The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-07-25
FRIGHTFUL WORK
Of RAYING MANIAC
Murders One Man and Badly
Wounds Several Others.
TERRIBLE STREET FIGHT
MADMAN Is FINALLY RUN
DOWN AND KILLED.

Leavenworth, Kan, July 24.-Michael
Kelly. an insane man. today at the
office of the Robert Garrett Lumber
company. in the business, district. shot
six people, killing one probably fatal
" wounding another, and more or less
seriously Wounding four others. He
was himself finally killed by officers
who tried 20 overpO4eer him.
The Victims.
John R. Garrett. aged 20 years; junior
member Of Robert Garrett Lumber
company, died at hospital
Michael Kelly. aged 50, who died af-
ter being taken to police station.
Dr.. Charles MCGEE, aged 80; shot in
back and probably fatally wounded
Police Sergeant w. A. Dodge. shot
in neck, wound serious
Michael Mcdonald, detective; shot in
les. wound slight.
Ike Healer. Iaborer at lumber yards:
shot in hand. wound slight.
joseph Falthager, policeman; slight
wound in hand.
Kelly had lived in LsesvenWorth for
years, and at different times had en-
gagged in minor business ENTERPRISES
He was eccentric. and during tho pres
idential campaign in 1896 lost his mini
entirely. At that time he was arrested
for Crea ting disturbances and later
rested and adjudged insane, Garrett
and four others testifying against him.
After p year in the Topeka asylum
Kelly was released.
He had been acting queerIy again
and had declared that he would kill
the five men who had sent him to the
asylum. Daily for two weeks past he
has been pTaCtiCing shooting with a
revolver at the Fort LeavenwoTth
range.
Today shortly after y o'clock he ap-
/ peaTed a CARROTS Office. and without
warning, shot him a 3 he sat at his desk.
Garrett fell from his chair and into
1 the doorway when Kelly deliberately
| fired four shots more into the pros
/ trate form. Leaving his victim for
| dead. Kelly ran fifty yards to the rear
! of the COmDany's lumber yard, and be-
/ gan reloadine his revolver.
/ Presently he returned to the office
| to find DR.. MCGEE. who had been at
/ tracted by the shots, bending over
! Garrett LeveIing his revolver on the
window sill. Kelly took deliberate aim
| at the physician from the sidewalk and
/ fired. The bullet struck MCGEE in the
/ back at the spine and he tOppled over
near where Garrett lay.
An Exciting Street Fight.
! Then followed an exciting street fight
/ between the mad man and officers who
| came upon the scene. Kelly. flourish
ing his revolver, dashed through tbs
lumber yard. He met Ike Healer, z
Iaborer, and shot him through tbs
hand few yards further on he en-
! countered Sergeant Dodge The tw'
exchanged shots as they ran.s One bul
let from Kelly's revolver struck DOdg'
in the neck. but not before he had shO
him in the shoulder
! Kelly kept on running and was SO0l
confronted by Detective Mcdonald an
! Officer FaIthager. Mcdonald drOppe'
Kelly with a bullet in the neck Dodg
raised his revolver but it failed t
work. and catching up with the muir
derer, he crushed his skull with tn
weapon Kelly sank to the ground ant
was carried to the station in an uncon
scfous condition, dying soon after nj
arrival there.
Garrett never regained conscious
ness and died an hour after bein
taken to the hospital DR.. MCGEE
still suffering seriously and it is be
Iieved he cannot recover. Dodge
wound is not considered fatal, Will
the wounds of the others are slight