The evening world., 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 SkiH.
Supposed to BE River Thieves, who
Resented n Question:.

owen Seery, a shoemaker, flfty-four
years old, Of 81 Cannon street, was shot
and severely wounded In the right breast
shorty after midnight this morning, az
he sat on the pier at the foot Of Riving
ton street The bullet was fred by one
of two men who ruwed 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 52l 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 and sat on the stringpiece.
| Shortly afterwards they saw a white
painted skin, containing two men, who
were rowing up the river against the
ehb tidp. The boat was not 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 a
boat at this time OF night?''
There was silence for moment, while
the two men in the boat shipped their
oars. Then there came to the shore the
shouted: Mind your oSn business; our
get some cold lead put into you"
Why" cried one of the men on the
pier, we didn't mean anything"
something which could not be heard
distinctly on the pier. Then one of the
men In the boat was seen to stand up.
For an instant his tall form was out
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.
Policeman James Lawler, who was
standing at the entrance to the pier.
rushed forward and found Seery with
his two friends leaning over him, As
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
ness.
seery was carried TO the Union Market
police station, and from there sent to
Warden okourke said this morning
that seeTys wounds while painful nys were re
and Seery Is doing well.
An hour after the shooting pilot on
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
t piled the oars. AS the pilot watched
I the waters. and started down the river
z At o'clock Special officers John J
!, Reilly and James Mccarthy. who were
y stationed at pier So, foot of jackson
+ street saw, two men come along the
, pier from the river. One was tall: the
E other was much shorter. The policemen
n lAh how NrttR eFlA htNt
were compelled 10 draw their revolvers
{ with them. one Of the men is said to
He said he was William Clarkson. q
! driver, twenty-eight years old, OF GIG
Water street. The other prisoner gave
eight years old, a laborer, OF 2ss Henry
street. The police say that the latter
prisoner is an eM-convict also.
Meehan and Clarkson were arraigned
before Judge Cox in Essex Market Pc
lice Court this morning. and held with
out ball to await the result of Seerys
The policemen went back to the Jack
son street pier, and just under the edge
OF the pier they, found q skiff 10 feet
long, painted white outside and red in
, side. There were oars and oarlocks In
II. II thought that the two men ar
rested used the boat The policemen
looked all over for revolver, but did
The policemen felt confident that they
had arrested the right men until they
: learned from the police Of the Union
agai:st the man who fired the shot.
: which would make 1t appear that the ar
rested men were not the right ones after
, all.
This latter evidence had been OBJ
} tanned from Dennis Sheehan, deckhand
: on the, freboat Havemeyer. The boat
early TIL: morning was lying at the foot
Just at 100 O'Clock the deckhand took
stroll along the pier on the south
side. He saw two men row up In boat
= Trailing after the boat there was a
long, black object. Ave feet long.
The two men seemed in n great hurry,
: for one OF them kept repeating Hurry
hurry up, viii you?S The other ON,
muttered something that sheehan could
= "a An hour and i half after that the
= Police boat Patrol steamed up TO East
Third street pier. The captain had re-
3 ceived the general alarm, and was pa.
, trolling the East River in the hopes OF
. capturing the two men in the white
boat. Sheehnn was out on the pier
o az The " oc ere va" on the boat Then no he
a told Of the white boat and the two men
= that he had seen, and search was
, made,
brIc iR"s scS SSSe the White Boat e4 was fou1d
II was turned upside down; the oars
]. had been seen trailing behind.
The skin Was taken by the Patrol
l TO pier 4. The police OF that station
are the ones that fired the shot that
MORALLY wounded seery; They believe
that The men had committed a robbery
i shot the man. believing that he was a
- policeman.
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