The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-01-10
FATAL SHOOTING
ON WATER FRONT
John W. McNaIIy, a Sailor, Killed
Last Night in a Mysterious
Scuille.
SLAYER GIVES HIMSELF UP
First Mate WywOOd, Of the
Schooner Patterson, Did the
ShOOting-Says II Was
In Sclf-Dcicnsc.
SLAYER GIVES HIMSELF UP


John " McNRlly. a aallos. was shot
al $50 last evening and fatally in
jurcd. Tho unfortunate man never re-
gained consciousness after the shoot
Ing. and died at O'Clock this morn
Ing The slayer of young McNally.
who II but e years ~ age. IN August
wywood. frHt mate ~ The schooner
u r Patterson. which is wing Ia the
strrum The second mate ~ the YES
srl. BERNARD Boalt was with Wywood
at the time 10th men Ncrr arrested.
and arr now confined In .sl
Stories of The shooting a'ncr great
y. and every man seen last hight by
an As,orlan representative had "A ar
fcrcnt tale TO tell The stories NJ
the mates connlc, In several pnrtlcu-
lars and the material pointH ~ their
statements are positively denied by
others Implicated IN the kllling.
The Two mates came Gown from
Portland with the schooner soon after
'hc vessel arrived herr Second Mate
nunlt had trouble with one ~ the
sailors and the man ief, the vessel,
taking three others with him The
mates came ashore yesterday to sc'
rurr other men. and their crpnd w.
suited iu the shooting
Mate wywood who killed McNully,
was vr,n a, the city Jail last night and
Todd ,h, following story OF the ARRAY
"lioat and myself came ashore this
evening after four men TO take the
places ~ those who deserted from the
Patterson. While We were In the Mug
mlnon Charles Reilly. sailor board.
ug house runner. came In. and pre-
tending 20 De- sailor told us he would
~, three other men and ship lie also
'old us that We should 80 four blocks
down from the boarding house and
make arrangements to take the men
nut to the schooner. which IS lying
In the stream when | lcri the vcs-
srl pu, revolver In my pocket
AZ had been held up In Portland and
feared that another hold NJ might oc-
tur here
In accordance with instructions
from Reilly. noalt and myself wen, TO
Eighth and Astor streets and coniin-
ned north on Eighth to the i.llrnsd
track. We We're going along M the
darkness when We were suddenly con.
frontcd by several men, one o.; whom
was Reilly. Reilly struck and noorcd
Rualt. while man wearing q white
hat tMcNallyl struck at me Jump
"a back escaping the blow and nred,
When | started along In the darkness
I took the revolver from my pocket
and was free to shoot at the time
OF the attack. | do not know the time
who was shot After had fred |
saw the bodies ot two men lying On
the ground aud thought then 'N,' the
bullet had pierced the bodies - both
and killed them. did not walt to
investigate, but went at once to the
Mug saloon whore gave the barten-
der my gun. telling him Ind killed
u man, Later a police officer came
along and | was locked up"
Second Mate Roalt. who occupied an
adjoining cell In the city Jail and plain
ly heard the statement OF WyWood 10
the reporter, told Il somewhat different
story. His statement was TO the et-
feet that he and Wywool hal lrft
the Mug saloon, where Reilly pretend
Ing To be u sailor had agreed to secure
three other man and make up the
short crew. Boalt vowed that ne and
WyWuod We're not alone when they
started Tor the meeting place, where
the men We're to be- taken In a small
boat and landed at the schooner, but
that McNally was with them, Hc
says the three went to the waterfront
arm In arm, and that when IN front
Of the Llndcnberger cold-storage plant
the assault occurred. Baalt declares
that Paddy" Lynch was the man who
assaulted him, knocking him Gown, As
he fell, Wywood fired, Bo0lt was
down for few moments. according
to his own statement, and when he
staggered to his feet all the other
parties to the scuille had fled, with
the exception of McNally, who was
lying on the track, Boalt walked over
tn Astor street. where he was seized
by Lynch and J, ]. Kenney,
Reilly was identified by Wywood as
the man who commenced the assault,
while Lynch was identified by Boalt
as the first assallant
Both Lynch and Reilly deny having
been in the neIghborhood when the
occurred, Lynch says he was
standing on Astor street with Kenney
when Boalt came running along, bare
headed. They seized the man and
took him back to the railroad track,