The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-09-18
SHOT FROM A BOAT.
Seery Severely Wounded While
Sitting on a Pier.
Bullet Fired by One OF Two Men in
a White Skiff.
Supposed to BE River Thieves, Who
Resented "A Question.

Owen Seery, a shoemaker, ffty-four
years old, of 81 Cannon street. was shot
and severely wounded in the right breast
| shorty after midnight this morning, AZ
tie sat on the pier at the foot Of Rving
| ton street. The bullet was fired by one
| OF two men who rowed up the river In
a skin. 1t is believed that the men In
| the boat were river thieves.
Seery, with two friends. James Nor
| ton, of 5g Grand street and John Mar
holdt, of 1863 Reid avenue, Brooklyn,
walked to the pier foot of Rivington
street shortly after midnight this morn
ing ana sat on the stringpiece.
shortly afterwards they saw a white
painted skiff, containing two men, who
were rowing up the river against the
ebb tide The boat was not a great
way from the pier, and the three men
who sat there could see, In the uncertain
light, that one of the rowers was a
man above the medium height. and the
other a much smaller man.
Not from any special curiosity, but
simply because the conversation on the
pier had tagged, seery called out just
as the boat got opposite to where he
sat: Say. what are you doing out in
boat at this time of night?"
| There was silence for moment while
the two men In the boat Slipped their
oars. Then there came to the shore the
sound of an oath. ana one OF the rowers
shouted: Mind your own business; our
get some cold lead put into you"
Why" cried one OF the men on the
pier, I'VE. didn't mean anything"
After that the men In the boat said
| something which could not be heard
distinctly on the pier. Then one of the
men In the boat was seen to stand up.
lined against the sky, there was a flash
and "A report, and Seery fell backward
on the pier with blood flowing from a
wound In his breast.
standing at the entrance to the pier,
rushed forward and found Seery with
his two friends leaning over him. AS
the policeman came up Marholdt
shouted. There, there" and pointed
out into the river. In the distance the
| white boat was disappearing, with the
Two men rowing Justify. In an instant
the boat was lost to sight in the dark
ness.
Seery was carried to the Union Market
police station. and from there sent to
Bellevue Hospital.
Warden O'Rourke said this morning
that Seery's wounds, while painful were
not fatal, and that he would recover in
due time. The bullet has been extracted.
and Seery is doing well.
An hour after the shooting n pilot on
q Grand street ferry-boat saw two men
| In a white-painted boat rowing up the
river. There was strong ebb tide. and
the men were swearing loudly as they
piled the oars. As the pilot watched
them, they gave up the struggle against
the waters, aud started down the river.
At o'clock Special Officers John ].
| Reilly and James Mccarthy, who were
stationed at pier So. foot OF Jackson
street, saw two men come along the
pier from the river one was tall; the
other was much shorter. The policemen
arrested then, after struggle, but
| before the men would consent to go
with them. one of the men is said to
be an eN-conviCt
| He said he was william Clarkson,
driver, twenty-eight years old, of SO
| Water street. The other prisoner gave
his name as Thomas Meehan, twenty
street. The police say that the latter
prisoner is an eX-convict also.
Meehan and Clarkson were arraigned
before Judge Cox In Essex Market Po-
lice Court this morning, and held with
injuries.
The policemen went back to the Jack
son street pier and just under the edge
OF the pier they found IA skiff 10 feet
long, painted white outside and rsL in
side. There were oars and oarlocks in
1t. IT thought that the two men ar
rested used the boat. The policemen
not find It.
The policemen felt confident that they
| had arrested the right men until they
learned from the police OF the Union
Market station that they had evidence
against the man who fired the shot,
which would make II appear that the ar
rested men were not the right ones after
all.
This latter evidence had been OBJ
| tained from Dennis Sheehan, a deckhand
on the hreboat Havemeyer. The boat
| early this morning was lying at the foot
| of East Third street.
| Just at 30 o'clock the deckhand took
| n stroll along the pier on the south
| side He saw two men row up in boat
painted white outside and black inside
| Trailing after the boat there was a
| long, black object, five feet long.
| The two men seemed I'm a great hurry,
for one of them kept repeating, Hurry
up there; we'ye got to /? gst out OF this;
muttercd something that Sheehan could
not understand.
An hour. and a, half after that the
Third street pier, The captain had re-
! Ceiyed the general alarm, and was pa
trolling the East River in the hopes of
boat, Sheehan was out on the pier
! again, and he was questioned by some
| Of the officers on the boat Then he
| told Of the white boat and the two men
! that he had seen, and search was
made.
Along side OF the pier tied to an old
| brick scOw, the white boat was found.
II was turned upside down; the oars
and oarlOcks were gone, and there was
| nc sign of the long black object that
had been seen trailing behind
The skin was taken by the Patrol
to pier \. The police of that station
feel positive that the men in the boat
are The ones that fired the shot that
MORALLY wounded Scerv, They believe
that tho men had committed 4 robbery
slmryhrr, along the river front, and
shot the man, believing that he was
policeman,
NO CRICKET TO-DAY.