The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-30
'SHOT ON CLYDE LINE PIER.
, FOREMAN BADLY WOUNDED MI
,LONGsHOREMAN.

ro,r bullets FIRED, Three or which Teek RHect,
u.oore the ,IouErhore,nan was ,Disarnca-
,. V,po,ed That the ForemAn Discrininnted
AGAINST uim-sorry ne Didnt kin Him.
Jsrcmiah o'Neill, q longshoreman. who was
,mn,oyed at light work on tho pier Of tho Clyde
Steamship limo at the foot OF Roosevelt street,
40, and badly wounded yesterday Frederick
CoIson ono OF the foromen. He was disarmod
.t,,r he had fred four shots. three Of which hit
co,son. The shooting occurred about 1880
.,o,ocs after the workmen had left tho pier to 60
to lunch.
-rrd,o for months against Colson. who he be-
,iev.d Disseminated against him. Colson sue
anoa.d O'Seil's brother as foreman about six
months ago, and not long after, while working
IN tho new foreman's gang, oScli Toll down
ha,chway and severely injured his spine. The
Clyde line insures all its employees. ana U Neil
was supportcd by the insurance company
while In the hospital and paid q cash bonus
uh.n discharged by tho surgeons. The steam
III .o,nanv employed him as . sweeper after
1T. discharge. making q place for him. although
s,,,, supplied with workmen. After q tmo
roI.cn promoted him to the post Of winch
driver, which paid better.
oNeil, kept importuninE Colson to restore him
To his old place, but the injury to his spine had
untitled him for the heavy work OF q longshore-
man. At times he was stricken with . kind OF
nalsv. He brooded over the failure to regain his
ala wares. and blamed Colson. He worked daily
until last Thursday. That morning Colson
needed men to work near the hatchways OF q
n.vlv arrived steamship, and O'Seill was on
hand. The foreman was afraid to employ him.
fearing that he might again be injured. and
spoke to the foreman Of another gang about
- t.-N.-- .--b n.N.tl A.l At..-
peared when the chance for work .came, after
declaring that he would be revenged on Colson.
oNeil was not seen in the neighborhood again
until u9,S HO SH, y sssmssEcd 80 ss-c ahs sT reSolT eam sna
summers Of the Oak street squad, who knew
Street. Colson was near tho entrance Of the picr
with two fellow foromen and had his back
iTesn tho he s srS and. pulling out fS isI revolver,
partly around. The bullet struck colson Just
dret again and Wounded him In the cheek
Colson sank to the door of the pier weak from
And o'SeiII fred again. tho bullet making . sec.
end wound In his cheek Colson,s companions
were 80 thunderstruck at the suddenness Of the
oSeil bred a fourth shot, which went wide Of
is marx. and then the gateman and umekeeper,
TsSSs aa5 se iaeaF hl gpe'epaf e S z. %sar ts spE re1oi ISsr
ss they did this. He looked down At his groan-
Ing victim with q sullen glare and uttered an
oath.
II never expected to hear you groan again."
he said.
messenger ran to the Oak street station, and
policeman and q detective hurried to the pier
and arrested ONetll. Acrowd OF 'longshoremen
rathered around O'Neill and followed at his
heels. They tried to cheer him up and told him
that be would get out of his trouble all right.
These men seemed to be under the impression
he Investigation Of the police did not sustain
this theory in any particular. OSeil told Capt.
vre~denburgh at the station house that he was
Baltic street. Brooklyn. The Captain asked him
why he had shot Colson-
replied. II wouldn't have shot him II l hadn't
meant to kill him"
Colson WAS almost exhausted when the ambu-
lance arrived ae the pier. The surgeons feared
that the bullet that struck him In the breast had
entered tho lung. He rallied at the Hudson
Street Hospital, however. and was removed TO
his homo at 80 Columbia place, Brooklyn. for
private treatment He viii probably recover.