The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-09-27
SHOT In THE FACE.
A Quarrel Over the Eviction of Tenant Re-
suits in Shooting.

John ID. Sullivan, section boss on the Gin
cinnati, ST. Louis, Indianapolis & Chicago rail
way, returned to the city recently. after having
Decatur county He owns a house,
No. 301 Bates street, which, dur
ing his absence, was occupied by
Richard Walls an engineer on the same road,
aud family. Sullivan wanted the house for his
own use, and. while waiting for Wals's
rent to expire on the 18th of
the present month, boarded with
friends. On the 18th Mrs Sullivan, mother-in-
law of Walls. paid the rent. and Sullivan, the
landlord, for some reason, returned dollar of it.
He told the family that he would like to have
the house as soon as they could give it
to him. Mrs. Sullivan replied that they would
not vacate the premises for thirty DAYS This
angered the owner of the property, who the next
day began suit for eiectment against Walls. Lee
gal notice was served upon the latter to leave
the house in five days, which time expired yes
terday.
John d. Sullivan had his household goods re-
moved yesterday from the l., B. e. W. depot
where they were stored to No. 301 Bates
street. The Walls family had their goods out of
the house. but not off the premises. when Sulli-
van arrived with his effects. The whole proceed
ing created bad feeling on the part of Walls, and
his relatives against Sullivan. During the
afternoon hot words passed between the latter,
brotherin of Walls. Nothing serious oc-
CURED then and the Walls people left with their
goods to a house on Meek street, east
of Noble. About half-past o'clock last
evening, Walls and his brother-in-law
where they found John D. Sullivan To him
Walls, apparently with desire for a reconeia-
ton, said: Let us consider our difficult
ties" Sullivan replied that he was
willing to do anything for a salts
factory arrangement he was then standing
by a stove, when, as the conversation went
on, Walls became rough in his expressions. Sud
denly he arose from the chair in which he was
sitting, and struck Sullivan in the face three
times with his fist. Sullivan knocked
against the stove but, recovering his footing. ran
the ball striking Walls in the left cheek near the
mouth. 1t broke his jaw and knocked out
several teeth The wounded man walked
out of the house, but becoming weak from the
loss Of blood, his friends had him conveyed to
his home on Meek street, where Dr. Marsee, the
surgeon of the Cincinnati St Louis, Indianapo
lis & Chicago Railway Company, attended to his
wounds.
AS incidents of the difficulty, Walls charges
that Sullivan called his wife vile names which
Sullivan denied. To this Walls replied that he
had more belief in what his wife said than in
Sullivan's denial Sullivan, on the other hand.
says Walls advised him to get two guns for his
protection. as one one, would not be
at the first difficulty in the afternoon that he
intended to kill him whenever he met him out of
his yard. Sullivan is about forty-fve years of
age, and excepting the, two years during his alb
sence in Decatur county, has lived in Indanapo-
lis the greater part of his life. He was arrested
by Officer Shea and locked up on the charge of
shooting with intent to kill Walls is IN dan
gerOus condition.