Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-01-12
BROKEN Fifth Laid
To PAUL 7. DONEHOO
BY YEAREYS sister
Girl on Cot at Grady Hospital
Declares That Wounded
Man Was Engaged 10 Her,
but Tilted Her

Paul T. Douehoo. who was shot
through the lunss by Gordon Neakey
tuesday night At Jhs DOnehOo- home on
H.dgeway avenue OF the Howell MIL
road. was reported in a critical condition
AZ noon Wednesday a. Wesley Memorial
hospital while the causes which LED
10 tns shooting had been varlously eN-
planned by those most concerned
- Esakey. in MS cell ~ the FuEon -coun-
Tower. said re shos DOnehoo because
had Wronssd his sister-ano-Ihen
iiI;ei her 20 marry another
Yeakey's sister. Miss Lily Geakey, who
IS IN Irs maternity ward AT Grady nos
pitaI. SAD she became engaged 10 Done
hoo last July. but that he broke off the
enrag emsl.I IN October. telling her he
had 10 marry Sarah Mcclellan
Mrs. Saraa Mcclellan DOnehoo. vino
has been constantly At her HUSBAND
bedside since tie shooting. said MISS
Yeakey was the victim Of an insane in
faruation for Paul ana that her husband
was guilty OF no wrong TO the girl
Donehoo himself could not talk, as
there are two bullets N his right lung
and attending physicians hold out slight
hope OF recevOrey-
RELATIVE OF CORONER
Paul I. DOnehoo is twenty years ole
For a long time he worked at the South
ern shops. but according 10 his family
he had been out OF work for the last
three weeks and was doing odd jobs at
the ofIca OF Coroner Paul DOnehOo, OF
whom he is a distant relative Mrs. Dom
ehoo. whom he married last October 81
was Miss Sarah Mcclellan, OF Marietta
They had been living on Whitehall street
unit Ia week ago, when they moved 10
Ridgeway avenue, near the home OF Mrs
Donehoos sister. MIS- w F. QPeen-
Gordon 4eakey is a plumber. He is
twsnty-one years old and lives at 70 Nc
Afee street His sister. Miss Lily
Neajxey. is now at the Grady hospital
she is said TO have known both Paul
+. DonehOo and his wife for nearly two
years
MIS- Donehoo's story Of the shootins
and the events which led UP TO IL. as
told to Roy Donehoo. the undertaken
Tuesday night. IS as follows:
I introduced Paul TO Lily Yeakey.
That was in the summer OF 1915, when
Lily and / were working for the John
w Moore Optical company. l was go
Ing with Paul then and Lily said she
WANTED 10 meet that good looking fel-
ow OF mine / told her all right. that
would introduce her TO Paul
After that Paul used to tell me that
ily was all the time calling him VI
Il his work and wanting him to come
Z see her. He thought IL was a great
koke. but he said he wished she wouldn't
other him. Lily told me once that she
Fas kind Of crazy about Paul, but
oOk il as a joke. too.
Last summer Paul told me one day
|IrTs--7.Iiy had called him over the tele.
#rhone and proposed to him. He said
he had told her jOkingly that he would
marry her IL she got his fathers con
sent Bet she took him at his word
and called I'D PauTs father and asked
him for his son. PauFs father told her
not to be foolish and hung up But
Lily kept on telephoning Paul and one
iav she told me IL wouldn't be Ions
before she and Paul were married Their
. ftold her she had the wrong idea. that
I was going to marry Paul myself.
81 married him in October The next
day Lily called Paul up and she has
kept on calling him up ever since A
few weeks ago her brother began Il
bother. Paul. threatening TO have war
rant taken out against him for break
ing his promise 10 his sister. Pau
didn't pay any attention 10 him until
Monday night. when he came out 10 the
house and wanted 70 talk to him They
talked outside for a few minutes and
when Paul came back I saw that he was
worried said. What's the matter
honey and he told me. %. nothing. JUS
those people bothering me again
Tuesday afternoon Paul and I wen
IN town. We came home about
O'Clock Gordon Yeakey was on the car
SC I told Paul we'd get on a block~be
fore we got to the house and watch
Yeakey and see what he did. We stop
red at Paul's sisters. A block this side
Of our house. while Yeakey went on
we STAYED at Ms Queens a few
minutes Paul asked her to come or
home with US. but she wouldn't. We
went to our house and found the dOO'
open. although I had shut everythin:
I'D when we left early in the afternoon
We went hack to Mrs. Queens and askes
her II anybody had been there that aft
ernoo1- She said. yes but she though
it was Us She went back with us e
our house
a little while later. about o'clock
there was a knock ar the door. Mrs
Queens answered IL and said Yeakey wa
there asking 70 see Mr. DonehOO. Pau
went 20 the front door.
"'Good evening said Paul. Goo,
evening" said Yeakey They looked Xix,
they didn't want TO talk before Us Yea
|. KEY said. I want 10 see you and Pau
said. Well. suppose YOU see me down
town tomorrow. I'll meet you No
said Yeakey. you can pay me that now,
like IL was a money matter he had comI
TO see Paul about. I think he wante,
TO make me and Mrs. Queens think tina
way. Paul kept on telling him that h
would see him downtown. but Yeakel
wouldn't have 70 thai way.
THE SHOOTING.
FINALLY Yeakey said. Tn going q
close this right now He stepped OF
the porch into the yard and said. Paul
come. on out here No. said Paul. TT