The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-24
SHOT HIS FRIEND.
Extraordinary Occurrence
on Brinkerhoff Street
Last Evening.
nAHoN FIRED FIVE TIMES
Wounded Nan Not Out OF Danger
Conflicting Stories About
the Cause Of the Deed.
IAHoN FIRED FIVE TIMES


Thomas F. Moran, So years old, chief
engineer of LorilIard's tobacco factory,
was she in front of his residence, No.
4s Briukerhoff street, at half past seven
o'clock last night, by Albert ]. Mahon,
a time keeper in the fine cut tobacco
department of the same factory.
Mr.. Moran left his house after ating
his supper last night and walked over
to Hunts hardware store, ON
paw avenue. On his way home, as ne
was walking up B~rinkeraof street from
Monticello avenue; he noticed a man
skulking behind a tree directly opposite
his residence. Little suspecting that the
man was waiting for him he proceeded
on his way, and was about to open the
gate leading into his yard when he hearo
the report of a pistol shot, and lmme-
diately felt a pain in his left shoulder.
He cried out that he was shot, at the
same time running across the street TO
see who his assailant was.
AS Mr.. Moran neared the opposite
side the man fired four more shots at
him, two of which took effect IN MS
abdomen. The injured man fell to the
ground, but Immediately arose again ana
attempted to follow his would-be muir
derer. He had not gone more than a
hundred feet when he again fell down,
this time unconscious from the loss OF
blood.
CHASING THE MURDERER.
The shooter ran down BrinkerhoH
street to Monticello avenue, where he
turned south and ran to Harrison ave
ME. At the corner of Harrison ana
Monticello avenue he saw Patroiman
Mulcox waiting to grab him. A croWo
had gathered at the sound of the pls-
| toll shots and when they saw the man
run out of Brinkerhoff street they gave
| chase. shouting at all in his way to stop
him. The man succeeded in getting past
Mulcox and turned down Harrison ave
me towards Crescent. AS he neared
| Crescent avenue Chanceman David Hen
messy. who was in citizens clothes, ana
who had been giving chase with the
crowd. oyerhauled the now thoroughly
tired man and easily o-verpowered him.
Hennessy took him to the Fourth Ere
cinct Station House, where he told VINO
he was. Mahon refused to give any rea-
son for the shooting, saying he would
wait until he had counsel.
In the meantime Mr.. Moran had been
taken into the house and City Physician
Everett and DR.. Kopetschny, the family
nhysician. summoned. Both physicians
arrived in a short time and probed for
the bullets. The two which had entered
his bdomen were easily extracted, nav
ing lodged in the muscles near the SKIN.
The bullet in his shoulder has not yet
been extracted.
Mr.. Moran was resting easily this morn
ing. and the doctors say there is no
doubt but that he will recover, although
serious, the wound in his shoulder, DIT.
Kopetscheny says, is not a dangerous one
and the only fear he entertaias IS that
of erysipelas setting in.
The cause of the shooting is not
known. When Mahon was arraigned
this morning before Justice Douglass ne
was represented by Counsellor Norman
asked that his clieEt be admitted TO bail.
/ Justice Douglass could not accept bail as
the injured man is no. yet out OF Danger
THEY HAD BEEN GOOD FRIENDS:
IN Mr.. M Moran sbo Wh hin a ra1iipa II tba ae b eh did
. not. He said that he and Mahon had all
ways been the best of friends and that
the man must have become temporarily
They both belong to the c. B. L. of
st. Patrick's Church. and were always
COHolut1Cd ny PCOplO wiz h1CW ttiSiiA
to be the warmest friends. Mahon also
sang in the choir Of st. Patrick's Church;
1t is known thai Moran has often helped
Mahon out of financial difficulties.
About five years ago an unknown man
was arrested for lettering around Lor-
iIlard's factory with a gun in his pos
was waiting for Mr.. Moran.
Mahon told a number of his friends
that while Mr.. Moran was to all appear
ances his best friend, yet he was secretly
stabbing him in the back. which would
eventually kill him socially and would
compel him to leave the city in disgrace.
1t was rumored about Lorillard's this
morning that there is a woman in the
case, and that at the trial all the cir
cunstances leading to the shooting will
be made public, and will prove a most
sensational affair.
WERE CLOSE FRIENDS.
When Mr.. Crowley, a brother-in-law of
| Mr.. Moran, was seen this morning, he
denied the rumor that there was a wom-
an in the case. He also said that his
brother-in-law and Mahon were the
closest friends, and once when Mahon
was sick, Mr.. Moran himself nursed him.
They belonged to the same clubs and
moved in the same circles.
Mrs. Alexander Milne of No. 223 Warren
street, in whose house Mahon boarded
when interviewed this morning, said
MIR. Mahon has boarded with me for
the past eight years. I always knew him
to be very respectable and of sound mind
I noticed no insanity about him and
| dnn't know what came over him."