The record-union., 1899-05-04
EXAMINATION OF D. QUINN.
WITNESSES DETAIL SHOOTING
OF SURGESON.
History of the Trouble at the Gard
Table That Ended in
Death.

Inc eXdIIlilldtlol OF David quinn on a
charge of murder, for the shooting Of
Pierce Surgeson, was held in the City
Justices Court yesterday, Justice All
len presiding in the absence of JUS
tice Davis, City Attorney De Ligne was
prosecutor and ]. Charles Jones coun-
sci for defense.
Charles Goddard saw three men
wrestling in the saloon of Schoenberg at
Sixth and E streets, but did moi know
who they were. That was all he saw,
but he heard pistol shot a minute
afterwards. He was on his way to his
work.
J. ]. Sullivan swore to being with Sur
geson. Witness and Quinn played q
couple Of games of pedro and man
named La Mountain came in and
Quinn challenged Rim to play pedro
first and then "freeze-out" Quinn, La
Mountain, Surgeson and witness played
.freeze-out" and Quinn lost all his
beans and bought more from witness
Shortly afterwards he demanded mis-
money back and when he did not get
it, struck witness Surgeson inter
ferred to stop the trouble. After a
tussle, Quinn ran out into the saloon,
and stopped on the sidewalk and pulled
out pistol. Some one said Look
out, he has got something and witness
got out of the way Quinn ran back
to the top Of the stairs and deliberately
shot at Surgeson. The fight had
stopped when Quinn ran away Wit
ness found Surgeson holding his side
and helped him into the alley, where
the patrol wagon came to them After
witness sold the twenty beans La
Mountain objected to Quinn's coming
into the game again and Quinn wanted
his money back. When witness re-
fused to give it, Quinn knocked him
over in the chair. Quinn was never
on the floor. Surgeson pushed Quinn
away. but witness did not see him
strike any blows.
Leon La Mountain testified that he
had never seen either Quinn, Surgeson
or Sullivan before the day of the shoot
ing He played a game of pedro with
Quinn and beat him and then he got
some beans and they put in two bits
apiece for twenty beans each The
money was first put under the crib
board and afterwards some one pro-
posed to put it in a glass He did
not know what became of it afterwards
When Quinn had lost all his chips and
wanted to buy twenty more, witness
objected, as it was freeze out" and
said that if any more chips were put
in he would not play any more.
When Sullivan refused to give
Quinn's money back, the latter struck
Sullivan and knocked him over his
chair. Sullivan got up and got Quinn
by the neck and pulled him over SO
that his face struck the chair. Surgeson
pushed Quinn, but witness did not see
him strike any blow. The three men
then seemed to clinch and struggled out
through the barroom. He did not see
any blows struck in the barroom At
the door they separated and Quinn ran
out. He saw Quinn reach for his hin
pocket and get his gun out. Some one
said Look out, he's got something.s
and Surgeson ran out of the back door.
Quinn followed and at the top Of the
stairs he shot at Surgeson Then he
came back and looked at witness, who
asked him if he was crazy. Quinn did
not answer, but in a minute went out
into the yard again and looked over the
fence, up and down When Quinn
went to fire, witness thought he had
bead on Surgeson and jostled his
arm in order to disarrange his aim. so
that the shot would not make trouble.
Quinn paid no attention to witness. but
raised his pistol and shot quickly He
was erect when he shot. He did not
see Quinn on the floor and did not see
him kicked and did not think he vas.
Officer Ash testified to finding Quinn
near the railroad track washing the
blood from his face. He placed Quinn
under arrest and he said he did the
shooting in self defense. He was ex-
cited, but knew what he was about.
Mary Schoenberger testified that she
saw the beginning of the fight She
heard Sullivan refuse to give back
Quinn's money and Quinn struck him.
She saw Surgeson grab Quinn ana then
she got away into the barroona The
men separated at the front door and
Quinn ran out of the front door and
Surgeson and Sullivan went out of the
side door. AS they were going out,
Quinn came back with his hand at his
hip pocket. He got his gun out as he
got to the side door and went through
it on the porch. Surgeson had run down
the steps, while Sullivan ran out tow
ards the sidewalk. She saw no blows
struck in the barroom, but they were
Il
her as if Surgeson was trying to sep
arate the others.
Walter M. Fellows heard the men
quarreling over the money in a glass.
He saw Sullivan strike Quinn and the
latter retaliated. Then Surgeson got
in and they beat Quinn's face all up.
He saw Surgeson strike Quinn a mum
Der of blows. He had hold of him
with both hands Quinn got loose and
ran out of doors. He pulled his pis-
toll and came back through the door
Surgeson and Sullivan were standing in
the barroom and when they saw the
pistol they ran out. After Quinn struck
Sullivan he had no show When Quinn
had the pistol, he seemed to be perfectly
cool.
The examination was continued till
this morning.
CHRISTS REVELATIONS.