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SLAIN ON I'llK STKKKT.H 4KT Ilf hILLKi* i% «I ff.Lf.I hr hi«»tr«l f.i-4 ln«l of 1‘ollrr Miot honu lt Inkiium ii .ItmoiiiUi—HU tnr«*rr Ia« ioloriMlu During ths Troubuluua Tltu#-* of (hr Mrftkt*.LkADVlLLk, Col., April 15.—Th* facts concerning t hr nrnrd-r of Mart Du^anare slowly coming to light, though an yet it in not known who fired the fatal shot. Atout 4:30 o'clock on Monday inoraiug tha report of a pistol mar beard by officers Morgan anil WilliauiH. who mere making their The officers proceeded in the direction ot the Texas House, where they raw that several men had gathered. There they found ex-Policeman Mart Duggan lying on the purruieut in front of the place with a bullet hole behind the right ear, front which the hlomi was spurting in tor r i.’- I';... w.if% then removed t.» his-! ■- ■ n ’ V. M Fourth StfStd. whirs fetfr**guiuel cotisciousin•**. Hie wife, wh ^ was nearly overcome with grief, asked him if he had had a quarrel with anyone and who had shot hivu. Duggan replied in a clear voice: “llailey Youugson shot me,” andtlien explained that lit* had lieen walking along Uarnson avenue ariu in arm with Youugntn when the latter, w itliout provocation, shot him, just after they had passed { Third street and were nearly opposite the Texas Hous*. home time later in the morning, hawever, Duggan said he did not know who had shot him. He said when u*ked d Youi gnori shot him that he did not. At a few minute* after 11 o clock the lounded nan ceased to breathe and Missed a way without making any further statement.An hour later three arrests were made—Bailey Youtigaovi, George Kvans and Jamesllairington, all three of whom are now routined in the jail It has been developed during the day that the three men named were standing with Duggau near the Texas House a short time Iwfore the shooting olt; -curred. All three of thi; arrested iiersous tieny any participation in the shooting orany knowledge of who did. Whoever Duggan's assailant was, he must have lieen verve lose to him at the time, a* the victim's neck is burned with powder, and the oriticr made by the bullet wound seems to indicate that the weapon was held quite close, as the woiiud is « lear cut and in astraight line. The ball, after entering theneck, apparently struck a bone and glancing upward lodged in the bruin.Duggan was a well-known character in Lend villi* and has a reputation as a hard man. In 187#, during the strike, he was elected t'ity Marshall. During the wild and law!**** reign of the mob he was the sole preserver of the (fence. He w as € Tty Marshal only two days whcu he killed a man named Jeffrie* ill a dance hall and followed this with six others during his official career. The shooting of Duggan this morning was a most mysterious affair, and has not tieen cleared up. Hr was found dying in front of the Texas House, and told a fellow-officer who discovered him that Alderman Bailee's young son. of the j Second ward had shot him. Before he : died, however, he retracted the statement, and refused to divulge the identity of bis j slayer. The police are iuvestigatmg the. killing. Duggan wa* about forty year* of I
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Butte Daily Miner
Butte, Montana, US
Sun, Apr 22, 1888
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