St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-03-07
BL00OSHED IN TROY.
City Election Brings With 1t
a Terrible Tragedy.
ONE EkRD WORKER rs KILLED,
Another MoPtally Wounded,
and Two Toughs
ARE VERY SEVERELY INJURED.
Senator Murphy Grieved Over
the DeploPable Affair.
ONE WARD WORKER rs KILLED,
ARE VERY SEVERELY INJURED.
STGRY T0LDRYAR EYE -RITEEsS.

Troy, \. Y, March Ga mayor was
elected in this city today, out The record
OF the election is spotted with blood. and
scenes as the oldest resident in Troy
has no recollection of were enacted.
In q darkened room il family resi-
dence lies the body of Robert Ross, who
left his home this morning 10 aid in the
election OF the candidate that the Re
publican party had Endorsed. In a
room in the same house lies his brother
William, perhaps mortally wounded. In
another part OF the city lies wounded a
notorious rough and ward heeler, Bat
Shea, and IN still another part OF the
city Is John McGough, VINO received
bullet and is seriously injured.
Among the watchers at the Twelfth
ward, First precinct, polling place were
Robert Ross and his brother William.
both of them beiag there in the interest
Of the Republican party. There was
also there a well known character by
the name OF Bat Shea. About I:3O
O'Clock q gang Of at least fifteen stran-
gers were waiting TO vote, while men
whose names were on the poll list, both
Democrats and Republicans, were
crowded away. Robert Ross objected
TO this and had words with Bat Shea.
The story told by tue surviving Ross
IS that Shea was the man who killed
Robert Ross. They say that the trouble
began in The polling booth, where a
crowd or repeaters, headed By Jere-
miah Cleary and Shea, attempted TO
vote. When the vote was challenged
the men Went outside and Immediately
Started al argument with the Ross boys
Suddenly the crowd surged forward and
III all instant reyolyers were drawn and
SHOTS FIRED.
Robert Ross fell 10 the roadway, and
his brother William cried: Pm shot"
Then the firing ceased as suddenly As II
had commenced. Before a surgeon
could reach the scene Robert Ross was
dead. William Ross was saOt in the
neck just below the base OF the brain.
and viii probably die. John McG0ugh
Is dangerously wounded, while Shea's
wound Is not considered serious John
ROss said: Il dll not fire a pistol. 1t
was murder, deliberate murder. and it
was premeditated. Only ABOUT an hour
and half before. this man Shea struck
my brother William full in the face. |
dragged William away, and told him to
take the blow and say nothing; the
blow would no: hurt him. | did not
think at the time that they would use
their guns"
Mayor Whelan said tonight: at is
onlythe natural result OF the determina-
ticn OF the Murphy heelers TO carry the
election by fair means or foul. 1t is q
stain on this city,
Senator Edward Murphy was busy all
afternoon attending to the delegations
OF cuff and collar workers who came to
talk about the Wilson bill, but he found
time 10 say: 1T is a most deplorable
affair, aDe am greatly grieyed at it,
At midnight it was ascertaned that
another man was mortally wounded at
The Troy election in the Thirteenth
ward. John McGough. one of the al
legged gang Of repeaters who parlici-
pated in the bloody riot, was found
at his home suffering from the
effects Of bullet wound i'll his
abdomen. The bullet had penetrated the
kidneys. and the physicians say he can
not recover. He is insensible now. but
before he became unconscious he stated
that he did not have a revolver, and did
not do any OF the shooting. He SAYS
tnat he ieIt the bullet. and started to 20
home. He fell by the roadside, and was
carried home by his friends.
Troy, y. Y. March 6.-The vote
polled was as heavy as that cast III the
presidential year. With a few districts
missing the vote for mayor shows that
Molloy, the regular Democrat, has de-
feated Whelan, the independents by
l,4O0 votes.
Troy, \. Y, March 6.-Rensselaer
county's board of supervisors will stand:
Sixteen Republicans and thirteen Dem
ocrats. Last Year the board stood
eleven Republicans and eighteen DEM
ocrats.