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. ffty-four |
years old, Of 81 Cannon street, was shot |
and severely wounded in the right breast
shorty after midnight this morning, IA,
he sat on the pier at the foot # Riving- |
ton street. The bullet was nrel by one
of two men who rowed up the river in |
skin. 1t is believed that the men In
the boat were river thieves.
Seery, with two friends. James Nor
ton. of b2l Grand street. and John Mar
holdt, OF 1863 Reid avenue, Brooklyn.
walked to the pier foot of Rivington
street shorty after midnight this morn
ing and sat on the stringpiece.
Shortly afterwards they saw white
painted skin, 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 a
| boat at this time or niBhtH'
There was silence for a moment, while
the two men in the boat shipped their
oars, Then there came to the shore the
sound OF an OATH and one OF the rowers
shouted: Mind your own business; our
ssme Is eo Sdr es wn nut Y9a are likely to
Why" cried one OF the men on the
pier. we 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.
For an instant his tall form was out
and a report. and Seery fell backward
on the pier with blood flowing from a
wound In his breast.
P OH;ss ia; James Lawler, who wa, vas
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
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 ne time time, The bullet has been extracted
An hour after the shooting n pilot on
Grand street ferry boat saw two men
In white-painted boat rowiirg, up the
river. There was a 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, and started down the river.
I At o'clock Special Officers John J.
, Reilly and James Mccarthy, who were
stationed at pier SO. foot of Jackson
s street, saw two men come along the
. pier from the river. One was tall; the
E other was much shorter The policemen
arrested them after a struggle. but
were compelled to draw their revolvers
before the men would consent to 30
: with them. one Of the men is said to
Z be an eX-convict.
! driver. twenty:eight years old. of $40
Water street. The other prisoner gave
his, name as Thomas Meehan, twenty
street. The o police 'a say that IT the The latter
prisoner Is an ex-convlct also.
Meehan and Clarkson were arralgned
lice Court this morning, and held with
r. injuries.
The policemen went back to the Jack
son street pier. and just under the edge
OF the pier they found skin 10 feet
long, painted white outside and red In
, side. There were oars and oarlocks in
II. 1t thought that the two men ar
rested used the boat The policemen
looked az over for a revolver. but did
had arrested the right men until they
learned from the police of the Union
Market station that they had evidence
agai,st the man who fred the shot
which would make II appear that the ar
rested men were not the right ones after
, all.
This latter evidence had been oh.
tained from Dennis Sheehan, a deckhand
on the. tireboat Havemeyer. The boat
early this morning was lying at the foot
of East Third street.
nat at ~ lnfsx hn 1aHh har fnTtL
. stroll along the pier on the south
side He saw two men row up in a boat
painted white outside and black inside
= Trailing after the boat there was a
long. black object five feet long.
The two men seemed in n great hurry,
= for one OF them kept repeating, Hurry
up there; we've cot to t? get get out Of this
= muttered something that Sheehan could
0 not understand.
' An hour and a half after that the
|, Police boat Patrol steamed up to East
Third street pier. The captain had re-
& celved the general alarm, and was pa
, trolling the East River in the hopes OF
ssee fag ' wS "nt 'hf the " Rts
T. again. and he was questioned by some
= / of the officers on the boat. Then he
n told of the white boat and the two men
+ that he had seen, and search was
n ! made.
a Along side OF the pier, tied to an old
brick scow. the white boat was found
II was turned upside down; the oars
no sign OF the long black object thai
e had been seen trailing behind;
The skin was taken by the Patro
I to pier \. The police of that station
feel positive that the men in the boat
are the ones that .tired the shot thai
that the men mad committed a robbery
3 somewhere along the river front. and
a shot the man, believing that he was q
10 policeman.