The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-10-07

Lawn was Obdurate. He told the driver 20
Z 20 to the Central station, bus when Hag-
/ gerty told him that he was faint from loss
I of blood, he Consented to accompany his
I prisoner to the office Of Dr. Dexter, over
At@OOds store, at the corner of Clark and
/ Madison streets. Haggerty climbed the
narrow staircase 1i5nOut assistance. His
! fir ends would have carried him NJ, but be
waved them off, and, with a grim smile,
said be would prefer to be left alone
Once in the doctors Office, he took of his
coat, vest and shirt and barred his breast.
Directly over the right nipple was a gaping
wound from which blood was flowing in q
constant stream. His underclothes and his
shirt and vest were dyed crimson, but he
was apparently as uncoucerned as IL nothing
had happened to mar the serenity Of his
existence. DIR. Dexter made hasty exam
ination Of the wound, applied bdndages to
stop the flow of blood, and then told Hag-
gertv's exDectant friends that his lung had
been perforated, aud that he could not
recover.
Haggerty heard the verdict, but he
merely smiled and said he was ready to
leave the world. He stepped out Of the
office without as istGnce, and as he began TO
descend the stairs he peremptorily declined
the assistance proffered him by half score
of friends. 81 can go down alone" he said,
and he did. He walked across the sidewalk
to cab without help, and when the mob
that had gathered around the corner began
to close in on him he did his share toward
keeping oUen passageway to the curb.
The half dozen policemen who were there
could hardly restrain the crowd that surged
around them in wild effort to catch
glimpse of the wounded gun fighter. It
was only after a terrific crush and a sharp
fight that Haggerty was gotten into
patrol wagon and hurried out west to the
county hospital. There was no single room
-. h. S.,-Ns l.
the surgeons who were called to attend his
wound, so he was removed to the Presby-
terrain hospital. His condition was desper-
ate, yet he retained his nerve to the last,
and to such friends as called he was as
cheerful as if he had only como out of an
ordinary fisticuf encounter. Somebody
told him that Connorton had wife and
antagonists life would be spared.
When Connorton reached the Palmer
house Dr. Eggleston made hasty examina-
ton of his wound and found that the ball
had struck him fairly in the stomach, about
an inch below the navel A glance was
sufficient to convince DR.. Eggleston that
the wound was mortal one. What do
you think of itg Connorton asked. "You
had better get home as soon as you can"
was all DR.. Eggleston said in reply. An
ambulance was called and carried the man
to his residence, 142 Seminary avenue. His
wife and four children were waiting at the
door when the ambulance pulled up. Pm
a goner, he said, as the woman rushed out
and peered into his face. AS they carried
him up the narrow stairway, he said: "This
is the last time l will go up these stairs,
boys" Gradually he lost consciousness. but
when Drs. Parkes, Williams and Ochsner
arrived, he shook off the stupor that was
stealing over him. What can you do for
me!" he asked, dreamily. The surgeons made
a hurried examination. "How were you
standing when the shot was fred" Dr.
Parkes asked.
THAT is hard to TELL" he replied. "I
was running out of the saloon and turned
slightly to see whether Haggerty was COM
ing when the shot struck me-" The sur
geons withdrew and had a brief consulta-
| ton. When they came back to the bedside
DIR. Parkes announced that there was but
one thing to do. 1--WE can perform an
operation to remove the ball, but it may
| not be successful. There is one chance in q
hundred for you. Without it there is nope.'
The gambler closed his eyes and murmured:
"I'll take the one chance" Anaesthetics
| we're administered and long incision made
in his stomach. After probing for the ball
almost half an hour DIR. Parkes abandoned
| hope of finding it. 'He may recover" the
| surgeon announced "but the chances are
all against him, and 1 should not be sur.
| prised If death resulted before morning"