Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-07-23
PTTTSBURG's SENSATION.
Mayor Fulton Said to Have Been
Seen Fleeing
FROM A HOUSE OF PROSTITUTION
With the Proprietrsss After Him Firing
Shots at the Fugitive From
Her Revolver.
WILL MAYOR EULToN BE IMPEAcHED ?
Special % he ReaisLeI.

PITTSBURGH, July PA tall, lank, lean
individual rushed breathlessly last night
from No. l99 First avenue, disreputabls
house kept by Emma Johnston, who was
two lengths behind the fugitive. Down
First avenue the two rushed at forty
clip, and up Smithasld street they few
at increased speed. AtSmithGeld and Sec
ond avenue, Officer Hanna arrested Miss
johnson, and the pursued escaped in the
darkness. During the chase three shots
had been fred by thewomsn, none ofwhich
however, took effect. Officer Hanna, who
made the arrest said he knew nothing
whatever of the affair. II made no ar
rests" he went on with an utter
disregard for the truth. The officers in
charge Of the Central station assumed
mysterious air when spoken to on the sub
ject. They denied emphstically that Miss
Johnston had been arrested and were posi-
tive that no shooting had occurred in the
neighborhood above mentioned.
Eye witnesses
10 the affair say that the man whose identity
the police were attempting to conceal was
Mayor Andrew Fulton. He is very init
mate with the woman and she claims him as
her friend. Her child, little boy, is named
Andrew Fulton, the Mayors name, by which
she had it publicly christened. The
affair caused a profound sensation
at the time and furnished food
for the scandal mongers in the present
case. Mayor Fulton was seen by your cor
respondent and made the follow statement:
1T matters not what occurs at that house
am always connected with it. Now /
iell you as gentleman / was not
here at the time and knew nothing what
ever of it until it was over and / was told
about it on Fifth avenue. / was with q
friend at the time and not near the house at
all. / am satisfied that some ofmy enemies
circulated that story. could bring fifty
witnesses to prove my inno-
cenee, but do not propose to do
anything of the sort. Those who want to
couple me with the affair will do so any.
how no matter what l might say or do. l
don't know why Lieutenant Hanna denied |
making the arrest. He gets
Awful Smart Sometimes,
and l guess he had one of these smart |
spells last night. BIZ bis denial be threw |
an acre of mystery around the affair that |
oh baru,aa vroulI haya haap "
Miss johnson said that the man she fired |
that ms enemies were circulating the story
to ipjure him. She and the Mayor were the
best of friends and had never quarrelled
The man shot at was little fellow from /
Cleveland, named Smith She said he
kept ordering up beer and beer until he had
drank and distributed eight bottles. l
asked him TO pay for them and
he said he had only ord+ red OF bottle He
pulled out gun aud began Aourishing it,
and quietly slipped up stairs and got my
own revolver. Iwent to the door with him
and he talked very pleasantly to me. Sud
denly he drew back and struck me q terri
Die blow in the face and ran. I was stun
ned for a moment, but recolleeting myself
L ouOt al OuCC auu Iou dllcT ulu, |
Shooting rs L Ran.
the man got away and Davy Hanna ares
ed me. shot to Kill that man. l would
not allow the biggest man alive to strike
me. l wanted to kill, and meant to kill
him. 1t was premeditsted on my part. l
I'm no fool, If you think was in fun in
his matter, you are fool
At the hearing this morning at the Cen.
raj Station Miss Johnston did not appear,
md the forfeit of $50 left for her sppear-
,nce last night by well known magistrate
If this city was forfeited. The episode was
commented upon around the city
his morning, and speculation was rife as to
yhsther or not Mayor Fulton was the man
Who took leg bail with such ele sanee, pre-
,ision and success.
VIII the Mayor be TmpeaeheIs
Said well known attorney with reference
o the matter: I'VE have an act of Assem-
,ly which permits the city TO try any of its
,ficers and dismiss them by q two-thirds
rote, but we have no ordnance which in
'okes the act of Assembly. d. D. Bruce,
n his market ordinance, inserted q clause
making misconduct smisdemesnoF 10 Office
md thus making 1t an easy matter to get
i'd o. such man. Nov, am saite sure
hat Bruce has the nerve TO to introduce an
'rdinance into council calling for the i'm
of Mayor Fulton. Ifn can be
bown that the MPyof was the man who
ipured in the E. N. Johnston affair last
hight"
"WIll you introduce such an ordinsce,
dr. BruceP
II will without besitsncy," was the reply.