The evening world., 1894-05-02
SAW. HIM FIRE ONCE.
Stenographer standfast Sure Nc
Ardle, Jr., Used His Pistol.
There Had Been Two Reports and
DonneIIy Was Struggling.
Court Clerk TayIor's Testimony Con-
tradicted I'm Part.

.robn standfast. stenographer or the
court Of Common Pleas. was the first
vvitness called to-day by the defense IN
the examination of Michael Dohheiis' oe-
fore Justice Martin, on the charge VI
attempting to shoot Patrick j. Mcaru'c
in Judge Bischoff's court, on Aprii ~
LAWYER Severance questioned the wit
ness s~tandfast said he was talking to
fudge Bischoff when he heard a ioud
report. Turning, he saw Donneny with
. nistol In his hand and two or three
persons struggling with him. Standiast
eaid he glanced at the McArdie group
and saw McArdle. ST.. just rising from
the floor.
81 saw" continued the witness
..young Stephen McArdle with a reVoi-
YER In his hand. which he pointed at
the crowd around Donnelly. n hreh
one shot. I called for a club, with
which 1 could have struck the pistol
from his hand. Some one grabbed him
and I called out: What do you want
to shoot for, tooT I afterward sa" a
pistol and a watch on the floor. l told
Clerk Taylor to pick them up "h'ch
he did. After the excitement subsidized.
Mr.. freedman went to Clerk Taylor ana
asked for the watch and the pistol
three shots were fired. C~ross-examlned
BY Col. Townsend, Mr.. Standfast contra
d{cted Clerk Taylor's testimony mat Don.
nelly was sitting down when the hrst
When the s~tenographer first looked at
Donnelly. the latter had the reV3IVer
pointed dow and In McArdles direc-
ton. He illustrated with the. weapon,
which is a big. .3S-calibre affair, Just
how Donnelly held T. ..,,,,o,
nc. Gsnt yaans Mc Mr; sta anssed di Hxe,fs"fi in n
front Of him with the revolver pointed
towards Donnelly, and that when. the
weapon was discharged, young McArdle
was within Ave feet of him. and he was
and not when 1t fell to the floor 49,,
The witness was also sure that the
shot fired by young McArdle was the
third report he heard;
by the witness as the man who asked
Taylor for the watch and pistol.
Policeman O'Connor, of the West Thir-
t~y-seventh street station, said ne was
he heard the noise of the shooting, and
met McArdle running from the court
room. McArdle held his hand to his
O'Copnor said the two pistols were
handed to him, and he examined both.
In the larger one, which belonged 10
IN he fOunl tnat TWO ol tnt nNt
CARTRIDGES had bean discharged. All the
cartridges had been taken out OF the
nelly was turned over to Como at
the entrance of the courtroom.
According to the witness Court Oflcer
McOuade rushed up and tried to strike
sB6nneiiy, but was warned not to do so
By OfConnor.
Policeman Griffin. who Is on duty at
the Court-House. said he examined the
pistol found on the floor. One cartridge
haA been discharged.
There was a delay OF half an hour
while a subpoena was sent after Lawyer
James r. Horan, who was associated
with Lawyer Mcclure defending Nc
Ardie IN the suit before Judge Bischor.
The defense only called Ioran to gss
found on the courtroom floor after the
shooting, Lawyer Koran said the watch
belonged to Edward H.. Blanc, a stenog-
rapher in his FIRMS office. The witness
was then excused and a subpoena made
out at once for Mr.. Blanc. IL is the
object of the defense to show that Blanc
had q struggle with McArdle to prevent
him from shooting Donnelly n that
In the scuffie Blanc lost the timepiece.