Arizona republican., 1904-07-04
A SUNDAY TRAGEDY
M. J. MCKeIligOn Killed
 Antonio Lara
The Affair Took Place in the Saloon of the Former on South Seventh Avenue.

Antonio Lara was put out of a door twice yesterday and went back. The third time he was taken out in one of those first aids used by undertakers, a long basket contrivance and then he stayed out. He was shot and killed by M. J. McKelligon at the saloon of the latter near the Seventh avenue railroad crossing. Lara was d sec ton hand of the s. sF. P. & P. and lived at Ninth avenue and Jackson streets two blocks from the place where he met death. us
 The shooting took place about two o'clock in the afternoon. There were three men in the. saloon, Jose Her nandez, Euerito Adana and Antonio Valenzuela. They were sitting at a table drinking a bottle of wine when Lara entered in a quarrelsome mooi and began a wordy attack upon one of them.. It was continued until ! blow was struck when McKelligon in terfered and ordered Lara out of the house. He refused to go and Nickel ligon pushed him, not roughly out of the houre by a back door. He return ed with a rush and McKelligon pick ed up large tin can used to catch beer Grippings intending to throw the con
 tents into the face of Lara and so cool him off. The can happened to be empty and he threw the empty can at him. Lara picked it up and struck ldcKelligon, a Siolent blow on top of the head with 1t. Then McKelligoa threw him out the second time, this time with considerable violence, and closed the door but. neglectedtto lock it.
 Lara immediately returned furious with anger and rushed toward Me Kelligon who went behind the bar, fol- lowed by Lara. McKelligon keeps a bung starter on top of his beer cooler to use in such emergencies as the one which confronted him but he passed .t and the only instrument within his reach was a single barreleds shot gun F guage. loaded with bird shot. Lara
 was still coming when McKelligon fired at him at close range. The charge struck him high up on the right breast tearing . hole two inches in diameter. Lara staggered to a table rested his bands on it for few moments, the blood pouring upon the table in a
 stream. He slowly sank backward fell upon the floor where he lay gasp l ing for a minute.
 | There was another nl-.h just outside the saloon. a stranger by the name ui
 H. Swissher who did not hear the 1 shooting, so engrossed was he with the reading ofa dime novel and so filled with strong drink that he was oblivious
 of his surroundings. When his at. l tention was called to the tragedy ht
 tried to telephone to the. police abou;
 it but nothing could be made of his
 narrative and it was fifteen minutes
 later that the authorities understood l that there had been a killing. Officer.
 John Moore and Henry Bloomhorsi hurried to McKelligons place where
 they found the three Mexicans who
 had been drinking wine when Lara
 came in, Swissher who was still drunE
 and trying to make if appear that tn;
 shooting had been done by one of tho Mexicans and a woman, Mrs Hickman
 who had come in after the killing ant
 had not then heard of it. Sne Wa. sitting at a table in an abstracted ant
 alcoholic state when one of the officer. | tapped her on the shoulder and asked