New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-06-24
THE MURDER OF ROBERT ROSS
FURTHER EVIDENCE GIVEN AT THE
TRIAL IN TROY.
JOHN C ROSS ALSO TEsTIFIEs THAT SHEA
WAS THE MAN WHO FIRED THE
FATAL SHOT-STRONG EVIDENCE
AGAINST THE PRISONER.

FATAL sHOT-sTRoNG EVIDENCE
AGAINST THE PRISONER
Troy n Y June 2s.-In the Shea murder trial.
when the court convened this morning John G.
Ross resumed the stand AMI continued his testi-
mony as to the quarrel In front Of the polling
place He said: after the crowd came out OF the
door they passed TO point in front or the centre
OF the poing-place Shea struck Hayner with MS
fist Hayner said. I'll take that and let 1t go
Then Shea made some remark, such as / can 90
YOU with my fist Ceary stepped Immediately up
TO Hayner and struck the latter, think twice
calling him a vile name. Hsyncr again said. Let
that go Then Shea struck Hayner ana Hayner
put his hand his hip pocket as II to draw some
| thing Immediately McGough, who stood to the
rigbt NJ Hayner drew n revolver. The crowd then
pushed south Of the declivity below the polling
| place Then there was general confusion ana !
| heard n sho, fired When the crowd pushed south
| McGough was left standing in front OF the polling
| place McGough ran across the street 10 the west
and I heard two shots. the smoke rising from I'M
| n,ediatelv in front OF McGough Ny attention was
then attracted 20 my brother Robert. who was
! in tackle with a man. Robert was holding man
| by the hand and him swing ana free himself
| and start northward AS he came to the edge OF
| the ditch ! heard two shots fired, ana Kob"rt
s,vunp his arm az II wardng of the blow. He
! then disappeared down the declivity ana was lost
! TO my view. I then started 10 get 10 my bTotheT'
] The next saw my brother coming out oil inc
/
| him l heard a shot fired. and saw my brother
| si,k down Nv brother was on the path leading
! from Orr-st. southwest. Some man stepped be-
! tween me and my brother Robert and he was 'He
man who fired the shot This man was about ten
feet from my brother. He ran UP TO within lew
feet OF where my brother had fallen and fred again
| The man passed TO the right hand side OF my
brother and turned that could get look at
| his face The was bartholomew She~ as
he turned he fired another shot When ! reached
nv brother the latter was facing southwest
THE next thing have positive remembrance OF
was coming up to my brother had passed my
brother in my rush. endeavorng to eaten Shea' OUT
turned around and came back, and 90 not kho"
what became OF Shea. Robert was bleeding from
a wound in the back Of his head and endeaVored
to stop the flow of blood. held one hand on the
! back Of his head and the other under his chin MY
! brother Adam up at the time and pushed
| my hand away. ! don't know what he SAID. l
| faced the east and waved my hand, making an e*-
| cIanation and saw John Boland, who spoke 10
| me- replying to what had said He came up ana
| touched me on the right arm and recognized MS
! voice He left me and went in the direction
| indicated west | followed him with my eyes only
! for an instant. When saw Robert coming out Of
the gully he seemed TO be trying to eaten the man
who was running just In advance OF him. couid
not see whether the man my brother was pursuing
| foil or not After my brother was shot l saw the
| same man in the Of the two houses west OF
| my brother That was John McGcugh, ana
he turned and waved his hand which had some
| thing I'm IT, l did not see my brother Wlliihm
| during the shooting until after Robert mao iaHeh
| ord had made the exclamation. l then saw him
| on Orr-st southeast OF me He was covered WIN
! blood Bat Shea wore low-crown cerDy hat a
| sack coat and had on long green necktie. Inc
tie was long enough to be way down INTO the vest
| 7 saw Shea and noticed the necktie earlier IN the
! morning when he struck my brother Wlliiam.
| then described his appearance to william / had
o.l,,ca
from fifteen TO seventeen years. Almost inVariabiy
when I saw Shea and McGough that day they
| carried their hands in their side coat-pocKets
| Dur,no the direct examination the witness had
sbown great feeling, and when he described ths
,rdar tears rolled down his cheeks and his voice
hroke repeatedly. To Mr.. Hit the witness said
,hat he knew of about one dozen clubs which mad
heen turned at the valve works The witness car
r,ed one on election day and he knew OF only one
other who carried one; that was Duncan g haye'
o,d IA Robert went down. said the witness. he
went down In a sitting position and was endeaV1Sr-
INC 10 rise when he was shot. TO Mr. FaSan the
witness said that d he 6 6 b bG5 Robert To Mr.
Raines the witness said that ne u not anu %
Ia mas a nv member OF his family a member Of the
order
William Bissell testified as follows;
7 was a voter in the IT'D District Of the Thirc
oc!ock When the trouble began a6ou; 10 oGioGK
place door l saw party OF six or seven, i9elu H
| IL shea McGOugh and Cleary, come down vi r-sI
- ea.y me of the party strike man named cairns
and saw: you've been saying too much about me.
Tim William Ross came up and rled 10 part lnein
IRON cleary struck William Ross ana then SheI
s,-uck al him over C!eary's shoulder. Inen J0nI
poss came up and pulled his brother away, teillhe
Rim moi 10 mind that that they could stand ina
| as long as they had repeating. had preNl0uh;y
aeon Shea al the polling-place ABOUT y oci0cK
Ahout fifteen or twenty minutes after " O'Clock
saw shea McGough. Cleary. man named heele
: | I think and three or four strangers came aroune
| The Dngan corner. and down TO the polling place
They went into the pol.ing-place. and thinK N.
straneers went in first. After they got IN saw
; | Iavner 20 in. He said If you're going IN. \ n
| aoing in As they out Hayner was nacklnl
: I'm and near the door. saw Cleary strike hayher
, | Tbev had some talk. and Hayner Insisted that M
: | sbo,y,d 20 in II they went in. Then saw ,9ne'
strke Uayner. The crowd kept slrsing untH ~ go
, | hacS ~ the post. When | saw Hayner ne mao
| Dwrench In his hand. Then McGough drew a re
yolyer and said: "lf you've got that, rye got some
, | thing better" | then lost sight OF Hayner. i '
.,s,e ,hinc | saw was McGOugh with a revolver
tandng In the roadway william Ross was Jus
haioo, he post and Robert stood south OF McGoug
| I'd west Of william They were near together, an'
| d" eaw Mcciough fire his revolver. but whether
. ! t,ohsr, or William I could not say. AZ that TIM
ropper, Syas facing McCough When McGough hreS
| TO-, sIcht OF him. and also william ana hooert
! aid not William again ,,.c...u. ,,..-
, IT, next I observed. Robert and McGougn wer
. | do,rn IN the gully the pathway ana SCENE
~ ha sta nding there The next saw was Roper
. 70 LIZ ue rnon the level ground. When ! saw Rooer
ROSS gully turned ant