The evening world., 1894-05-01
MR.. DONNELLy'S GUM.
Effort to Prove It Was Not the
Only One Used in Court.
Taylor Swears DonneIIy Was Sitting
After the First Shot.
McArdlc, Jr., Acknow lodged He
Had His Pistol with Him.

The examination OF Michael Donnelly.
who fred some shots from his revolver
at Patrick J. MICA rdle in Part ii. OF the
\ Court OF Common Pleas a week ago to-
day, was continued before Justice Mar
tin, In his private room at the Tombs
Court to-day.
McArdle was accompanied by his body
guard when he went to the Tombs this
y morning, but the same rule which was
enforced at the proceedings yesterday
Was put into effect and the Pinkerton
detective and McArile's son and private
secretnry. David H; Freedman. were
Lawyer Richard r. Green, Of i6 EIx;;
by Col. Townsend for the prosecution.
room shortly. after the shooting. He
made q search for the bullets, and found
one on the floor between W benches
The bullet was, he said. lying directly
underneath the hole In the. ceiling. The
witness had the bullet folded up neatly
q y CO. .ff Tos si sssSfFhi handed sRS II i, the to t jSs'ics
MsA.dle. who sat near the wall,
side Lawyer Severance. on the opposite
side Of the room, long enough to glance
at the bit Of battered lead and shiyer;
which attended the shooting. and was
excused. David II. Freedman, McArdle's
private secretary look his place al.
says. saved his life. and thereby has In
Cured the latter,,s lifelong gratitude.
Mr. Freedman has pompndour hair, a
a curly black mustache and had a head
Light diamond in his shirt front.
n witness ~rehearsed the events OF
the shooting. He said he and McArdle
and the latter'e son. Steve, had just got
up to leave the courtroom, when he
saw Donnelly put his hand In the side
pocket or hts sack coat.
mah.7 n was looking at a big r%evolve,
square d Mr.: McArdie. I Jumped Tor
the same. time that Mi. Severance did,
gripped \ pistol so hard that It
r. Justice Martin.
The latter interrupted the examination
ri h.v, been requested by Mr.. McArdle
20 order the removal of Mr.. Donnelly
from the. room on the ground that he
nothing Objectionable in Mr.. Donnelly's
him removed" -
.Your Honor, this 10 plainly a bluG on
the part Of McArdle to make IT. appear
that he p In mortal fear Of my client"
Justice Ses MsTsin. an sda tht sf proseeSinr reR %ere
resumed. McArdie, however, kept his eye
on Donnelly. when the latter moved
ssvessnes. MsRra a1 shifted DeI'' his I' chair
quickly. 80 a. to bring Col. Townsend's
simple proportions between him and Don
nsily DONE Y HIS fear was assumed 1t was
.Freedrhan swore he never owned a
pistol and never. had one In the house.
man Hsd been indicted by the Chautauaua
County Grand Jury for grand larceny.
and hat the. Indictment was dismissed
because Of the death Of the complain
Col. Townsend objected to this. but
It ~ vent down on the record
). Si MsHrd,. J. VAS MsA ,S.n sworn ssn OF H Pa's s.id
he was beside his father when Dom
nelly hogan firms. Al the first shot he
osn th soT nI,,n, ponne''y and caught hold
There was a surprise in store for the
Assistant .Di.trict-Attorney when nc
ibid YOU have a pistol In your poke,
when YOU were In court?""
II refuse 10 answer" the witness re-
Justice Martin ruled that the witness
well; then. I did have a pistol I
pulled i out when ! saw Donnelly's pis.
Young McArdle. could not he made TO
eay that he fired n shot. He pleaded
that hc was excited and dropped the mis-
toll on the floor. Whether II exploded or
not. he was not prepared to say. He
brought the pistol from Albany to pro-
teot himhelf and his father. because he
a hearn that Donnelly had threat
ened 20 shoot both his father and him
self ..at tnrst night. McArdle could
mt. however, say whether or not the
pistol was loaded. and he could not re
member. anything clearly except that
Donpelly had shot at McArdle senior.
Court Ofaser John McOuade got very
much mixed up when he tried to tell
got u~ntangled, and his testimony was
In effect the same as hat Of the other
witnesses. with the execution that no
ewore that the table which McArdle
hid behind WINS turned ovcr on its side.
nrst shot nor the Inst. bnt he was sure
William L. Taylor. Equity Clerk In the
court OF Common Pleas. said he was
talking to Judge R!schofr at the time
s,w DIonneliy with, n pistol. in his hand
Mr.. TAYLOR said, he heard four shots
fired. but alt ,ol.gh he saw a pistol In tho
hands of one Of the men In the NfcArdle
party. he could not say whether the
thtsa or fourth shot came from It r
said that. after the first shot, he noticed
that Donnelly had not vet risen from
his chair. This was In direct contradic.
ton to the testimony OF the other wit
nesses. who swore that Donnelly stood
Mr.. Taylor said he picked un a plsto'
from the floor: and that FRI edman
came TO him after the excitement had
enbsided and asked for it, saying
That belongs to me-"
The examination was then adiourned
until Tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock.
VA HEH aN