The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-29
KILLER DUNN is DEAD.
He Was Life Long Foe OF Bat
Nasterson.

Chicago, june 2s.Zjsfe Dunn. ..the
killer" a famous character ia the
wilder DAYS of Chicago's history, is
dead. He died yesterday in Elizabeth
n. J., Of cancer and a disease Of the
Iarynx, after a long Illness, aggra-
waited by hardships following the
earthquake and FIRE In San Francisco,
through which he passed. An opera
ton similar to that performed here on
Sheriff Thomas p. Barrett proved
equally fruitless- Dunn was 81 years
old
To Chicagoans who knew him, and
every old timer did, the news OF his
death will not be unexpected. For
months the man who made himself
feared in the early days, existed on
nourishment artihcially administered.
Jere Dunn, though neither born nor
reared here, was distinctly a Chicago
type. It was here that he earned the
sobriquet, killer Dunn, title which
/ he always heartily detested.
/ Dunn came here In the late '70s, and
esta blished a roadhouse on Grand
/ boulevard, which was made the head
quarters for sporting men. Dunn him
! self had much to do with horses, trot-
I ters, PAGERS, and runners. He had a
/ penchant for prize fighters; was a
great admirer of Jack Dempsey and
John L. Sullivan, and in his admira-
! ton of the twain engendered the Bit
/ terest sort of hatred for Jimmy Elliott,
4 then an aspirant for the heavy ght
! championship belt whom he subse-
The killing took place March 8.
1884, in appetite" Bill Langdon' s
! Tivoli resort, which was then located
/ on the present site of the University
/ club corner of Calhoun place and
through Pat Sheedy that he intended
/ to kill Dunn on sight. Dunn on hear
| ing of this located Elliott in the Lang
Il don resort, and, walking in on MIN,
asked Elliott what he meant. Elliott
| thereupon raised a chair, as was sub
seuuently proven at the trial, with
threat to brain Dunn. The chair be-
came entangled in a chandelier over
EHiott's head, and in this position,
Dunn shot Elliott.
In the trial which ensued was enlist
ed for the prosecution the then states
attorney, Luther Latin Mills. tre-
mendous fund was raised for the de-
fense, and, after four months trial
which cost Cook county nearly S100,O0O,
Dunn was acquitted on the ground OF
/ justif1able homicide.
A year after the acquittal of Dunn
/ he left Chicago and went to New York.
| Here he became embroiled in an al
tercation with a friend Of Elliott This
man, Logan No. q had made the
boast that he would do with the slay-
er of his friend what the courts in
/ COOK county ndQ IollSu TO 0utAAA
hunted him up, found him in a Park
row poolroom, introduced himself, and
thereupon shot and killed his man.
This case did not go beyond the cor
oner's jury, as it was proven that
Logan No. e. bad man himself, had
/ threatened to kill Dunn.
/ Another strange phase of Dunn's
career was that up to the day Of his
death efforts at concilating Bat"
Masterson of Dodge City fame and
Dunn failed. Charlie Mitchell, the Eng
lish prize fighter, brought Squire
Arlington of Lily Langtry and White
Lady fame. to this country to back
Jim Hail against Bob F'itzsimmons. It
is a we'll known fact that the Squire
was turned over" In the transaction,
dropping $685. 600 on the coup. Alb
bington died at the st Charles hotel
/ ten days after Fitzsimmons licked Hall.
Mitchell then went back to New York
/ by way Of Denver Meeting Jere Dunn
on Broadway he Jocularly informed the
latter that he 1AIitchell) had fixed up
| everything, and that Jere was safe in
going to Denver without fear Of being
killed by Bat" Masterson. It devel-
oped afterwards that there was no
truth in his assertion made by Mitch
ell, but to his dying day Dunn refused
to believe this, and vowed that If he
ever met A1asterson the fellow that got
the drop would be the winner.