The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-10
HE SETTLED 1T WITH BULLETS.
yvM. FALLON SHOT JAMES INQUIRE
~ AN INDIAN STREET SALOON.

After Being Kicked out of McGuire's
Place FaIIon Returned and
Fired Three shots at the Proprie-
tor, Two OF Which Took Effect
The wounded Mnn in n Critical
ConditIon-FaIIOn Surrendered to
the Police and Is in the
Barracks. Charged With Assault
With Intent to Murder.
James MCGUIRE, a saloon keeper at In
dian street and Coffee alley, was shot yes
terday afternoon by william F, Fallon.
The wounded man is in a critical condi-
ton and the probability is that he will
die.
The shooting was in a rear room of Nc
Cures place. MCGUIRE was seated at a
table with several men, and the first he
knew, Fallon tapped him on the shoulder
and then began shooting. He had enter
ed from the Indian street side of the
store, and on being told that Mcclure was
in the rear, went on through his ap-
parent object being to carry out a pre-
concerted plan.
When Fallon pulled his revolver and
began shooting, MCGUIRE must have
thrown his hand up, as one Of the bullets
passed through it. The bullet which
may prove fatal, however, entered the
left breast, and according to DR.. George
NJ Norton, the attending physician,
ploughed the flesh in a zigzag way. Three
shots were fired, it is stated, but the
wound in the hand and that in the breast
were the only ones the physician was able
to find.
After the shooting Fallon walked out
the front door, and later surrendered
TO Policeman Donahue. Mcclure reel
ed into the arms of his bartender, who
carried him to his living rooms upstairs.
An examination showed that the ball in
the breast was the one likely to prove
worst for the wounded man, but it was de-
cided on account of his exhaustion, not to
probe for 1t at the time. This will prob
ably be done later, though 1t will depend
altogether on his condition in the next few
days. after a visit to McGuire's house, at
10 O'Clock last night, his physician stated
he could not say there was any improve
ment in his condition.
Nobody connected with the affair was
inclined to say much about il. MCGUIRE
said he had found it necessary 10 put Fal-
! Ion out of his place A short time there
after he returned and then the shooting
took place. Owing to his condition he
could not talk. and for this reason could
not give an intelligent account of the af-
| fair
The bar tender in charge when the
! shooting occurred said that Fallon entered
| the front door, and at once inquired for
MCGUIRE He pointed toward the rear
room, and Fallon went there. AS soon as
| he entered, the bar tender heard him say
| to Mcclure, Here is the dime / owe
/ you" That's ali right, but you owe me
thirty cents more" Mcclure replied. After
that the bar tender said he heard no more
| of the conversation. The next he heard was
the shots which We're in quick succession
/ Fallon was the first to come from the
room, and as he went through the bar, ii
was not known he had fired the shots
| But when MCGUIRE staggered in after him
| the story was told
81 don't want TO say anything about It, D
| said Fallon when seen at the police sta
ton last night. 81 had a difficulty with
| the bar tender in the afternoon, during
| which he struck me in the face, l knocked
| Ali4Ai NCNh q i4ASA1Niie ASitNAt AAOWCFNAS airy
! then il was Mcguire grabbed me. He
| struck me several times, and rushed me
| toward the door, where l asked him tc
let me go. After striking me several times
he showed me out and l left the place"
Fallon was considerably battered, having
a bruise on the eft side of his head, and
one or two other slight bruises on his
face.
From all accounts il seems Fallon was
away from the saloon some time before he
returned and did the shooting. Very lit
| tie time elapsed after he last entered
before the shooting took place, and it ap.
pears he wanted to settle up the little
debt, or as much OF it as he admitted
and then make amends for the wrong hs
considered MCGUIRE had done him. Al
the police barracks Fa.lon Is charged witt
assault with intent to murder