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A Shooting ARRAY In Which Mary Con-
molly Lost a Toe.
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Halves court was the scene Of another
shooting ARRAY ct 1850 this morning.
Mary Connolly, alias Sure Mike, has been
Q ~frequenter Of that notorious locality
for the past 10 months. While serving O
six months sentence at Cranston
she became acquainted with q wo-
man named Cady, resident
OF Halves court, and when the two were
released the Cady woman invited Miss
Connolly to visit her. The Connolly girl,
who il but n years old, accepted the in
vitation, but did not stay with
Mrs. Cady all the time. Oc-
c~asionally she would stay at Brewster's
or the Nickerson's, near n%eighbors,
During her stay she became acquainted
with Bill Brewster, . colorsd man about
40 years old, and married. Brewster grew
to like Miss Connolly, who is white and
Of rather preposesssing appearance.
For O while the girl seemed
to reciprocate his affection,
until q better looking negro in the per-
son Of John Nickerson came along. Then
the girl turned her attention to him
often visiting down the river
and other places Of amusement.
The green eyed monster, jealousy,
crept into the heart OF Brewster, and he
swore that Nickcrson should never have
her, and fired several pistol shots in the
air to emphasize his threat. Last night
the Connolly girl stayed at Nickerson's
house, which Is only about twenty feet
distant from the home of Brewster. When
he heard Of 1t early this morning his rage
knew no bounds. He pulled out his
knife and pistol and fourisbing both in
the air, swore ne would kill both Nicker-
SON and the girl, but she only laughed
when she heard his threats. Nickerson,
who knew what a treacherons fellow
Brewster was, made himself scarce.
About ten O'Clock things Gained
down somewhat and the girl
took Q walk. In front of Brew
ster's house is an old log perched
on two stones. On this log she sat and
commenced to read a paper. She had not
been there long before her former lover
came TO the door and stood on the
stairs, which led up to the tenement.
He began to abuse the girl for her treat
ment of him and asked her to conn and
live with him again. The girl scornfully
refused the offer. She told him he had a
wife and was living with another woman
and that Nickerson was much younger
and better looking. This snrsged Brew
ster and he reached for his hip pocket
and pulled his revolver, a weapon
of 81 caliber, and blazed away. As
he fired the girl fell of the
log backwards and the bali entered her
right toe IND lodged in the instep. The
girl tainted, and thinking he had killed
her he put the weapon in his pocket,
and when the neighbors gathered
around the fallen girl he told
them he was firing at a five cent piece and
accidentally hit the woman. Two men
ran for q doctor, and a colored man named
Peyton notified Officer Boss, who tele-
phoned for the ambulance and Miss
Connolly was taken to the hospital.
Brewster made tracks up Smiths
Hill, and when last seen was
going In the direction of pawtucket. THE
News representative arrived on the scene
shortly aftor the occurrence, and had con-
siderable difficulty in getting the neces-
sary information. TIE colored denizens
of the court said they knew nothing
about 1t but supposed it was an accident.
John O'Neil. the Randall Square Cigar
dealer, met with quite q serious accident
yesterday afternoon. He was driving
along Smith street with a friend named
John Mack, and when near Fruit
Hill reservoir his horse suddenly
took running fit and
getting beyond control, collided
with a trolley pole and both men were
thrown out. Mack escaped injury, but
O'Neil Landed on his head on the car
track aud received several bad
gashes which bled profusely. He
also sustained q very severe
sprain to his right leg. He was assisted
to DR.. j. ii. Bartley's office, who took 10
stitches in the wound in his head. Later
he was taken home by T.. j.. Mccarthy.
When the Branch avenue trolley car
ran of the track last Wednesday, the
only occupant Of the car was Mr.. Jackson
of the Bristol Hotel, whose home
Is In Wanskuck. He received q
bad shaking up at the time. The
car took two large pieces out Of the curb
stone, and would have gone into the
Wanskuck pond, were it not
for the fence. In watching the
motorman trying to get the car
on the track again, some of the electric
ity entered Mr.. Jackson's right eye and
he has not been able to see out of it since.
Mr.. Jackson, though an old man Of sew
enty, had very good eyesight and could
read without glasses until the accident.
Mystic, Conn.