The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-14
STORY OF BOTH SIDES
HEALY AND ROONEY'S BROTHER
DESCRIBE THE FATAL
AFFRAY
WHO KNOCKED HEALY DOWN?
Deceased Rooney Told Brother
1t Was COnIey, and HeaIy
Does Not Know Who
1t Was.

Edward Healy, charged with the muir
der of Edward Rooney, whom he shot
in a fight at the Jackson street wharf
Friday morning, will be arraigned in the
municipal court tomorrow morning on
charge of murder in the first degree. The
killing was the result of a fight which
started on the walters excursion Thurs
day night. Two men Were shot by Healy,
Edward Rooney and Louis Kantrowich.
Rooney died twenty hours later. Kantro-
witch is recovering so rapidly that he will
probably be able to testify at the prelim-
mary hearing tomorrow.
When seen by the G 10 e yesterday
afternoon Healy expressed much regret
at the unfortunate results of the trouble.
He said: II feel deeply sorry for Rooney
and particularly so for his mother. l
know how my mother would feel 1t Is
horrible, yet my conscience is perfectly
clear. 1 was obliged to defend myself.
and 1 did not know Rooney from anyone
else until that night"
HEALY TELLS HIS STORY.
For the first time since the occurrence
Healy told of the fight.
I'VE had some trouble on the boat" he
continued, but 1 did not think it Sc
rious until my brother and several others
came to me and told me that Rooney
and some more were laying for me. Even
then / paid little attention to It, but
when we got to the landing my brother.
Harry Bernhard, waiter named JefEer-e
son and several others came to me and
told me to be careful. AS we were step
ping on the plank one of them handed
me the gun. / laughed and said: What
do 1 want with that?' They urged me to
take 1t and put it in my pocket 1 saw
Rooney and several others standing on
the wharf as we were on the gang
plank and then wanted to turn back, but
the crowd was pushing the other way
and 1 was obliged to go with 1t. AS soon
as we stepped on the dock I saw Jeffer-
son go down. I made a break and tried
to get away, running behind wagon
that was standing on the street. They
cornered me behind the wagon and one
of them hit me in the neck and another
landed on my ear, knocking me down.
They jumped on me, but I succeeded in
getting up and then I pulled the gun.
At first l tried to frighten them by -four
ishing the revolver but one of them
yelled: TO hell with the gum and they
came after me. shot low and Intended
to strike their legs. I then turned and
ran a short distance, when Kantrowich.
who was very close to me, and not 100
feet away, as he has said threw a stone.
and turned and shot again. I then ran
"A short distance when / met Patrolman
Casserly. I handed him the revolver,
saying! Here's the gun " Healy did not
have very clear recollection of the trou-
BILE on the boat which led up to the
fight. He said that he remembered hav-
ing some words with Rooney, as a mem
Der of the entertainment committee, but
he paid no more attention to it.
Unless it were his mother, whose
trembling hands in feeble way en-
deavored to give comfort to her dying
boy, no one, possibly, took harder the
death Of young Edward Rooney, shot
by Edward Healy Thursday night, than
his brother, James ]. Rooney, of Min
neapolis.
From early Friday morning until mis-
death the same night, Mr.. Rooney was
constantly at his brothers bedside and
into his ears the dying boy poured forth
the story of the trouble and the causes
that led up to the shooting.
ROONEY's BROTHERS VERSION.
my brother Ed" said James Rooney
yesterday, might have had a few black
marks chalked up against him, but he
was good to his father and mother. He
was not quarrelsome, and I guess I am
a good judge of that, as l, figUratively
Speaking, was his father, in as far as I
looked after him.
From II O'Clock Friday until o'clock
the same day was almost constantly at
his bedside, and seeing that there was
no hope for MIN, asked him to tell me
the truth as to how it happened.
"'Te4l me the truth now, Ed,,uI saidy
and he answered, Il will, cause 1 guess
I'll have to go. ~ ~ -
HE told me that himself and Peter
Conley had a spindle on the boat which
they wanted to operate, but the man
ayers Of the excursion would not allow
it. Later the managers started a
wheel going and one of the members
of the union informed the crowd that