The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-05-23
WALLINGFORD HAPPENINGS
Utmost A MURDER IN WEIGHS
SALOON SATURDAY NIGHT.

His Nar1S-Branford Nine Beat the
Home Team Badly saturday-MemO-
rial Day Flowers to he Left at Town
Hall.
There was excitement on the hill
early Saturday evening that for time
superseded the war news and came
near resulting in the death of at least
two persons. The cause Off the excite
ment was Isaac Harvey, colored, who
is a new arrival in town, having been
at work for a week or more for N. f.
Ingraham of Center street, is now in
jail awaiting trial. The facts of the
case are as follows: Late Saturday af-
ternoon Harvey, who is mulatto, was
in j. w. Welch's saloon on Main street
and in paying for glass of ale handed
the bartender, Aleck Ray, a nickel and
q little later demanded change, claim
ing he gave quarter. Mckay told
the colored man that 1t was only
nickel and some hot words followed,
Harvey striking the bartender, and in
return was knocked down and put out
of the back door of the saloon. Facts
later brought out showed that Harvey
after being put out went down to
Leighton's hardware store on Center
street and purchased two shells loaded
ny H. a1Yo
uptown, going over to Ingraham's llv-
cry stable, taking from there a breech
loading shotgun and started across
Center street through the alleyway
back Of town hall, and climbed over a
fence into the yard at the rear OF
Welch's saloon. John Hamilton, col
ored, who was in the saloon when the
first fracas took place and got Harvey
out of the back door, was on Center
street, saw Harvey going in back with
the gun and tried to stop him, but the
gun being leveled on him changed his
plans and he rushed into the back door
Of Murray's grocery store, rushing
through to the main street entrance to
warn Mckay of his danger, but he was
too late, for before he could perform
his mission the danger was all over.
Harvey came into Welch's rear door
and as soon as he was inside leveled
the gun at Mckay, who was back of
the bar waiting on some customers,
and fired both barrels and then turned
and fed out the back door. Mckay
heard the door open and shut and
turned Just in time to see the gun aim
ed at his head, when he dropped be-
hind the bar and crawled along the
floor a few feet and ran out of the
front door into Martins grocery store
next door. The first shot fired went
through a heavy screen window near
where Mckay was standing and shat
tered the plate glass window in front
and would certainly have killed Nc
Kay If he had not dropped to the floor.
The second charge struck the lattice
work a little higher and also shattered
the window in front sending a shower
Of glass out on the sidewalk. George
Dickinson was standing near the cigar
show case in the front looking out or
the street, and the first charge of shot
must have gone within less than g
foot of his head. AS it was he was
covered with shattered glass from the
screen behind him. There was a panic
inside the saloon for a short time an6
then the place was vacated and a pur,
suit Of the would-be murderer was in
stituted. Harvey after leaving the
place came out the alleyway behind
the town hall on Center street and raT
down to Fair street, still holding on tt
the gun. The pursuers followed, an(
soon the fleeing negro turned int
Charles Aliens yard up toward Maine
street. Allen was eating his supper
but jumped up from the table ant
bareheaded and in his shirt sleeves
Joined in the pursuit Harvey cam
out on Main street just south of Rev
j. E. Wildman's and was overtaken b.
his pursuers. He turned and threat
ened the crowd with the gun, but a
it was not loaded he could do no dam
age. AS he turned to run again Joh1
Hamlin made a rush and tripped him
at the same time Selling hold of hi
coat from the back. Harvey fell to tn
ground and Hamilton jumped on him
Sydney Van Tassell took away the GU
and the prisoner was brought back t
Center street and turned over to Con
stable L. A. Northrop, who put hir
in the lookup. Later in the evenin
the prisoner was brought before Judg
Judd, who heard enough evidence t
warrant the binding over to the su
perior court, without bail He wa
placed in charge of Officer Reilly
Where Harvey came from no on
seems to known, as he has been i
town only about ten days. He is
man not over thirty years old, rattle
tall, with bad looking face and evi
IDENTIFY mulatto, although there wa
several who detected Spanish blood i
his appearance. The affair caused in
tense excitement for awhile and crowd
besieged the place where the shootin
occurred. There was some talk c
1ynching, but no violence was attempt
ed. Dickinson, who is an old soldier
says it was about as close a call as h
ever had.
The Branford ball team came u
here Saturday and gave the Walling
ford team crushing defeat, outplayin
them both at the bat and in the fielt
Casey, the local pitcher, had a decided
" off day and was hit hard and wa
besides very wild in his delivery. Tn
game was too one-sided to be interest
ing as the visitors scored six runs
the first and four in the second in
nings by heavy hitting and bases o