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TRIPLE TRAGEDY. V■ — I n MiHoniLlo bbcoUng Affray at Co- ^j',1 tumbu-s. Ohio. and lt;he haRESULT OF A NEWSPAPER FUED, 3™1______He nLeveO^rn*', Cltv Jilltor of Th* ft it it- woul (tity H(.nil, itn.l Iruilniitiy Kitted fOlJieMy lt;•„!. W. J. Klllott. Kdltur of Tbw . *“*'*■ACHim*! *v Pi^Unl-W, 1* nti Oltl j,Wh*» YV»w i*t*nrUiig Nntf tttftt By. Slu-t »hd In •tas.tly Killed Wltli » Thby Ufetr.iv llifllot — 8tvt ml M(h*r P«o»l« . ..w t , ilfethjWol.li.N- I. I trontCoi.oiu-.. lt;.. Feb. 24 —A horrible C’lar] triple trolly o ctirrwl here sh irtly ; nppe: alter 1 otlm.\» yesterday aftirnoun. ■ Theyesterday ............Two men wire hilled and seventl ' £?.~° Wotuultd tn a fnsilnde of pistol shots.Tin* terrible affair was the outgrowth gf of » new i-paper feud, which hue been t^e d raiging for several meka between the firing publishers of The Sunday World and lowii bmiday Capital of this city. Col W. J, j shoo' Elliott, editor of The Capital, shot and i * iiudtm iy knled Albert Usboruw. city I i”* v a or of lin. World. W. b. Hughes, 1 an old gotillvmnu who was shunting patr dear b . w.w idiot and killed with a \y..jfttray bullet from .iiiott’s pistol.The tinge ly, as toforv stated, was the result ol a m-wspit, er war. Two weeks •go The World imtdu charge* againstEli iotv * ttiuitlyi thjU ftfoinftfo lolattvoDlf Ll.iufcfc waft unchnste,EUio- l ictahau*! on the following Sunday with ft fonr-column article, charging V. . Lev wing, editor of Thelt; rl I. with loiux thy joint proprietor of tin i..r*uufttiyn hooM* being rt^ociatyd with ft woman named Low Burton in the dUrepufftb.t’ Li vering is onad*t»iut -tote oil inspector and prom-inent in (obitm. ri no chargee therefore lt;*Twitelt;l a profound svmuuion Levering ami tii ii\: tM tor, Mr. ‘'*bornt*, retaliated with a wnaational article, ehftijong E» * ;tt with nearly all the crime* in the rolemlur.lliott, with hw brother Patrick, and O»bor?n*, met yertenlay afternoon in High sMryH. tietir the American hotel. Patrick LI hot t opened fire ovon OsborneAnd ‘ ^ixjrne reUir.ie,! the fire. run*rung batt.e ensued in which W. J. Elliott oined iMbome wib *hot by W,J. Elliott in th^hend and heart. Patrick El! Jo * ran. Osborne foUnwimr, Us-home being folioWed by W. J, Elliott* nil rhi'“V men empt\ lug tbtdr revolvers jwh rapidly na (KM^iblc. Otte of tlie shots from W J. I UiottV gnu grazed Os-bornv** Ann and he tnrmil and llreJ at the former, 'rhe shot tufewod ite tnarii*and i Kbomo tteil into Mrtli om 'McDonald s hat store. As he did su he turned an I Jired at W. J. Elliott The latter fired a) most ^iinnltane*Mly and the shot to*k effect in * stwnes chin, U went ! or to clear thmuirh hU month, upward and aula buck ward through the brain, and oanie out at the bn*1 of the *kal1.fill toft t had followed borne Into the store land hs he fired the last shotfrom hat tjon tl over in hi TbOebothounearanxhEverbelienart;t!ki]] olaic J. El deal I rath i life I recti Th crow batwlieiplacePtiWElliohear i noon guarTb Mr. ipugglog•dltudentpabl:ohariinjmshaMfined In tl year,gruiiuU^l with him. In the scuffle cnuri wliicii followed both their gtuw were |Nlt;ilischarp-d. anti t 'sborno fell to the fioor ricail. mthonifh the last shot/it is raid, i on* did not take effect in either man. the i bail which eauml Oehorno't death hsv- aring enie his fxce as he come in through the doorway. Osborne fell np ,,|n, on a large pile of boxea containing hate, ui-ia and the weuht of his btxly causing the »ug t boxve to collapse, they engulfed him. . completely covering him. Elliott re- Dm»' I rented out the front door, and (lie- were appemed in the crowd with the revolver pow ii rds hand. ^Ut 1V9. L. Knghee, a highly respected «««flt;citizen and formerly steward of thegiiEi«K-trily asylmn* was standing on the A i pavement watching the formation of disK« the puradt*. He wus struck do ring the Whi running battle. The ball entered Hughe*1 be*ul iinmediatsJy over the left tyr, and ho dropped nnon the Iron fro™ grating in front of the Amboe restra- jojj-rant, expiring instantly. Mlo'Falrlck Elliott was shot In the bsek neck and arm, ami has a frightful wound on Mil top of the healt;i The physicians are os zouii yet unubfo to determine how serioos his I wi’undsftife. cove;Two othor men are known to have re- C« ceivni bullet wonmK C. W, Sullivan, ping a cb»rk of C. C. Griswolds, who* while prts*mg the scene, was ehot in the left J£K arm. though net serious; the other was Jin* a young uuukiit named Oardner, who «* w receive a bullet In the left leg, Several other mreons are reported slightly in- “*** iurwl, out were hastily carried away.W. J. Elliott was at one time fttate nini^. supervisor of printing, and has taken an comi Active part In (olithw. He Is a personal the cl fraud of Charles Htewart Parnell* the Itantdel )iHf« 1 Irish lender. expeiboth of the Elliotts are locked op at tlie stalion house. bodyVV. J. EIHitt was seen at the station shortly after by a United Pnms re- nine* «»rter, where he and bis brother Palsy work ad tjeen suite* 1 a* *‘suspicions,11 and£iwkwl fur a Htjtfpment. Said he: I have . nothing to conctaU. t will teil all I know. j. At f o'ctock this afternoon I drove to •j1 ^town from Arlington, where I live, nod P' went to The Capital office to pay off the ® men. As none of the men were there I * ' ^. thought I would go up town and see the parade. At llw comer of Gay atul High r“8* 1 met Pal, my brother, and we started south on High etreet. When oppoelb? {?“*; 2’at k's* gun store I said to Pat that I bud , left a pistol in there to get it fixed abuut h week before and that f believed I would *** go in and got it. When the nigger gnve “F™ me I he pistol I pot it into my pocket, not even looking to w whether the fellow Te had loiuleil it or not. Will••We started on south, and I told Pat Cotb If ue met Levering to drop behind and at Si that neither of as would pay any atten- has I tn,i to him. 1 dkl not expect to see (- xexlt; J oi ne. as he never cotnee up town for H*tti several days after he writae anybody ap, yean ^ on know he worked for me seven Mc-D years When he would write up a colored m in even, he would not come f,wt! up town for several days afterwarda fo nti ■When in front of Schrader's saloon, I turned anti saw i »borne with a revolver louited at me. I reached for my pistol Be wln n 1 hoard a bullet whixs by niy Mict hcwl. I think he shot two or three the times at me and 1 back. Osiotne aa tl started after Pat. and Pat rum oat into vill the street through the crowd, Osborne were firing at hiiu and Into the crowd ’’ BoatElliott thinks that this 4m. when the earrl men in the crowd weie shot, and that wore the bullets from Osborne's gu“ wounded beiu; them. Pat. Llliutt here statw.1 that. while running he felt two stings, one back of the left hip and one iu the back of the right arm, where bullets struck ?(®1* him • tie rayh that he ran Into a store, l;*Wjwith Osborne after him: that Oslnnne J*orl M-i/.rd him and struck him on the bend the wiUi has revolver, tuuking a scalp nor 1
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Mansfield Evening News
Mansfield, Ohio, US
Tue, Feb 24, 1891
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