
had a severe cut on his head thai was
bleeding freely. He fell down several
times in the depot.
Dougherty, assisted by another man,
succeeded in getting him into car and
took him to Front and VanBuren
streets, and from there carried him
home, where he laid in an unconscious
condition until yesterday morning,
when he died. After he was taken
home, DR.. Eoberts, the proprietor of y
drug store at Second and Vanl'uren
streets, was called in to see the man, but
he refused To prescribe for him, Or to
dress the wound, and advised the family
to have him removed to the hospital
On Tuesday evening DR.. Wales was
called in, and seeing the dangerous con-
diton Of Shields and that Mrs. Shields
was drunk, refused to have anything 10
do with the case, except to advise his
immediate removal to the County Hos
pital. Later in the evening DR.. Patter-
son was sent for, and upon going to the
house fouEd the man laying in an un-
conscious condition. He applied re-
storativcs, out it was in vain, as they
did not have any effect upon the dying
man.
He laid all night in that condition,
snoring very loudly and at an early hour
yesterday morning died DR.. Patterson
II Of the opinion that the skull is not
fractured, and that death was the re-
suit OF conclusion Of the brain.
Mrs. SHE ds was very anxious to oh
tain a certificate Of death, which all
three physicians refused to give, as they
very properly thought that it was a case
that needed investigation by the coro-
ner, TO whom the case was reported
about noon, yesterday. 1t was at first
thought that he received his death blow
in low drinking place just outside the
city limits, owned by Il man named
John Glenn, who is now in New Castle
Jail for selling liquor illegally.
Last evening, Officers Mcguire, Han
nahan and Pardee, acting upon infor-
nation that they had received, arrested
man named Lewis Hayden, who is
employed at the Front and Union
streets depot as u watchmap, and took
hin to the City Hail. After his arrest
Hayden made tho following statement:
About dark, Sunday evening, Shields
came to the depot in an intoxicated con-
difion, and attempted to 20 into the
waiting room, when Hayden put him
out. He then went away up the pike
toward Glenn's, and probably obtained
more liquor; he was not gone long, how
over, when he returned and attempted
TO get into car that was about being
housed for the night, thinking that it
was going into the city, but was pre-
vented by Hayden.
He then made another effort to force
his way into the waiting room, aud
broke pane of glass in he window
Hayde then offered to pay his way
into the city if he would only 60 away,
but this Shields refused to accept, and
again tried to get into the waiting room.
The watchman then commenced to
close the room up, thinking that the
best way to end the difficulty, and as he
was drawing in the shutters Shields
struck him blow that would have
knocked him down, if he h al not caught
himself. Hayden then struck Shields
with club that he held in his hand,
knocking him down and inhicting the
wound on his head, which bled freely
and formed a pool on the platform.
There were several present at the time,
the waiting room, where they washed
the blood off, and he was then taken
home by Dougherty and a friend.
Hayden freely acknowledged having
struck him, but says that he did not in
tend to strike SO hard. The club that
Hayden used is a piece of a carriage
shaft, about two feet in length, with
one end curved. 1t was shown to him
last evening at the Hall, and he ad
mitted that it was the one he struck
Shields with.
Hayden is about 81 years old, is quiet
and peacable, and bears and excellent
character. He has a wife and family,
who are in deep grief about the untor-
tunate occurrence. Shields also leaves
q wife and several small children.
There has been large number of Wit
nesses summoned, and the coroner will
fully investigate the case this afternoon.