The Detroit times., 1908-01-17
sAL00NKEEPER IS
SHOT BY STEPSON;
DIES IN HOSPITAL
e. II. MAEoDEFRAu VICTIM or
BULLET FIRED BY AVERY HAe.
aERTY-MuRpERER SAYS HE
WAS DEFENDING MOTHER.

In the building at No. SO Larned-st.
east, where Mrs. Cornelia WEIGH.
found murdered In her East Congress
merly made her home, Edmund II.
Maegdefrau, proprietor OF a saloon at
that address and living overhead. was
shot In the head by his stepson. Az
cry Haggerty, shortly before o'clock
Friday morning, and died at 1890 In
st. Mary's hospital.
Haggerty was arrested by Patrol
man James O'Donnell at Michigan and
Livernois-ave. about $3.50 o'clock. as
he stepped from Michigan-avs. car
and is now locked UP in Central sta
ton on a charge OF murder The
revolver which he used WIS found ON
his person. There were four cartridges
and one exploded shell In the cham
Der.
Police Batter Down Door.
Attracted by the pistol shot. police
officers In the vicinity hurried to
the place to find 1t tightly locked.
They pounded In vain on the doors
and after waiting reasonable time
for someone to answer, forced an en-
trance by battering down door.
Maegdefrau was found unconscious
In the front bedroom. The household
was In the greatest disorder. Search
was made for Haggerty, but he had
already made his escape. The police
men hastily summoned the ambulance
and had the wounded man removed TO
st. Mary's hospital, In the East End
ambulance, then notified headquar-
ters. Detectives at once got busy
on the case. Everyone In the place
was taken to headquarters to be ques-
toned by Chief Mcdonnell.
About half an hour after the shoot
ing Patrolman Doyle met Haggerty,
who said he was going to his sisters
home in Springwells. AS Doyle knew
nothing OF the crime he made no EFFORT
to apprehend the man.
Haggerty was as good as his word,
for his arrest occurred not far from
his sisters home.
Mrs. Maegedefrau was formerly the
wife of George Haggerty, from whom
she obtained a divorce some six years
ago. She had been married to Maeg-
defrau about two years. Her three
sons by the former marriage, Roy.
Thomas and Avery, resided with her
at the Larned-st. address. Haggerty
is now said to be in woodland Park.
Teller county Col.
Maegdefrau was about 80 years OLD
and Haggerty 25.
After shooting Maegdefrau, Hagger-
ty says he held the weapon to his own
head and pulled the trigger three
times. but for some reason, the. revol-
yer failed to go of. Haggerty express
ed regret, when interviewed In police
headquarters, that his attempt on his
own life failed. He realizes that he Is
in a pretty serious predicament. He
talked freely of the tragedy.
Haggertys story Of the Shooting.
eyes. I shot him. he said. "He
called my mother a vile name that l
wouldn't stand for. You'd do the same
thing that I did II any man called
your mother a name like that.
1--WE had all been In bed some time
when heard my mother, who slept
in the front room, pound on the floor
with her shoe and call to Maegdefrau
to come to bed. Well, he came up a
little after 2 O'Clock. drunk, and be-
gan to chew the rag with my mother.
w ntH NC Cdllcu HCT thC ioAsO SOs w
and went In to clean up with him.
"'Gimme those keys, you -. he
said, meaning the keys to the bar,
which I always opened In the morn
ing. Then he started to raise chair
to hit me and fired. My mother was
in the room and saw the whole thing.
"Then / sat on a chair and tried to
shoot myself, but the gun wouldn't go
off. I went upstairs to my room and
was just putting on my shoes when I
heard the policemen banging on the
door. ran down the back way"
Haggerty admitted that he had been
drinking previous to the shooting. but
denies he was drunk.
Maegdefrau was once fined $25 by
Justice Seller for making an attack
on Patrolman Otto Wandrie- II was
charged that ne had shot at the patrol
man.
Chief OF Detectives Mcdonnell Is
inclined to criticise the police who
first arrived on the scene for not
capturing Haggerty before he got
away. Had one of the officers sta
toned himself at the back door the
murderer would have been caught
without the slightest difficulty, he
says. for Haggerty. according to his
own statement, was still In the house
when the officers arrived.