The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-25
Results in the Death OF Himself
and John Il. Garrett.
SHOT EVERYONE ABOUT
Insane Man Getting What He
Thought Was Revenge.
Trying to Kill Men Who Had
Testified Against Him.
Crazy Man Finally Shot and
dubbed to Death.

L4eaYenworth, July 25.-The city has
quieted down somewhat today from the
awful excitement of Wednesdays
shooting. The injured are being given
the best of care, although it is yet
doubtful If DR.. Charles MCGEE viii re-
cover from his wounds. A list of Man
lac Kelly's victims dead and wounded
are:
MIKE KELLY, insane. shot and kill
ed by Detective Michael Mcdonald.
JOHN GARRETT, prominent lunn-
her man. shot three times
WOUNDED. a
William A. Dodge, sergeant of police
force. shot in neck Serious
DR.. Charles MCGEE, shot in back At
Gushing hospital. Condition serious
Detective Michael Mcdonald, of po-
lice depar tment. shot in right leg. VIA
recover.
Ike Healer, 7o7 Cherokee. laborer.
wounded in left leg. Not serious
Police Officer Felthager, flesh wound
wounded in the leg.
The details Of the running street fight
as gathered in full after the excitement
are about as follows:
It was about noon in the down town
districts when Mike Kelly, a former in
mate Of the Topeka insane asylum sud-
denly appeared at the Garrett lumber
yard Office and fired bullet into John
Garrett who was sitting at his desk
wounding him fatally, he dying short
" after. Not content with this he fired
four more shots, two hitting the ner-
chant when Kelly retired to the alley
and reloaded his revolver.
Charles Taschetta and Henry Cav a
contractor, who were on Fifth street at
the time Of the shooting, started to run
down the alley back of the Garrett
lumber yard toward Sixth street They
met Kelly and he began shooting at
them, but both men succeeded in get
ting behind piles of lumber and escap-
ed injury.
Kelly then started down Sixth street
toward Cherokee. On reaching the cor
ner of Sixth and Cherokee streets he
turned west on Cherokee street People
were running toward the CARROTS lun-
Der yard office. The first man, Kelly
saw, was DR.. Charles MCGEE. He i'm
agined MCGEE was running toward him.
He then drew a revolver from a bask-
ct he carried on his arm, which con-
tanned several revolvers, and opened fire
on DIR. MCGEE. The doctor turned to
run and one ball struck him in the
back near the base of the spinal col
umn and he fell.
Kelly then started up the street on
his murderouS career shooting wildly at
every one he saw. One ball struck Ike
Healer, a laborer, who resides at 707
Cherokee street. The ball only broke
the skin as it struck him after hitting
the sidewalk
At this stage of the game Sergeant
Dodge OF the police department put in
an appearance, He rushed upon Kelly
and succeeded in getting him down.
Kelly, however, shot him through the
neck and then released himself.
Detective Michael Mcdonald rushed
in and then followed a. duel between
him and Kelly. Kelly shot at Mcdonald
four times. McDonald's first shot
struck Kelly in the shoulder and Grip
pied him. Mcdonald then emptied his
revolver at Kelly Kelly was still
shooting when Mcdonald ran into a
nearby store and secured another re-
voIver. However, when Mcdonald ren
turned Kelly was lying on the sidewalk
in front Of A. Winetroub's store at 518
Cherokee street. Mcdonald rushed
acress the street and jumped on the
man. He then beat him on the head
away from him.
During the first few shots that were
exchanged Mcdonald was shot through
the left leg just below the knee but he
never swerved in his purpose ana
never stopped shooting until he had his
man lying on the sidewalk and had
him a prisoner. Mcdonald held his pris
oner until the patrol wagon arrived and
then took him to the city jail Kelly
died few minutes after be reached
the jail.
Detective Mcdonald after seeing his
prisoner safe in the jail was taken to
DR.. R. L. Boling's Office on Delaware
street, where his wound was dressed.
Mr.. Garrett was too weak to be re-
moved from his Office Dr. w W. Wal
ter attended him. Mr.. Garrett was shot
three times, once in the abdomen, once
in the liver and once In the lung.
DIR. Charles MCGEE was removed to
DR.. Yohe's Office by q, number of peo-
pie. He was attended by DR.. H. J.
Stacey DR.. MCGEE was later removed
to Gushing hospital, where the BAN was
DR.. MCGEE dressed Sergeant Doidge's
wound and while it is very serious yet |
Mr.. Dodge win probably recover.
Detective RED" Mcdonald told ais |
story of the tragedy as follows:
was standing in the doorway at |
Byrnes and Katzung's across the street |
from the police station when Sergeant |
Dodge came running across the street /
and told me to hurry down to Cherokee |
street to arrest a. man who was doing /
some shooting.
Il did not wait a minute but hurried |
at once to the scene of the shooting. /
did not reach the place until after Gar I
rett and MCGEE had been shot When
arrived, Kelly was standing on the 4
south side of Cherokee street. just east |
OF the Ryan-Richardson ice plant I |
ran to the middle of the street, opposite |
him. ana began shooting at him with /
a So Smith g. Wesson revolver Kelly /
opened fire on me and for awhile we /
had a regular duel The second shot I /
fred hit him IN the left shoulder, and /
4 could see the bleed squirt from the /
wound, although he did not fall, but 1
kept right on shooting. He fired about 4
i've shots at me, every one of which 1
missed me, but whizzed by dangerously 1
near my head and body.
kept firing away at him until the 4
revolver 7 was using refused to work 1
any longer and then I retreated to q
safe distance. If had been carrying /
my own revolver I doubtless would Il
have killed him. 1 ordinarily carry a 1
A Colts and am more familiar with 1
that gun than the one was using. \
After shot the second shot 8 team Of