The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-24
they think evidence can be brought

they think evidence can be brought
against
The only one that an attempt was
made to arrest was young man
named James Sweeney. living opposite
Horan 4 Healey's store on Chestnut
street. The young man could not be
found. The county detective was handi-
capped In learning any direct evidence
to bring to bear against the many whose
names We're given to him as being
participants. Chief of Police Haley
was not on the scene when the shoot
ing occurred. The Dunmore police do
not go on duty until evening. 1t is
expected that several arrests will be
made today.
Mink, who is at the hospital. Is n
special officer. He is an eX-member of
the New York police force.
INTERVIEW WITH RUTHvEN.
Ruthven was found at his boarding
house. corner OF Franklin avenue and
Spruce street, soon after he reached
there. He was washing the egg stains
off his clothing and person when The
Tribune reporter was ushered into his
room. He did not seem to be much
excited, and, after becoming satisfied
that his visitor was newspaper man
and not one of his pursuers, he talked
very calmly and without much reserve.
Those people," said he. came there
with malicious intent. I have heard
that 1t was openly avowed that would
never leave Dunmore alive. There was
fully three hundred in the mob which
surrounded the door of the church. and
the greater part of them We're men and
the rest full grown boys. ] took four
men up there with me to protect me.
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young men volunteered to assist, when
the meeting was over. AS soon as |
emerged from the door the cry went
up There he is and simultaneously q
shower of eggs and other missiles as
sailed our party. We hurried down the
street and for three blocks the crowd
followed us pelting us with eggs and
stones. Near Drinker street man
whose name l afterwards learned to be
Christy Walsh. fired point blank at me.
Old man Mink, who was just behind
me received the bullet in the back.
Some one said Mink was shot and then
the firing became general.
TRIED TO SUPPORT MINK.
Mink began to stagger and caught
hold of him to support him. A young
man of our party, whose name l do not
know also caught hold of him. An
other of the bullets that were being
fired at me struck the young man in
the leg. / managed to get Mink to the
veranda of a house near the corner
hoping to get protection and place
for the wounded man to lie down un-
til he could be attended to- The woman
whoever she was shut the door in my
face and refused to let me in. When
! faced about this same Christy Walsh
was standing at the gate only about
ten feet away with a pistol leveled at
me. There was no getting away from
II so ] had to stand there and stare in
to the muZZle of his gun while he
snapped the trigger repeatedly. 1t re-
fused to go Off however having prob
ably been emptied during the general
fusilade. He had me covered for fully
three minutes"
Ruthyen dwelt particularly on this
scene and repeatedly reiterated the
statement that Chrsty Walsh fired the
first shot. He avoided explanation of
how he got away from Walsh and the
crowd and what became of the wound
ed meS. To the reporters question as
to how he got to Scranton he said that
he and four young men who were sym
pathiZcrs managed to get out of the
crowd and reach Scranton by cutting
across the fields and coming down
Washington avenue
These young men furnished him with
Walsh's name. They also told him that
one James McAndrew and q ed-headed
man with one arm were prominent
figures. When asked If he intended to
stay here he said he did.