The morning call., 1893-07-05
The Victims of the NIGHT
BraWl.
THOs. w. MORRIS ARRESTED.
He Is Accused of the Stabbing of
David Mccarthy and Otto
Pope.


sailant identified and incarcerated within
the "City Prison tanks" are the sequel to
the stabbing ARRAY of Monday night.
David Mccarthy and Otto Pope. tin
roofers by occupation. arc the dying VIC
tins of drunken spree.
Otto Pope. who is not so seriously
wounded as Mccarthy. was interviewed
yesterday by CALL reporter and said:
"At6 o'clock on Monday evening Nc
Carthy and myself met on Mission street
and we proceeded to a store near the Gre
morne Theater on Market street, where
we purchased about eighty cents worth of
frecrackers. We then went back to Mis-
sion street and to saloon on Fourth and
Mission streets. kept by man named
Kaiser, where we had few
drinks with Patrick Dempsey. l
went out on the sidewalk and set
off some of the fireworks which we had
bought, and threw some of them lighted
into the saloon. then walked down half
a block and went into Won der Menden's
saloon, where had another drink. Soon
after Mccarthy came running in as it he
we're chased by somebody, and after he
got inside bottle was thrown heavily
crowd standing on the sidewalk. | did
not wait. but walked down toward Third
street. At the corner of Third and Mar
ket streets l emptied my pockets OF the
firecrackers and threw away my purse
accidentally at the same time. l stopped
to look for it, but not finding it walked
down Third street toward Market. Feel
ing dizzy, | went into q basement saloon
on the corner of Geary and kearny streets
,,lt Nov, naf
the bar called my attention to blood which
was slowly dripping down my trousers.
Immediately walked out to the old City
Hall Oh kearny street, believing that the
Receiving Hospital was there, and walked
back to Market street, where l got car
which brought me here. and l was sur
prised TO find Mccarthy also here badly
wounded. do not know who struck me,
as did not realize that | was hurt at the
time"
Pope lives at 400 Minna street and was
wounded in the abdomen.
David Mccarthy, who is not expected TO
live, was wounded most frightfully in the
abdomen, having one Of the most impor-
tant intestinal arteries completely severed.
DIR. Lewison Deane had 10 push the mites
tines back, which were protrudlng from
the wound when the injured man arrived
at the hospital, where he was visited by
his father, his brother and bis sister. Mrs.
McDOnaIu, no remained ny HIS slub
min STEERING to his needs.
Thomas w. Morris. about % years Of
age, was arrested early yesterday morn
ing at his home, on Mlnna street, where
he lives with his widowed mother and
brother. He was identified by Mccarthy as
his assailant, and he neither denied nor
affirmed the charge Of assault to murder
which was placed against him on the
books of the City Prison, as his attorney
WOuld not allow him to speak.
His mother was seen at her home last
night and said:
Last evening (Monday) my son came
home to his supper at o'clock and imme-
diately afterward went out. He returned
about II o'clock and retired to bed. About
O'Clock this morning my son Jack awoke
and told me that the bell WAS ringing. l
went to the door and asked what was
wanted, when some one said Open the
door / opened it and in came three or
four policemen. Officer Allen asked for
Tom and they went into the room where
he was IN bed and ordered him to dress
and go with them. l asked what was the
charge. but they refused TO tell"
Mrs. Morris seems to be a respectable
woman. Her husband was a shoemaker.
He died four years ago at Antioch. on the
Sacramento River, where the accused was
born twenty-five years ago. The prisoner
was recently convicted of larceny and sent
to the House of Correction, from which he
was liberated short time ago.
1t appears that Morris went to saloon
kept by man named Null. on the corner
of Everett aud Fourth streets. where he
took large cheese knife out OF box
which was on the lunch-counter. He
returned soon after with the knife, and,
laying it on the counter. remarked. Il
have done those two fellows uU." meaning
Mccarthy and Pope. He then went away
and Muhl soon after lifted the knife and
wiped it in a towel which he had in his
hand he Immediately noticed the blood,
and sent for an officer. to whom he related
the story which led to the arrest of Morris.
Thomas ". Morris. who is charged with
having fatally stabbed both David Nc
Carthy and Otto Pope. was positively
identified by his victims last night.
Mccarthy and Pope are lying on cot
| in a critical condition from their wounds
and the surgeons think they have no
chance of ultimate recovery. On learning
of their condition the police concluded to
take their ante-m0rtem statements Of the
| terrible ARRAY.
| Morris was consequently taken from his
cell in the old City Hall and escorted to
| the Receiving Hospital by Detective Sill
vey and Officer Hauck last night. He was
| handcuffed. but beyond expressing his
disgust at being irOned and complaining
! that the cuffs chafed his wrists and he de-
sired them loosened, he refused to talk.
| He did not appear to realize the serious
nature of his crime and preserved sullen
silence whenever questioned about the
stabbing.
| Morris was first taken to the bedside of
Mccarthy. who lay grooming with pain on
his cot.
| Mccarthy. after scrutinizinc him care
fully. positively identified him as tile man
who had stabbed him. and expressed his
willingness to make dying statement OF
| the trouble.
| When he spoke the words that will prob
ably fasten his murder upon Morris. the
latter regarded him with an air of stoical
| indifference and smiled grmly.
| Mccarthy made the GLOWING statement:
my name is David Mccarthy. l am a
native of California and "a years Of age.
NOW that am about to die from the
injury / received last evening. July 8. at
the northeast corner Of Fourth and Mis-
sion streets, make the following state
ment and declarations:
Il was going into the saloon known as
Kaiser's this morning.
Thomas Morris was there and ran the
knife right into my stomach, and then
Morris ran outside the saloon.
d. j. MCCARTHY"
Mccarthy signed with difficulty the docu-
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