St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-04-08
JOHN NEARY's MURDER.
Evidence Taken Before the COrOner's
Jury, and Verdict.
Porter the Murderer Intended, He Said
to Shoot the Barkeeper.

Porter the Murderer Intended, He Said,
| to Shoot the Barkeeper.
An inquest was held by Coroner Quinn
and jury yesterday, on the remains of John
Neary, whose death resulted from pistol
wound inflicted by Lloyd Porter, in the Pacific
saloon, on Jackson street, week ago to-
night.
The jury consisted of c. F. Mailer, G. R.
Monfort W. c. Wilson, Alex johnson, ?.
| O'Regan and Adam Decker. The inquest
was conducted by County Attorney Egan.
| JAMES SHANNON.
James W. Shannon was the first witness
sworn. He testified as follows: I board at
Mr. Neary's;I am lineman in the fire de-
partment; was present ON Tuesday evening
when the shooting took place; 1 had just sat
down to supper; heard noise, and came
into the saloon I saw a man named Dutchey
Dutchey asked me to take a glass of beer;
his business is stealing; Mr.. Slime and Mr..
Neary were present; l started to take cigar
when Porter came in; he threw watch ON
the bar, and said he didn't want it; the bar
and said he would have no fuss; then Porter
went out; in about twenty minutes he came
n again; 1 was playing pool;
when he came in he slammed the door (; he
came to the end of the counter and swore an
oath; he had a revolver in his hand; he
just aimed at James Neary, but did not
| hit him; the old man then grabbed Porter
nv fha how III
the end of the saloon; as they did so John
Neary, the deceased, came out of the dining
room, he walked about two steps when
Porter fired again and hit him ; l ran up to
Porter, and struck him with a billiard cue
and knocked him down, then the officer came
and took him into custody.
PATRICK NEARY.
Patrick Neary, father of the deceased, was
then sworn. The first that witness saw of
Porter was after supper; he came into the
ter; witness picked up by the watch, and
gave it to him, then opened the door, and
put him out; had not used force to put him
out; about half hour Porter came back; he
said "you son of al got you now" he
raised his revolver and fired; then l got
him by the arms; we tusseled to the end OF
the room, when he fired again and shot John
| still held him until he was knocked down.
JAMES NEARY.
james Neary, who was tending bar at the
| time, was the next witness and testified as
| follows: l came into the saloon about $50
O'Clock; was fixing table cloth when Por-
ter came in and said he would smash things
l said ''what's that you said!" when he
pulled pop; then he ran out of the saloon.
After that Dutchey came in; told him /
| didn't want him in the place; while talking
| to him Porter came in and threw the watch
can't say how the trouble about the watch
| took place. Afterwards was playing pool
when Porter came in and said, 81 got you"
| and shot; l ran out the back way; when l re-
turned they had him on the floor. My sister
was in the room and she said, "John has
been shot" John said, "What did he shoot
me for2''
EUGENE RETTELL.
Eugene Rettell, of No. engine, was then
sworn. Witness had been playing pool at
the time of the shooting; Porter came in
walking fast and swearing; he had the gun
in his hand; he came up the saloon and
shot; the old man grabbed him and there
was scutfle: just as he fired
the second shot I struck him
we knocked him down, when he said, "boys
don't hurt me, didn't intend to shoot you {;
l wanted to shoot the barkeeper." Then he
was turned over to the officer.
FRANK NEARY.
Frank Neary who was tending bar Tues
day afternoon, then testified as follows:
Porter and Dutchey first came in at $50
o'clock, Dutchey remained and Porter went
out; at 80 o'clock Porter came back; he
wanted to play pool with me; he said if beat
him he would give me his watch; we played,
and beat him, then he said he wonld clean
out the house; he went up to the bar and
pulled out gun; we handed him
back his watch and made him go out
when we got through playing we exchanged
watches; he took them both and threw them
both ON the counter; he said he didn't want
either of them. I was not present when the
shooting occurred.
THE SURGEONS.
DIR. Horst was sworn and testified to hay
ing made post mortem examination on the
body; he described the location of the ball
and the parts of the body it passed through
and the ball passed through the intestines
and lodged in the spinal column; death had
resulted from the wound.
Dr. Murphy was sworn and corroborated
the testimony of the previous witness.
DIR. Stamm was sworn and testified to the
statement of facts as true.
THE VERDICT.
The jury found that John Neary had come
to his death on the list of April 1884, at, and
in the city of st. Paul, from "a pistol shot
fred from a revolver, then and there, held
and fired by Lloyd Porter, that said shooting
was done wrongfully, unlawfully and with
malice aforethought.
SEVERAL SHELVES FULL