The daily enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1884, 1884-08-11
DEATH BY THE KNIFE.

The material for the most deplOrable
and tragic chapter in the criminal an
nails Of Livingston was enacted last
evening when Harry Doran received L
death blow from knife in the hands
of John r. Mcnamara. Mcnamara
is well known as being the owner, in
part or whole, of the Revere hotel.
and us its present proprietor. Harry
Doran was boiler maker employed at
the railway shops. and was Il young
man of about thirty years. He had
been drinking yesterday, and was in.
clined to be quarre]some. At the Re
we're house after supper Doran had a
row and a small fight with boarder
and McNamara interfered, separated
the two men and took the third party
up stairs. McNamara then came down
and Doran asked him in an angry man
ner why lie lnterfered; Il few words
passed and then Doran clinched with
Mcnamara and probably struck him.
Mrs. McNamrra heard the racket,
came down stairs and led her husband
away. Doran then went out on the
sidewalk. McNamara shortly return
ed, went behind the bar, got knife,
placed it in his pocket and went out
Where Doran was standing. The latter
went to him, seized HIM around the
neck and slapped or struck him. Nc
Namara got the knife from his pocket
and with it struck backward blow at
Doran intending, as lie afterward said,
to strike his heart. The blade entered
the left groin at the base Of the abdo-
men and verging upward, Inflicted IA
terrible wound, the exact nature Of
which is not known at this writing,
but doubtless an artery and the lntes-
tines were severed. Doran, placing his
hand on the wound and with an eX-
clamation that he was stabbed started
to look for Il doctor. He ran through
the office and dining room OF the Liy-
ingslon hotel. then out side door and
across toward Main street till III front
of Howell, Gordon 4 Co.'S carpenter
shop he could 90 no farther. He was
carried in there and laid in Il comfort
able position and surgical aid sum-
| moned. Dr.. Alton and DR.. Campbell
both came. and upon examination both
pronounced the case hopeless. Every
attention was rendered to mitigate
the unfortunate man S snfferlngs and
to prolong the spark Of life as long as
possible. Several clergymen attended
and Rev. Father Hatton administered
to the dying man the last rites OF the
| Catholic faith III which he was Il be
lever. During about an hour after
the wound was inflicted he seemed
conscious and was able to SAY few
words but at no time was he able t(
talk at any length OF to make any for
NAL deposition. He sank rapidly, ant
during several hours before death was
apparently unconscious. He died a
1885 this morning. about seven hours
after receiving the wound. McNama
ra. after striking the fatal blow fiet
toward the brush along the river Will
the evident intent Of escaping If pos
sible. He was pursued. arrested an
Jailed. The feeling was strong agalEs
him among Doran's S friends. an
though we do not believe they Woul
| have been led into doing any violence
the officers as precautionary measur
removed the prisoner beyond til
reach Of hlrm.
| Acting coroner E. NJ. Tower In
panelled i. Jury this forenoon and !
| their presence DR.. Alton. assisted D
| DR.. Campbell, conducted an .autops
on the dead mans body 1t was io''h
that the knife had penetrated the ar
1omen and severed the intestlnes I
three places, and had cut the inesen
| teric artery. HemorrEage had bee
mostly internal.
Doran came to Livingston from til
west AMI went to work in the shop
about five weeks ago. His father an
other relatives are said to reside |
Muskegon, Michigan, and there trlt
gram was dispatched last night inform
inc Them Of the occurrence.
!, The instrument that did The KILN
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