Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-24
SHOTBY A WATCHMAN
James McEVOy Gets a Ball in His
Breast at hOenberger's MILL
HE REFUSED TO LEAVE TIE WORKS
When Ordered Out Late at Night by One Of
the Special Guards.
IT Is NOT AN OUTCOME OF TIE STRIKE

A shooting affray occurred yesterday morn
ing about $50 o'clock at Shoenberger &
Co.'S mill, which occasioned considerable
excitement in the vicinity on account of the
recent labor trouble at that place. John
Adlbock, special Sunday wstchman at the
works, shot James McEvoy. of Philadel-
phia, in the left breast, from the effects of
which he is liable to die. No witnesses
were present, and Adlbock's statement is
the only version of the affair as yet known.
The gist of it is as follows:
About $50 an old man who was we'll
dressed, but who was somewhat the worse
for liquor, entered the mill and asked the
privilege of lying down for awhile. The
watchman informed the stranger that no one
was allowed in the mill, but the old man
begged so hard that permission was finally
granted him to lay down beside one OF the
furnaces. A short time after this McEvoy
entered the mill and inquired from Adlbock
if an old man had not come into the mill.
The watchman grew suspicious of McEvov,
and thinking be intended: robbing the
stranger, ordered him to leave the mill at
the same time pointing to place on which
'no admittance" sign was posted.
HE WOULDN'T GO. O..
McEvoy laughed, and refused to leave
the mill. Adlbock then went over to No. 1
furnace to see that the gas was all right,
and returning found McEvoy still in the
mill. The watchman again ordered him to
leave, but the latter refused to go, where
upon Adlbock informed him that If he did
not 90 he would give him "a piece of cold
lead, !" at the same time drawing a No. l,
old style Smith & Wesson.
McEvoy again laughed at the watchman,
and said as he slowly approached. "Let me
see what you've got there You wouldn't
use that" The watchman warned him to
keep back and go out of the mill, but Nc
Evov refused to heed, and when within five
feet of the watchman sthe latter pulled the
trigger
Alter the shot McEvoy turned and ran
toward the river, but did not go far until he
fell Officer David Hanna happened to be
in the neighborhood, and on hearing the
shot ran into the mill. He placed Adlbock
under arrest, and both the shooter and the
man who was shot were taken to the Twelfth
ward station, in the patrol wagon. DR..
Mover was called, and on examination
found that the bullet had entered the left
breast a short distance above the heart and
penetrated the left lung.
A DANGEROUS WOUND.
An effort was made to probe for the bail,
but it proved unsuccessful, and the wounded
man was removed to the Mercy Hospital.
DR.. Mover stated that the wound was an ex-
tremely dangerous one, and the patients
chances for recovery were decidedly slim.
Adlbock was locked up to await the result
of his victims injuries.
James McEvoy is about 26 years of age
and halls from Philadelphia. He has only
been in the city for a few days. John
Adlbock, the man who did the shooting, is
So years old, and has been special
watchman at Shoenberger's mill for
ten years and about the mills of this city
for 40 years. He is known as quiet,
harmless old man.
The recent labor troubles at the mill have
served to excite him somewhat, and he was
fearful of someone offering violence to him.
The shooting yesterday morning, however,
had nothing whatever to do with the labor
troubles and the blame can in no wise be
laid to the strike.
At late hour last evening McEvoy was
still living. The doctors at the Mercy
Hospital could not hold out much hope for
his life.
Some of the police officers who are on
duty in the vicinity as well as others are of
the opinion that the shooting was entirely
uncalled for; that if assistance was necessary
there was plenty of it within call.