The evening world., 1894-05-01
Mr.. "DONNELLY'S GUN.
Effort to Prove It Was Not the
Only One Used in Court
Taylor Swears DonneIly Was Sitting
After the First Shot.
McArdle, Jr., Acknow lodged He
Had His Pistol with Him.

Inc examination OF MICHAEL I'onnelly'
who fired some shots from his revolver
at Patriok J. McArdle in Part ii. of the
Court Of Common Pleas n week ago to-
day, was continued before Justice Mar
tin. in his private room at the Tombs
Court to-day.
McArdle was accompanied by his body
guard when he went to the Tombs this
morning, but the same rule which was
enforced at the proceedings yesterday
VAS put into effect, and the Tinkerton
told that they must leaye the room. r.
change place. was the first witness called
by Col. Townsend for the prosecution.
Mr.. Green said he was In the court
made a search for the bullets, and found
one on the floor between two benches
on the west side Of the room, ,.o.,,,
underneath. the hole In the, ceiling. The
witness had the bullet folded up neatly
In a piece Of paper, and at the request
q Col. Townsend handed 1t to Justice
stopped Watching Donneiiy. who was be.
side Of Ire room. long enough to glance
at the bit OF battered lead and SILVER.
Lawyer Green told of the excitement
excused. David II. Freedman. McArdie's
Ffeedman 81 ihe man who, MsArdle
cured the latter.s lifelong gratitude,
Mr.. Freedman has p~ompadour hair, n
curly black mustache and had a head.
hs rne di ~itness In reh sis ssiFt tn, fro" events of
the shooting. He said he and McArdle
and the %latter's son Steve. had just got
up TO leave the courtroom, when he
pocket OF his sack coat.
The next instant" continued Freed
nan was looking a. a big revoIys,
square at Mr.. McArdle. I jumped for
him md caught hold OF Donnelly about
the same. time that Mr.. Severance did.
du sr my San The pistol SO hard that 1t
While freedman wa, ,est,fy,ng. Nc
!Ardie got up and whispered something
The latter interrupted the examination
Of the witness to say:
II hav. been requested by. Mr.. McArdle
from the room on the ground that he
don't like Donnelly's looks. ! can see
nothing Objectionable In Mr.. Donneliy's
appearance. and therefore refuse to have
Mr.. HOUSE was .up. in a minute. to say
Your Honor, his Is plainly a blur on
that he is'ln mortal fear Of my client
II understand that, perfectly" replied
Justice Martin, and the proceedings were
n IOouiItCu CHTult htIl HE tyt
on Donnelly. and when the latter moved
Severance. McArdle shifted his chair
ample proportions between him and Don
nelly. Il his fear was assumed It was
Freedman swore he never owned n
pistol and never had one In the house.
Lawyer House. brought out that Freed
man had been indicted by the Chautauqua
and that the indictment was dismissed
because OF the death Of the complain
ing witness.
II ali want down on the record.
Stephen j. McArdle, son OF Patrick
J. McArdle, was then sworn. He said
he was beside his father when Don
OF the pistol.
There was a surprise in store for the
asked carelessly:
did YOU have, a pistol IN your pocket
when YOU were In court?"'
piled.
Justice Martin ruled that the witness
well, then. I did have a pistol. I
pulled Il out when ! cav Donnelly's pIs.
IHwyer House smiled.
Young McArdle could not he made to
say that he fired a shot. He pleaded
that hc was excited and dropped the mis-
toll on the floor. Whether It exploded or
not, he was not prepared to say. He
brought the pistol from Albany to pro
tect himself, and HIS father. because he
had heard that D~onnelly had threat
eped to shoot both his father and him
self ''at first sight, McArdle could
not. however, say whether or not the
pistol was loaded. and he could not re-
member anything clearly except that
Donnelly had shot Mt McArdle senior.
Court Oficer John McQuade got very
much mixed up when he tried to tell
the story Of the shooting. He finally
rot n~ntangled. m his testimony was
In. effect the same as that of the other
witneases, with the exception that he
swore th:t the table which McArlle
McQuade could not say who nred the
FIRST shot nor the last, but he was sure
Donne'ly fred the second shot.
William I: Taylor, Equity Clerk in the
Court Of Common Pleas. snid he was
talking to Judge SisGhorr at the time
saw ponnelly with a pistol in his hand.
Mr.. TAYLOR said he heard four shots
fired. but alt 1o,gh he saw a pIstol In the
hands Of one OF the men in the McArdle
party. he could not say whether the
third or fourth shot anne FROM 1t
On cross-examination Clerk Tavlor
said that. after the first shot. he noticed
that Donnelly had not vet risen from
his chair. This was In direct contradiC-
ton to the testimony OF the other wit
nesses, who swore that Donnelly stood
Mr.. Taylor said ne picked IN a pistol
from the floor, and that FRY cdman
came to him after the excitement had
subsidized and asked for 1t, saying;
I'll belongs to me-"
The examination was then adjourned
tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock.