The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-08-07
HE WAS HANGED IN EFFIGY.
IN THE FIGHT THAT FOLLOWED TWO
MEN WERE SHOT.
Patrick ana william OMEN Run Out OF
Corona by White Caps. but willinn Re-
turned Armed-rhr ats OF . DuckIug,

Patrick and william OMEN RIM Ont or
Corona by White Caps. but VILLAS Re.
turned Armed-rhreats OF = Duckiug.
All day yesterday An efflRy Of William
O'Neil. saloon keeper OF Corona,
was hanging to telegraph wire in
Tint village. while a number OF determined
men kept watch for him ut the railroad sta
tion. He had been warned to leave town.
and had acted on the warning. but late last
night he left Long Island City for his home.
He was armed and swore he would shoot any
OF the White Caps who dared to prevent him
entering his hotel there.
The telegraph office was closed there. but
passengers who came in on the last train from
Corona said thattwo men were shot in fight
on O'Neil's arrival. One was named Connolly.
Tho name of the other is unknown. O'Nel
is said to have been badly used up.
1t Is not known whether he did the shooting
or not. One passenger said that as the train
drew up to the station at Corona he saw
O'Neills brother trying to get him into the
hotel opposite. There was q crowd around.
Let brutal and unfalthful husbands beware
Of Corona. There is horse pond on the out
skirts OF the little Long Island village. green
with slime which might stick unpleasantly
in the throat and cling coldly to hair and
beard. There is sturdy sentiment there. too.
which has moro than once developed physical
activity of n summary and venesfuI sort In the
cause OF good aud outraged womanhood. The
people Of Corona won't stand some things.
aud when they threaten they mean business.
1t is because Patrick and William F. O'Neill.
father and son. have lived there long enough
to know this that they have fec the town.
They received their warnings. and they loft
even before the angry Inhabitants had fairly
strung upon the ire alarm telegraph wire over
the main street tho effGy OF the son which
now hangs there.
The haste with which the O'Neills left town
was not unwarranted. 1t is we'll remembered
how Henry Corner. when he deserted his
wife to live with another woman i've years
ago. was warned by his neighbors; how his
efllgy and that OF his mistress were hung by
the necks side by side over the principal street.
and how. when he delayed departure he re-
ceived a visit which induced him to quit town
without tho formality OF packing his trunk. 1t
is also we'll remembered how. only six months
ago. two married men. whose behavior with
dissolute women disgraced their families and
scandaliZed the town. were seized late ono
night by determined men and ducked in the
horse pond till the slime and mud Rurgled In
their throats.
This last event In the history Of Corona was
kept 70 quiet that tho villagers did not all
hear OF 1t. but the O'Neills knew about 1t and
thought 1t best. when they got warnings. to
take no chances.
Patrick ONeill. tho elder. was we'll known to
people in Corona before he moved to town
two years ago. He lived In GREEN point
and was roputed to DO worth $20O.0O0.
He was sort Of broker in city saloons He
bought out at low prices saloons which had
run down. fitted Thorn up anew and ran them
till he found an opportunity to sell at a good
profit. Thus ne always had several New York
saloons running under his control. sometimes
rs many Is ten or a dozen. He came to Corona
upon sprees Of disgraceful sort. 1t
was known that he was married. but he never
IN hs
Jenkins'e saloon on the Flpshing, road. whore
h. end bis women Ters neisy y, snd 1nWs wei, PINE
no found no friends there. He built an 5000
ssaton For time 0 hs ssH
sprees: but sometimes shocked the villaRersby
has been .rdy Of ss
His Outraged and neglected wife was respected
an Hb pi5iea year .eo oN.,n nut up subst.n.
railroad track from his house. and ftted W
hs s1s P5s h sa
young man was about q years 2ld and slender.
De oSs be sss
more circumspect than, his father. He was q
hard drinker. tSG: In r. ssRtsmber, ~ h. slopfsd
s wtn pf' Edward fasan dentist mt au Who
g. r ss2 s:n from IL. r h' SS
daughter kept. house for him. He was much
SS Re 81 sSe s lived With Ler hus-
og TWo onH on hs aro Mr. oNe gave birth to
child. Even before this her husband was be-
coming bs qe.ton to pvt %t bs d
sts~ 1ofss sl He bossssd Of adeiIsy e
many Of the, VILLAGERS. with whom Marcsila
Pagan had heen popnlsr o. 2,Neill was !, TAKEN 81,
sck ebou time and sSd It,
quent fights in his place.
Last week i was learned in toy, fTom r.,
e as %s was naes M
Tss sSs4 o 'S: r. i .S' s Wit. ..,.
Ssess 70 mare
90 % So su nd nss. tn. yonns man go. h.
NY q Corona Helsh;isi and thirty Or ioriy
Witch TNe ons was he wn a
warned: Some Kicked men from the town
the aSns hin
ing the words which followed to say some
thing. that. as 1t proved. O'Neil took heed OF.
Who these men were and what they said are
That night. however. young o'Nenl vented
his feelings upon his, young wife by chok ing
town. The saloon has been open since. hut
ns Nss aoss q ls rs
ne yeung man LEI. at o's,ssh, At o'clock
the train. ne vent S oyer to Henry Isrhunes
bull aM'io u.nrvn amid b. . nm. n.rvors,,
"Look ' here. o'S"ili.S said ierhSae. II
wSa a soo1 yoq to Sss up % PLACE
are little tired. YOU know. They won't stand
every thing ] warn YOU"
O'Neil laughed. but went out, There we're
sltzsps standipE rouPa Who did not speak 20
stood, for b., went home. and two hour. later
lett town. The next dny ho returned again.
ana It Is said that he then received a more def
ipite warnins He went S ,way AZ phiiEhtiall
stcpmother. left town. pale and silent.
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