The sun., 1894-03-15
TROY'S ELECTION MURDER.
THs INJUSTICE OF CHARGING IT
UPoN IHB DEMOCRATIC LEADERS,.

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Thor. March 14.-It looked at 10 O'Clock this
morning ne II all the unsm mployed citizens in
Rensselaer, county wanted to get into the old
white marble County Court House. on the cor
ner OF Second and Congress streets. This
marble structure Is now dingy with age II Is
the only County Court House that Rensselasr
has had. In its architecture IL is not unlike o
the sub-Treasury building on Wall street,
Now York city. only II Is q very much smaller
building. Tho trains from Albany and from
West Troy and LansinTburGh. and. III fact.
from all other nearby towns. were packed
with visitors. and all seemed to think that they
should get the very best seats IN the court
room. The great event was the irst hearing
OF tho Coroner's inquest on the killing of
Robert Ross. This case promises to be
memorable in the history OF New York state.
Over 100 witnesses have been subpunaed to
attend the Inquest, and itlooks tonight as ifit
Will take two weeks to weed out the char and
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| on March u. the day ON which Troy held its
charter election for municipal officers. such as
Mayor. Aldermen. and County Supervisors
| He was Killed In the Third Election district Of
the Thirteenth ward. which IL on the outskirts
OF Troy. close to the Lansingbureh line
Eoss was Republican worker. There was
general row ut the polling place. Ross
was killed: his brother William Ross. was
! wounded: q young Democratic tough. Bar
fhnlGmaU nP naNh GhAa r.
| ter known. was shot In tho head, and
John McGouGh. Bat" Shea's chum. was
also wounded. The Roses are all Repub-
| llcans. Besides Robert and William there are
Adam and John. McGough Is also Republi-
can. Bat" Shea. his chum. 10 u Democratic
heller who is the personal follower Of Alder
man G Gorge Dunlop. the Republican Alderman
elected from the Thirteenth ward on March q
As an evidence Of Just how tough Bat" Shea
is. Superintendent W. W. Willard Of the Troy
police force gave him up for dead on election
day. Superintendent Willard had visited the |
scene OF the shooting as quickly as
he hoard OF 1t. and found Bat" Shea |
stretched out with the track OF q bullet |
along the top Of his scalp Half an hour later |
shea picked himself up and went back to the |
polling place. John II. Boland. q Republican |
worker. and Shea are under arrest charged |
with the murder OF Ross McGoueh is under |
arrest on the charge OF assault In the first |
degree In attempting to kill William Ross
The peculiar Significance OF this case and |
the occasion for the great crowd Mt the nrst
hearing to-day are that an attempt has been
made to describe it as n political murder for
which the regular Democratic organization Of
tSs se,Ss acs ahe PeSne and to msIead them at
charged by he Republisans "es and seH tssr "nti.
snap allies that Gov. Flower and Senator
bio or Mseas be held
Assembly Danforth +. Aiusworth has shrieked
thos FIoi the blood OF RoSs on tn: head o. Gov.
lican ward and one which has never been car
The men arrested for the crime are Boiani.
loves oSder who saatos WITH Gsrss RanuScshs III .ns
And who has never had tho confidence OF the
lcap. Yet the Republicans OF Troy and the
GoH foGsr sps
Die fer S this hSr,ible , deed The Reppblicans
SSS s tSsl. Ho%d
have been nor; partisan Boards OF inspectors.
ETpsaeios 6 would have have sesI Prevented and the
sible 1t ie SUCH stuI as this that tho Repub-
leans and their anti-snap allies are circulat-
What are the facts in the, case7 In the re-
cent lMdsyornity contest in Troy there were six
lean and P99ple's Democrat: Deeobert Zelser.
pendent Republican; James +. Nelly. Socialist
WNhoSr Whs,.r and md S MILAN Hale ProhibitOnist
the regular Democratic Organization reiu sed to
renoninate him this year The chief obi iection
interested in the manufacture OF sewsrp pipes
and the regular Dem ocrats learned that he was
who FURNISHED the city with sewer pipes, for
which Mayor Whelan signed the bills. The
MoIoy a reputable wholesale grocer. @ % Wheiae
was Nn.s,i vr'y angry and got around him the Dem;
received an Independent nomination. He WAS
endorsed by the commit appointed with full |
charlse made against Whsian and his sewer
pipe business has been common property to
who are now trying e raise the mis ischiet
the Assembly at Albany authorizing Whelan
all Of the aIeotion districts OF Troy. In order
to understand the siGnh cance of this II will be
1852; with Mayor Whrlsn in the chair t wss
provided that there should ne two Democrats
~n. @ the esf
iTSsass"TI TSs saard, 20 o, IHsor % wnepn At thst tm:
tnSs and rscistrreI ali oi the voters s 0qs befars
a nss.mS SIymHnn Shsmhers introduced that /,
property vetoed this biz and 10 Ills %sSoTsn. Tsy
on. ms 'in! ssst hs right to sPISnt sS
pss Should BE- sxfe sxssnded I" Hssss sns
Smyth Kelly. and Hale the other andidates.
sE SYs' s;S :sf that &c
Non Partisan Inspectors bill and made IL take +
effect i'm msdiately instead Of on Aug. l next. =
The result Of the MAyoratY fight was q 8
plurality for Molloy OF t25 and majority over IA
all OF over 200. The Absurdity OF the effort :,
10 hold the Democratic Governor and the y
Junior Senator OF the State responsible for that
fearful row In the Republican Thirteenth a
ward on March Is thus clearly hrougnt 10 u
Eht; The Mayoralty light had nothing to b
w with the row IN any way. The fight in the .
Thirteenth ward was over the candidates for a.
Aldermen. Three weeks ago the Repu hicAns a
Df that ward nominate Genrge Dunlop. a Il
1uor dealer. for Alderman. Tire Ave inSUac- :
,oTs who had charge 81 that primary were all ! =
as follows: John II. E0land | =
now under arrest charged with the murder Of g
Robert ltoss; John Ross Roberts brother: I,
ieorEe Cooley, John McGough now under Il
arrest on the charge OF assault in the FIRST de- "
gree with attempting to Kill William Ross ! q
Roberts brother and John Wells. At that | -
.5imHT' .ilfa blG shea the disTe4u,abls asso; i