The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-18
PORTAGE Lake News.
nan Sheehan Relates
His Side of That
Shooting Affair.
ci,es the Details of Trouble.
ma a. Il Not Intend 10 shoot HIS
w,,e-But DiI Want Her 20 Come
BacK--Other News.


News reporter called on Dan Shehan
a. the Jail yesterday afternoon and was
ala the prisoners story OF the shooting
,s,ir on the Chicago, Milwaukee 4 st.
p.Ol train at Sidnaw Saturday. She
han il will be remembered, was brought
% tbe iall Wednesday by Deputy Sheriff
Tou Crooms charged with attempting
10 shoot his wife,
Mr. Shehan told straight story OF the
HW.,ance between himself and wife and
ad mot deny the shooting though he con-
,orded that his intention was to scare
hor into letting go of the baby and with
no idea of the shots taking effect His
manner in telling the events and his evi
dent sorrow, not due to his own position
bnt 70 his arrangement from his wife,
carries conviction and his appearance is
very much in his favor. He has not at
all the air OF the tough citizen that one
would expect from some reports.
He sald 'the first trouble that led to
nv wiies trying to leave me began Fri
day. had been to Amosa to collect
some money due me and had returned
with but SO and was to get the rest
Mopday. between $50 and a 500. !
cave six dollars TO my wife and she said
she was going to get some Strawberries
TO preserve. | objected at the expense
saving times were hard and that the
money would get Monday would carry
Us along for two or three months il we
were careful. We had words over this
and finally my wife declared she was not
going to live the way she had been doing,
but would 90 TO her sister in Wisconsin.
said all right but | did not realize
thar she really intended to break with
me and go.
Saturday morning had been down
town and when came back home she
had her things all packed and when the
train stopped near the house she and her
sister with the baby boarded the train.
Nv wife kissed me and cried at parting
and did not then offer to stop her.
sat near the window and watched them
get on the tram and felt miserable at the
breaking up of my home. 1t then oc-
cured to me that If | went and took the
baby away from her that she would get
of the train too ana as there is no Sun
day train by Monday we would have set
tied our quarrel and she would not 60
away at all.
"With this idea | boarded the train,
first learning from the conductor that
it would stop at the depot. II the train
had not been going to stop would have
let them go for my only idea was to get
my wife to stay by taking the baby
away from her.
my wife and sister were sitting IN a
double seat and | sat in front OF them
and argued with Rose to come back and
then demanned the baby and my sister
ln.law holding onto the child | thought
firing my revolver to scare her. This
did and | held the revolver around
behind her and fred twice into the seat.
Its reported that Mrs. Taplins hung onto
my arm and spoiled my aim, but this,
snot so; Mrs. Taplln was ten feet away
and there was nothing to have prevented
me firing point blank at Rose, had that
been my intention.
u was cool" said Shehan, "as | am
now, but | did not think OF how the
thlng would appear to otherpeople after
ward. My only idea was to get the
enid and through it the mother"
MT, Shehan showed a letter received
ron his wife sometime Friday evening
or Saturday morning and it is evidently
tue letter OF woman who loves her hus-
oand, but who had determined to leave
nln Tor a time to give him a chance to
get on his feet financially. She speaks
Vi the baby which they both loye, says
Tue iather can see it when ever he desires
! ana declares she will teach it to love and
respect it's father. The letter is corrob-
oratlve OF the prisoners story OF the
events that led up to the affair on the
ualn. The writer declares that when her
husband Gets in better shape and wants
ner pack that she will come gladly.
Inc unfortunate man shows sorrow in
every action and accent as he tells the
story, but he does not refer to his own
position, but to what his wife may
Junk and the breaking up of his home
ne mas impressed Sheriff Lean and the
oncers at the Jail OF the truth OF his yer.
SOD oil the affair, In some defense OF the
,eports OF his hard character Mr.. She
nan declares he never was In
s.e saloon business in his
"'e' lie was for three years on the police
O'ce at Saginaw and wears a ring, gift
rom his chief and fellow officers suitably
Inscribed, showing the regard he was
.e'o IN by them. He has not worked 10
sue woods. except as land Hooker. bott
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