St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-07

Several Hundred Men Looking
for a Murderer of West
Duluth.
With Whom He Quar-
relied.

Special to the Globe.
DULUTH, Mimi, Sept. 6.-West Du-
luth was startled about O'clock this
evening with the report that a double
murder had been committed in Cogin
d JohnSOn's saloon. next to the Phillips
house. The victims of the tragedy
are Jack Haggerdy, a carpenter, who
has been in the employ of the Duluth
manufacturing company. and John
Murphy, also a carpenter. The muir
derer's name is Frank Hanck. bartender
for Cogin & Johnson. The row began
last evening. when Murphy and Hanck
had an alteration, which resulted in
the former getting his head pound
ed with a beer mug. This after
noon, few minutes before the tragedy,
Murphy, who had been drinking heavily,
was seen going towards the saloon. He
said to friend of his that he was going
down to whip Hanck. As near
as can be learned tonight, the
following appears to be the correct
story of what took place in the saloon.
Murphy made spring for Hanck, and
the latter shot him in the head with a
revolver. Murphy fell in the thresh-
GA OF the front door. Jack
Eagerly. friend of Murphy's, then
turned to Hanck, called him a vile hame
and said: You are a id coward to
snoot man down like that" NV hereupon
iianck deliberately shot at Haggertv.
the ball hitting. him in the hip. The
men then had hand-to-hand scuffie.
curing which Hanck fired twice. the
last Dall taking effect. Haggerty fell
over on the threshold of the back door,
anu hanck's next act was to rnsh to the
r rnU,i eS+ drawer; graz some money and
run OUT or the back door, jumping over
Haggerty as he went. Some assert
tnat some one gave him a roll of
plllS and told him to 90.
however that may be, Hanck went as
laSt as he could and ran INTO the livery
stable of Fox & Ogden, where he ad-
JuSted his collar and washed the blood
off his face.
-, 15alck was accompanied by a short,
tnich-Set man, who went with him to a
saloon called The Mint" There tney
t tIGh drink and disappeared. Who
.nls companion is is a great mystery.
Meanwhile Chief of Police Briggs.
VINO was informed of what had
happened, went to the scene and
a horrible sight was before him. A
dying man at each door, Cogin. bar
.ehder named Billy standing behind the
paf' looking on uncOncernediy, and
musician, whom nobody knows by name.
IN corner, looking in blank amaze.
lhelt. The chief arrested the three
men and then called for assistance.
haggefty died at 6:35. and was removed
" lille morgue. Murphy was taken
,ionit, anu IS sui breathing, but cannot
b bo1H ~ IIecover. An autopsy over the
ioouy OF Haggerty showed three wounds,
U tI uii Tue mp. another on the leg. and
INC ,; tllrd, and fatal one, in the bowels.
me village is intensely excited, and
several hundred men are out securing
tne eountrv fer the man. If he is found
ne VIII lie lyme ned. He was last seen
'poafdih- tne Duluth, South Shore
q Aliahtlc train for West Superior.
ielegramS. have been sent in all
directions. lack Haggerty was
single man thirtyeight years OF age.
ana was engaged to Miss Cullen.
respectable young lady OF West Duluth.
L ne scene at the morgue, when she saw
ms Douy, was heart-rending. Muir
phy Is married man and has three
cnlioreh. lie is about tnirty-five
years old. Hanck IS not
over twenty-five. All three men have
hltherto been of good reputation. an,
were well liked by their friends and AZ
QuaihtanceS. Hanck was too handy wiz
: Il revolver, and is said to have sho.
man before. AS Hanck passed ont oe
the SAIGON he gave the head of the proS
trate Ha%gerty several sharp raps VIII
the handle of the revolver If w ltu
32-caliber. "aS