Evening star., 1907-08-27
MARINO HASTY MARINE
SHOT TWO MEN AND WAS NEAR
LY LYNCHED.

NEW YORK, August 27.-Enraged at be-
ing jerred at and called tin soldier. Mi
| chael Marino, a marine. doing sentry duty
| at the navy yard, Brooklyn, last night fired
his musket point blank into a crowd OF over
100 people and severely wounded two men.
The two men who were shot are James
O'Brien, thirtyeight years old, Of 4s5 Grand
| avenue, a bookkeeper, and Joseph Ryan,
twenty-four years old, Of 100 Bedford ave-
nue., a shipping clerk. OBrien Is in the
Cumberland Street Hospital, suffering from
| a flesh wound in the right shoulder, and Ry
an, after being treated at the hospital for a
wound through the fleshy part OF the right
| arm. went home
The crowd that was with the two men
started to storm the navy yard fence d-
rect!y after the shooting to get at the shoot
er. The timely arrival of the rest Of the
guard and the officer Of the day prevented
what undoubtedly would have been a very
serious riot.
O'Brien and Ryan are members of the
Gordon Democratic Association. which he'd
an outing up the Sound yesterday. The two
men, who are friends, had been unable to
go on the outing. but about o'clock they
went to the wharf near the navy yard to
meet the returning excursion boat. There
were about hundred men on the wharf
waiting to welcome back the members Of
the association who had been on the out
Ing.
Inc NlSn iron picket renee SHUTS OIL
the navy yard from the street at this point
directly in front Of the sentry beat where
Marino was stationed. From Its position on
the wharf the crowd had a clear view of the
marine pacing up and down with his musket
at his shoulder. The boat was late in get
ting back from up the sound, and the crowd
began to make fun of the sentry.
Sang Capt. Jinks.
Captain Jinks OF the horse marines
Fed his troops on pork and beans.
Some one chanted this couplet, and then
the crowd took 1t up and sang it in chorus.
Marno went on walking back and forth,
paying no attention. Finally the crowd
! tired of its singing and began to cali the
sentry names at first purely in fun, but
later with some vindic.iveness. as Ma
rino's complacency evidently didn't please
the funmakers.
Look at tie tin solder shouted one
man, adding few aojectives, and the
crowd laughed.
Just then MarinO enraged. swung round,
and. bringing his gun to his shoulder fired
point blank a the jeerers. The bullet went
between the pckets Of the fence and pierced
Ryans right forearm going right through
and into the shoulder of O'Bren, who was
standing right behind him. Both Ryan and
o Bren screamed. and in instant there
was intense excitement.
Two or three men held up the two
wounded men while the res; of the crowd
shouted to Marino to step. He stood with
guard, evidently rearing that he was in for
serious trouble from the men outside the
fence.
He was not disappointed. AS soon as
those close to OBrien and Ryan found that
the two had really been hit by the bullet
they set up a cry Of Lynch him and the
whole mob started for the fence. Reaching
it. the foremost began to climb up, helped
by those behind and for few minutes 1t
looked as if the whole crowd would get
over the barrier and make it hot for the
sentry.
Guard to the Rescue.
The sentry stood his ground. shouting all
the while for the guard, but not attempting
to fire his gun again. The guard, in charge
of the corporal came running up just as
the first Of the fence climbers reached the
top of the iron pckets. Lining up the
guard, the corporal shouted:
"Get down off that fence! I'll shoot the
first man who treSpaSSeS on government
property.
This threat had effect. The en-
ragged mob stopped for an instant, but from
behind came cries of go ahead! Let him
fire!' with sundry more or less insulting
epithets meant for the corporal The
climbers began to reach up to the top of
the fence and then the officer of the day
arrived.
The officer Of the day took in the situation
at a glance and began to talk to the crowd
He told them that they could do no good
by coming over the fence; that there were
several hundred more marines than those
in the guard and that they We're only
got the crowd little quieter he explained
that Marino was already under arrest and
that he would be turned over to the civil
authorities in the morning.