The evening world., 1894-06-29
IA BULLET
/ IN HIS COAT.
| Evidence that DOnnelly Did
\ Not Fire First In the
/ MCArdle ARRAY.
CUT OUT BEFORE THE JURORS
Lawyer Severance Swears His
Client Gould Not Have
Fired the First Shot.
MARBLE HAD THREATENED HIM.
Sensational Testimony Brought Out
by Lawyer Chas. W. Brooke
for the Defense.
MARBLE HAD THREATENED HIM.

the promises maze Dy CnaTleS w.
Brooke In opening the case for the de-
Tense in the trial Of Michael Donnelly
before Judge MARITIME in Part I. Of the
Court of General Sessions aroused suffi-
Gent interest to draw a crowd to the
scene Of trial this morning.
MFR. Brooke named several reputable |
men by whom he promised to prove that |
the first shot fred In the courtroom Of
the Court of Common Pleas April "a
was from the pistol OF Patrick McArdle;
that Michael Donnelly was wounded by
that shot. and that he only fired in self
defense. while the younger McArdle.
Stephen, fired the fourth shot. aiming at
Donnelly, Donnelly's shots taking effect
high up on the wall.
II this is SO. people say, why was
Donnelly arrested and placed on trial?
For none of the witnesses for the prose-
cution have testified positively as to
who fired the first shot. They all heard
the first shot" turned towards the
source Of the reports and saw Don
nelly, pistol in hand. and apparently
aiming at Patrick McArdle as he slid
under a table One witness testified that
there were pistol shots over the jury
box. which was behind Donnelly II he
had stood facing the McArdles.
Interest in the trial was largely In
creased by Mr.. Brookes promises. and
Judge MARITIME had an unusually large
audience when he resumed the trial this
morning.
Julius Elson, President Of the Inter-
Island Construction Company, with an
once at 45 Broadway, was the first wit
f the and daK Yar Hs MeAde n ing
courtroom of Judge Bischoff on the
occasion Of an adjournms11t Of the he. case AS,
between them He tss1isd a 1has the TWO
H t. BE shey eft tSe
so BIO afraid nsfe q fsss D0Hnss
subpoenaed as b witness In that case by
Mr.. Donnelly;" ,,,.,o,
Donnelly in his litigations with fatrick
Nc ArdIe, testified that he visited the
ONCE Of McArdle to serve an injunction
on McArdlei that McArdle drove him
mr.. Brooke asked several questions
tending to bring out evidence of violent
PENDANT Michael Donnelly on the occa-
sion of the service OF the Injunction, as
Illustrative OF the conspiracy between
nelly, which is a part Of the defense in
this trial. but Judge MARITIME ruled them
all out.
James Blglan. who worked as a la
borer for Patrick McArdle at one time.
was called to prove that two other EN-:
ployees had told him that McArdle had
employed them to waylay Donnelly and
injure him. This was communicated to
Donnelly, and It was in consequence of
this communicated threat that Donnelly
armed himself, and 1t was these threats
In his mind that governed his conduct
April "a. in the Common Pleas Court
room. ~
y tected, but after long argument the
"a testimony was excluded.
81 William F. Severance. formerly law
partner Of Congressman Bourke Cock
* ram came next He was In the court
", room Of the Common Pleas as counsel
to Michael Donnelly when the shooting
4 cided in favor OF McArdle a motion in
Ii cident to the litigation between Donnelly
and McArdle, and the lawyer was pack
to leaving the court when the shooting
occurred
Mr.. severance's version Of the affair
David Mcclure was leading counsel
the day before, The decision was de-
prcsc. April, q. including Mr.. Fried
man. Mr.. McArdles secretary.
I was bending over my table facing ctr
south. Stephen McArdle and Friedman
We're on , the north side Of the -, court
facing near sSs as me-
east side of the room. but north of us.
was under the impression that Mr..
Donnelly was waiting for an opportu-
, "while we were sitting in this position
! heard a pistol shot from somewhere
could not have fired 1t. whired around
and saw Donnelly and Patrick, J. Nc,
Ardle standing up and facing each other
'Hs ?;sss sSss %'s
hi: ssS fEaA fs hs@f he
owed. under the table, and afterward.
table was, upside down. 1 jumped
S nHe = sls saGsi recollection of see
ID against Donneiiy's stomach.
man did the much huf pehir saf poa aHt
"a II made him my I.aidlsw
for resrAe my own ,. danger LANCER ,.ou, a.,
room hung saw a on to ponneiy and P f%
y Nceman, Mcouads came and Slacee
!. him under arrest"
3 down under the table as he describes
mo. sir; he either fell or was ppshe,'
under. the table. He still had nickel
"Whiie / was on Donnelly's back an
he was lying on the floor right, besd
pistol on the floor and a gold watch a
we'll did not pick 1t up.
"EN-Assemblyman Meyer Stein ha'
nelly and the man who advanced witt
the pistol aimed at Donnelly's abdomen
i saw Mr.. Stein bend over and struggl
with that man, trying to get the pisto
away ayyte lrS@ h,''i Mr.. ponnelly called m
attention to a hole In his coat aoo 9
and on the back side. He stripped an
showed the wound to me. 1t was on III
back dd S, tss hs1s
In the lining at the end OF Mr.. Dor