The Portland daily press., 1886-08-14

| the saloon on Washington street, together
| with number of other men, including Ril-
| lahan. Tom is said to have picked quarrel
with Rillahan, who was leaving the saloon,
when Charles drew a revolver and fired
shot. Rillahan ran rapidly through the
streets on the slope of the hill towards the
Jail. He turned and reached Madison street,
and ran to the drug store of J. E. Lynch on
the corner of Washington street. Rillahan
cried out that he had been shot, and DR..
Rynne was summoned to attend him. The
physician did what he could to make the
man comfortable, but did not probe for the
| ball, thinking it best to have the patient sent
| to the hospital. Rillahan complained of
| feeling considerable pain, and the physician
gave him a hypodermic injection to lessen
| his suffering. The bullet had entered the
left side of the back, but DIR. Rynne thought
it possible that the wound was only flesh
wound. Rich's ambulance was sent for, and
upon its arrival the wounded man was taken
to the Greeley Hospital.
After shooting Rillahan, O'Neil jumped
into hack at the door, and with some of
the others was driven away.
William Ross was arrested shortly after
the shooting by Officer Morse. Ross is want
ed on an Indictment in liquor case, but has
| been employed as watcher for the O'Neil
| establishment, and may be able to tell some
thing of interest in regard to the shooting
Shortly after being arrested, Ross who was
| held in Lynch's store for awhile, Officer
Morse being on duty there, made break to
get away, and had dashed through the crowd
when Morse seized him, and with Officer
Williams clapped the bracelets on the man
and carried him back to the store, where he
staid until taken to the station.
JERRY GALATIANS STATEMENT.
Jerry Callahan, the hack driver told his
story at the station in very careful way.
He said that he was in O'NeiPs saloon and
that there were several persons there. His
carriage stood outside. There was an
alteration in the room, and he heard
one man say, "Oh! give him showl"
and almost Immediately thereafter he heard
the report of pistol. He did not see the
| fash and he didn't see who fired the pistol
| because, at the report, he sprung to the side
| door to seize his horses SO that they should
not run away. AS he went out of the door
| he saw Rillihan rush to the front door, in
which was grouped knot of people. As
! Rillihan ran down the street man said HE
| can't be hurt much or he couldn't run so
| fast" Callahan took Charles O'Neil,
Thomas O'Neil, Mr.. Foss, of Old Orchard,
and Mr.. Stone, who keeps a dime museum,
into his hack and drove down to Centre
street with them, when the three others got
| out of the hack and went into Thomas
| O'Neifs while he left Charles standing on
| the sidewalk. Callahan said that Charles
might have gone into the saloon OH Centre
street but of that he had no positive
knowledge. He thought the shooting took
place about twenty-five minutes to one be-
cause the larty had intended to take the p.
m. train, and he carried Messrs. Foss and
| Stone-who returned to the carriage on
| Centre street-to the station in time to take
the train for Biddeford. Callahan had no
idea anybody had been shot, or that any
thing serious had happened, and he drove
| off from Charles O'NeiPs saloon no quicker
than on any ordinary occasion. He took the
| O'Neils and Messrs. Foss and Stone up the
| hill at a. m., and the latter gentlemen were
| friends of the O'Neils, and especially Of
| Charles, and they..said when they went up
there they must get back in time for the
| noon train.
THE NEWS OF THE SHOOTING.
The first news of the shooting received at
| the station was by Deputy Marshal Crowell,
| the deputy on duty, about fifteen minutes af-
ter it occurred. A young man named Ed
wards said that Charley O'Neil had fired at
man in his bar-room, but he guessed he
wasn't hurt. Immediately after telephone
message was received that O'Neil had shot
Rillahan. Crowell Immediately sent Officer
Morse to the spot and telegraphed and tele-
phoned all the cities and stations in the vi
cinity and even as far as Boston, Augusta,
ETC., and proceeded with Marshal Hawkes.
to notify all the officers and to try and secure
the w0uld-be murderer. Officer Harmon
on the beat adjoining the Washington
street beat, proceeded at once to the spot
where the shooting occurred but arrived too
late to see the flight of O'Neil and his
friends. Mr.. Harmon then went to the drug
store where the injured man was lying and
from him learned who it was who fired the
shot.
MATTHEW KERwIN'S STORY.
Among those who cared for Rillahan be-
fore the arrival of the ambulance was Mat
thew Kerwin. Kerwin says that he was in
the saloon and witnessed the shooting. BE
states that Tom O'Neil went up to Rillahan
and appeared about to strike him. Kerwin
then cried out "Give him show" and ex-
pected to see the two men clinch, when Ril-
lahan, who was an extremely powerful man,
suddenly started towards the door. Then it
was that O'Neil drew his revolver. He fred
once as Rillahan ran through the doorway
but Kerwin says this shot was the one which
did not take effect. O'Neil started after his
man and chased him towards Oxford street
Kerwin insists that it was in the street that
the second shot was fired, Rillahan at the
time being about thirty feet in advance of
his pursuer. This shot was the one which
Kerwin thinks took effect. At the time
Kerwin thought however that Rillahan was
not hurt as he ran like deer. Kerwin de-
nies that Rillahan had knife or assaulted
Tom O'Neil He thinks that Rillahan saw
O'Neil in the act of drawing his revolver
and then ran to get out of the way.
THE WOUNDED MANS STATEMENT.
Last evening Rillihan made the following
statement. He said that his real name was
Timothy Shortsleeves, and that he originally
came from Hudson, N. Y, where his pa
rents reside. His father was a Frenchman
by birth, and his mother an Irish woman,
and the name is probably corruption of a
French name. Shortsleeves said he is 26
years old. He has been employed by
Charles O'Neil in the shop ON Washington
street, and yesterday he was there, as were
Charles and Tom O'Neil, besides several
others. Charles O'Neil was behind the bar.
Tom O'Neil stepped up to him-Short
sleeves-and said, 81 hear you call yourself
fighting man." He replied that he didn't
know about that, when Charles O'Neil came
running out from behind the bar with re-
volyer in his hand. ShortSleeyes knew the
revolver because he had carried it himself.
When he saw the revolver in O'Neil's hand,
he started to run out of the front door. AS