Will County IL Archives News.....Priest Shoots Sexton/Usher November 21, 1878
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Decatur [IL] Weekly Reporter November 21, 1878
Wilmington, Ill., Nov. 18.-A tragic event occurred in Braidwood last evening. 
Father R.H. McGuire, a Catholic priest, shot his sexton and usher, it is 
thought fatally, through mistaking him for a burglar. It seems that the priest 
was unwell and in bed at about 8 o'clock, when Mr. Muldowney, who had spent 
the afternoon at his bedside, came in and started up-stairs in the dark. Mr. 
McGuire asked twice: "Who is there?" without eliciting any reply. He then 
said: "Tell me your name, or I will shoot!" No reply came and he did shoot, 
three or four times, when Muldowney gasped: "Father you've shot me!" The 
priest, immediately overwhelmed at his act, gave bonds in the sum of $5,000, 
and went to lay the case before Bishop Foley this morning. The doctors 
pronounce Muldowney's case extremely doubtful. The wounded man is City Marshal 
of Braidwood, and stands well in the community. The unfortunate affair is the 
theme of much conversation, as both men were of the best habits.

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