The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-08-18
AnUCK WITH 4 REVOLVER
Skipper Of the Maine" Re-
sents an Insult to
His Saloon.

John Lord. a saloon-keeper of Mo. zoo
Grand street, this city, was arrested by
| Acting Captain Bernard Wade, OF the
| Gregory street station, at $40 o'clock this
| morning. for cleaning out the saloon OF
his rival and next door neighbbr, Elmer
Magee, Of No. 253 Grand street, with a
A-calibre revolver and nearly killing Ma
| gee and two of his customers. Lord was
| drunk when the shooting occurred lie
was also hot with passion for an Insult
which had been heaped upon him, ana
which he thought emanated from Magee.
Lord is patriotic. After the blowing
up of the Maine in Havana harbor, he
named his saloon after the battleship.
s.The Maine in big letters is painted on
each window of the saloon. Lord and
Magee's saloons adjoin each other There
is a hot business rivalry between the
two men, and they are anything nul
friends. Each has done all he can TO
force the other to go out OF business. VI
late Magee has been getting most OF the
trade. and Lord has barely been able 10
make a living. Magee has, it is alleged,
publicly rejoiced in the misfortune OF
his rival. Since his business has been
poor Lord has been drinking heavily. tie
was drunk this morning when he arrived
at his saloon and found a sign tackled 70
the window which read
s.The Maine has been blown up again
Lord had a 44-ealibre revolver and
plenty Of cartridges in his pocket. Wait
ing only long enough to tear down the
sign he pulled out his revolver and dashed
into Magee's saloon. The proprietor was
behind the bar. In the room were several
persons. among them Bernard Donovan, a
close friend Of Magee's, who lives over
the later's saloon, and George Vatcky, an
employe of the Jersey City Board OF
Health and driver of the dead animal
wagon. Vatcky was about to leave the
saloon by a side door, when Lord entered,
yelled
stand still, I'm going to blow your
roofs off,
Just then he spied Donovan. All his
wrath turned on him. He seemed to sus-
pect him of being the author of the sign.
He took his revolver off Vatcky and
fired point blank at Donovan. His hand
was unsteady, however, and the bullet
flew wild of the mark. Donovan grow
deadly pale and pleaded for mercy.
yatckv fled as soon as he was
left uncovered and telephonedz the
police that a crazy man had run
amuck with a revolver and was kill
ing people right and left. Al the police
| reserves of the Gregory street station,
under of Acting Captain Ser
nard Wade, hurried at once to the scene.
They were followed by inspector Lanse
and the captains of other precincts; VINO
were in conference at the time, and VINO
feared a race riot was in progress IN the
foreign quarter, which is Just back OF
| Magee's saloon. When they arrived they
found that Lord had taken refuge in a
| saloon on the opposite corner, where he
was being protected from an angry mob
by his friends.
lie had thrown away his revolver but
| still had a number of cartridges in his
pocket. Donovan's friends were for tax
ing the law into their own hands. Magee
| escaped Lords shots in the saloon by
| hiding beneath the bar. Lord was taken
before Police Justice Potts and held for
the Grand Jury.