The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-03
Daniel Wynne, His Assailant, Is
Dying From a Bullet
Wound.
WERE THE BEST OF FRIENDS.
Drunken Fury Incites the Attack
Upon the Unoffending Patrol.
man.

| VALLEJO, CAL, Sept. 2-Nightwa tch-
man Frank Toal was shot and killed by
Dan T. Wynne, in front of j. w. O'Brien' 8
saloon on Georgia street, near the wharf,
at 1 o'clock this morning. The night
Waterman, after receiving his death
wound, shot Wynne, inflicting a wound
almost identical to that received by HIM
self, and which will, without doubt, prove
| fatal.
Several young men were in O'Brien's
saloon last night when Wynne entered the
place. He had been drinking and COM
menced to argue with the others on one
subject and another, the principal topic
being the claim that one of them, named
Magee, was opposed to his securing fran
chise from the Board of City Trustees to
run q row boat ferry to the hayward.
| This Magee denied.
| Wynne then turned his attention to the
| hali-dozen other men in the saloon and
proposed to ''clean them out" One re-
marked that he was ready for Wynne, who
Immediately turned about, and as he
passed out of the front doors, remarked
he would see about that"
! Wynne was gone from ten to fifteen
minutes, his residence being a couple of
| blocks distant. While he was away the
proprietor of the saloon went and stood in
|
| going home While he was standing in the
doorway Officer Toal came down Georgia
street from the City Jail, where he had
| Just picked up young fellow for disturb
ing the peace. He paused for a moment
to chat, and on being told that Wynne
was drinking he replied: THAT is too bad.
| Dan is good fellow when he is sober, but
when in liquor he is not himself. I am
| afraid there will be trouble"
| The officer then passed on down to-
| ward GeoTgia-street wharf, as it was his
| custom at that hour of the morning to
see that every hing was all right at the
| lower end of the street and about the
wharf. He was hardly out of sight before
| o. Brien saw Wynne coming from the
direction of the northwest corner OF Santa
! Clara and Georgia streets, Wynne's resi-
dence being on Santa Clara street and
! O'Brien's saloon in the Greeves building
second door from Santa Clara street. In
| Wynne's right hand, which was hanging
by his side, O'Brien saw a revolver flash
! ing in the rays from the street gaslight.
O'Brien, knowing the reputation of
! Wynne for shooting while in liquor,
backed into the saloon aud said to the
boys who were standing at the bar: Look
out now for trouble Wynne is coming
back with his gun" O'Brien passed to the
rear of the saloon for moment, and
while there Wvnne entered. The first
! person he encountered was a man named
| Hurley, whom he hit a terrific blow with
the muZzle of the pistol over the fore
head, cutting severe cash, which after
! wards required number OF stitches to
bring it together. Hurley ran TO the
room back of the saloon proper and
| called for water to battle his head.
| O'Brien, having provided himself with
means for selt-defense, went up to Wynne,
who was fourishing his.weapon and de-
| claring that he was second Jesse James
| nd hor he MT ad IN HI
O'Brien is nearly a head shorter than
| Wynne, who is over six feet tall, but he
| backed Wynne up against the casing OF
| the swinging doors and told him not to
make any disturbance in the place; if he
wanted TO shoot any one to shoot him
| first. Wynne attempted to push him
away, saying he wanted TO have no
trouble with him, but that he was going
10 shoot Billy" the bartender.
Just then Officer Toal pushed the swing
ing doors open far enough 10 look in. See
| ing the pistol in Wynne's hand, he drew
back, the doors closing again. Wynne
saw the face OF the officer, and believing
Toal had come to arrest him, leaped back
pace and then sprang forward, pushing
! the doors outward toward the sidewalk
He fired one shot, which evidently missed
its mark.
O'Brien jumped through the doors to
| the sidewalk to stop, il possible, the shoot
| ing as he knew the two men were friends
and neither OF them afraid OF bullets. AS he
| reached the sidewalk he saw the two men.
equal in height, close together, each with
pistol in his hand, the muzzle pressed
against the others breast. He heard two
| shots fired almost simultaneously and
| heard Officer Toal exclaim:
Dan, what have you done2 You have
killed me, and l guess / have finished
| you'll
Wynne fell back to the sidewalk and
Toale threw his arms around O'Brien
| moment ana said:
Send for doctor and a priest. / will
not last more than an hour"
he staggered about twenty-five feet
| down the sidewalk and fell upon the steps
| in front of Passalacqua's fruitstore with
out a sound. Wynne was lying on the
walk, groaning loudly and pleading to be
| taken home O'Brien dashed into the
saloon and told the men inside to come
out and help carry the wounded man in
side. They first went TO the officer, care
| fully lifted him from the steps, carried
him into the saloon and laid him on a
| billiard-table. They opened his shirt and
saw streams of blood running from gap
ing hole in his back, from which the bull
let bad emerged.
Wynne was then brought in and laid on
the floor short distance from where the
officer was lying, with his life fast ebblng
away.
In short time DR.. Carpenter arrived
and pronounced Toal's wound fatal, the
ball having entered about nine inches be-
low the left nipple, passed through the
body, and come out about five inches be-
low the right scapula. The condition of
Wynne seemed to be about the same.
Shortly after the arrival of the surgeon
young priest came from ST. Vincents
Church. He was none to early, for Just
as he had concluded the sprinkling of holy
water over the officer Toal slowly opened
his eyes, and with a smile on his lips
gasped slightly AMI breathed his last.
In the meantime Wynne was writhing
| upon the floor and upbraiding Toal for
shooting him. He uttered no regrets at
the death of the man but few feet from
| him. Wynne was taken 10 his home and
Officer Toars body to Connelly's under
| taking parlors, where to-day it was viewed
| by many friends.
Toal was native of the County Fer
mauaugh, north of Ireland, where his
| parents, brothers and sisters reside. He
| came TO San Francisco about eight wears
ago and for some years was employed on
The Market-street cable road as a brake