New-York tribune., 1884-11-28
4 BURGLAR FATALLY sHol'
pvppsEIAER USED A SHOTGUN

now A BEER-sELLER USED A 'ho'0oN'
...,r vsox sLuxBER by FALLING Sno
eoUsAD nv nr.n MANS COMPANIONS.
Ih1 .ntered the Eleventh Precinct
Inree yoa"s A. $50 o. IN. yesterday, carrying on
Io.0' SS",asr. a man who was Oieea'nS Hon,
snen aSs. yvoupd in his left side: Ihey said no
80 s.su shot in Columbia-st.
Aao Uss hot him p inquired the sergeant on duty
.r,ny know. Found him lying In the street,
was the reply r,..a ,,o information that
~. vouuded man was Michael Donneiiy' an uh-
-s,r;.d iaborer, twenty-four years OF age whose
s. ,~.s a. No. 6s Goerck-st. He had become so
-eak from loss of blood that ne could not SPEAK
-h.u the sergean: sent call for an ambu ance.
d. the ambulance arrived word came to the
.t.,ion that Franz Klein proprietor Of the peer
,ho, at No. 1913 Columbia-st., had shot burglar
- Gas trying TO break into the place The youhg
..n who had carried Donnelly to the station ad-
.,;,,.d that thew had found him in front OF tne
haer-shop. They were put under arrest az once
"a susnicious persons They were Joseph Conneiiy,
arc twcn,y-nine; Fritz Faust. age twenty-one' AM
lanes III. King twenty-six years OF age. All eaiu
they were laborers Faust lived with his motner
and sister at No. 20 Mangln-st., and Conhelly
boarded with them. K,Dg's homo was at NO. %
Avenue-A.
nrAp nrroRr THE coRoNERs ARRIVAL
The ambulance surgeon who examined Donneiiy
wound said it lad been inflicted WIN
shotgun, a heavy charge OF bucKshot na'ine
entered the mans breast Mt SNORT r"Ds.'
Donncl,y was carried to Bellevue hospital
message was sent to Police Headquarters soon after
u.rJ calling for a coroner and stating that the
wounded man was dying Coroner Levy went 10
the hospital at a. IN. and learned that Donneliy
hal inst died. Klein had been arrested in the
meantime and he was taken to the Tombs fonce
rorrt with the other prisoners before the police
learned of Donnelly's death. He said his beer-shop
had been robbed twice. the last time about two years
aro. The beer-shop is in the basement
If threc-story tenement house. and Klein has iiveo
with his family on the first floor OF the house 1or
twenty years. About a. m. yesterday, Klein was
awakened by the sound of something falling IN the
shop below him. lie slept IN a rear room Getting
out Of bed cautiously and pcerng through an open
ing in "a window shutter. he saw man work
Inc Mt the window OF the shop. Thai
window had been protected by outside and
ins,je wooden shutters and o wire fastened
10 the window sash connected with bell IN klcius
tooin The burglar had not rung the oeii, pu. hao'
pi of the inside shutters ia,l 10 tne noV, IT,
Elrjp took uy "a shot gun which he kept l0aded III
bs aoon, thrnst the muzse ont through the win.
dow and fred ~ the inan below. Iherc was
gfoan and Klein heard sounds ~ tetfea',na A,sps
lie went Into front room and told his pai'"haci
who slept there to 90 aud inform tho poiee'
AaHisfiSo ~ rur BURGLARY.
Jus,iee smith listened 10 kiein's story Of The
shooting, and then held him In 1000 ball. wbicl
wea promptly furnished by ono OF Mr. k'ein'
neighbors. Conney Faust aud King were
we're committed without bal for ctaninaton to-
day, Detectives sheridan and s,oadnr,, "1 'm' m
dicated that Connolly was assisting pohnellN
in tho burglary at the time OF the shooting
mousse !" snssS rsnp u No. s
bia-st. On the ground floor Of the house lives Mrs
in East Tsnth-sl has visited Mrs Duffy two Of
three times each week. usually at night to meet
sG fs ua, Fsus rSoa On nsssS Wsssasesay sHS T
to leave the house together when Connelr, King
and Donncy ms9i 10 the poce Of n anor "a and said
fl,ey wanted Faust 10 20 and drink with them. Tic
refused TO co. Then DOnneily offered to get a can
W was st reary a. m: at that time and said that
Eic,n place was closed. Occupants Of the house
have been accustomed to get beer from the shop
large opening. in the fence be- be,
tween the yards aud from the yard of No 123
Cou ubia-st. a fight of stone steps leads down 10 q
Connolly said he would get the bcor if some one
would give him cas- aud Mrs. Duffy got out OF
bei to find one for him. He went out, taking Don,
What do you want matches for 2" Maggie in
Quired.
=. lost teu-cent piece out here in the alley. and
can't ind it without light"
ANNOUNCING TIE SHOOTING.
lie took several matches from box on the man
eel and went out again. Fanst and King waited so
long for Donnelly and Connolly to return with the
promised beer that they both fell fast asleep Mrs.
Duffy was snoring in bed and Maggie was doing
by the fire wheu Connolly ran hastily into the room
and said that Donnely was shot. lie shook Faust
and King until they we're awake and dragged them
out of doors. Donnely wss lying on his side iii the
street. Maggie followed the young men out and
saw them carry )onnelly to the police station.
trai, OF blood led Yesterday from the rear win
dow of Kein's shop through the opening in the
fence and along the alley to the sidewalk II was
q wavcripg line, aud showed that Donnelly
had walked out to the street after be-
ing shot TIE tin can which Connolly
hsd borrowed from Mrs. Duffy was found close by
the opening In tie fence after the shooting.
The detectives said yesterday hatneither Connolly
nor Dnnelly had been arrested for theft, so far ~
was known, and among their acqualntaDces the
young meI were not regarded as dishonest.
Donnellv Is mother and sister went to the hospital
yesterday before he died aud exhibited much dis
tress. They said he was q bard-working young
man who had not been guilty of any crime.