New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-03
FIRST SHOT FROM BEHIND.
EX-ASSEMBLYMAN MEYER J. STEMS
IMPORTANT TESTIMONY.
he DECLARES IN THE DONNELLy TRIAL THAT
THE FIRST REVOLVER REPORT CANE
FROM WHERE THE MARBLES SAT
THE PRISONER TELLS HOW He
WAS THREATENED

THE PRISONER TELLS HOW M
WAS THREATENED
ne trial OF Michael Donne.ly IN the General Ses-
sions for assault; wiki in;en; to Xii MS brother
in-law. Patrick J. McArdie. in the Court OF COM
mon Pleas on AprI a. was continued yesterday
David A. Wilson. c,erk Of the De!evan House IN
Albany. was witness. He was asked TO 'ooN
for Donne.iy's name on the register on September
Is. 1885, but ne could no; find Il. MI BrooNe' cou"
SCI for DonneHy asked he witness wHetneT Don
nelly looked In any Way peculiar when ne was stay :
Ing at the hotc. The witness replied mat &c Ma"
noticed nothing peculiar and MI Bfoohe was
asked what he intended to prove lie replied that
he wanted TO show that when Donne..y registered
and was assigned to one room he sept III another
room. because he was afraid that McAro'e or some
one whom he had hired, would hAd him ana Xii
him.
Ex-Assemblyman Never J. stein. ,awyer' OF 40
81 Park Row was az importan. witness for the
defence He testified that he 81; near Donne.y
and his .awyer Alr Severance at the time OF me
shooting lie was positive that the first SHOT thaI
was fred was from Donne.iys rear and from me
direction Of the pace where the McArd.es sal
Immediately af,erwarl Donnely jumped 10 MS
feet Then the witness saw that Donne!E haH
revolver. He pointed the revolver at McAro'e'
McArd,e had a revolver and shot upward DON
nelly shot Almost The same instant ,--,..-
Toe witness produced pso;. ms Is !'S ''s f,.s
revolver which may explain tae iour o. " SON
that some Witnesses say were Nred; Nj 9tft
testified that he the rcNO.Ncr III 'ilt ..'''4'1
a man In the crowd around Do1neiN. Inc M
was behind the witness VINO stood az boHnS -
right side, and the revolver was showed aroiII ~
witness and pointed al DOnne.ys stomach -
the witness inlme1iate.y seized II. Assistant rs
trct-Attornoy Weeks closely questioned me W.
TO the re.2tiVe positions OF DohneiN, = ~
ance. the witness and the unknown ma ana ~, "
Weeks Mr. Brooke. the witness and a court oI''SsI
arranged themselves in a picturesque iao'eau De-
fore the jury 800. "
Donnel.y was recalled to TIE witness STAND lie
testifed iha; or Apri. 2S lN2, he went 20 stTNe
some papers n a sui;. with Colonel Boom and Nc,
Quade and stephen McArdle chased them on' OF
the Place $; phcn McArd!e said 10 MN, WIN an
oath: "If You come in here III take Your NE
Donnelly testified THAI McArile thrcaaHed MIN on
seyera! other occasions. Mr Brooke produced a
letter written by X. Danzinger an iron dea.er ID
Albany. December 1885 IN wh,ca he 6, wISf
Look on; that PAT don't shoot you: IJohASsy
testified that Pat" meant Parick J. Nc NC,
harassed by the McArdles at several hearings IN the
trial las: April before the shooting took place. ne
sid that on the day Of the shooting ne was hrst
hit on the shoulder from behind: After ne was
seized from behind ne Freedman McArdle
secretary. pon, a pistol at him an arms length
distant n, 800
In rebu,taI McAri.e and his son Stephen I, were were
ca.,ed 10 the stand. Roth OF them tesuhed mat
they had never made threats against or tried TO n
lure Donneily In any way.
The case will probably be gwen TO The jury to-day