St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-07-12
SAINT PAUL MATTERS.
William Quinn Makes Target Of Annie
Crowley, the Girl He Claims
to Love.
But He Proves Poor Marksman, and the
Girl Escapes With Her
Life.
a Glance at Rice Park Sunday Night
Between the Hours of Eight
and Ten
Rev. S. G. Smith Says That God Will
Not Answer the Prayers
of Cranks.
4 pOoR NIARRSMAN.
William Quinn Tries TO shoot Ami
E,ru

William q uHnn IrleS 10 SAoOt Ahtte
Crowley. but Fails.
One of the waiter girls at the Union
house. corner of Fourth and Rosabel
streets, went up to her room to dress for
dinner yesterday. Her name is Annie
Crowley, pleasant rather pretty young
girl of twenty years, and she has been
employed at the Union house about two
months. A teamster named William
Quinn, well-built man of twenty-three,
followed her up stairs and entered her
room. Soon after the people Of the house
were startled with a report OF small re-
vOlver, and were aStOniShed to see Miss
Crowley come down stairs screaming and
rush through the hall, with Quinn in hot
pursuit and firing his revolver at her. He
discharged the weapon at her three times.
and then fred 4 random shot at the wife
of n. Swanson, one of the proprietorS who
was outside the building, passing under
a window. Only one of the shots took
effect The bullet, short 22-calibre. cut
ting Miss Crowley's dress and grazing her
skin on the right side, just under the float
ing rib. AXE Swanson, one OF the pfoprl-
etors. seized Quinn, took the revolver away
from him and held him until Officer Pendy
arrived. Quinn was taken to police head
quarters and lodged iii cell No. 10 to await
examination before the municipal court to-
day.
At the station Quinn said he had been
acquainted With the girl for two years. and
frequently visited her at her home i'll Sen
eca, Wis. He said he had visited her once
too often for his own good, and even init
mated that the girl WAS Turing him
on TO his ruin. There was another
man. said he, who was trying to cut him
out. and that was the fellow he was after
Sometimes he talked inc0herently, now re-
GREETING that he had attempted the rash
act. and then expressing disappointment
that the revolver was not larger, and that
the bullet did not do better work. Again,
he wished he had not shot at the girl at all,
and was glad the bullet did not kill her
He said he had been drinking very much
lately. He worked for L. McNamee of
37S Robert street, and has a brother-in-law
named Cunningham, who works there also.
Mrs. Cunningham, his sister, came to see
him at the station. She said he was rather
a bad character, but that his conduct was
due to the effect of sunStroke some years
ago.
Miss Crowley was seen at the Union
house. She said she first got acquainted
with Quinn at private dance on Slbley
street, and saw him at another dance. For
only five weeks she has known him, she
stated. and never saw him before. Her
parents live at Seneca. Wis.
~ have no gentleman friend here" said
she, land if have it would be nothing to
that man. Ever since he saw me at the
dance he has been after me, and whenever l
would go, he would follow me. ! can't get
Rwaf from him. He caIne here about three
days ago to board, and has always tried to be
familiar with me. / gave no privilege at all,
and tried to keep away ftom him. To-day he
came up i'll my room and asked me a lot of
foolish questions, asking me to be his wife.
/ don want to be his wife. He showed me
q revolver. and told me it was not loaded, but
could see the cartridges. Tillie Munson,
Ill o her girl here, saw him in the room and
size ran down stairs. ] was about to leave
the room when he fired at me, the bullet
grazing my side. When he asked me to be
his wife / was so frightened that / could not
say any thing. but tired to get away. Tillie
Auasen ran down and told that ne going
to shooC me. / do not know whether he is
crazy or what ails him. No. he was not
drunk"
y little daughter of the proprietor said
Quinn frequently came there, when not
boarding there, and asked where Annie
was AXE Swanson said he heard that
Quinn once shot man and was mixed up
i'll the Gammengenger shoot on West Sew
enth street.