The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-12-21

| fore / could get out my pistol. and it was q
narrow escape to keep that from being
taken away from me. had been forced
down on my knees on the sidewalk and
Garrigan was pounding me in the face.
SHOT IN sKLF-DEFESsE.
'Seeing there was determination 20 kiln
me fired with the pistol held close to my
side. / came near shooting myself. as the
bullet passed through my coat"
Kavanaugh showed the hole through the
side OF his coat at the bottom where the
bail bad gone through.
They came near making me shoot my
self ~ he said.
then Mike Daley took the pistol away from
me, he continued "Having no means 20
defend myself, then broke loose and ran,
with the crowd after me- A man named
Cunningham tripped me again at Bryan
street, between Houston and Price.
and knocked me down and held
ooer C on sn and odc copn s.sa % cnH
to my assistance. They managed to keep the
crowd back and get me 10 the barracks.
The crowd stopped at President street.
A NARROW ESCAPE.
''If it hadn't been for the pluck aud as
sistance of Sullivan, Officer Pete Brown
and Officers Bossell aud Crimmins would
have been killed. They certainly intended
to kill me. didn't want to shoot but was
compelled 20 in defence OF my own lfe."
POLICEMAN Browns STORY.
Officer p. G. Brown, a brother Of James
Brown, corroborates Kavanaugh's story.
he says he was walking across Washington
square when his attention was attracted by
row at the Southern Express stables he
saw crowd around man, but didn't
know 1t was kavanaugh. He ran across to
preserve order and quiet things, and when
he got there he saw Kavanaugh on the
ground in kheeling posture struggling to
protect himself and the crowd kicking and
beating him. Officer Brown said he drew
his club and rushed in to assist Kavanaugh,
but was knocked down himself and
kicked into the street. He jumped up and
went back at his assailants. He saw Aava-
naugh trying to raise his pistol, but be was
too closely pressed TO get his hand above his
hip. In that position Brown said Kava-
naugh fired Then Mike Daley wrenched the
pistol out of his hand, land l." said Brown.
raised my club to strike DAILY over the
head As l drew it back over my shoulder
It was grabbed from behind and was
picked up and fired into the street and
kicked around until was covered with mud.
am positive Kavanaugh only fired his pis-
tol in self-defense, and don't think he took
aim at any one in particular"
LOOKED LIKE RIOT.
Officer Brown said he thought it was
free-for-all fight when he got there. He
thought there were fifty or sixty men In
the crowd. He ran into the express com-
pany's stables and telephoned the barracks.
Constable James Sullivan was also IN it,
He said he was on the other side of the
street when he saw the row. He
went over and found Officer Kava-
naugh and Garrigan In a difficulty.
He caught hold Of Garrigan aud
held him. Garrigan agreed to go TO the bar
racks IL be would turn him loose. He
turned him loose and then Garrigan said he
would kill them both before he would go.
Sullivan said he was knocked down and
mauled and pecked in the back in the row.
Several witnesses of the affair corroborate
Garrigan's and James Browns story as to
Kavanaugh making the first attack with
the umbrella.
GARRIGAN's STORY.
A MORNING NEWS reporter saw Garri-
gan at his home two hours after the shoot
ing He was suffering great pain in the
bowels, and said that he was not in condi-
ton to go into the details of the shooting.
"Kavanaugh," said the wounded man, at
tackled and shot me without cause Brown
and myself were talking about arranging
cog fight when Kavanaugh came up. cursed
me and struck me In the face with an um-
brella. l jumped up and struck back at
him, and he pulled his pistol. l grabbed
his hand to save myself from being shot,
but he got loose and shot me in the
stomach
1t was an exertion for Garrigan to make
the statement, and 1t was only gotten from
him by plying questions. He spoke in a
quick, jerky way, which showed that he
was in great pain.
DR.. Simmons had little hope for Garri-
gan's recovery from the first. At 6 O'Clock
paralysis of the bowels developed, and at
1:30 o'clock he died.
THE DEAD MAN.
Garrigan was longshoreman, and had q
wife and 1--WE little children. He
fully realized the grave nature Of his wound
and told several Of his friends that he had
no hopes Of recovery. He had lived In
Savannah several years.
Kavenaugh Is held prisoner in quarters.
by Assistant Chief Killourhy, on a charge
OF assault with intent to murder and no
bond will be accepted for him pending the
result of Garrigan's injuries. Late in the
afternoon warrant from Justice McDer>
with intent to murder, was lodged at the
barracks.
THE POLICE ON THE SCENE.
Assistant Chief Killourhy was on duty at
the barracks with Sergt. Ltngg, aud acted
with great promptness and dispatch. As
soon as word of the difficulty was telephoned
the barracks he dispatched Mounted Officer
Vaughn and Officers Bossell and Crimmins
to the scene, and they probably saved
Kavaneugh's life.
As soon as he received Kavanaugh's state
ment Assistant Chief Killourhy dispatched
squad OF men in charge of Sergt
Baughn with orders to arrest Immediately
all the participants in the affair.
kavanaugh was only able to give the
names of a few of his assailanss, all of
whom were quickly arrested.
BRINGING IN THE RIOTERS.
James Brown was the first one brought
in. He was locked up under
a charge of assault with intent
to murder, and also of riotous conduct
James Mcbride, the saloonkeeper, accom-
panied Brown to the barracks aud was
very wroth because he was not
allowed TO bail him ont. Assistant Chief
Killourhy refused at the time to allow bail
to be made for any of the parties.
Thomas Kenney, William Harrison and
| Edward Purcell were brought in shortly
| afterward. and James Mcbride, Jr., and
| Thomas Noon were brought in later
/ All were locked up upon the same charges
as James Brown, aud Michael Daley, who
wrenched the pistol from Kavanaugh's
hand, was the last one arrested. He was
| found at John Carr's house on
Bay street. The pistol, however,
could not be found, but Daley
said It would be forthcoming at the trial