The sun., 1896-10-25
SHOT IN A POLITICAL ROW.
DAN @. REYNOLDS WENT WILD
OYER THE BOY ORATOR.
A Uompo.,,or shoot- rwo Msn In a nrn...

| A Composition Shoots Two Men in n Brock.
lyn Hotel. Tries to shoot Another. and
Nortnily Wounds Himself - He Had
heen Errntic for Several Months.
During heated political controversy in the
| barroom OF the Brunswick Hotel at Washington
and Concord streets, Brooklyn, shortly
after O'Clock last night Daniel r. Rey-
nolds, a well-known cumpositor, ran amuck
with revolver. and. nfter shooting and slightly
wounding two men, was inortally wounded
| with MS own weapon. He was In hot
pursuit after another victim, with his
hand raised in the air, when the weapon
| went off for third tne. the bullet enter
| Ing his forehead just above his nose and pass
| Ing into the head. lie was falling in n heap on
| the street when one OF his intended victims
| closed in on him and seized the weapon.
Reynolds had been drinking hnrd for a couple
ofweeks and was almost insane from excite
| meht. None OF the spectators. SO far as the po-
lice could learn, saw him put tho revolver to his
head. and 1t is not believed that he intended
suicide. The circumstances all indicate that
his crazy handling OF tho revolver was the
cause OF his own shooting.
The other victims OF the shooting were Quln-
tin h. Stone. age 80 years the proprietor of the
hotel. and Charles Meyer age 20 years. of 229
Washington street, II hostler in STEMS stable
One OF the bullets struck Stone In the right arm,
lodging In the muscles and the other entered the
second finger Of Meyers right hand, causing
only flesh wound.
The shooting caused intense excitement both
in and around the hotel, and the instant
Reynolds drew his weapon there was wild
stampede from the barroom. A Adiscussion over
the respective merits OF Mckinley and Bryan
directly preceded the shooting
About O'Clock Reynolds and another old
printer John Doyle of A North Oxford street.
met in Park row restaurant, and, after in
dulHing In several drinks. walked across the
bridge.
1t was close to o'clock when they dropped
into Stones Hotel on their way up Washington
street. There were dozen or more customers
seated in the room and standing at the bar.
Reynolds and Stone sat down at one OF the
vacant tables. and ut once began to pro-
claim the greatness OF BrJ an over Mckinley.
Reynolds was especially emphatic In his praises
of the Boy Orator. He talked. however.
In such rambling manner that the men at the
adjoining tables began to laugh at him. This
provoked him. and he got up and be-
gan 10 argue politics with them He
specially directed his remarks to Frank
Colgan OF SO Main street, a Young motorman
on the Nassau road who was wearing Mckin-
ley button. In a few minutes the discussion
had grown loud and exciting. aid Reynolds
started TO push aside the men who had been ad-
vocating Mckinley.
Suddenly while the scuffle was in progress
Reynolds whipped a ive-chamher revolver
from his hip pocket and pointed it to the right
and left The sight y. the revolver caused an
immediate stampede. the customers flying in hot
haste toward the two doors. one on the Concord
and one on the Washington street side of the
building Half dozen OF them, not being abe
to reach tho doors. sought concealment in the
Proprietor Stone who was behind the bar,
was the only man W ho stood his ground. Rey-
nolds ,, followed the ;s!n men to oo the street.
Washington. street side had closed be-
hind him the first shot; which took effect
through, Washington, street. when the bullet
sandly n on IN his heels he resn.ere M the saloon and
The bar. stone raised his right arm
Just the shot was, fired. and the mo-
arm arm had hfpq BEEN down he would S probaby havs s
got the bullet in his breast. While the shooting
e.sed in the coss ns hs R%S
nolds had returned to the saloon. he became np-
door. Reynolds darted after him. and had
again reached the street when another shot
was heard T%Ea1 was n only ,, few WI fee, away
around Just as the latter was dropping.
hann and wesed haS nf s
bullet in his head. dropped unconscious at his
It was only after Reynolds had been carried
into the saloon that the affrighted customers
returned; Within five minutes the excitement
in the neigh bor hood was intensified by the ar
rival OF n patrol wagon with half a dozen po-
licemen and an ambulance.
Fully 1000 people were massed around the
saloon. T he ambulance surgeon. after dressing
the wound OF stone and Meyer, removed Rey
nolds 10 the Brooklyn Hospital. Il was said at
the hosp tai that the wound was mortal one,
and thar he could not live many hours.
REYNOLDS is unmarried and lived with Tailor
Patrick Dougherty. a brother of eE-Police
Captain Dougherty OF this city, at 255 Wash
inRton street.
He has worked rs n compostor Oh most of the
leading New York newspapers and Is said to be
connected with well-known family in Georgia.
A year ago he started on the construction
Of an aerial machine. and his invention Is said
to be patented.
1t is said he has been more or less erratlc since
he began to work on the machine. and seven
months ago he became involved in trouble with
the authorities for sending alleged threatening
John Doyle, MntOrman Frank ColGan, and
John Watson OF "a ST. Marks avenue one OF
the participants in the political talk. were de-
tn ned at the station witnesses.
The exact manner in which Reynolds was shot
had not been fully cleared up last night. There
was theory that II was while he and Cogan
were III the act OF strugg ling for the possession
OF the weapon that 1t exploded the bali passing
upward and striking Reynolds in the temple |
as his head was bent downward. Colgan how
ever. is positive that the third shot was fired
will probably remain undetermined. ns no one |
seem. to have actually seen the shot fired.
Early this morning tho doctors at tho Brook |
lyn Hospital said that Reynolds might possibly |
glanced off after shattering tho frontal bone |
and had not lodged in the head. The patient
seemed to be ralYing from the shock.
An Actor Arrested for Failing to Support |
His Wife.