The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-12-19


Daniel McAulffe one of the three
men shot during the car strike fracas at
Moran's saloon on LuZerne street. De-
ceinber g. died at the Lackawanna hos
pital shortly after 3 o'clock yesterday
morning. Sylvester f. Cosgrove. Il
Drummond detective: Frank Kofczin-
ski. alias Scovile. special officer of
Alderman Millar's court, ana Frank
Kingsley IN import motorman, were
arrested for the killing and are under
$4,000 bail each to answer at court.
McAuliffe's wounds consisted of five
bullet holes in the calf of the left leg.
Blood poisoning quickly set in. and
three days after the shooting, the hos
pital physicians amputated the leg
above the knee as the only means of
saving his life. The operation, however,
failed of its purpose, and yesterday
McAuliitc succumbcd to gangrenous
poisoning
The shooting was the outcome of an
assault made on railway company men
near the corner of Hampton street and
South Main avenue the day before. A
crowd had been throwing stones ut
passing cars and three men We're sent
over ut $50 p. m. to put II stop to it..
These We're Detective Cosgrove. Chief
Clerk j. j. Landors and -. T. Reilly.
private secretary to General Mana
ger Sllimnn. When they attempted to
make arrests the crowd pitched on to
them ana put them to rout. All three
were badly used up and Cosgrove was
rendered unconscious by q blow on the
head. He spent the night at the Scrnn-
ton private hospital undergoing repairs
WARRANTS ISSUED.
The next day the company sWore out
warrant before Alderman Nlilar for
the arrest of John Doc ct al and
Special Officer Kofczinski was en,rust-
ed with the serving of it. Detective
Coserove and Frank Kingsley. motor
man of the car on which cosgrovc,
l.anders and Reilly Went to the scene
of the trouble the night before. accom-
panied KOfczinski to identify the par
ties wanted.
Their search for the aSsailantS of the
night before brought them to the saloon
Of Dominick Moran. corner of Luzerne
ana Sixteenth streets. There was Il
big crowd in the place, probably half II
hundred. and when KofcZinslii attempt
ed to serve Il warrant on one of the
number, Il youth named William Mcgh-
ran. trouble was percipitated.
According to the story of the officers
one Of the crowd attempted to strike
kofczinski with miners drill. another
hit him with a club. ana others piled on
to COssrove and Kingsley.
The officers made their way To the
outside and were retreating. so they
claim. when McAulilfe took a revolver
from Moghran's hands and opened fire
on them. They returned The fire. back
ing away all the time and finally broke
and run. followed by a voley of bull
let's.
The other side of the story was de-
tailed 1t the hearing had before the
three judges yesterday afternoon. on Il
motion to admit TO bail In" trio accused
of doing the shooting
rOSGROVE ARRESTED.
ON the strength of a statement made
by McAuliffe, last Friday, when he be-
leVed he was about to die, CoSgrove
was arrested on q warrant issued by
Alderman Howe, at the instance of Su-
perntendent of Police Robling, charg-
ing him with assault and battery and
shooting with intent TO kill. He was
required to give $4,000 bail
Yesterday County Detective Philips
went before Alderman Kasson and had
warrants sworn out for the arrest OF
CosgrOve, kofcZnski and Kingsley on
the charge Of murder. Constable Ira
Mitchell brought them in ana the al
derman committed them to jail it not
being within his authority TO accept
bail.
Eurly in the afternoon they We're
brought into court ut the behest Of
their attorneys. Willard, Warren &
Knapp and O'Brien Il Martin that Il
motion might be made to have them
admitted to bail.
District Attorney Lewis objected TO
their being released on bail, claiming
he had II large number of witnesses ut
hand to show that it was not Il bail
able olfense. Court decided 10 hear the
witnesses at the close of the argument
session,
At i,ao the three judges sat to hear
the testimony. District Attorney Lewis
and K. j. Murray, private counsel for
the prosecution, represented the COM
scented by Major Everett Warren, Hon.
G. u. OMalley and NJ. j. Martin. John
McAuliffe, Il brother of the deceased,
WAS present.
MORAN'S TESTIMONY.
The first witnessed called was Dom
mick Moran, proprietor of the saloon
in which the trouble began. There
We're fifty or sixty men in the place ut
! o'clock p. IN. when the officers en-
tered, he said. They stated they had
II warrant for "Jom Doe" and began
looking about ut the crowd. Finally.
MoShran was decided upon as the
man wanted and Kofczinski proceeded
to read the warrant to him. Having
finished with the reading Kofczinski
seized Moshran by the coat lapels and
began dragging him towards the door.
The crowd pressed bphin1 thapn 'rba