Year: 1879

to the station house.


Meantime an ambulance had been sent for and Gil
hooly taken to the Chambers street Hospital he
had three wounds. One close to the right nipple was
over four inches deep. The knife had penetrated
the lower lobe of the right lung. One lower down
deep but the abdominal cavity had not
been reached. The third ia the ieit
thigh clear through to the bone. Dr. ~iihia a
stopped the henorrhags aud dressed the wounds ana
Coroner Ellinger was qHickly summoned When ne
came Gilhooly was lying on a sofa only half con-
When he aroused he made the follow
ing statement. which in several respects differs from
the presentation OF the case as given by the police
and the prisorers:-


GIIHooLY's STATEMENT.


al had summons in suit brought in the Sn-
preme Court against John Jones and wanted to
o'clock. / was looking tor him the day
previous and yesterday. i could not see him.
rney spla e me Was CortIapdt street
also in search of him. but he could not ind him
either. inquired i'll the liquor store and said that
wanted to rent the basement in order to allay sus
picion was told that the agent was Morgan Jones.
Another party told me tho place was to be rented
by John Jones' who had the key. made that
and went to the door. When / had called before
WAS always told that he was out OF town. but from
the movements OF the people felt sure that he
l knew that besides the entrance through tho
front door there another entrance by
rear door through the yard | and my companion
door. while watched the door in the yard.
In the evening l took glass, OF beer
door open and another latched. stepped
up and recognized Jones' voice raised the latch
and went in. and placed the paper aud summons on
Mr.. Jones vest. then made for the door quickly
l could. heard fellow of the or Joe
sort of body servant Of Jones. call out
catch him. ran through the long. narrow hall
way. The door closed. thou hit they did not
recognize my position 1t being dark. Joe caught
hold of and said, who is therey
told him l had served a summons Mr..
Jones and that under the protection oil the law.
Joe pinioned my arms and the old man got hold of
of my arms and Joe of the other. The old man
II Jones) called his pist oil and he then took
something from his pocket AMI with his teeth he
opened the clasp. SAW in the dim light something
CLEAN, rather the outline of the butt end OF
the knife; felt him strike Inc. but it dark
1 could not anything. and my hand was wedged
in between him and Joe / concluded that l
stabbed; made effort to get away, and
rushed into the room where l had served
the summons. Fortunately the key was in the door,
but did not unlock it. held Oh to the door ana
cried 'Murder!' They evidently wanted to finish
me. and they pretended that they mistook
me for burglar. They asked where the other
fellow WAS. they knew We the
men who wanted to serve the summons. The stab
bng done III the hallway and felt the blood
tricsling down. The floor became slippery from
the blood that 1 could hardly keep my feet Help
brought here.


The wounded man relapsed into insensibility as
he drew the end. but suddenly arousing him.
self he gasped at intervals:-"They did not think
was burglar. To conceal-that the wrt-was
served-they tried to murder me-"


Yesterday Gilhoolys condition was unchanged,
and the physician would not pronounce on the re-
suit. Bowman ARE sted the reading OF the
wounded mans statement. and remanded, with his
master, at the Tombs Police Court. The latter has
changed in nothing. His plea, uttered with all con-
fdence. Is still the samoa mans house Is his
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