The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-03-07
One Republican Killed, Leader of the
Reporters Also Dead and Two Others
Seriously Wounded.
ELECTIONS IN MANY TOWNS
Decided Republican Gains
Throughout New York State.
At Some Places Clean Sweeps We're
Made-An Occasional Democratic
VictOry-Gains in Vermont.

TROY, n. Y, March ga Mayor was
elected in this city to-day, but the record
of the election is spotted with blood, and
scenes such as the Oldest resident Of Troy
has no recollection OF were enacted.
In q darkened room in the family resi-
dence lies the body of Robert Ross. who
left his home this morning to aid in the
election Of the candidate that the Republic
an party had Endorsed. In a room in the
same house lies his brother William, per-
haps mortally wounded. In another part
of the city lies wounded a notorious rough
and ward heller, BAT" Shea, and still in
another part of the city is John McGough,
who received a bullet and is seriously in
jured.
Among the watchers at the Twelfth ward,
first precinct polling place was Robert Ross
and his brother William, both Of them being
there in the interest Of the Republican
party. There was also there well-knOwn
character by the of Bat Shea
About 1:S0 o'clock this afternoon a gang
of at least a dozen strangers stood waiting
to vote, while men whose names were on
the poll list, both Democrats and Republic
ans. were crowded away. Robert Ross OBJ
jected to this, and had some words with
Bat Shea
The story told by the surviving Ross is
that Bat Shea is the man who killed
Robert Ross. They say that the trouble
began In the polling booth, where a crowd
of repeaters, headed by jeremiah Cleary
and Shea, attempted to vote. When the
vote was challenged the men went outside
and Immediately started an argument with
the ROSES. Suddenly the crowd surged
forward, and in an instant revolvers were
drawn and shots fired. Robert Ross fell In
the roadway and his brother William cried
I'm shot" Then the firing ceased as sud
denly as IT had commenced. Before a sur
geon could reach the scene Robert Ross was
dead. William Ross was shot in the neck
just below the base Of the brain, and will
probably die. John McGough Is dangerous
ly wounded, while Shea's wound is not
considered serious.
John Ross said: ct did not fire a pistol.
1t was murder. deliberate murder-and 1t
was premedtated. Only about an hour and
a half before this Shea struck my
brother William full in the face. 1 dragged
William away and told him to take the
blow and say nothing; the blow would not
hurt him. 1 did not think at the time that
they would use their guns"
Mayor Whelan said tonight: at is only
the natural result of the determination of
the Murphy heelers to carry the election by
fair means or foul 1t is a stain on the
city,
Senator Edward Murphy was busy all
afternoon attending to the delegations of
cuff and collar workers who came to talk
about the Wilson bill, but he found time to
say: cit is a most deplorable affair, and
am greatly grieved at it,
At midnight IL was aScertained that an
other man was mortally wounded in the
Thirteenth-ward tragedy. John McGough,
one of the alleged gang of repeaters who
participated in the bloody riot, was found
at his home suffering from the effects of q
bullet wound in the abdomen. The bullet
had penetrated the kidneys and the physi-
clans say he cannot recover. He is insensi-
BILE now, but before he became unconscious
he stated that he did not have a revolver
and did not do any of the shooting. He
says that he felt the bullet and started to
go home. He fell by the roadside and was
carried home by friends.
There were SIX candidates for Mayor.
The present Mayor, Dennis Whelan, Demo
crat, had the Endorsement of wing of the
Republican party. Thomas Malloy, the reg
ular Democratic nominee, was backed up
by United States Senator Murphy. The feel
ing ran high all day, and allegations of
fraudulent registration were freely made.
The vote polled was as heavy as that cast
in the presidential year. With a few dis
tricts missing the vote for Mayor shows
that Molloy, the regular Democratic candi-
date, has defeated Whelan, the Independ-
ent, by 1,400 votes.