The morning call., 1893-05-08

il she would cook n steak for NE. / told
her my stomach was toa-Yeak TO stand
that. She then sugges ted some beef tea,
and | said "All right that will do
Just then the men broke in the door
and commenced shooting. and | returned
the fire in self-defense. Each man had a
gun in his hand and they were soon all on
top of ME.
If have rOomed with the Lawtons for
the past six months, but did not sleep there
every night, as sometimes / slept down.
town, but1 took my meals regularly there.
l am married man, but my wife has been
IN the country for the past Two months.
We have no children. When she was in
the city | had my room at the Lawton's,
because IL was so near the Union Iron
Works, where l have been employ ed for
the past eight years as steam pipefitter.
! am - years of age. This is nothing but
a case of blacknail. Lawton owed me
money and he las put this job up on Inc to
get clearNf paying IT,"
He seemed anxious about Carrol's con-
ditlon, and when told that he was dan
gerously wounded he shook his head aud
said: "lt's bad job-a bad job"
According to DaIey's story when the
party headed by John Lawton entered
the room three OF the party pointed pistols
at him, and, thinking they were going to
fire. he thrust forth his own and blaZed
away. He says he fired only two shot3.
When his pistol was taken from him at
the Potrero police station only one cham
Der was found empty, which showed that
1t had been tampered with, as two men
were shot.
Officer O'Neil found four empty pistol
cartridges lying on the table in Daley's
room when he made a search. but Sergeant
Bennett afteTward declared that they lad
not been fired recently, as they bore every
evidence of being old.
Michael A. Lawion said last night: 'I
NsA u l.
unduly intimate with my " ife. | had on
several occasions made preteuse OF going
from home, but bad hid n the cellar and
seen them together. Last Sunday | con-
suited my brother Jack as to getting evil
dence with the object of procuring a
divorce, and we laid plan to catch them.
he was to get three of his friends to come
with him to my house early this morning
| was tn tell my wife that | was going to
the CHI House, but instead Of doing so |
was TO hide in the cellar under the house,
where had cut hole four by six inches
in the ti1or Just underneath the lounge in
Daley's room, so ;hatI could see what was
going on without being seen.
my brother Jack, John Carroll Frank
Carroll and J. F. Klenk came to my house
about 6 o'clock this morning in my
brothers wagon. Before that l had told
my wife that | was going TO the Cliff
House. When got outside | heard her
locking all the doors.
MY brother and the other three sta
toned themselves In the rear of the house
close to the kitchen door. l went down 10
the cellar, and IL was arranged that when
l showed q lath under the house they were
to force in the kitchen door with heavy
piece Of wood ard rush in and catch them.
81 looked through the hole in the fiuor,
| and, afler waiting for some time, my wife
| came into Daley's room. lie drew her
toward him and kissed her. They caressed
| each other for some minutes, and agaia /
! had proof of my wife's unfaithfuluess. |
gave the signal and heard tire kitchen door
burst open. then ran toward the kitchen
door and saw that my brother and John
| Carroll were. wounded. | did not see any
shooting, as II was all over before / got to
the kitchen. We carried my brother out
to the lot adjoining the house, aud in few
| minutes he was dead
"All was confusion. and | don't remem-
Der much OF what happened afterward
| l have been married for nine years.
and it has been purgatory TO me ali that
time through my wife. | had no reason to
doubt ner chastity till Daley began TO