The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-04-04
SHOOTS FROM WINDOW
First Victims Summoned for
Conference and Then Made
Targets of Bullets.
WOMAN NEIGHBoR- STRUCK
Hail of Lead Balks Rush of Sheriff,
Deputies. Police and Volunteer
Helpers from Village.
Special to The Washington Herald.

Special to The Washington Herald.
Babylon, Long Island. April Equip
ped with a revolver and an apparently
Inexhaustible supply of cartridges, Capt
William y. Donley. 70 years old, bay.
man, entrenched himself in the second
story Of his little home on the shore OF
Great South Bay this morning and for
fourteen hours held at bay Sheriff
O'Den, a force of deputies, nearly all
tho village policemen. and the greater
part Of the local population.
Up to O'cock tonight Donley had shot
four persons, none of them. however,
dangerously. Each Of the four received
leg wound. The officers and the large
force OF volunteer helpers hesitated to
storm the house, because, to all appear
ances, DOnley is insane, and their pur-
pose was to take him alive, rather than
TO kill or seriously wound him.
Threatens Family.
Early this morning. Donley in a
frenzy Of anger. threatened the men,
bers of his own family, and they fed
from the house to the home of friends.
He is said to have declared his inten-
tion Of poisoning all his relatives.
Donley's mind was unbalanced,
acquaintances say, as a result Of his ar
rest and conviction last week on a
charge Of shooting ducks during the
closed season. Fines aggregating $500
were assessed against him.
After the members of the family had
fed early this morning, Donley sent
for John CIunie. a retired fire depart
meat captain. and William Boyne, a
neiEhbOr. When the two men arrived
in his yard he met them and charged
them with having set a trap for him.
For a few minutes Donley con-
versed quietly. Then, suddenly, he
ran to the front porch of his house
and graSped his double barreIed shot
gun Clunie and Boyne Ieaped upon
him and wrested the weapon from
him.
Donley then ran into the house, to
reaDpear in less than a minute with a
revolver. He fired as soon as he
reached the doorstep. and continued to
shoot until the revolver was emptied.
Clunie and Boyne each was shot in
the leg.
shoots Down Another.
DOnley. whose pockets apparently
were filled with cartridges, reloaded
and waved the weapon menacingIy in
the direction Of any person who
ventured within range. Capt T. J.
Watts, attracted by the shooting. ap-
preached near the yard. only to re-
ceive a wound similar to those which
Clunie and BOyne had suffered.
By this time the entire nelghborbood
Of the bay front was in a state of ter
ror. and call was sent for the police
a warrant for Donley's arrest was Is
sued, and Policeman Thomas Gallagher
was ordered to serve it Gallagher got
not farther than the front gate when
Donley laid him low with a revolver
bullet
Donley then retired into the house
but soon reappeared at a second story
window, revolver in hand. He fired AZ
the houses of his neighbors and two
shots struck Mrs. Edwin NJ. Post.
Late tonight the demented man CON-
tinued to sit at the second story win
dow his revolver ready for action, while
the sheriff and his assistants, grouped
in dark corner. discussed plans for
efecting his capture.