The sun., 1889-11-19
HOW MANY MICHAELLALLYSl
,g0s BRIDGE POLICEMAN WBo
,rIIs LIoUORS WHO SROT HURLEY

rh., is, Uniess Harley Shot HiuselC-And
All tho Michael I.nllya Live at 0oO Froni
str.et, where OnIy One or Them Lives.
Ibo,lt III o'clock last Saturday morning
vonne man hobbled into the Chambers Street
uosnital leaning upon the arm Of q stalwart
,.Tov who was half drunk. The young man
ia he was Peter Hurley, q bartender living
s,isC Cherry street. had accidentally shot him
al, in the right foot With pistol. The doctors
,snt him up to tho operating room. His COM
nsnlon insisted on going UP too. and was threat
,nod with election. He pulled open his coat,
,boved a badge and declared that he was q
rolleeman He was finally persuaded to go
sUay Hurley said the man was policeman /:
that bis name as tho doctors understood It,
~ns Michael Rory. At any rate 1t was Michael
something.
Hurley was retcent about the circum stances
n, tho shooting, and the doctors thought 1t
vas rather n queer case. He is there yet, and
his foot may have to como OF. Mrs. Hurley
ealled last night She said that her hus-
hand had shot himself by accident
and that he lived at 27 Cherry street
instead OF ls, and that was all che knew.
Ehe was accompanied bv man who said
he was q truckman named Lally OF South
street, Dennis Laly, South street truckman,
tho directory says lives at $50 Front street.
Dennis Lally told THE SUN reporter that Hur-
ley lad shot himself accidentally in the foot
while examining u pistel In Dorkin's saloon
At 900 Front street, where he was a bartender.
The man who had taken Hurley to tho hospital,
C"Ilins t"iI Who was of duty and was with Hurley
when Hurley shot himself
Al The saloon. 2gU Front street, the reporter
was toid by the bartender that no man named
Harley had ever been u bartender there. that
no man had shot himself there. that tho saloon
was not owned by Dnrkin or lnlly. and that no
huch reope lived there over the saloon. The
reporter was told by half dozen people out
siio the saloon that it was Durk,n Lally's
place. &, .h
Earding Hurley's shooting was this Michael
InIly, one OF the saloon keepers. is q bridge
policeman named Michael Lally, who is also a
Tnmmany committeeman. lie came into tho
suroon drunk on Saturday morning and ordered
Huiley to dance. Hurley refused, and Lally,
drawing his revolver and pointing It at Hur-
levs feet again ordered him to dance. Hurley
still refused and then Lally shot him and took
him TO the hospital.
The Sergeant on duty at the bridge police
n bridge policeman and lived at 29O Front
street. The reporter found Lally on duty at
tho brooklyn entrance to the bridge. Laly
live at .290 Front street. but 1 don't keep
the saloon there. The saloon is kept by n man
named Dennis .Lally. He is no relation Of
Hurley. and don't know anything about any
man getting shot. live over the saloon. I'm
not member OF the Tammany Hall General
Committee and I'm not interested in politics
The list Of the Tammany Hall General Com
mittee contains the name OF Michael LRlly 2S0
district. The city directory contains the fol-
lowing addresses:
Laly. Michael, Iiqqors 2eo Front;
laIy. Dennis, trucks l72 south; house, $50 Front
Durkin. James. liquors, 700 Front
The license hanging in the saloon Is made
out In the name OF Dennis Lally.