The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-02-18
PIERCED By A BULLET.
THE PROBABLE FATAL ENDING
OF A DRUNKEN ORGIE.
The Effort OF Sergi. KunhOlz 10
Quell a Disturbance and
lis Result.

About : O'Clock yesterday evening a
drunken row occurred st the Pacific
House, 2l0 Main street, which re-
suited in the probably fatal shooting
Of A. $. Walsh, whose condition at
midnight was so critical that very lit
tie hope is entertained OF his recovery.
At the hour named the noise OF dis.
turbance in the saloon gathered q
J curious crowd about the door Of the
place, but no one seemed to think II
his business 10 interfere, and when a
few minutes afterward a pistol was
fired in the place, the crowd was aug
mented to several hundred excited
people. The noise of the shOt was al
most immediately followed by the
crash OF glass and Sergt. Kunholz,
grsppledlwithC Cooley, tumbled through
the doors and ont upon the pave
ment. About this time second
shot was heard, and Constable Gar
vey, with Turnkey Baker, put in an
appearance. They Immediately went
to the assistance of the sergeant, aud
in little while succeeded in arrestiDg
a man nap.ed Frank ii. Cooley, with
whom he was engaged, and another
named r. N. Brantley, who had been
interfering with the officer. Three
others who were engaged In the row
were looked for, but could not be
found. Brautley aud Cooley were
lodged in the station-h ouse, aud il
was fully quarter Of an hour before
it was known that any one had been
shot. Inquiry was at once ma ie, and
Walsh was found at No. 40 Washing
ton street, shot through the left lung,
the ball ranging upward, and passing
out of the lett shoulder. As Sergt.
Kunhoz entered the room Walsh re-
marked: "That is the man who shot
me, believe, but don't think he in
tended it,"
When questioned fuither he said he
could MOI be sure who shot him, but
did not blame the sergeant for having
drawn his pistol when he did. His
brother, l., NJ. Walsh, who was wit
ness to the affair, said ne was SUR
prised that KunEo'2 waited rs long az
he did before drawing his pistol.
Sergeant Kunho'z, who was seen by
an APPEAL reporter shortly after the
difficulty occurred, made the following
statement:
"a little before 7 o'clock, Frost, who
keeps the Pacific House, called me in
as was passing to suppress row
which he said was brewing in his
saloon. l went in at once, and found
a crowd of five men, one Of them, a
powerful young fellow named Cooley,
being especially violent. l walked
up to him and told him he would have
to be quiet, or would have TO arrest
him. tie grabbed me by the collar,
tearing it, as you see, and grappled
with him, but he was too holg for
me, and found | could do nothing
with him. Three or four OF the crowd
encouraged Cooley, who became more
violent every moment and re-
fused TO listen to reason. !
called on the crowd to aid me, but
none of them seemed disposed to do
so, and esquire Willard finally said
he would help. The moment he
caught hold of Cooley Brantley struck
HIM a sounding blow, nearly knock.
ing him to the floor. The excitement
in the saloon was very great at the
time, and / found that / must take
some decisive action. told Brantley
II he would agree to take Cooley Ii
the Statiou-House / would turn him
over 10 him. Brantley said "Al
right" and had no sooner released
the man than he sprang at me, peel
ing the skin from the side OF my face
and kicking me in the stomach. ]
g;appled with him again, and Millard
again came to my assistance, but wat
the second time knocked down by
Brantley. Expecting every moment
to be killed, retreated step or two
and drew my pistol with the intention
of shooting Cooley, but the crowd
! jumped at me and the
ball lodged in the wall. Cooley
Immediately sprang at me, graspinp
my pistol by the barrel. We crashed
through the glass doors and out on
the pavement, and my pistol flew out
OF my hand. Another shot WAS inn
mediately fired. Garvin and Baker
| Cdlll6 up Jubb thCui uuu WO bOOh
charge OF Cooley and Brantley. As we
were starting away Mr.. Lacey, who
keeps the stable next door to the Sta.
ton II ouBc, picked up my pistol from
the sidewalk and handed it TO me. |
gave it at once to Capt. o. Haver, and
only one chamber of the five had been
discharged, so it was plain some one
else had fired the second shot. II was
fully fifteen minutes af.erward before
we knew that any o ne had been shot. "
The sergeants statement is cOnob-
Grated by number OF witnesses, the
general opinion being that Brantley, in
trying 10 shoot Kunholz, shot Walsh
instead. Several pistols we're flashed
during the row and one was afterward
found with an empty barrel by De-
tective Pryde on the floor OF the ga
loon. The ball fired by Kunho'z was
found imbedded in the wall. The
wounded man is unmarried, about
twenty-six years OF age and rather
reckless. Kunholz is a careful officer
and has the confidence Of his gu
periors.
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