The San Francisco call., 1897-10-28

rode to town.
His fathers action seemed TO arouse all
the evil in the young mans nature, Ior
half an hour later he rode up to the door
OF mis- fathers house and tying his horse
at the gate entered.
The house is two.story cottage. with
neat garden about ii. A sister OF the
dairyman opened the door. Strldlng past
her without word the murderer strode
UP the stairs to the bedroom occupied by
Pa rick Flannelly. Although 1t was early
the olG man had already retired. as was
his custom.
Just what happened between father ard
son no one but the latter knows. 1t Is De-
Iieved that the subject OF the electment
was the topic of conversation between the
men. The position in which the body OF
The old man was found after the bullets
from the sons pistol had robbed 1T OF life
would ind icate that Patrick Flannelly
had sat up in bed and faced the murderer.
He NAV even have devined the murderous
intention of his boy and have attempted
TO get out of bed when the fatal shots
struck him, for his body lay across the
bed with the head close to the wall and
me feet dangling a few inches above the
floor.
The men had been talking about fifteen
minutes, for at the end of that time the
other occupants of the house heard cries
and then the pistol SHOTS. They rushed
to the Old mans room to find him dead
with the b ood ooZing from his wounds.
0ne OF the bullet struck b m in the fore
head, another in The mouth and a third
had entered his breast and buried itself
in his heart.
Meantime the murderer had rushed
from the house, jumped on his horse and
galloped down the road leading to his
ranch.
The screams of the horror-stricken in
mates soon collected q crowd CT neigh bors.
Sheriff McEvoy and The deputies, VINO
were at the jail, a short distance away,
heard the shots and fastened TO the scene.
Hastily collecting posse he started for
the ranch, where he rightly Conjectured
Ine murderer had fed.
The ranch where the fight between the
officers and Thomas Flannelly took place
Is situated abOul TWO miles from Redwood
City on the San Mateo road. The house is
one-story cottage of four rooms and
kitchen. There is a short hallway leading
from the front door into the dining-room.
TO the lett of the dinin groom is Eed-
room which communicates with il by a
door. Back OF the dining-room Is a kitchen,
with a GOor opening out into the back
yard. 1t was il the room off the dining
room that Thoma1 Flannelly was sta
toned when he began the fusllade which
wounded two OF the otfic RS.
The account OF the fight was gwen to-
day by Deputy Sheriffs Mansfield and
Butts.
Sheriff McEvov, accompanied BY Depu-
ties Man field, butts, Thompson and Bar
ton, arrived at the ranch twenty minutes
after the shots that look Patrick Fan
nelly's lie were fired. When they reached
the house an I,aiian employed on the
place came out oF the kitchen. In re-
sponse TO the Sherff's question he replied
that tiannelly was IN the bedroom. The
Sheriff then sent two OF his men, 1homp-
son and Barton, 10 watch the window at
the back of Fianneiiy's bedroom to pre-
vent the escape OF the murderer that way.
Butts, who was armed with a saWedof
double barreled shotgun, was left to hold
the horses and 10 keep watch on the
front door OF the house to Illustrate any al
tenn OF the murderer TO escape by that
avenue. McEvoy and Mansfield d went into
the kitchen and thence to the dining
room, where a lamp was burning. The
officers expected trouble and had their re-
YolyeIS ready.
The door leading to the bedroom which
was occupied bv Flannelly was shut, but
not locked. The Sheriff was slightly in
advance OF his deputy He approached
the door and called out:
"a eyOu in there, Tom? Come out; we
want you"
There was no response and the officer
repeated in a louder tone.
Wait minute" came the answer from
the man within.
The officer waited, but as Flannelly did
not make his appearance McEvOy kicked
open the door. As it flew back against
the partition the beams from the lamp
threwthe officers in bold relief and made
them conspicuous objects to the mur-
derer, VINO, in the semi-darkness of the
room. had great advantage, for while he
could see them plainly they could net
make out his iorm, as he sat On the bed,
which was al one side and in the far END
OF the room.
As soon as the door swung open Flan-
nelly fired, the bullet from his Winchester
striking McEvoy In the arm and piowing
It's way through the flesh up to the shoul-
der. Mansfield, who stood a little TO the
right OF the Sheriff, was also struck by the
bail that wounded his superior.
McEVoy dropped his pistol when nit
and stepped into the hallway out OF range
OF the murderer's gun and began to grope
about the floor for his weapon. FlanneIiy,
who was wrapped in blankets, did not
lose any time after the first shot, but kept
pumping lead in the direction OF the Off
GERS. Mansfield was not Idle. His pistol
spoke simultaneously with the second
shot from Flanneily's rife. Then there
ensued a perfec: iusillade at short range.
The smoke hung in the air partially OBJ
scuring the light from the lamp.
Sheriff McEyoy's search for his pistol
proving unavailiDg he shouted TO Butts to
bring in the sho, gun. The deputy hur.
ried to the aid of the Sheriff, but before
the shotgun was brought into play FIan-
nelly called out:
Don't use the shotgun; come and take
me-
A Deputy Sheriff rushed into the room
and pinioned FIannelly 10 the bed. He
said nothing. An examination showed
that he was bleeding from several wounds
about the body. Two OF the balls had sunk
into the large muscles behind the shoul-
ders, bullet had his him in the left fore
arm, and traversing the biceps Iod ged in
the shoulder. The other three missiles
had entered his legs at widely different
points.
The officers thought that they had ac.
counted tor all the bullets, but an exam
ination OF the bedclothes brought to-light
six more leaden missiles which found
their way into the bedclothes from the
guns OF thu officers.
In the head board of the bed were three
bullet holes whch testified TO the marks
manship of the Sheriff and his brave
deputy. The holes were in line and about
the height of FlaunelIy's head as he sat
in the bed and pumped bullets at the
officers.