Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-25
MURDEROUS MADMAN
Promises to Kill Certain Persons.
Practices with Pistol and
Runs at Large.
KEEPS HIS PROMISE LIKE HIS KIND
MOrtalIy Wounded, and Four
Others Shot.

Leavenworth. Kan. July %
Michael Kelly. an insane man. yester-
day, at the office of the Robert Garrett
Lumber company, in the business dis
trict, shot seven people. killing one.
probably fatally wOunding another.
and more or less seriously wounding
four others. He was himself finally
killed by officers who tried to over
power him. The victims are: John
II. Garrett. aged 10 years. Junior MEM
Der of the firm of Robert Garrett Lum-
ber company. died Ut hospital: Michael
Kelly, aged 30. died after being taken
TO police station: DR. Charles MCGEE.
aged 80. shot i'm back and probably
fatally wounded; Police Sergeant Will
lam Dodge. shot in neck. wound Sc
rious; Michael Mcdonald. detective.
shot in leg: Joseph Falthager. police
man. shot in hand; Ike Healer, laborer
at lumber yard. shot in hand.
There Was Method in His Madness
Kelly had lived in LeavenwOrth for
years, and at different times had en-
gagged in minor business enterprises.
He was eccentric, and during the pres
idential campaign OF 1896 lost his
mind entirely. At that time he was
arrested for creating q disturbance.
and later threatened to kill Garrett
He was arrested and adiudged insane.
Garrett and four others teStifying
against him. After Il year in the To-
peka asylum Kelly was released. He
had been acting Queerly again. and
had declared that he would kill the five
men who sent him TO the asylum
Daily for two weeks past he had been
practicing shooting with revolver at
tho Fort on RANCE Tuesday
night he drank heavily.
Begins His Murderous Work.
Yesterday. shortly after II o'clock.
he appeared at CARROTS office. which
is situated on the ground floor at the
corner of Sixth and Cherokee streets.
and without warning shot Garrett as
he sat at his desk. Garrett fell from
his chair and into the doorway. when
Kelly deliberately fred four shots
more into the PROSTATE form. Gar
rett was shot once i'm the neck i'm the
left breast. through the liver aud twice
in other portions of the body. I.eav-
ing his victim for dead Kelly ran fifty
yards to the rear Of the cOmpauv'S
lumber yard and began reloading his
revolver. Presently he returned to the
office to find DIR. McC;ee who had been
attracted by the shooting. bending
over Garrett. Leveling his revolver
on the WINDOW Sill. Kelly TOOK deitDcr-
ate aim Mt the physician and fired.
The bullet struck McGee in the back
n the spine. and he tOppled over near
where Garrett lay.
Police Come on the Scene.
Then followed an exciting street
fight between the madman and officers
who came upon the scene. Kelly. flour
fishing his revolver. dashed through the
lumber yard. He met Ike Healer. a
labOrer. and shot him in the hand. \
few yards further on he encountered
Sergeant Dodge. The two exchanged
shots as they ran. One bullet from
Kelly'S revolver struck Dodge in the
neck. but not before that officer had
shot Kelly I'm the shoulder. Kelly
kept on running. and was soon con-
frOnted by Detective Mcdonald and
Officer Falthager. Mcdonald dropped
Kelly with n bullet in the neck.
Kelly Finally Gets His Ouietus.
Kelly sank to the ground. and was
carried to the station in an unconscious
condition. dying soon after his arrival
there. Garrett never regained con-
sciOusness. and died an hour after he
ing taken to the hospital. DR.. McGee
is still suffering seriously. and il is be
lieved he cannot recover. Dodge's
wound is not considered fatal. while
the wounds of the others are slight.