, 1890-07-24
Patsy Mulligan and Jack
Smith the Victims
WOULD-BE MURDERER JAILED
All Three OF the Participants in
the Row Are Pugilists-
The Particulars.


Casey, local light weight.
They found a friend In the Spokes-
man, which undertook to bring
them together. Friday night Casey
and Mulligan deposited 500 each
with the business manager, to insure
their good faith In the matter, and
appointed II o'clock yesterday
morning as time of meeting to ar
range the preliminarles for the fight,
such as signing articles, agreeing TO
weights, etc.
Casey and Frank A. Cook. his
trainer, were first to arrive. Pres
emily Mulligan and Jack Smith, hi ;
trainer, dropped in. The parties
adjourned to the local room of the
paper, accompanied by Il. II. Hutch
inson, the Spokesman's advertising
solicitor, who also has charge of the
sporting column. A man known
as Billy Lynn, who aspires to he a
"pug," but who has never done any
thing In the ring to speak of, also
went into the room where the party
had taken seats, although he was
not invited to be present, and sat
p down.
Some little time was devoted to
talking over weights, but Casey and
Mulligan could not come to an
agreement. The local man said he
could not come down to III pounds,
IA required by Mulllgan. The latter
said that inasmuch as he would
weigh ll2 pounds he would not give
Casey over five pounds weight. Sub
sequent events are best described in
Mr.. Hutchinson account of the
shooting, as given REVIEW re.
porter last evening.
+. II. HUTCIIrNsoN's ACCOUNT.
at hogan to look as II no agree
ment would he reached by Casey
and Mulligan. Suddenly Lynn,
who had nothing to do with the
match whatever, but who was sit
ting directly behind Mulligan,
jumped to his feet and hurriedly
said, rs near as can remember:
"'If you amt going to fight
him Casey, l will give you fight,
you - - - - at the same
time hitting Mulligan IA singing
blow on the side of the face. Pat
sey, who was sitting In his chair,
was unprepared for the unforeseen
attack, but turned, and drawing n
revolver, was about to strike Lynn
with it. grabbed his arm before
the weapon could descend, and
Smith grabbed Lynn. Mulligan
then put his gun back In his pocket,
and i fired Lynn out the front door.
He wanted to return, but ! would
not let him. He said that if |
would let him back in the office
there would be no further disturb
ance. i told him that what was
taking place inside was no affair of
his, and advised him to go off about
his business. He turnedand started
to walk away.
~ turned To 60 back In the local
room, but before / had hardly got
into the outer Office / heard two
shots fired In rapid succession.
Lynn must have run NJ fast as his
legs could carry him, for he went
clear around through the alley to u
door leading to the composing room,
through the composing room to the
door leading to the local room, In
which was Casey, Cook, Mulligan
n and Smith. He covered all this
distance while / was taking about
= ten steps. No, l did not see the
shooting, as 1t was done in another
room. When heard the shots I
made for the door, us did not want
to stop any of the flying lead, and I
think the Others were of the same
opinion, as IL was caution to see
them pile out of the office"
Reporter Boltz, who was in the
editorial room, which Is between
the business Office and local room,
at the time the trouble occurred,
went In search of an officer. Not
finding one, he was returning when
he heard the shots. The next
moment Mulligan, who was rush.
ing out, ran against him and nearly
knocked him down. Boltz went
on into the Office, which was
deserted, rang up the police station
and asked that an officer be sent
down as soon as possible.
EFFECTS OF THE SHOTS.
At the time of the shooting the
positions of those In the local room
were as shown In the diagram ac-
companying this article. The opin-
ions as to the position of Mulligan
when the shots were fired differ. 1t
\ Is highly probable, however, that
Mulligan had not returned to his
chair near tho composing room
P'oor, but was standing In the center
OF the local room facing the street
when Lynn appeared In his rear.
Lynn's presence at the composing
room door was not known until he
fired the first shot. This was di-
rected at Smith, who was sitting
with his right hand on his knee.
The bullet went through his hand
and into his leg, entering just above
the kneecap and lodging In the
heshy part of the thigh.
Without pausing, Lynn raised
MS pistol and sent u bullet into Null
iigan's back. 1t entered under the
left shoulder blade and pierced the
left lung.
Mulligan grasped his sides with
mis- hands, as If to press his wound,
ana rushed for the door, accompa-
MED by the rest who were In Tie
room. Arriving at the front door.
ne again drew his revolver, rs II To
defend himself with IT, but irnme-
43Aely after drawing It he replaced
10 y, with Smith, started up How
4 Special Officer r. G. Harbord
who was coming down Howard
stopped Mulllgan aud smith and