The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-07-06
MURDERER is
IN GARY JAIL
George Milligan Slabs Patrick Ryan
With Such Force as to Cut the
Latter's Heart in Two, as Post
Mortem Examination Revealed
Was Horrible Sight.

On the day of the glorious Fourth
of July, when every one in the city of
Gary was making merry and ceIebrat-
ing the great day, little wrangle Oc-
Cured between two men. which sud
denly terminated in foul murder. |
Patrick Ryan, happy-gO-lucky old
man of sixty years was stabbed in the
heart by Gearge MiIligan. a cook, AZ
years of age, in the rear of James
Rogers saloon, near Ninth avenue on
broadway. Ryan died within ten min
utes after he was stricken. The murder
was the result of quarrel over some
boiling winter on the stove in the lunch
room inthe rear of the saloon.
II Was Sickening Crime.
This crime which was perpetrated at
1880 Saturday afternoon was one Of
the most brutal, blood-curdling, indie
feasible murders that has stirred this
region in many months The blade of
the butcher knife which was used
nenetrated the victims heart, and
nearly cut that organ in two. Although
the knife was reasonably sharp the
driven with murderous intent. Within
4 few seconds after Ryan had fallen
% the floor. gasping in his dying
struggles officers William Miller and
Louis enkins rushed into the saloon.
and before Mulligan had a change to
escape. handcuffed him. and placed him
safe behind the Jail bars
Scene of the Struggle.
At the time that the trouble occurred
three or four patrons of the lunch room
II the rear of Rogers saloon were
seated about the counter on stools, eat
ng their lunch Several others were in
he bar room drinking and none Of them
parently had any conception of what
was about to happen. The immediate
cause of the trouble, it seems was a
pan of boiling water on the stove di-
-cctly behind the counter. Both wanted
20 use it and a wrangle ensued. The
argument did not attract much atten-
lion as it did not appear to be of much
consequence. Suddenly, however Null
HFan grasped the butcher knife and
lunged it into Ryan's heart before the
latter could defend himself. The blade
was eight inches in length and at least
five inches penetrated the body. Ryan
fell TO the floor and died in a few min
autes A crowd soon congregated about
and Mulligan no sooner stepped out
from behind the counter, than he was
grabbed by the officers. before he had
the least chance to escape.
Were On Friendly Terms.
George Mulligan Is a cook employed
in the lunch room and Ryan was the
dishwasher and general porter about
the saloon Previous to the fracas Sat
urdav they were apparently on friendly
terms Rogers testified at the inques
held yesterday morning that they haC
planned to go out together to spend the
Fourth They had had petty quarrel!
once in a while but it amounted t
nothing more than talk. There wa
scarcely any attention paid TO the trou
bile at that time for that reason.
After the argument began, however
they kept nudging each other on unit
after Ryan pushed him slightly Multi
gan seemed TO grow desperate wit
anger and grabbed the butcher knife
Those who testified at the inquest sal
that neither of them were intoxicated
At the station this morning Mulliga
stated that the cutting was due to tn
fact that Ryan while trying TO pus
him ran into the knife with which h
was about to cut some bread. TIL
murderer is unusually cool considerin
the circumstances of the ARRAY.
Both worthless Characters.
As far as can be learned concernin
the hisory of the two men, they wer
both worthless characters Both hav
been employed in boarding houses an
in saloons almost since the foundatio
Of Gary. If there was any virtue
either of them it was in Ryan, who we
always known to be a good natured an
and in offensive old man. He has bee
employed in Rogers saloon all the tin
that he has been in Gary. Nothing
known of his past or of his relative
or former home.
Mulligan. the cook, has a bad reputs
ton He has been a burden upon II
police who have had trouble with hi
from the time he landed in Gary. ov,
a year ago. Whenever he could &
ahold of a cent of money ne would e
drunk and cause trouble. Mulligan
known to have a mean dispositiC
among his companions. Previous
working in the lunch room. he was en-
ployed by Thomas Gormey in his boar
ing camp as cook. He is known TO ha'