The evening world., 1894-07-02
DONNELLYS PERIL,
Lawyer Stein Wrested Away a
Pistol Pressed to His Abdomen.
Says 1t Was Held by One ei the
McArdIes or Freedman.
Declares, Too, that Donnclly Did
Not Fire the First Shot.

The resumption OF the trial of Michae Ell
Donnel!y for assault upon Patrick Nc
Ardle was delayed to-day in Part l. OF
the Court of General Sessions, by the
business OF swearing the July Grand
Jury. and several pleadings
&. w Brooke, counsel for Donnelly,
said he had three or four witnesses be-
, = les Donnclly, himself. who was on the
stand when an adjournment was taken
Friday.
| BY these witnesses Mr. Brooke ex-
pected to prove the presence of another
pistol in the hands OF one of McArdle's
friends and TO clinch the proof that the
i first shot was fired. not by Donnelly,
but by one of the McArdle party.
Mr.. Brooke withdrew Donnelly to call
Richard 7. Green to the witness stand
Mr.. Green is a lawyer. lie entered the
Common Pleas courtroom. where Judge
Bischoff presided. a minute after the
shooting. He clicked IN one bullet from
the floor directly under a hole in the CELL
ing close TO the chandelier. presume bly,
a bullet hole. There was plaster on the
bullet.
David w. Wilson. clerk OF the De!evan
House, Albany. came next to the stand.
He found by the register that Donnelly
was a guest at he hotel in September.
1885, and remembered that Donnelly
asked for a room different from the one
on the book. because he was in fear OF
men who were said to be lying in wait
for him. He left instructions at the
office that II any one called for him they
were To- he told that he had left town.
EX-Assemblyman Meyer Stein was the
tt.NNN NJ
Stein is also lawyer, at 81 Park Row.
He came to court with a revolver in his
coat pocket, and he testified that he wah
in the Common Pleas courtroom during
the shooting. and that he wrested the
revolver from one of the McArdle party.
lie was not certain whether II was one
OF the MCAriles. father and son. or
FIR icdman, the private secretary.
II vas sitting on the south SHE OF the
long tables facing Lawyer Severance
and Michael Donnelly. who sat opposite.
and facing towards the east, said Mr..
Stein.
Il heard shot. /, came from behind
DoHnelly and severance from the north
or orr Chamhers street size OF the room
friedman, were on thar side
"DonneIy ana Mr.. Severance jumped
up and faced about towards Chambers
street, Donnclly had "A revolver in his
hand. and Severance grabbed him.
There MAS an old gentleman Il after
wards learned that II was old man Nc
Arlle. iatrlCk MrAIlttI IN the mllCle
Of the room WITH a revolver in his hand
Then there were two pistol shots, one
from ponnClly's revolver and one from
cd man McArile's, McArile held his re-
vDlver up straight IN the air, severance
wis on DlHnCllv's bacH.
Then some person held a revolver
around me from behind and pointed
close up t. puunelly's abdomen.
- grabbed that there was scutfie
and | got II away from him. | will
not be sure whether il was Stephen
MCArGle or Friedman"
Stein produced this weapon. II was
Just like Donnellys IA SS-Calibre Smith
& Wcssnn rev oliver.
In the sculile table was over
turned | saw old man McArdle sprawl
ing on the floor ana near him re-
vo.Ner and watch" continued Mr.
Stein. Il don't know what became OF
them"
Prosecutor Weeks cross-examined.
Mr. Stem. who SAID he heard four, per-
haps five. shots.
Mr.. Weeks, struggled with Stein 10 get
him to determine at Just what In
slant he first saw Donrelly's revolver,
although STEMS description of the
shooting indicated that only four-fitths
of second elapsed while three shots
were fired.
In that time. after the first shot. Don
nelly arose, turned three-quarters
around, pulled his pistol and facing Nc |
Ardie. sr,, nred almost simultaneously |
with ,he latter. l