Morning journal and courier., 1886-11-02
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FROM ALL QUARTERS.
A DESPERATE REVENGE.
Collector Beattie Shot In
His Office.
P0WDERLY'S PLEA FOR GEORGE.
October's Cut In The Public
Debt.
THE MISHAP TO THE PAVONIA
A Strange Sight During An
Earthquake.
BEATTIE SHOT DOWN.

COLLECTOR BEATTIE SHOT DOWN
"A Discharged EmpIoye CrawIs Stealth.
| lily Into His Office and Sends TWO
Bullets Into Him The Assassin
Checkered Career Through Sew
enty-TWo Years of Life.
NEW YORK, Nov. Hams S. Beattie, sur
veyor of this port, was shot at noon to-day
by Louis Bieral, an ex-custom house inspec-
tor. Bieral was discharged two months ago
on the charge of taking two dollars from an
emigrant at Castle Garden. To-day he
called at the custom house and asked to see
Mr.. Beattie. In short time Mr.. Beattie's
private secretary, Mr.. Nichol, and a custom
house examiner heard two pistol shots. Mr..
Beattie was found lying back in his chair
and Bieral was stufing a large ld-fashioned
revolver into his pocket. Mr.. Nichol and
the examiner laid Mr.. Beattie on the sofa
and Bieral ran out. He far the
custom house exchange and gave himself up.
Bieral fired three shots, two taking effect,
one in the left hand and the other in the
groin. Surgeon Beattie, who was sum-
moned, said the wound in the groin was Sc
rious, but possibly not fatal.
Collector Magone when spoken to on the
subject of the shooting said he thought the
wound in the groin, as he saw it, was very
dangerous. He could not give any reason
for the assault beyond the fact that the assas-
sin supposed Mr.. Beattie had been RESPONSE
BILE for his discharge. He had not yet had
time to make any enquiries as Mr.. Beattie
was suffering too much from the shock when
he saw him to answer any questions. The
collector seemed to be very much affected by
the affair and spoke somewhat e1-
citedly for him, as he is generally
very cool and collected. Beria1 broke away
frN, %hoo to 4hn TOW,
of the crowd and making motion towards
his rear pocket attempted to redraw his re-
volver. Quick a flash the officer, big
powerful man, sprang toward his prisoner
and took the pistol from his grasp. When
Berial saw he could do no further harm he
submitted to arrest. Nearly one thousand
persons followed him to the station house.
Upon his arrival there he seemed for the first
time to realize his position. There was a
sister of Oh arity and a little girl seated near
the sergeant's desk and when he saw them
his courage fell to pieces.
The career OF Louis Bieral, who did the
shooting to-day, is redoleut of adventure.
Bieral is a native of one of the republics of
South America. Although seventy-two years
old his nair is black ravens wing. He
is below the medium size and has swarthy
Bieral came to this city about
forty years ago and has since then led a
startling life. Sporting men have been his
associates ana ne IS personally
known to many of them all over the United
States. at times he has been a prize fighter,
gambler and politician. He has always been
a soldier of fortune. One of his first
adventures prize fight up the Hudson
river in the vicinity of Tarrytown. Bieral
was declared the winner. He is noted among
his followers as being handy with the knife
or pistol. Previous to the war he was arrested
in Boston on the charge of killing his mis-
tress. Jealousy was said to be the motive.
The woman's body was found in the Charles
river riddled with bullets. Bieral was tried
and acquitted. He subsequently went to the
war and fought in Sickles' brigade. He
conduct in action as member
Of Colonel Bakers California regiment.
At Balls Bluff when Baker was badly wound
ed Bieral carried him off the field on his
shoulders amid raking fire.. 1t was a mat |
ter of rumor among the men that Bieral had
killed his man in California, but the rumor |
is not known to have been substantiated. On |
to New York after the war Bieral |
opened gambling house. In 1869 he was |
one of the party employed by the anti-Fiske |
party to attack the Grand Opera House, then |
known as 'fFort Erie" and to Gust |
Gould and Fiske. 1t is said to have |
been in reward for his services
appointed night inspector in the custom |
house. General Sickles, by whose influence |
it is said Bieral got the place, was counsel |
for one of the Erie factions at the time. On |
the trial of Ed. Stokes for the murder of |
Fiske Stokes accused Bieral of having been |
hired by friends of Fiske to waylay him. |
Bieral is accused of murderous attack upon |
a fellow inspector named Voges some years |
ago. He is said to have acted as second for |
John Morrissey in one of the latter's fights. |
He had considerable reputation at |
one time himself fighter, athlete |
and swimmer. He is known by |
some of his friends as a Frenchman, by |
others as Portuguese and as Spaniard. A |
custom house official said tonight that Bieral |
had always kept up his acquaintance with |
sporting characters and was a chum of Billy |
Edwards, the light weight, now bouncer at |
the Hoffman House. |
After Bieral had Gained down at the station |
be said: 81 only want to say this-that man |
Beattie was my judge, jury and executioner. |
was given So by a lady and for that he dis |
charged me. All my friends went and asked |
him to give some reason for discharging me. |
He refused to do this. He convicted me |
without any evidence and gave me no chance |
to defend myself. No man can have fair |
show from him. When found no hing else |
would do determined to shoot him. l tried |
everything else first. He ruined my family |
for could get nothing to do to support |
Them"
w. FL. tombstone, who was in consultation |
with the messenger when the shooting took |
place, surrendered himself as a witness after |
The prisoner was locked up. He is tall, |
fair looking man and he related what he had |
seen in a straightforward manner. He said |
to reporter: cat about 1920 O'Clock to day |
[ called on Surveyor Beattie in his private
office at the custom house. We were busily |
engaged about a matter which inter
ested the government and my
self when / heard loud noise
outside. 1t sounded very much as if scuf
lie or fight was in progress, and the survey
or was commenting on the fact when heavy |
shock disturbed the folding doors and Berial
rushed in. The surveyor had his face turned
.owards the west or away from Berial. He
was pacing across the space from his large
lesk to the CRATE fireplace, which stands in
The western wall The first apprisal he re-
,eived of a third persons presence was
when Berial rushed around the big desk and
n a loud voice exclaimed: t. you; I'll
each you to take my bread and
outter" The surveyor g turned sharp sharp
1ized Berial when the latter fired. With the
irst discharge of the pistol the surveyor
.ushed back and tried to shield himself be-
hind the small desk. AS he backed away he
'aid: Don't kill me; don't kill me- Berial
smptied three chambers of his revolver in
Ill. The first two took effect in the groin
md one of the hands of the surveyor. The
bird was discharged in my direction. 1t
vent clear through a pane of glass in win
low on Exchange Place. When I noticed
he surveyor fall 1 rushed through private
loor near by in the hope of stopping the, as
supposed, unknown murderer. The rest is
lnown."
At late hour tonight Mr.. Beattie was
esting comfortably. The physicians have
rot probed for the ball anG are uncertain
bout its location. They think, however,
hat the wound is not fatal.
The Fall Ga mes at Harvard.
BosToN, Nov. 1.-The Harvard Athletic
association held its annual fall meeting to-
lay. Following are the winners of the prin-
ipal events:
100 yards dash-Rogers, s7, 1014 seconds.
Running high jump-H. L; Clark W, . IT. 61S1n. |
Quarter mile run-Wells Law school, 81 4-5 sec.
Half mile run-Coggswell, IS, min, IA Sec
Putting the shot-Faulkner go, q it., 111a in. |