The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-23

a damned liar, and you are one too, ''(mean-
ing DAM was sitting next to the pam
try door, Cook in front of the stove, and
Dan on the opposite side of the stove.
My husband said damned liar" and such
words several times. Dan jumped up and
said Don't you call me damned liar or
| will fairly mash you" My husband
said you can't whip me, }" and Dan said,
81 don't want to whip you; was just
wanting to tell you some OF
your little meanness This was
said before Dan got up and said,
81 will fairly mash you" After he said
mash you" my husband drew the revol
yer There were few other words which
cannot tell Dan said, You think you
will bluff people big with that thing. You
would not use that, and you had better
not attempt it or will knock you down
with u chair" Dan then threw the
chair IN front of him, but did not attempt
to strike. My husband pointed the re-
volver at Dan twice and told him to look
out for their was ball in it. They then
passed "a few words. cannot say what
they were. My husband kept cursing and
using the same language over and over
Dan said but few words after my huss
band drew the revolver. My husband
then stamped his foot down on the floor
and said, Get out of this" Dan said
"---." Ny husband then took aim
and fired. He seemed to take good AIM
Dan was just in the act of sitting down
and had just taken hold Of the chair and
moved it in front of him and was stoop>
ing down a little to sit down. Dan, as
soon as shot, sat down on the chair and
said, Tom, he shot me- (meaning
Cook). That revolver (holding the res
yolver) looks like the one my husband
had in the cupboard. The revolver be
lOnged TO his brother, James McDermott
and it was rolled up in a flannel and kept
on a shelf. james brought the revolver
out Christmas The revolver had been
kept on that shelf for six or seven weeks.
When my husband first brought the re
voiyer out, Cook jumped up and caught
| the revolver and said, Now stop your
damned fooling" My husband said, Let
go of me- Cook still stood up while my
husband shot Just as soon as my hus>
band fired he said New take that. -
Dan then, as soon as he got his
breath, got up and started for the
door My husband began to weep and
said, Come back Dan and sit down"
Dan didn't pay any attention TO what was
| said but went right on and out of the
door. AS soon as my husband fired |
grabbed for the revolver but he said
Lock out or yon will shoot yourself for
| there are two loads in it. | won't let
you have it; will give it TO Tom" | held
on to the revolver until Tom came and
then l let Tom have it. | said to my
| husband, DO you know what you have
done? You have shot Dan" He said: Il
know it and am awful sorry, but he ag-
| gravated me" | then went out to look
after Dan | don't remember of saying
| anything. looked around the front of
| the yard and then | ran toward the road,
and saw him up the road, piece. saw
| him in the hollow down the road about
IS yards He was walking as fast as he
could; ran over to hum; He was half
| home when overlook him overlook
him near Mr.. Andrew Kadcl's house.
! Dan looked aroaud when he heard me be
hind him. said, Dan, did he shoot you!
'Oh, yes said Dan said, Where did
the ball strike your Dan said, ION, in
my breast; in my lungs. | guess" l said,
why did you not catch the revolver, you
were near enough to have taken it out Of
his hand at first" Dan said, "Oh, didn't
think he would do it; | never thought he
would do such thing at all" | asked
him once or twice if he was getting weak
and he said he was He put his hand on
my shoulder and put my hand under his
arm; We walked along; when We got &c
the yard at home he took his hand off my
| shoulder, caught a maple tree near the
porch and said, Don't go in there now
| stopped to see what was said. Dan salt
Don't tell them how this happened; tel
them we were just fooling; it wa
at accident" said, come on
in. Don't stand there in the cold. Their
he walked up aud opened the door, and
lay down on the floor. | followed him in
right behind him. lie threw himsel
quick on his hands and then rolled on his
side and back All that was in the hous
was father, and he was in bed. | callet
him and told him to hurry and get up
Dan ia shot" Mother and the girls wer
at the masquerade. Father asked Dal
who shot him. did not hear his reply
was getting quilts to cover him. H
asked for water. | wanted to see wher
the ball went through his clothes. Ill
; said Don't bother me; my timeis short,
: and asked me TO put some tea in hi
mouth. Father went for the doctor an
| was alone with him. Father and moth
er soon came. DR.. Boughton came an,
We fixed bed by the stove. Invent bacl
home after that. | met my husband a
the gate at hame. told my husband hoy
Dan was. Phillip McDermott. my hus
bands brother, was there. My husban
was on horse, and riding out of til
gate. He was on his own horse. My hus
band said, How is Dan? Did | hui
hm7' l said, "Yes, Pat, you did hur
him, and hurt him well, too. | don