Telegram-herald., 1888-03-28
HRUTALLY POUNDED
reRslBLE WOUNDS or MS HsAO.
a s@leon Row in Which tbs Bartender AZ
s<utts oas Joha e@ilasher, Nearly
Killing Hiso- kfenRessy Ar
rsstea 4ua IA Jail

Something Of tragedy Was enacted IN
tue saloon Of Terry Kelley. on Waterloo
81. Yesterday afternoon. ell OF the facts OF
which viii nol De knewn for some tins, as
the victim lies in . critical condition. Nj.
Kelley gives sn account Of il - follows.
a lad Just returned from dinner, : think
Il Was about lZ30, when John Gklisg her aud
another fellow came ia and wanted = drink.
0Alisgher then "a ID something about Dor-
rausng 80 cents fro n me. and hen he sal
down ia chair 0eaind the bar, and ia =
1ew minutes be Was asleeo billy lien
messy. my bar tender, .snt over and gave
him a shake, telling him that that chair
WASH kept Tor people 10 sleep IA. lie woke
Up. and swearing al bAiy, said be WASH
asleep. They bsu some words didn pay
much attention 10 them. but when Gallagher
got nearly 70 the door he turned around
with an oath. and, going through the screen
doors, he went up 10 Billy. Who Was sitting
IN the chair, IN a threatening manner.
Then / saw them clinch. anu Billy grabbed
the gas lighter and struck him over the
bead with IL. Then they clincEed aud both
fell 10 the door. / think Gallagher struck
bis head on the end OF the iron foot-ralllng
around the bar as be fell. That was al
there was OF il. The other fellow had gone
out. got hack aud sent Gallagher 10 q
doctors office. Nes. Billy Was working
when the officer came in and arrested hin.
Gallagher 10 a sort of aroustabOut cloth ped
dler. lie doesn't live any where, bnt hangs
out around the saloons and anywhere. BE
wash I any more drunk than ! am. and 10
would take more than he got to xiii him.
Eo hard head
About 1850 Gallagher was taken 10 The
o ofiica of DR.. Best, on Csnal-st., when il was
found that he had four very ugly wounds
on has mead. Three OF these were on the
left side Of the upper portion. They were
ali nearly three inches long and clear 10
the skull. There was a nasty and serious
cut over the right eye. extending over an
inch on either side and tearing OF the eye
brow and skull beneath IL. and running the
orbit. Dr. Best sewed up the wounds as
best he could, and after applying bandages,
Gallagher. who was UNCONSCIOUS through II
all, was removed 10 81. Marks Home where
lie is under medical care. About
O'Clock last evening be returned 10
consciousness, although suffering terribly
from his several wounds. The doctor
thinks that il was heavier weapon than Il
gas lighter with which the blows were dealt
and says from the wounds. il is more prob
able that it Was an ice PICK. He expresses
doubt as TO the likelihood OF the recovery
of Gallagher.
Hennessy tells a similar story TO that
related by Kelley, and the only other wit
| nesses 10 the fray were couple Of men
who were sitting ID the saloon at the
| time
Hennessy was arrested and locked up in
jail aud Il complaint was made by the
officers, charging him with having com-
Matted an assault with intent TO do great
bodily harm ess than murder.
Il is stated by others who were in the
saloon shortly sfter the row, that il was an
ice pick, with which Hennessy struck Gal
lagher.