Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-16
Was Used by Daniel Reardon, When
He Shot Young Martin Mis-
levy, Tuesday Afternoon.
THE WEAPON SECURED YESTERDAY
An Allegheny Liyeryman Accuses the
Police of Falsely Arresting Him
and Using Mace.
DALZELL GETS SOME MORE DELEGATES
Bits of Interesting News Gathered From the Extremes
Of the Twin Cities

The four men charged with the shooting
of young Martin Mislevy are in Jail, and the
weapon used is in the possession of the po-
lice. Detectives Coulson and Bendel Sc
cured the revolver yesterday. 1t is 49,
caliber, double-action Smith & Wesson.
They also found with it a 32-caliber rim, nre
revolver, and two boxes of cartridges, one
2S-caliber and the other 80.
When Dan Reardon admitted the shoot
ing Friday night he declared that he had
thrown the revolver into the river. His
reason for telling the story was that he had
stolen the revolver not an hour before the
shooting This story was accepted and the
BOYS were all locked up in Central until
yesterday morning. Then all but Reardon
were taken to jail to await the result Of
Mislevy's injuries On the way one of them
told the officer that the revolver was not
thrown in the river, but had been hidden
away by Reardon, but he did not known
where.
INSPECTOR MALTESE GETS THE STORY.
When Inspector McAleese was given this
information he produced his little pump
and went at Reardon. He stuck to his story
like prize bull dog, insisting that the re-
volver was resting-also rusting-peacefully
on the bottom of the river. However, about
8 o'clock, he concluded he was in as deep a
hole as 1t was possible to get, even with a
robbery added, and decided that the posses
sion of the pistol could do him little damage.
So he called the Inspector and informed
him that the revolver with which the
shooting was done, and another one carried
BY "Puddler" Carroll were hidden in a hole
in a lot in the rear of John Rouly's stove
foundry at the foot of Twenty-frst street.
Reardon volunteered to accompany the
officers and show them the exact spot and
the offer was accepted. He was harnessed
to Detective Bendel and with Detective
Coulson to keep them company the party
proceeded to the place named by Reardon.
There they found Just what they were look
ing for. The revolvers were wrapped up in
red handkerchief, the same, in fact, in
which they were wrapped when stolen from
Thomas Bogs, a scrap dealer, at the foot of
Twenty-second street.
THOUGHT THEY HAD FOUND MONEY.
It was thought at first the revolver with
which Mlslevy was shot was OF 81 callber,
but it proves to be the 3S caliber Smith &
Wesson. There was a box of cartridges
found for each revolver. The revolvers and
cartridges were stolen from the old scrap
dealer by the boys about an hour before
they did the shooting. They were wrapped
up in an old red handkerchief, and it is the
opinion of the detectives that the boys
thought it was money. The package was
concealed under the bed. Bogs is known to
keep small sums of money about the house
and the young rogues evidently thought
they had struck it rich.
At the West Penn Hospital last night
the injured boy was still alive, but there is
hardly possibility of his recovering. His
breath comes in short, quick gasps, and he
is in great pain. His death is watched for
hourly, and he may be dead before this
article appears. There is the slightest pos
sibility that the boy will recover, but it is
so remote as not to be counted on