New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-18
KILLED AT THE PRIMARY
nrvncp ATTIC WARFARE ENDS IL HOMICIDE.
CHIEF OF POLICE HACKEII' Of
SHOOTS DEAD An OLD RESIDENT
OLE I'LL TOWN.

Az .be Democratic primary held last hlglt !"
ox r,dco Trocav,s office. in Cortlandt-St larry
town Jomos ITannon a lifelong resident ol l"o
villogc was shot and killed by Cher oil Iohoc
George F. IIackctt The shooting occuIi'u az
:. AZ o'clock, and IIannon died at at MS loh'c III
Clinson-st, tylere lie had been nefioNc' ~
f-;,rds There ore two factions in the Demo
cratic marty in the village, one OF whlch was
headed nv Harmon. while his opponents were lea
hv . Iiyrrvmon named Quinn. Last nlghVS
,,riuories vyora held 10 eject delegates to the TOWN.
and county convention 10 he heid 'o-u'S ~
P,cksdll Both parties were preSeH' IN i'ii
strength and both determined to have thelr men
90 10 the convention.
IIannon ia the excitement of the DEBATE rHscu
his voicc 70 IFS fun force. and threatened with
removal from the mccting-r0om BY Chlcl oi foi'cc
uacl,ett. who denounced lannon's behavior aS
roisy and bosterous. More and harsher words
followed serious. quarrel seemed nnav'ioaoie,
when Chief Hackett retired from the room ana
went into the street. IIannon, however, lmin'-
Giatcly followed the chief with the apparent pnr-
nose of renewing the quarrel which llackett hal
emf short by leaving the room. llannon continued
10 Use insulting language, and was replied TO ny
rho chief in the same strain. IIannon was armed
with a club and threatened to strike the chlet oi
nolcc Uackctt pulled out his revolver, ana
,vhen thc blow seemed TO fall upon the chlcf
head there was a sudden fash and loud report
Cannon threw up his hands and fell over back
ward on the sidewalk. The chief had shot him
al close quarters.
The greatcat excitement prevailed among the
large number of hystlndcrs. Harmon was taken
ND from the sidewalk by some Of his friends and
carried 10 his home in Clinton-st, where he lived
with his two young children. physician ana
prie.t were Immediately summoned, but arrived
foo late 10 bc of any service. IannOn died before
either arrived. lie expired a. : o'clock, Just
fifteen minutcs after thc shooting. The physl-
c-ln. upon examination, found that the ball had
entered lannon's body, just below the hearI
Iannon did not recover CONSCIOUSNESS
Unnnon wa. fortytwo years old. lie owned
some trucks and liquor shop, which Is III Tort
londt-st. Tarrytown lie was wcll-to-do and promi-
nent in Democratic politics. He WAS born ana
brought ND in the village. He was separated
from ms wife, who also lives at TlTytown'
His father and thrrc brothers lived with him.
After the shooting Chief of Police Iackctt
walked down the street TO Police Headquarters
and attended TO his official duties. 81 IL o'clock
he surrendered himself 10 the town authorities
10 a,yaft the action Of Coroner sutton, VINO mas
lecn informed of the shooting. liacN'tt salu last
g This man has threatened my life on more
occasions than cannot account Tor any
reason why hc should do 80, except II DE Tor
political enmity certainly did not mean to
XIII him | aClcl entirely IN ~clf-1etcnce when
Harmon raised his arm To- smash my hcad WIN
LIS club. ! had 10 protect myself. as believed
nv life - hr IN danger -.
Chicf HocSctj. who has passed all his life in
Tarrytown. bears the reputation of p"aceape;
cool aud collected officer. He was made chlel
attended the primaries. and there was great en-
citemcnt after the shooting.