, 1881-04-11
ALMOST A MURDER.
Daniel Connors Shot Through the Body
by Henry Smith.
The Tragedy Occurs IN Front Of a South
Clark Stroot Groggcry.
Bad Whisky, Prolonged Debauoh, and
Pure Ugliuess the Cause.

noru. tho mnn who Was shDt by Henry Smith.
md whU now lies Ia q precarIous condition at
the County HoSpltalt will In The not far distant
future be ut subject for tho Coroncrs In
tiucat. 1nasnuch ~ all tho actors In tic affair
were too drunk last ufRht to give an intetllgibfu
account OF themselves and their dolugs. tho &C.
currence ia surrounded with, great deal Of
contradictory evidence. OF the mhiu points
there cau bo no doubt. Daniel cunnors has bccn
shot, Henry smith did tho deod. md Is now In
custody, along wtth several eyo- witnesses Of tho
shooting. Al near ~ can be learned tho stusy
Of tho attalr is abott AZ folGnws: Saturday
afternoon four employees Of tho Chicago, Mil
waukce i 1T. Paul 1sailway. who returned last
Thussday from their work ut Davis junction, on
tho lina Of the said roah. started out after receive
INK their pay to B3uan1er tllotr earnings in the
way oommon WITH dcprsvcd aud vicious natures.
Tho names OF these four men were Thomas
burns, Daniel Connors, John Miller, and Henry
stnlth. They nrbt lsnbtbcd freely of the villain.
ous decoctlons to DO met With IN the
tow-down salaons on tho West Side, md then
clothtn9 ttorc on that street near Harrison,
they J''irehatcd-ihree OF thatn-hata. coats.
neektfes. cte, Ut similar pattern. While bag.
CD saS sHpea tU s .bown .one
sv1avers. When attention was drawn away from
@ O. saSry ssp f re pS liz
blind them. Whgt0 they spent tho lrHL pnrt nf
u eeaa i SnoS bowoec y
ass*ax ssss '! ss!s'ns sys"sS
ut stout o'clock ID th9 morning at fom's l.odE.:
ing. fiouse on West Mndisou street. Not ono Of
ss hss soon eafy ass h f S Sto4s so
leaving the place,
LOADED Ills NEwly-AcQC1nEp REyOLvEis
With carteihges selected from M assortment
which he carried IN bis pocket: Tho most rcl.
afternoon un South Clark street, IN tho neish-
ens u tad aor ~ % Kept to,n H1nte I'll eon&tion
OF botsterousnrss ami ni1ar,ty. and thetF conduct
was marked .by decidedly rough delneanor.
5a Mao sosta Sare sraet nd xesR o S a.
sltereatIon there Henry Smith attempted to
him. They went from ono sntDDu TO another,
their drunkenness increasing after each visit.
There seemed 10 to On the part of ,hrre ot the
il haf. .lnseiiisiSls way tod iasi nisht taat 1t
Us being "on the beat;" Thls teeitaE Krsw -
thets moro foFdblc than pollte. Tbs latter =:
Marked marx ! !ns!dentaly to nurns .hss he would
him. 1ndafsIna in til. ksind Of fricna. d
shtD shtD,, tho quartet ,r proceeded ut To- tna
they drank asslu. whca cou,ing out Of tae the
ptnce they indulyed In still moru ab,ise Of each
might DO a. bcw- p'easad in < case b. sas not as
satisfied concerning something that ,ad hnp.
sf acs fs m s"et ek s Ta .ese .
beer. Connors mnde i !" pnss :" Ut SMITH, who re-
1s 1t a:ssaa hsy % e a
ba'l from s; roy"lsor Of q tIe Is lied 5ssset
~ harm In tkt.1s
mud little to the right Of tue pit Of tho stoul-
ach. and gtanclny on a rib parsed thrt'ugh tho
a m hS S nos ILL., of s s sra%a asa
loudly, The spectators, Of whum thcro wero
many. rushed n, and before any intention had
pocksict bis pistol and walked rapidiy away
s9utnwart1. Hs turned and went up the Stairs
1l M u building only few doors away from tho
was takan By hls friends to a ueKhbortng drug
sturc, the proprietor Ut wh!:h refused 10 tuko
d.: Gusnea. who. after pr1binr tho wound
slightly. advised TINT tho patient b. remo.ed to
tho County Htspital. Tho police authortlte!
wGre notified ,t and tho mans remova! ras effected
So soon y tho nows Of tho affair reached tho
Harrison Street Station tho police began to run
IN III. Seven iilsr, were y bnied. One Ono Of of them %
tho Thonas burns acknowledgement to b. a
spes 81 @ 1mss. en anoaer Ssae Sna a
hc replied that ho was oa!!ed "0eorge'"'; soulc;;
times "Shceney" Anu sometimes "6nIith." and
thnt he WAS the man who hal 4Iosa tho shooting.
ser3t. Duty, with Officers Endera ana Long, touk
nurus and man named Fleming Tho Inter ar
to pilot tho way TO whera>
SAITH MIGHT he FOUND,
..seret. Duly tools one ot the tntypcs found In
burns pstckct. Atsd went along 10 llAke the mr.
They Ill went to Fink' sai.,on. No. III West Mud
isOn stFoht, wheEo smith was found stu drink.
z spa sSx x III ,Esi e. @ @ u: tsi
fort" uskttl Sntlh. Whrn told fur "thas shooI-
Ing" hg DID not oetruy tho least emut,on, and
deAd7" lio did not atte.npt to tlonY h!s guilt.
The pistol which he !,hA used. Anh which hAs
ss an1 o
bers empty. When taken to tho Arbory Smith
was 1ust aelo TO giye biz name and to etato
be s lid Il ea xane from @ Mtral. liz Il had bn. 1t
work On the Milwaukee, & Bt. Paul ttatlroad. In
appearance sMith ia about flyp foct .tcn inches
colntenanee: Ills nRe he, aivcs ~ is years:
Apart from the unpleasant Impression isnparlsd
wotidesiaIiy lnSbrnssd- Is not @ III bad.an. @
pcArlng follow. Ills talk marks him ns tnuKh.
After ho had baan giyon little time wharoln u
fuddlod Intellect. reporter sought to net from
hni btntonsiit 10 to tho attempted killing: lau
sald that ho bad been told that he haa killed
Apast sS@ s'n!tse saant'!ie%tiosa ot S!mset.
Tho stpS ~ss Wtaessea Sy ,nuy peoe at u
.bc ncIgnboshood, and Mt tho Harrison Streor
snon to thoro are @ mon unsr n
William HALEY. Jamos Grnon, James Fleming,
James l. Williams: and p. v. Pollock: They ua9
Fovsa d s ps:ss s raa IT, tes e. s%x ass caot.
strtke. Or strtksat, smith before the revolver
panisl couuiors, tho wounded man, Is % years
old d tnOuer bY trat]e and ljyoa when In CbI.