The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-03-17
SHOT BY A TOWN MARSHAL
A Party of Drunken Men, Ordered from
Saloon, Cause a Disturbance.
William McManis, Resisting Arrest, Throws a
BOwlder at the officer, Who, in Turn.
Fires Two Shots with Fatal Result.

Charles Schell, the marshal of West Indi-
annapolis, last night shot and killed Will
lam McManis, who was resisting arrest
The killing occurred on Hadley avenue,
between o and 10 O'Clock. McManis and
several other men were drinking con-
siderably, and had spent the even
ing in going from one saloon to
another. They were some time in John
Arneckers saloon Oh the avenue, and grew
so boisterous that the bartender had to
put them out. McManis became enraged
because he was driven out, and threatened
to kill the bartender unless he was permit
ted to enter the saloon again. After
the quarrel had been going on sew
eral minutes Marshal Schell came up
and made some inquiries as to the cause of
the disturbance McManis repeated his
threats against the saloon-keeper, and said
he was going back In the saloon if he had
to kill the bartender in doing it. He was
intoxicated, and was walking up and down
the street in front of the saloon with
bowlder in his hand. Mr.. Schell, it
is said. tried persuasion on Nc
Manis in having him keep quiet, and
go home, but he would not take the advice
and continued his threats. Finally Nc
Manis began to abuse Schell, and to declare
that he would not go home for any officer
or follow his advice many way whatever.
After the marshal saw that he could not
induce McManis to go home
he concluded to make him go.
McManis still resisted and then
Schell told him he would arrest him
for being drunk. McManis jerked away
from him, and running a few steps, picked
up a bowlder and hurled it at the marshaPs
head. AT that the latter drew his revolver
and shot twice. The first went wild, but
the second struck McManis in the abdomen,
and inflicted wound that proved fatal
| within an hour. McManis sank to the
ground as soon as he was shot. and Mr..
| Schell had him carried to the office of DR..
Marrow, where an effort was made to dress
the wound.
| AS soon as his victim had been placed in
medical care the marshall started to the
city to surrender himself. A few minutes
| before IL o'clock he appeared ct the door
| of the county jail, and announced to turn
| key Emmett that he had shot man and
wanted to be locked ND. Mr.. Emmett took
| him over to the headquarters of the Col
| bert police and turned him over to Captain
| Splann. Squire johnson being summoned
| issued a commitment upon which the mar
shall was placed in jail. The authorities
did not then know that McManis was dead,
Il
| Mr.. Schell talked very freely of the oc
currence after he had been placed in Jail.
His story to a Journal reporter was sub
stantially as follows: 1T was pay-night
case on that day, there was a great deal of
drinking going OH. About o'clock l
started down the street from the car
works, and after L was down on
that there mas limit n o told Of A
necker's saloon. / walked hurriedly down
there, and when l reached the place
found f;Sd@. n. large crowd I'd go on II the
OFF, was making all kinds of threats
against the salOOn-keeper. / tried to
persuade him to go home. and then
he got mad at me- and began to
threaten me: He said he was not going
saloOn-keeper, and then told him would
arrest him for being drunk. / caught hold
of him, but he pulled away and then threw
bOwlder at my head. | lodged it and
him, but the second shot struck him in
the stomach. l believe he would
have killed me if had not
done had him removed to physicians
Office; and then 1 started at once to give
| myself up"
Schell had not heard that McManis was
dead when he related his story, and when
the reporter informed him of it at the close
of his story the prisoner, shade of trouble
passing over his face, said: THAT'S what
expected to hear. / was afraid it was a
bad shot"
The murdered man was about thirty-five
| years of age. and leaves a wife and several
children. He was drayman. and lived in
| Belmont. He was addicted to drink and
when under the influence of liquor was
very quarrelsOme. Mr.. Schell has
| always borne a good reputation.
| He has been elected marshal of
| the suburb for four successive
terms, and has always made satisfactory
officer During the last two years he has
had good deal of trouble with the rough
element of the village, and the only com
| plant that has ever been made against him
was that he was too ready with his re-
| vOlver. He is an unmarried man. thirty
six years of age.
The killing caused a great deal of excite
ment in the village. and after the death of
McManis the feeling against Schell was
very bitter. Witnesses to the affair
claimed that the killing was entirely un-
called for. as McManis had shown no
| disposition to renew the attack after
he had thrown the bowlder. Besides, they
say McManis was much smaller man than
Schell, and could have been easily handled
without the use of a weapon.
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