Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-03-07
DISCUSSING THE TRAGEDY
Excited Men Gather on the Street Corners
at Troy
Conflicting Accounts Regarding the
ed of Causing Ross Death.

TROY, y. Y. March THE wild excite
mrnt of yesterday cat sed by the bloody
/ tragedy at one of th- election booths has
In part subsidized this morning. Never be-
lore in the history of this city-evar re-
markabe for election contests-was there
one like that which has but just
terminated. Never before did person
al feeling rise to such a high
pitch of al tagonism. The street cor
ners this morning were crowded with
81 oups Of excited men whose sole topic of
conversation was the election outcome. and
the tragical events which marked its prog
ress. AS is most unusual in this city. men
did not return to their work.
In the neishborhOod OF the police court a
large gathering formed at an early nour
The crowd awaited the appearance Of John
Boland. the helan watcher, who is ac-
Cused of firing the shot that killed Robert
Ross. who lost his life yesterday. BoIand
was taken from the Jail under heavy To-
lice guard at O'Clock, and escorted 10 20
lice court. He was arraignei before Police
Justice Donahue. who informed the counsel
that he could do nothing with the case fur
ther than to hold a preliminary examina-
ton the prisoners position cannot be
determined until after the verdict Of the
co-Oners jury. He could not accent hail
so the prisoner was led through a dense.
throng of people back 10 jail. Ii will be
ten days before d verdict can b. reached
by the coroEers Jury.
Bat Shea. the man who. Ii is claimed
was one of the direct irstigators of the
brawl connected with the murder and
who. John Ross claims. fired the first shot
and the one that committed the homicide,
IL confined III jail 1t was con sidered fa n
SercuS 10 remove him today, hence he was
not arraigned
Vim. Ross. another brother of the muir
dered man. Is in a critical condition. He
was shot in the bac OK Of the neck The hail
Went downward The Hncrar. hax
unable to locate 1t. Al times today he WIS
IN semi-delirious condition, and the sur
geons say that his recovery is more than
doubtfuI. He may die before night
John McCough, another participant Of
the row. is also in a critical condition The
bail entered his back in the groin region
ana Is lodged. in the opinion of the physi-
clans. in the neighborhOod Of the mans
kidneys. He suffers much pain His death
Is looked for. John Ross who survived
PAGES about the house in half dazed con-
ditior.
The police are at work on the case bur
VIII say nothing as To what they have
CLEANED in the way Of new facts As to
just now the event began or who fired the
in or the Ia'al shot was much disputed
LIST night. The police believe that Boland
the Nhelan watcher. is the guilty man
whereas, on the other hand. John Ross
asserts that he saw Bat Shea fire the
shot that sent his brother into eternity
The ward in which the event occurred
- one of the most respectable In this city
Whelan. the defeated candidate. will
contest the election. He charges that the
basest frauds were committed by The
democratic inspectors; that repeating was
done TO Il considerable extent in almost
every district i'll the city and that the
police afforded little or no protection to
those in the districts who We're looking
after his interest. He believes that he
Will be able TO prov. conclusively that
the '.@O majority which Moloy gained
was not c1ly procured by Illegal votes.
but that he himself was elected by a good
ajorty il all Illegal votes We're thrown
out He will spend any amount of money
to win.