New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-03-17
SHEA FIRED THE SHOT.
LIGHT Oy THE ROSS MURDER.
ANOTHER OF THE DEAD MANS BROTH
Frs GIVES POSITIVE TESTIMONY.
STRONG EVIDENCE AGAINST THE TYPICAL
BRUTE AND POLITICAL HELLER OF
TnoY-Fr'RTHEH FACTS BROUGHT
OFT At THE INQUEST.


arrived for the reconvenng Of the Coroners in
,,,st relative To the murder Of Robert Ross on
t,,..,ion Dov Assistant District-AttOrney Fagan
and Messrs Black Van Santvoort and Norton
tbe counsel were present For the first tme
McGough. one Of the persons in custody. occu-
niod a seat in the room. lie was wounded III
the Election Day fight
Adam Ross, ~, a brother o. the dead man. was
the first witness called This morning. II" said:
Il was at the polling place in the llld DistrcI
of the Thirteenth Ward on Election Day az
rived there at 72O a. m. and was there CON
tlnuously until the shooting Of my brothers. Inc
trouble arose shortly after noon. saw Cleary'
Keefe McCOugh shea and six or eight oth'r men
came over and enter the polngpace. ElHS
tt,,.rer was aiacted from the p0lllngpace; blows
wcr, struck: | saw McGough hold " revolver over
his head. saw Uayucr draw something from
his pocket which looked He a wrench. Hayhrr
was .-r,,.k two or three times saw Mc''oush
Gr. twice. toward my brother William. saw
William pitch forward and disappear. Ny brother
p,bert was near them William started towafi
NrrGough and they met and went into h"ii'N
NcGourb WAS ahead Of Robert Ross AZ this tmr'
and Robert was apparently reaching Tor NC
Gougn. suddenly saw Robert stumble ana ialL
Shea was between mr and Robert.
SAW SHEA SHOOT Hls BROTHER ROBERT
81 saw shea shoot twice at my brother, ana
b,th were. running Robert after McG"ugh ana
shea apparentiy following Robert. When K"o"rt
fell shea. still on the run. came up an" H'''
inf, nv brothers. hc1d in the back. Just before
h. r..,chod my brother He fired again as ne
,,s...1 I.,bart. Shea was.about four or five feet
from Robert when he fired. | saw my oro'h''
living on tn, ground. Shea was by his SIDE Wh'n
be nrcd the second time. As shea passed Robert
he fired apparently toward my brothers face
,, ,ttor,ut.l Z, shoot mo / drew suck
y .''" tt - ,b.. b.ad took
and struck MN on ''' S''' ,.i,b him
my brothers. head lh DN "'"'7 '"' t
/ un.u the body was taken away MY "l''"'i
- t.l ,,.h., arrived at his side Ny
i'''''' W. ,', 49,. ar.-,r,,s NIcoiough
brotn'r an" '''''' 49,. ,. ,b.
shot tV.c" AZ my hI"'H'i N"''"'''
/ caucus February and heard my br''"'' 'N
/ claim: For Gods sake. don't shoot man. pu'
down your gun 49,. ,t,,o ~, ,h. lis
Gus. but hc WAS not 'n'r' Al we '''''' ,,,,.
,urbanrc "a be- was getting voters WIN ''"'''
anccs
Mr. Van Slntvoort Joy ''' "'' '''''
/ active part I'm the inquest hy lnt'rr"S"""e "'
..,.,.ss Adam said:
/ d.. ..t.t hts r.r, hand stretched out ON
l''"''' .'' VIZ ,,, ,..,.. o., ,,,ic,lv I cannot
| the ground. II was "l "v''' ~ ''' -
! tell the time tha' eIapSeh "''"''" ''' .
,,.,, ,, the disturbance and the shooting My
| '''"' " ,,. s,-,t,,.d ankle and II gave
"f"'n'' "''' - - th, on toward him
/ out and he Tell. Hh'd Ia" ''N' .,, c,,o,
/ There was no one nearer my br'1h'' ''''' '
/ , ,.,,,btr, shea because hc had a gun anu
WIZ wa '''',' .. ,...,h.~ r,hn 81 Boland
/ was pointing " AZ "'' -. ,...,.,..r,s bead
/ came tn M" ~ ! was h'i"'"K '"' ,.,
! go. o., ...,. .rc.,,t NcC;ough and Shea with re-
! ,,..rs Roland shouted to my brother John: !
,r, s,,v something In his
~" VIZ" 49,. Inv, what lt was. had a
,.h e.,.~,l clubs were turned IN our WORKS
I. ,.., I,r.v, who distributed them. Neither
49,. ,-,h.r NOR myself distributed them
.. ,..,,,,,r ~, WEAPONS
THE Hi''''''' .,.. De-,
Mr.. horton then TOOK up '''' ..,,,'s.i
sald; - st" i''S"'' SUI ,,,i,,,.,., him
hc would from tne way th'y were S'''N'''7
80, - .t,. ..r .i.,ht In the crowd when Shel
Ih'r' "''' ''N l,,.,,t,ea 4,