The daily gazette., 1882-11-11
DAN. MAGUIRE'S DEATH.
THE INQUEST BROUGHT TO A
CLOSE YESTERDAY.
SHOT DOWN WITHOUT CAUSE.
The Details of the Election Night Trag-
edy in the Third Ward. .-croney's Hasty

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The Coroner's inquest into the circun-
stances Of the tragic death of Daniel
Mcguire, who was shot by John Croney on
election night, was concluded late yesterday
afternoon at the Office of William " Brady,
at Third and Market streets.
The evidence was as follows
Henry Witsil-I keep cigar store at the
corner of Front and Maryland aven ue;
Mcguire and Croney came in some time on
the night of election day, but don't know
the exact time; Croney Joined in an argu-
ment with Mr.. White, who was there I;
Mcguire sat on the opposite side OF the ta..-.a
from where Croney was standing when
White quit talking with Croney he walked
around to Mcguire on the opposite side OF
the table Mcguire began talking to White
about his arrest that morning CroBcy
joined in the conversation across the
table and then walked around the
table TO Mcguire, talking to him. Both
parties were talking pretty sharp at that
time; ] walked over to Croney and said !,
"Come and sit down along side of me -
Mcguire kept on talking to White about It
and made use of an expression that Croney
did not like. | persuaded Croney to go out
side, partly carried, partly coaxed HIN, for
| fear of disturbance. i got Croney up to
the door and he refused to go any further
He called to Mcguire to come and fight him.
Mcguire came out aud slapped his hands on
Croney's shoulders, saying, C. - -----,
you're no fit man to fight me ; you
don't want to fight me-" l was
standing very close to Croney. / did not
think there would be a disturbance but
saw flash. Mcguire went back to the
door, put his hands to his stomach and
| said, "Pm shot.' We carried him in, put
| him on the table and sent for a doctor
rhs,. ttNn a1,ata Ir,,A
who fired the second shot. After the
shooting Croney did not say IL was an acct
| dent If he used any expression at all it was
after he went away. Mcguire said, ''Pm
| done for, I'm shot,
George Millikcn, testiGed--I am w2tch-
men on the Wilmington and Northern rail.
road was standing outside the door when
Witsil brought Croney outside heard Gro
ney ask Mcguire TO come out and fight |;
was standing about 9 feet from Mcguire /;
someone stepped between stood aside and
just then heard the report OF pistol and
saw the flash; the pistol was in Croney's
hand 1t was within six inches of Maguirc's
stomach ! heard three shots don,t know
| the time but think Il was about II O'Clock;
| Mcguire came out after Croney's invitation
| to fight two shots were fired one after
another, the third a little afterwards only
saw Croney fire one shot.
j. Wesley Carey, testiaed-I was in
Witsil's store about 11.15 O'Clock; heard
words between Croney and Mcguire; Croney
asked Mcguire TO come out and fight IL out
man for man; Mcguire said he could lick
any of the Croney family for $50; Croney
told him to drop the $50 and come out;
| Mr.. Witsil got Croney out; shortly after
Mcguire went out; couldn't say how long II
was, three or four minutes, perhaps more;
| Mcguire put his hands on Croney' shoulders
and said he (Croney) was not the man to
| fight him; at thai moment the revolver was
fired by Croney; think he had pulled it
| Just out of his oyereoat pocket; | saw the
flash very plain; Mcguire put his hand to
his stomach and turned at the time Croney
| fired the second shot, three shots were fired; I;
| the third was fired by some one in the crowd;
| ] presume it was fired at CIouey, as he was
running at the time,
| DR.. Howard Ogle, tcstihed-About 2
o'clock on the morning of Wednesday | was
summoned to attend Mcguire; i found him
in bed in Logan street, moaning and in
| great pain; | probed the wound, but was
afraid to in0et further injury; DR.. Lukns
and DR.. Kane came in, and the latter probed
the woundl the patient was treated with
morph!a hypodermieally and internally; ]
saw him At 8 o'clock, at noon, and again at
| q o'clock, when being in great pain he was
treated with another morphia injection; he
died two hours later; ! did not expect
| him to die SO soon; next morning in
the presence of DIR. Kane and DR..
Lukens made post-mortem examination.
| There was effusion of blood into the cavity
of the abdomen, causing death. Had this
not occurred there would in short time
have occurred Inflammation OF the walls of
| the abdomen--traumatic peritonit.s as 1t is
| called-which would also have caused death
| There is no doubt that the ball was the
cause of death, 1t lay deep down in the
muscles of the leg; we did not extract it,,
being Satisfied of the cause of death.
| DR.: Lukens corroborated, and the jury
having expressed an opinion that it was un-
necessary to call further witnesses, as the
case was clear, returned a verdict that
Daniel MaGuire came to his death by pistol
shot fired by John Croney, at the corner of
Front aud Madison streets on November =.