St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-07-05
Who Was Riding in a Hack
With His Sweet
heart.
Billy Halwick Succeeds in
Getting the Drop on
Jimmy Scanlon.
A Shooting Serape That Ex-
cited the HabitueS of
Rice Park.
Arrest Of Both the PRINCIPALS,
Who Are Now in the
Lookup.

"Bang!" Just one report of its kind,
so clear, sharp and distinct that the
crowd at Rice park last evening forgot
all about 4th of July crackers, and all
turned and looked in the southeast d.
rection, whence the sound came. Then
there was adeep hush for few minutes,
while faces turned pale, and whispers
of ''IragedyD were passed around.
The ''clang, clang, elangr' of the patrol
wagon toward the scene of the shooting.
and the mad rush of hack up st. Peter
minutes. At Fourth and ST. Peter the
patrol overlook the hack, and the male
occupant was promptly arrested.
The prisoner was BILLY Halwick,
the alleged husband of Pearl Wilson, the
mistress of a den of prostitution on
Jackson street. Pearl Wilson was the
companion in the hack of Mr.. Halwick.
But Mr.. Halwick rode in the hack only
streets to the point where he was ar
rested. Just before getting into the
hack Mr.. Halwick shot at man at that
corner, and the victim was James Sean
lon, who by the way had been Dir. Hal
Wick'S immediate predecessor as
MADAME WILSON'S COMPANION.
1t all happened this way: Billy Hal
wick was standing at the corner of
Third and ST. Peter streets about $40
p. NJ. waiting for somebody to come
along. Jimmy ScanlOn and Pearl Will
son aid come along soon in a hack, and
they were enjoying themselves, for
they had a little lunch basket and had
been out picnicking. Halwick promptly
pulled 3S-calibre Smith x WeSSon re-
vOlver and leveled it toward ScanlOn
Scanlon'S left wrist. Scanlon hur-
riedly leaped out of the hack and Hal
wick as quickly jumped in. The driver
was ordered to drive up st. Peter on
gaIlop.
Halwck and Scanlon have been hav-
ing trouble over Pearl Wilson for some
time. Halwick and Nine. Wilson both
hail from Nashville, and ~Scanlon
came from Louisville. 1t seems that
couple of days ago, about O'clock in
the morning, Pearl Wilson became the
solitary passenger of coupe and went
to the room of Scanion. Iialwick be-
came appraised of this fact, and began
looking for trouble. The two men met
the next night at Pearl Wilson's. Hal
wick pulled pistol"
BUT DID NOT FIRE.
At the foot of the stairs they quarreled
again. Scanlon said, "What did you
pull gun on me for? I'll see you TO-
morrow, and I'll do YOU"
Halwick armed himself, and made up
his mind if he was going to be ''done''
to get the drop Old ScanlOn first. Ac-
cording to his story he said that when
he saw Scanlon in the hack last night
that gentleman reached around to his
breecheS pocket. and Halwick. fearing
Scanlon's threat, shot him.
Halwck is tall. athletic-looking fell
low, with defect about his eyes. Of
ficer Tom Lynch has the credit of quick
work in getting the patrol and having
him arrested. He was charged with as
sault with dangerous weapon. The
police succeeded in finding Scanlon
after some difficulty, as the location of
his sleeping apartments was mystery.
He came into the station with some
friends, with his hand bandaged, and
was locked up, charged with the same
Offense as Halwick. He is a rather
handsome fellow, of medium height,
his dark hair, eyebrows and mustache
giving him something of a Spanish ap-
pearance.