The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-10-19
BOUND TO MURDER.
Grant 0'Brien Again Tries
to Shoot Quackenbush Of
Whom He Is Jealous.
T. /. RANNEY TIE VICTIM
Would Be Murderer Out on
Would Be Murderer Out on
Bail Pending An Appeal
to the Court of Errors.

Grant O'Brien. a labor agitator and
walking delegate, who now lives in New
York city. but was formerly a resident or
Jersey City. was held for the Grand Jury
BY Police Justice Nevin, in the Second
Criminal Court, Jersey City, this morn
ing, for shooting e. + Ranney, Of No.
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his left arm, with a thirty-two callpre
bullet. The shot was not intended Tor
Ranney. but for Edward Quackenbush,
his brother-in-law, with whom he lives.
Last night was the second time within
a year that O,Brien attempted TO shoot
ouackenbush, and shot at the wrong per-
son. His other victim escaped injury, his
shot going wild.
Quackenbush is a coal dealer, having an
office at Newark avenue and Seventh
street. o,Brien accuses him of alternating
his wife's affections. A year ago. he had
the pair arrested for adultery, but when
the case came to trial he refused to APP
pear as he did not want his wife convict
ed. A few lays later O'Brien went to
Quackenbush's office to kill him. A clerk
was sitting with his back toward the
door. O'Brien mistook him for his enemy
and blazed away at hini. Luckily the iirst
shot went wild of its mark, and OBrlen
discovered his mistake before firing a
second time. Roundsman Ramsay, then
a policeman, heard the shot and captured
O'Brien after a long chase. O'Brien was
indicted. tried, convicted and sentenced to
serve six months in the penitentiary. His
counsel Joseph Noonan, secured a writ Of
49, t-xa ~ nara fe nom pn0ding in
the Court of Errors and Appeals. O'Brien
was out under heavy bail.
Yesterday he went TO. consult with his
counsel. On leaving Mr.. Noonan's house,
O'Brien went TO the home of Quacken-
bush, and hiding beside the front stoop,
waited for him 10 appear. 1t was dark,
and he could not distinguish PLAINLY Inc
face of a person entering the gaze
Ouackenbush was with some friends in
a real estate office near his home.
O'Brien had not been long in hiding when
a man entered the gate. 1t was Ranney,
but O'Brien, in his excitement, mistook
him for Quackenbush. lie waited until
Ranney had rung the door bell, and then
crept up behind him until he was almost
upon him. Just as Mrs. Q~uackenbush
opened the door O'Brien fired. The bull
let passed through the feshy part OF
Rannev's arm. OsBrien was so near to
his victim when he shot that the powder
from his revolver blackened Mrs. Quack-
enbush's face
Ranney, when he was shot, ran like
mad through the house, and never stop
ped until he had scaled the back fence.
O'Brien ran W Bergen avenue. Police
man John Reddy, who was near at hand.
pursued him and caught him at Bergen
square. OsBr;en, who still had the re-
volyer in his hand, attempted TO shoot
Reddy. Several persons who had Joined
in the chase seized the revolver and over
powered him. It took three policemen to
get him to the Montgomery street police
station. At the station O'Brien declared
that he was sorry he hit Ranney, as he
intended to kill Q~uackenbush.