The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-12-06
ah RECEPTION ROOM I'M OFFICE
OF THE GOVERNOR OF MAS
sAcHusETTs.
ONE MAN WILL DIE
Labor Leaders Calling on Governor
Guiid Attacked by insane Man, Who
Had Recently Been Released From
AsyIum-Three injured, One Fatally.
Was After Governor.

Was After Governor.
Boston, Dec. 5.---An insane man
walked into the anteroom OF the execu.
tive chamber of the state house this
afternoon, and, finding Governor
Guilds door closed. turned on three
prominent labor leaders nnd fired
three shots at them, probably fatally
wounding Edward Cohen of Lynn,
president Of the local branch Of the
American Federation Of Labor, seri-
ously wounding Dennis ID. Driscoll Of
Boston, secretary of the same board,
and injuring with the muzzle Of his
revolver Arthur M. Huddell Of Bos-
ton, former president of the Central
Labor union Of this city.
The insane man, who was John
Steele Of Everett, and who was last
month released on parole from tho
Danvers insane asylum, was overpow-
cred by Private Secretary Charles s.
Groves and General J. H. Whitney,
chief Of the state police.
Governor Guild was in his ohico,
only a few feet away. He rushed out
and assisted in subduing Steel, and
then kuelt by Cohen's side and subse-
quently directed the removal Of the
wounded men to the hospital.
Cohen was shot twice through the
head, and was in critical condition
at the Massachusetts General hospital
tonight. The third bullet struck Dris-
coll a glancing blow on the forehead,
making a long wound over the head
and rendering him unconscious. lie
recovered consciousness halr an hour
later Huddells wound, which was at
first supposed to be alarming, was
quickly dressed and will probably
cause him little Inconvenience.
Came to Secure Pardon.
The three labor leaders came to the
state house today to meet the gover-
nor by appointment in regard to q
pardon for A. M. Kennedy Of Salemo
who Is serving sentence in the Els
sex house Of correction They reached
the state house shortly after o'clock
and found that the governor was re-
celving delegation from Rhode
Island. The three labor men were
asked to wait in one of the ante
rooms until the callers should leave.
All three were standing beside long
table conversing pleasantly, while at
the farther end OF the room Private
Secretary Groves was debating a loa-
ter to the executive stenographer.
William Reed, co1ored messenger
Of the department, was seated at his
desk within a few feet of the labor
men. Suddenly Steele appeared at the
doorway of the room from the hall,
and, without announcing his mission,
walked by the doorkeeper and Mes
senger Reed, and then glanced to.
ward Governor Guilds room, which
was about 20 feet away. me door was
closed. Steele turned around. and,
drawing a revolver. fred at Cohen,
who was about six feet away.
Shot in the Back.
Cohen's back was turned and the
bullet struck the back of his head,
passing directly through, and came
out at the forehead, driving great
splash of blood to the wall opposite
and beside the picture Of Abraham
Lincoln. The wounded man turned,
only to receive another bullet in the
head, which also passed completely
through. Cohen sank unconscious to
the floor. Steele then swung around
and fred at Driscoll, the bullet inflict-
ing a severe scalp wound. Driscol1
also fell unconscious to the floor. Hud-
dell, in an attempt to close on the
man. was struck on the cheek by the
muzzle of the revolver and Knocked
down. But Steele made no attempt to
fire again.
BY this time Private Secretary
Groves had leaped a table and grap.
pied with Steele, and almost at the
same time General Whitney, who had
been summoned to the Kennedy hear
hearing. came through the door and
rushed to the assistance Of Mr.. Groves.
Hudde1l also jumped up and wrenched
the revlover away
The doctors, after hasty examine
ton OF Cohen and Driscoll, expressed
the opinion that the formers wound
would szFobably prove fatal, but that
the wound in Mr.. Driscolps head
would not be anything more than a
serious scalp wound. The two wound
ed men were conveyed to the Massa-
ehusetts General hospital. Mr.. Hua-
DEN wgs bleeding considerably from