The sun., 1894-04-25
SHOTS EXCHANGED IN COURT.
,sygR iRLH CoMMoN PLEAS HAS
v,LD WESTERN ExPERIESoR

ut-ihe
Together a'd i"cre WIS y" W" "r""He'
49,. ris,ol shots we're fired yesterday
t., M IN tho court room OF the Common
0.d o,the twenty-five persons present
ns., was hit The time was 1850 o'clock,
i,,1e. Bischofr had lust dismissed the
na ~ Michael Donnally aet Patrick J.
s'sr,I. s% whom ponneliy. the plsintirr, Jumped
s.a. S.S at a, %"Irdie the defendant In an Instant
~ o. 'Jr N. bench ard started toward his private
toori inc h"yeIH u'"pp0. .ne' Ut'''' Huu
sr.nblel over and around tho tables; the
,ourt oticers were apparently dazod; only q
s.,d,ul I II men were suffciently cool.headed
to make for Donnelly to disqrm him. In the
runl. that eusuod two more shots we're fired
pO..d to be stephen J. McArdle. the son OF tho
defendant ,,...,,.,.
Thecase on tI'a' was ior suissoiuuoh OF co
,srtnsrship aud for an accounting. Donnelly
,u's.d that McArdlo owed him s7e. 600. which
sr the valle o' one-ha'I interest IN scrap
III. .nI NcArdle undsr tho arm nama NJ
nslI anu hIh,Wo' snue' 'n, 1no nin n.'1e VI
~ Donnely No' u. los Leroy suee'' from
1851 to 1891. Donnelly ayerred that McArdle
Al .acured iro,n him n hill of aale of his in
haa ee"u,'u I,VH "'u w. ". " re '
's' snu hon, .n"' "S ou awn ~ % ~ M %a,oh Oh
a, iso, no,noIlv h,ouyht .uit n1.Inst Ne
~ ioV. A.. Dn sae.. go, 80. 49,. nv ~
rstt and the case was thrown out OF court. be-
80. n cana out In cro.a-axamipation thu,
aus az 'sw1 sus sn,ns, go. n.nns..a ,A.S as
ths nrm hau oouhht s'oleh properJ-ron
which railroad men had sold as SCRAP
,.., Nondav ma. tho ar.t dav NJ the
trial before Judge Bischoft the case having
been revived In the Court OF Common Pleas,
md counsel for the defendant having rais.a
,Au =, " vs. 80,
epoIn' a"M .ne case once aseiaeu. hau no
'ana'ne. II was agreed ,na' peiore any ,ssa-
nony mas ,uAen '"e po'h' vi -" ehou'u oe
nfued. The argument waa made By Lawyer
David Mcclure OF Turner. Mcclure 4 Rolston.
s'un'o' ", e an W ~ "eies
mTerance 10 pehalf OF Donneiiy. Inc attorneys
ior Donnelly are Countryman and Du Bois OF
Albany but they did not appear The arpu.
Aeau'' wv H'eS u'e wv efpe"' Ah0 aku
nsnt was finished yesterday morning. and at
"cons'uson .Ta, ua ,,, nsenon ss'a
nn. W."
Donnelly had been listening eagerly. and
| ,or, bis oh air n. ~ m nrotaat M. f.o. va.
n0m MS ohan. 90 u W p,o'es'. h,' ,noe WHe
very req ana those apout MIN saw tnat ne was
however and watched McArdIe and the friends
|
nelly was sitting at table directly in front OF
Judca Rischofr McArdle aat nj /. .notber tabIa
~ c. ~ e '.
nearer the windows on the chambers street
side OF the court room. They were about twenty
l,st apart.
few minutes later. Lawyer Mcclure having
gone and Just as Judge BIschon was about to
adiourn court MeArdis aroas and arcom.
nanisd nv his son And a fsw of hi. frienda
stnrted 10 Walk 10 The rear OF the couIt room
a nj th.nre 10 tne corridor outnida He rad
|rot baI a fsw paoss and was ahreasf OF Don-
nelly az the other table when Donnelly pulled
A revolver from n hip pockst. lumping mn AZ
ks did so Without a word he aImed the re-
volyer at McArdis and fired.
HeArdle ,umoed back and clutebsd hold Of
bis SON as II to shield himself
"MurderI murder" he yelled. Then he
cried across the table to Donneily: 'Do you
want TO kill me ?"
m tiIi Won Won a. M osd swinIiarT Ave-
Then il was that the other shot want of.
Several eyewItne s. es are sure that younr No
Ardle fired IL. Donneily attem pted 10 fire
I.Ain tut he had been seIZed by LAWYER saw
tlnes his attorney and several others who
had rushed up Ills revolver was fired, but
md the bullet Struck the ceiling. w
At the third shot the elder NcArdle fell to
the ioor. dragging his son with him.
That an has n /, rder.d me SeN'