The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-07-14
PATRICK TURNS UP
MOONEY DID NOT COMMIT SUICIDE
BUT WENT OFF FOR a REST.

He Turned Up Footsore and Weary at Medi
cine Lodge While His Wife Thought Sh
was Widow and the Police wer
Watching the Angry Rood for His Re
mains-In the Meantime Patrick
Without a Wife to Come Back to. 70
She was Adjudged Insane in the Pro
bate Court Yesterday.
Pat Mooney is not dead at all. at all
| Awo weeks ago Patrick fed from n.
wrath of his wife, who returned tC
her domicle. after a days meanderine
through the city, with what is com
monty known as jag, on. She as
saulted Patrick with a fiat iron or two
besides very energetic tongue, and
| the gentle Patrick fled toward the river
| with the cry Of suicide on mis- lips
Next day his hat was found on the
bank of the river, and his repentent
wife gave him UP as gone TO his
Heavenly Father" as she expressed
il.
The police have been keeping the
hurry-up wagon notified ever since TO
| be ready to go at a moments notice
after Patrick Moneys drowned body,
expecting every minute that the angry
| waters Of the raging Arkansas would
| give UP the dead son of Erin. but i.
! didn't, for reasons best explained in
/ the following from the Medicine Lodge
| CreSset:
"One day last week is was reported in
I .bx. falf hot foo 4
| Patrick Mooney Of that city has sui
cided by drowning; that he had had a
| little jar with his wife, probably about
! quart size. and hal left home in a des-
| pondent mood, going in the direction OF
| the river. The fact that the Arkansas
! river was up with the June rise and
! had sufficient water IN il to drown a
man If he would scoop out hole in the
! sand, collect the water and then hold
his head in il until life was extinct, was
strongly in support Of the suicide the
DRY. When we saw the item We Won
dered if the parties concerned could be
the Mr.. and Mrs. Mooney formerly Of
| Medicine Lodge and still more former
~ of Ireland. Many Of the marks and
brand were familiar. The old lady
driving the defenseless Patrick from
the little home, and his going away
wrapped in dependency and gloom so
dense that he could not be recognized,
were as familiar 10 US as if Katey and
Patrick stood before US. But Pat GO
ing toward the river fooled US just as
it did the great detectives of Wichita.
Why should Patrick go toward water
at all, at all, unless it was to drown
himself; especially in Wichita, where
Attorney General Dawes reports that
violationsof the prohibitory law is even
unveiled? That was a clue that would
have beat Billy Pinkerton or the re-
nowned Billy Patterson. However, on
Tuesday the great mystery was solv-
ed. a lame, halt and foot-sore old man
craWled into the Simpson livery stable
in this city and filed a claim on an I'M
occupied box stall. II was evident that
he was a descendent of O'Mahoney,
Mooney, O'Ruke, or some other branch
that could not be determined at a casula
glance. though the dependency had
worn off sufficiently TO make that much
plain.
Shortly after Ed Williams happened
along and looking the d. OF |. K. over
carefully, recognized the lOng-l0st sui
eide Patrick Mooney, formerly Of Medi-
cine Lodge and more formerly of Cork.
Ed wanted the old gentleman to go
to a more comfortable bed, but des-
pondency got in its work again and the
aforesaid d. Of l. k. insisted on remain
ing where he was wrapped only in
ceeded in bringing through from Wich-
ita. Ed got some blankets and fixed
him up in the best shape possible, and
next morning Patrick was himself
again. The presence of Mr. Mooney in
this city explains the great mystery as
to why he went toward the river on that
night Of the fatal quarrel: he had to
cross the river to get To Medicine Lodge.
One more chapter remains of this story
of real life. and that is the reconcilia-
ton between Patrick and Katey. II is
sure 10 come. In days gone by their
have even got as far as di- I
vorce courts before they kissed and
made up. Whether the scene Of this !
last chapter will be laid in Medicine /
Lodge or Wichita. we cannot say.
katey may come to her Patrick or he /
may go to his Katey Both Mr.. and /,
Mrs. Mooney some years since passed I
the meridian Of life. grey hairs have re- I
placed the dark locks that in years I
agone shone with luster that outvied 1
the ravens wing. their forms are benz I
and their countenances and hands !
show the effects OF deprivation and toll. /
yet through their veins courses the f,
warm Irish blood and their natures still
retain many Of the frank impulses in /
cident 10 natives Of the Emerald Isle.
There must have been a time when they
loved devotedly. for no matter how
serious the quarrel they return to each /
other in time and in the sweetness Of !
that reunion all quarrels are forgotten.
katey seems 70 Patrick 10 be again the
winSome maid with whom he searched /
the hills and dells for four-leaved sham
rocks. while Patrick is again the strong
limbed bye that twirled his blackthorn
50 jauntily and danced 50 merilv al
fairs"
Mrs. Mooney. wife Of the above. was
declared insane in the probate court
yesterday.
II was case that attra cted an in
nense crowd Of people from the West (
Side. all of whom were interested in
having Mrs. Mooney sent TO the ASYLUM
Or somewhere else.
Mrs. Mooney has been the evil gen
us Of the West Side f0r good many
years. She has made the lives Of her
leighbOrs so miserable that they Joint
Y secured the services Of Judge Nc
-andless IN convince the court and
Jury that she was insane.
She not only made the lives of her
leghboTs miserable but she drove her
Door husband 70 the river bank tha
,ther day 20 commit suicide
When she was arrested on the charge
y insanity the old lady was 81 surnri,
II that she was completely thrown of
Ter feet. When she recovered h,sr
,quilibranCe. 4 such a thing can na
aid Of sane person. she went -
,. N. Brown and secured his services
% defend her.
During the coruse Il the trial Mr..
3rown did all he could 20 make the
ury believe that she was as sane IS
he jury themselves. but even with Mr. I
Srowns efforts she was nos satisfied J
or she p-acticed az the bar herself.
nd crOSS-GueStioreG the witnesses f~a &