The evening world., 1894-03-06
Fears that a General Outbreak
Would Follow the Sudden
Tragedy.
SIX CANDIDATES FOR MAYOR.
Pistols Drawn Once Before the
ARRAY That Ended in
BIo0dshed.
my Associated Press.)

TROY, March 6.-Riot and murder have
grown out of the exciting election con-
test In this city to-day. They came not
as a surprise. for serious trouble had
been anticipated.
Several minor disturbances had al
ready occurred, when, at 1230 row
broke out in the First District Of the
Thirteenth Ward. The Malloy men. It
was stated by the Republicans. were
running In repeaters.
Among the Republican watchers wera
Robert Ross and his brother William.
They grabbed at couple Of men who
were being showed forward to vote.
In a minute there was a struggling mass
OF humanity, and during the fracas
three or four shots were fired. When
the reserve police finally secured order
Robert Ross was found lying on the
ground dead from a pistol wound. and
his brother William was lying near by
fatally hurt. Several others dere In bad
shape, many men being pounded until
their faces were unrccognizabIe.
On the opposite side OF the street was
Bait Shea, Democrat, also lying dead In
the gutter.
The Malloy men claimed that the shots
were fired by the police. who admit us
ing clubs and revolvers, but the bystand-
ers say that pistols were drawn before
tina police took a hand.
Up to 2 o'clock no arrests had been
maze. Nobody thought of voting. The
newspaper offices were besieged by anx-
ious crowds, and the excitement was so
intense that It threat tened to break out
into a general riot.
Men paraded up and down the streets.
and prominent citizens were calling
upon the Mayor to swear In deputies
to preserve the peace. Mayor Whelan
summoned Chief OF Police Willard and
took every precaution to calm the tu-
multi.
1t seemed as though lightning had taxi
en- the news about the city. and the fac
tories and stores emptied out hundreds
and hundreds OF people, all joining In
the mobs that filled the sidewalks and
stood about the corners.
Late in the afternoon 1t became under
stood that Shea began the shooting, and
WAS himself shot by one of the Ross
brothers.
Tho election has been one of the most
holly contested which ever took place in
the city.
There were six candidates In the field for
Mayor, the most prominent being the
present Mayor of Troy, Dennis Whelan.
Democrat. opposed to Senator Murphy.
and who was indorsed by wing OF the
Republicans, and Thomas Malloy, who
was the candidate of the regular Democ-
racv. headed by United States Senator
Murphy.
In 1892 Whelan was elected by the
regular Democracy by n plurality VI
534.
About 1890 o'clock there was n row OF
small proportions I'm the polling district
OF the First District OF the Thirteenth
Ward and the police had to interfere.
The difficulty occurred over the attempt
of the Whelan people to put their inspec-
tors In the booth. The matter was ami
cably arranged
4 few moments after the police re-
ceiyed hurry call to the Second Dis
trict and there was pretty row for a
| few minutes, revolvers being drawn. the
railing OF the booth torn down and the
ballot boxes narrowly escaping destruc-
! ton The police used their clubs and a
few broken heads resulted, The trouble
arose over the Malloy watchers refusing
to allow the Whelan men to go inside
the polling place.
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