Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-08-30
ANOTHER CHAPTER OF BLOODSHED.
DOre Bean, a Railroader, shot and Killed
by Conductor Thos. Dooley.

Dore Bean, a Railroader, Shot and Killed
by Conductor Thos. Dooley.
In Difficulty in the Rsilroad Yard
Last Night.
Dooley Not Arrested at Latest Accounts
1t becomes our painful. duty to record
another chapter of bloodshed, in the shape
Of an unfortunate shooting scrape; which
took place in the E. T., Va. & Ga.
Railroad yard about 8 o'clock last night, in
which Dore Bean, a former employe Of the
road, was shot and almost instantly killed by
Capt. Thos. S. Dooley, a freight conductor
on the road.
The news of the tragedy spread rapidly
through parts of the city, and
Urge crowd gathered about the
railroad yard. The dying body
OF the unfortunate man was taFen in
to the yard-master's Office, and DR.. Geo. E.
Wiley was summoned, bnt he found the
shot to be fatal one, and the man lived on
ly about 81 minutes before he breathed his
last.
Coroner r. II. Hood was notified and
brought to the scene as soon as possible
and empaneled the following jury of in
quest over the remains: A. A Sho1derly,
j. H. Maniss, G. B. Burleson, John Black
Coz A Lancaster, J. 81. Price and Peter
HenrItze.
Capt. George Wom5le was summoned as
d witness He is freight conductor on
! the road; and he and Dooley were each on
! the board to take out section of train
No. 6, bound east. They were accor-
dingly in the upper end of the yard,
| getting ready to go out ami CAptf in
Dooley had his section about ready. Cap
| tain Womble testified to the jury that Bean
came up to where Dooley was sitting down,
with his lamp i'll hand, and called to Dooley,
wuereupop Dooley walked off with him
few steps, AID they were engaged in con-
versation, il which he could discover that
| Bean was pre ty mad, Jolu Patterson,
who was near by, walked up and pat his
hand on Bean and said to him tLat this
thing could be settled without any difficulty.
Bean replied that he was talking 10 Dcoley,
and kept on talking. Dooley s.artel to
walk off, Bean following him. Donley
| told him a time or two not to follow
him, with his hand rather behind him
Bean kept going, however, and said to
! Dooley that he had acted the id scoun-
drel with him, and he (Bean) was big
enough to tell him of it, and was going to
do it. Dooley kept going b'ck and Bean
advancing Dooley sill telling him to follow
him, and finally Dooley pulled out his pistol
! The first s1ot, witness thought, went off
prematurely, and was fred up in the air,
| but he then took aim and fred two more
shots at Bean. Bean walked off few
steps, threw up his hands and said "Oh
Lordy," and fell to the ground, from where
| he was taken to the yardmaster's office.
The witness saw no weapon of any kind on
Bean or in his hands; dontt think he had
any, and didn't see him make eny attempt
to strike Dooley; he only continued to ad
vance on him.
The body and clothing of the dead man
were examined, but nothing was found in
the shape OF a weapon, except small
pocket knife, which was In his pocket.
DIR. Geo. E. Wiley was sworn aud testified
testified that Bean was shot in the left side,
between the 9th and 7th ribs, the ball rang
ing little upward, passing through the
stomach and liver. 1t didn't touch the
heart, but passed very near At. Death re-
suited from that wound, which was
the only one that could be found
on the body. The doctor cut the ball,
which was 32 calibre pistol ball, of conf
cal soape, out from where it had lodged,
just underneath the skin. DIR. Wiley said
Bean could speak when he first got to him,
and said something about giving him more
air, and giving him water, bnt made no
statement at all abont the difficulty.
This was all the evidence obtainable at
the time before the jury, and after brief
consultation they re turned verdict that
Bean came to his death by a pistol shot
from the hands of Thos. Dooley.
1t seems, as far as we could gath
er, that Bean has been for num-
Der of years, off and on, employed
on the railroad in various capacities, having
at one time run the switch engine He was,
however, until recently, firing an engine,
and, it is said, had been discharged from
the service of the road, having been re-
ported by Capt. Dooley, for running an
engine through a station faster than
is allowed by the regulations.
This, it seems, engendered the hard feelings
which resulted in the fatal tragedy. Bean
was single man, perhaps between 25 and
80 years Of age, and his father keeps a
boarding house in Chattanooga. He was
pretty well thought of by the railroad men
and others, and his greatest fault was
inclined to dissipation, but he is said
to have been sober last night. The
remains were taken on stretcher to Mrs.
Browns, his boarding house, and prepared
to be sent home for burial.
Captain Dooley is young man who
stands high in the estimation of the rail
road officials and his fellow employees.
Alter the shooting, he walked at once
into the Office, reported what had
occurred to Maj. Perrin, sat down his Ian
tern, and walked out
After the inquest warrant was sworn
out by A. Lancaster, and placed in the hands
of Deputy Sheriff John Black Cox, for
Dooley's arrest, but he had not been
arrested up to our latest information.
1t was not thought by his friends that he
had gone off, but would give himself up,