The true northerner., 1886-10-28
Pinkerton's Men Shoot from a
Train and Terence Begley
Falls a Victim.
Arrest Of the Guards-Sx Men Held
to Await the CoroHer's
Action.
The JeeriRg and Stone.Throwing OF
MOb-COmment and
Opinion.
fChicaCo special.I

"oio 10 DC tAAen DICK beHI COno1elnaIOi
to the hearts of the imported men, and
they concluded that they had better tender
their designations. Mr.. Cudahy, of Ar
mours house, asked the men to remain,
and head clerk Somers told them that If
TREY remembered their numbers they could
at any time secure employment at Armours s..
No inducement could be gwen the men TO
stay. They fatty refused, and finally a
train was sent for TO take them to the city.
One hundred and sixty Pinkerton men,
under the command of Capt. Frank Joy,
were detailed to escort the men. They oc-
cup ed the three rear coaches of the train.
At the Stock Yards Y, at Thirty ninth
street, the train was blocked for moment
by freight train. Another detachment OF
guards was taken on board at this point
and the train again started for the city. A
crowd of about two hundred men and boys,
who had been detained by passing trains,
were gathered at the south side oil the
crossing. They broke out into chorus
of jeers and cat-calls, but 1t is claimed
by witnesses that no demonstra-
tion of actual violence was made. On the
other hand, it is charged that they bonn
barded the train with rocks, and that some-
body in the crowd fired pistol. However
this may be, the train had scarcely passed
Halsted street crossing when a man on the
rear platform fired revolver into the
crowd. The Pinkeuon men in the rear
followed with regular volley of shots out
of the windows of the train, aimed at the
crowd, and Terence Begley, a well-known
citizen of Lake, was mortally wounded.
The Pinkerton men, as witnesses say,
fired in every direction, and did not cease
the fusillade until Wallace street, three
H10oLc distant frop, Halls taA Gtraat WAS
reached.
Terence Begley the fatally injured man,
WAS leading his horse slowly westward on
Halsted street when the shot was fired. He
dropped the bride and exclaimed Il am
shot" A brakeman named Russell helped
the wounded man to saloon near by,
where n hasty examination was made. The
wound was not discovered, and Begley was
told that he was only frightened. In a
dazed manner he started toward Flannigan' S
packing house. H had taken but a few
steps when he suddenly fell TO the ground.
wagon was procured and he was taken to
his home, 42l1 Emerald avenue, where q
thorough examination showed that the bull
let had passed through the abdomen, en-
tering at the right side and coming out on
the left side, glancing upward. Late in the
night the unfortunate man died. Previous
is as follows
MY name is Terence Beglev. l am Al
years Old. l think | cannot live, and make
this as my diving statement as to how l re-
ceived the shot this 10Th day of October,
1886. At about II o'clock l was
going with cripple cart contain ng
one hog TO Shoenemans slaughter
house, near Fortieth and Halsted
streets, in the Town of Lake, county of
Cook, and State of Illinois. | had passed
the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern
crossing, and was going north and was near
Mr.. NJ. Schmidts saloon on Halsted street,
and was leading my horse by the head.
Immediately after passing the crossing a
passenger train of the Lake Shore
and Michigan Southern Railroad came
from the Stock Yards east filled with Pink
erton POLICEMEN. As they passed this
crossing, where large crowd had congre-
gated, cries of Seals were heard t. ON the
crowd. As the rear end of the train pass
ed the east side of Hasted street four OF
five or six shots were fred. / saw quite O
number OF Pinkerton men standing on the
rear platform of the tram. | saw no one
shoot, but heard the shots and felt that ]
was shot. and left my horse and ran to
Shoenemans slaughter house and sat down
and told Pat Martin police officer of the
Town of Lake, that | was shot l at nc
time made any outcry or allusion to the
Pinkerton men, and had nothing whatever
to do with the crowd at the CT, ssing, but
attended strictly to my own business"
Begiey was too weak 10 sign his name
but touched the zen, and his mark was
made. The witnesses were J. =. Mulcahey
Sergeant of Police; Frank Becker, anC
William Ryan.
Immediately after the shooting the great
est excitement prevailed, and had Capt
Markey, of the Town of Lake Police
stopped the train, rs was suggested, gen.
eral riot and bloolshed would have beer
inevitable The Captain let the train pass
and tele honed to the Twenty second
Street Police Station. From this place anC
from the Armory squads of officers were
Immediately dispatched to the scene.
Excited groups OF people assembled OF
every corner and xpr ssed by word anC
action the deepest Indignation. Their,
were no violent demonstrations, but tn,
word went around tuat if the Pinkertoi
men WHO did the shooting were brough
back and lodged in the town jail ther
would be trouble before morning.
The train was met at Harrison street b,
the city police, and 1913 = .nkerton men ant
about sixty men and BOYS who had left EN-
plovment in the stock yards were marched
TO the Armory. The workmen, being un
armed. were at once discharged. Tn
Pinkerton men then arranged themselve
in lines and three SIN III bogs from Lake
John Boland, Timothy Nelaud, and b
Hickey. who claimed TO have seen tn
shooting, were told to identify the men VIII
bad fred.
The lads, after some hesitation, pickle,
out of the crowd Joseph Hill and Waite
Andrews, both Young men. After tn
Identification of the two the Pinkerton mel
we're marched into the police court room
where each mans rifle or lisol was exam
ined. Only one weapon that showed evi
dence of having recently been discharges
was foun1. An empty shell was found il
the Winchester carried by Emmons Shaw
After the examination William A. Pinker
ton stepped forward, calling out:
"All Who fired shots from the cars stan
up like men. There's nothing to be fright
ened about"
One Young man rosc and went to MI
Pinkerton. His name was Robert j
Ba tram.
-There must be more, said Mr.. Pinker
ton. ~for about twelve she.- were fred
Two beardless Young fellows who wer
sting tog ther, Ric art ID. Lahes and Gu
Slivers. then went forward. The six me