The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-19
BURGLAR SHOOTS His PAL.
MEAD rHTEF rot Nd BEHIND BAR
or BROOKLlN SALOON.
,..,,,,, aap,Ired. says He Found Pistol
in the Place, and Was Pooling with
II when lie INilled His Confederate
-r,c Prisoner Man OF Good Family.

whila Bcu ia,nin Haggerty, "a years old,
= a.. Centre street, and Michael Quinlan,
W. ,.oars old. Of Tenth street between Sec
and and Third avenues, Brooklyn, were en-
r,ged early Yesterday morning in robbing
al,,,, ,f Patrick Ryan at 48l Columbia
'.,oo, Hapgcrty shot his pal in the heart,
killing him instantly
According to the story OF the survivor,
|. had no intention Of harming his COM
union and had forgotten that the weapon
p ,oaded when he fired the fatal shot.
Roth young burglars were members OF
oarc Of ,.uIderers, in Red Hook Point,
-ho go around the city collecting old tin
anna and after melting Off the solder sell 1t.
about o.2O o'clock yesterday morning
,b.v broke into Rvan's saloon by forcing
aide door A tenant on the second floor
hoard them at work, but was too frightened
10 make any attempt to disturb them.
After listening to them moving about the
saloon and whispering to each other for
n.orly an hour. he opened the window and
,,b;s,led loudly three or four times so as
IA attract the notice Of a policeman If one
should happen to be around.
hs, a, hc withdrew from the window
With the intention of taking other measures
N SCARF of the ma. luders, he was startled
hv the report of a pistol in the saloon.
Rs,Irpinc TO the window he again whistled
md .hoted, and while looking out saw a
vo,Ing man without coat or waistcoat run
rom The side door of the saloon.
Policeman John 7. O'Connor, hearing
the noise, arrived in front of the saloon
couple of minutes after one Of the burg
lars had taken flight. Entering the saloon
wing dead behind the bar with bullet
wound in the left breast.
OConnor quickly notified the Richards
street police station of the escape of the
second burglar. and in a few minutes Capt.
summers and his reserves were securing
the precinct for the fugitive.
The credit for the capture, however,
belongs TO O'Connor, who about an hour
after the shooting came across Haggerty
as he was walking along Henry street
near Bush street, in the direction OF MS
home. without coat or waistcoat,
do you know Quinlan?" asked OConnor'
Haggerty at first denied all knowledge
Of him, but finally coolly remarked:
Well. Quinlan's dead, and Use de chicken
dat did it,
Al the station Haggerty admitted that
he and Quinlan had lounged around the
saloon until they found that the proprietor
had closed up and gone home. when they
hanged in the side door.
Although aware that they had been dis
covered by the man upstairs they decided
10 go on with the robbery. Quinlan, ac-
cortling TO Haggerty, frequently stopped
In the work Of tying up the boxes OF cigars
and bottles Of whiskey "to hit the booze,
although Haggerty objected, fearing that
II his companion got tipsy the job might
miscarry.
Just as they were about to leave, Hag--
gerty said he found new revolver ana
some cartridges in a drawer behind the
bar and slipped one of the cartridges into
the weapon. With the revolver IN MS name,
lie walked through the barroom swapping
II at his companion behind the bar. Finally
there was O loud explosion and Quinlai'
fell back dead.
1T was all an accident" the prisoner
Eaid in winding up his story. II had for
gotten all about putting the cartridge
IN the revolver"
Piled I'D neatly in the saloon there we're
two big packages. in which the burglars
had collected their booty. They contained
fifteen boxes of cigars, half dozen bottles
of whiskey and several articles which had
been removed from the drawers.
Haggerty il grandson OF the man who
established the Haggerty Glass Works in
South Brooklyn and his father, who Is dead,
was also connected with the firm. Quinlan
was the son of Brooklyn fireman.
The young men had been chums for
years Both we're shiftless, but, far as Is
known. this was their first criminal ex-
plot