Daily globe., 1883-10-29
BLOODY SkUGGLNG.

a Sunday Night Party and Keg of Beer
Il suit in Two Very Bloody Heads-From
sharp Tongued Fun to FreE zied Fury
and Indiscrfminate Use o: Fiatirons and
Tea-kettles.
The patrol wagon was summoned be-
tween and 9 O'Clock last evening to the
corner of Charles street and Virginia av
snue, in the extreme outskirts of the city.
ami Officers Gibbons and Zirkelbach en-
tered the same and were rapidly driven By
"Doc."to the place indicated where trouble
was brewing.
On the way th1ther they came upon
James Cannon, the turnkey to the county
Jail, and his nephsw, Pat Cannon, who
were both badly wounded in the head
and were bleeding profusely. Taking
them aboard they proceeded to the house
of John Burke, laborer, where a serious
alteration had occurred, and
found the door barricaded by
Burke and his brother Patrick Burke and
another laborer named Coleman McGeary,
who were assisted in their attempts to pre-
vent an entrance by the women folks who
were fully as determined as the men.
Succeeding at last in gaining admittance
they arrested the males amid the wrecks of
regular old country sorimmage, and
conveyed them with the wounded parties
to the city hall, where Pat Cannon es-
pecislly was a sight to see, mis- head being
turbaned in old shawls to stop the flow of
blood from his wounds and his clothing
being completely drencheG with the life
current.
The two Burke's and McGaary were i'm
mediately locked up in cells and DR..
Withsrle was called to attend to the in
jUries of the Gannons and soon arrived
with assistants. AS the wrapping was re-
moved from Pats head the blood spurted
out from four or five inch wound run
ring along on the top of the left side of
bis head, caused By being slugged by fat
iron, but as was not expected the slkull was
found to have withstood a fearful blow aad
was not injured. It took the surgeon
nearly a half hour to sew up and dress this
ugly wound, and he then took up the case
of James Cannon, who had three
ircl fat iron wound in mis- scalp Just on
top his forehead, and four or five inch
wound on the left side of his head which
he said was inflicted by a tea-kettle, which
tore Eia sc,.lp IL d fearful manner, entire
ly removing hair and skin, but which, nev-
ertheless was not deep. James was bailed
by Sheriff O'Gorman on account of q sick
wife whom he should go home to, and Pat
was cared for at the station and will prob
ably be taken to the hospital this morn
ing.
AS near as could be ascertained the Gan
mons called at Burke's house at 7:3C
last evening on some er.
rand, ss James says, connected
with the illness of his wife. The elder
Burke says that his family and lot OF
second cousins were having good. time
over a keg Of beer, and that the Gannons
and the party got into some fun talking
which got into fght,and he tried as hard
as he could to stop it as he didn't like such
things to bs going op IL nfs house.
James Gannon says that he got 10 black
guarding with the Burkes over some rela
tives who used to live IN Boston, and as he
! drinks no liquor, says that words were ex
| changed as to who was the man who couli
| whip anybody or his weight in wild cats
| and that he was struck with a fla
| iron by Coleman McGeary, whom
| the Burke's assisted and who also got il
| the blow with the tea-kettle and that hi:
nephew Pat who came to his assistance
also received the ugly wound from fla
| iron at the hands of the same man.
1t was learned that others were presen
who took no hand in the affray who wer,
said to be John Gary and Martin Connoly
1t was as it resulted, a bad break up to {
Sunday night party, and the municipa
court will determine this morning whit
left off fun and blackguerd for blood!
fight, IS the Gannon's have entered a com
paint against the two Burke's ant
McGeary for assault.