The sun., 1894-03-07
Murdered AT THE POLLS.
,rprR1IcAS WAIoBER KILLED Ar
THE ELECTION IN TRoE

,.-Th. Contest Results q. the Eies-
,o, os Nouoy. Rss-isr Democrat.
rrov March 6-Never has Troy witnessed .
-. exciting municipal election than that
.nich took place to-day. There had been
s..nss OF disorder at many OF the polling
So. hut the outrageous disregard for law
p..S.d its height at noon. when young Re-
",hiis,n was murdered and another was
..,ionsly wounded with bullet in his head.
80, and william Ross were the victims.
~, v.rs among the citizens who gathered
.,',h. polls in the Third district OF the Thir-
...n,h ward to see that the Election law was
M, Violated. The voting had been spirited In
..I. dIstrict but not until the appearance OF
80 4, repeaters was there ripple OF excite
-, man who had no right to cast . vote
,h.r nre.ented himself at the polls and de-
r.Ddsd ballots. The Republicans who chal-
is,ged him we're elected. and the applicant
v,s siterward pushed into the street By other
Republicans.
m.n were struck. Prominent among the tight
Ar. ware BAT" Shea. John MoGough. and
Jerry" Cleary. who drew pistols. and so did
o,hsrs in the crowd Bystanders say that
Rob.rt Ross was knocked down with . club.
and Ube he was lying with his face down the
assassin sent q bullet into his brain. causing
almost instant death. Another who fell was
william Ross the murdered mans brother.
Bs was shot in the neck. and his condition is
critical Bat" Shea was slightly wounded. Q
bullet having caused q scalp wound. A fourth
man was shot and It 10 reported tonight that
\. Ia John McGouRh. Shea was taken to So
loon. where his injuries were dressed. He 10
being closely watched and will probably be ar
rested.
John Il. Boland. prominent and respected
citizen, was arrested late this afternoon on .
charge Of being implicated. Justice Fursmsn
refused to take bail and Boland was remanded
to jail It 10 believed that Boland's arrest 10
an effort to shift the responsibility from those
on whom It rightly belongs Before surren-
dsring himself to the police. Boland made the
following statement to the United Press re-
porter:
Impressed with the duty OF every citizen to
do his all toward securing an honest vote and
Affair." count and wishing to see the law up
held. l was at tho polling place In my district
oil morning. During the morning word came
that the most fragrant outraRes were being
enacted In the First and Second districts OF the
ward. Repeaters were said to be operating in
these districts almost without molestation.
and when the Demo ocratic heeers began to ar
rive tho respectable element was on the alert
to prevent fraud.
At noon Shea. John McGouRh. Jerry Cleary.
and one or two others whom l do not know.
went into the polling place with . repeater. and
aRepublican watcher followed them into the
polling place and made q protest against the
fellow voting. McGough. Shea. and the other
followers OF their crowd forced the watcher
and crowd back. MeGoush drew . revolver
and ordered the crowd to stand back. Shea
and Cleary did the same. and all three st once
Al. nAh saNr s.atrs xAAr
the ear. He never uttered q word after he was
shot, apparently being paralyzed by the ball
He was picked up and carried into
residence near by. but expired before
medical aid could be procured. William Ross.
seeing that his brother had been prostrated by
a bullet rushed to his rescue. Before he
could reach his brothers side he. too. was
shot In the head from behind and fell to the
ground. John Ross. another brother. rushed
to the rescue and 1t was as heartrending .
sight as I ever saw to see tho three brothers
there on the scene. John Ross was holding
his dying brothers head and moaned: Look
at my dying brothers life blood as the vital
strength OF Robert Ross oozsd from the wound
in his head. dyeing his brothers hands and
the ground . bright crimson.
The trouble originated and the hight was
preeipitated by John McGough. who Is q DEM
oeratio hesler. drawing his revolver and Or
dsring the crowd to stand back. and the firing
By Shea and Cleary. who Joined McGough.
The firing was fast and furious for few mo-
ments. and II 10 q wonder that others were not
injured. After the shooting McGough went
over toward North Fourth street and disap-
peared through gangway leading to that
street from the vacant lot where the shooting
took place. After MoGough disappeared
through the gangway all track OF him was
lost lsaW McGough emf pty his revolver into
the crowd and. believing that he had killed
my friend Ross, followed him. with others.
and endeavored to effect his capture. can
nsps mot ;.y that became Of McGOugh the excite
John koss said to reporter this evening:
were men there who saw the whole affair II
vas murder, deliberate murder. and it was
.scG,taie .scm,edtaied. Only short time before the
William ipll ip the face; ! dragged my brother
ssS 6at did not think then that there would
IL, Las Ross eoys took an active part in the re-
sU,s movement IN the Thirtoenth ward for
vas held in that ward md troubis snsusd the
Il tSss SHS GI the RSss S,s.hsr, was as
snT sno Is accused Of disappearing with the ballot
Sbir,a.hs ~ me regular l;ePublican, caucus in the
We man who frat drew pistol at that caucus.
da,'s sis.,ire we're hys candidates for MAYOR In to-
ts.t Ss,sno Ss,scnon but lnterest centred In the CON
nppstsesn Mayor Whelan Ind. Dem. whom
Ne rhspgblicans had endorsed. and Francis j.
snd d'1b, ~ the choice OF the regular Democracy
NJ we Rdherents OF United States Senator
GSS'phi In several OF the wards during the
hs struggle tetwean the Molloy and
.iusAn men was extremely bitter. row was
SanT7d N one OF the districts OF the Eighth
nsIL when Mayor Whslan appeared and
sIsSs ISs an appeal for order, His appearance
Ssrg aerted serious tight In the Ninth
ottsrs IepeAler was severely beaten and two
itiS, Sese placed under arrest
srt ssld that TIE man who murdered Rob
sn,ss aoss was Bat shea. This inform ation
rom an eyewitness. who stood within
Iobs,,- ,-st e o. shea when he fired the fatal shot.
No. loss In the melee had stun blsd and
uSsa proslrata. 1t is said that Shea walk cd
ierb.,h3tsss h3ss and he'll his revolver within q few
tin3s U hosss head. and hTed while the vie
h.is5 'a,e Was on the ground Shea was ar
IiSfpr,lhls ms evening ON charge OF murder.
l.urles are slight.
4, ,AvIement was not diminished might II
Ia ramotel that mass meeting will be held
ElIi nn99W evening, when public sentiment
-0'uFages VI to-day