Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1891-02-13
BULLETS AND SHOOTERS.

Three Shooting Affairs Yesterday
None Fatal-A Little Girl Shot by |
Her Seven-Year-Old-Play - A
Stray Bullet Finds a Polander -
Peter Rourke Attempts to XIII His
Wife.
There was quite an epidemic of shooting
ARRAYS in this city yesterday, though for
tunately none of them proved fatal. The
most singular one of all was the one in
which two playmates-little Mamie Cor
meley, aged five, of 221 Wallace street, and
Johnnie Mccarthy, aged seven, of Hamil-
ton street-fgured. Johnnie at 1:25 yes
terday afternoon was over to Mamie's
house and was fooling with pistol which
happened to be loaded and which his
mother had obtained recently, she having
been annoyed nights by loud rapping at
the door, and fearing an invasion Of
burglars. Johnnie somehow got hold of
the pistol and while showing it to his play
mate and fourishing it around it went off
and little Mamie was shot in the left eye.
The bullet struck the temporary ridge of
the frontal bone on the edge and taking a
downward course landed in the molar
and CONSERVATION, but DR.. Cahiu was soon
called in and the little sufferer placed in his
charge. There was much relief felt when
discovered that the wound was not 80 Sc
rious as at first feared. He succeeded in
extracting the bullet and gave every as
surance that the girl would recover. The
only danger lay in the setting in of infam-
nation.
APeIander Wounded.
A peculiar shooting accident occurred
on Crescent street about o'clock, yester-
day afternoon. The victim was Poland
or named Stanislaus Mankowski, who is
employed by A. N. Farnham of Westville.
He has suffered for some time with an
abscess in the face and yesterday after
noon came down to the city for medical
| attendance and was returning home with
| friend when the accident happened.
Some boys were off shooting in the fields
adjoining, and suddenly Mankowski gave
| cry of pain and fell to the ground. His
| comrade hastened to him and found that
he had been struck by stray bullet, sup
| posed to be 32-calibre. The almshouse
| ambulance was summoned and the wound
| ed man was removed to the hospital The
wound was probed for the bullet, which
| had entered near the lower rib, but after
a long search the doctors came to the
conclusion that the ball had glanced of
from the bone without entering the in
testines. At late hour the patient was
doing well. He is married and lives in
| one of Mr.. Farnham's houses.
| An Attempt at Wife Murder.
Mrs. Mary Rourke of No. 10 Allen stree
has had more trouble with her drunken
husband, Peter, which proved almost of /.
fatal turn for herself. Yesterday after
noon as she was returning home with
large and heavy basket of clothes TO,
washing, near the corner Of Congress ave
nue. and Daggett street she met her hus
band, who stopped her and held brie
conversation. Suddenly with no warning
whatever he whipped out 32-calibre re
volver and fired, putting it SO close to he
face that the powder burned her cheek
Though his Intentions evidently wer,
murderous enough his aim was faulty ant
the bullet did not hit her. He quickl,
fred another shot at her bu
which also was without seri
GUS results. The reports had tn
effect of quickly attracting large crowd
active among whom to catch the would-b
| WIe-muruercr were GEORGE COWleS, fathe
Of Officer Cowles and Henry Feltung
They ran quickly after Rourke who ha'
fed down Daggett street and up Washing
ton. They jumped into Pender's expires
wagon and continuing the pursuit presse
upon him SO close that he turned aroun
and brandishing his weapon, threatene
to shoot. This caused some consternatio
in the crowd. He was finally captured b
Officer G. L. Hyde in his daughters house
Mrs. Fletcher, who lives at 298 Washing
ton street. Rourke confessed the shootin
and gave up the pistol, which had tw
empty Chambers and three loaded. b
was held at the station on the charge {
assault with intent to kill
, This is not the first time Rourke hs
made similar attempt on his wife's Ef,
About two years ago he drove her out {
7 the house with shot gun and fred it
! her twice. She has lived in terror of hi
life for long time. It is only two {
three months ago since he was put undo
, bonds for her support, which was flu
nished by his son.