Las Vegas Age, November 21, 2003, Clark County, Nevada Copyright © 2003 Gerry Perry This copy contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives. ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net ************************************************************************ LAS VEGAS AGE Oct. 7, 1905 NIGHT WATCHMAN KILLED SUNDAY Joe MULHOLLAND, recently appointed night watchman, was shot to death in Arthur FRYE's saloon, on First Street, about six o'clock last Sunday morning. The man who did the killing was one Wm. MC CARTY, a habitue of the saloon district. From the testimony adduced at the preliminary examination, it appears that MC CARTY and MULHOLLAND had had some words over a ring, which led to a vicious quarrel between them. As a result of this quarrel, according to the testimony of R. T. LOCKETT, a bartender in Fry's saloon. MULHOLLAND struck MC CARTY and later pulled his gun and placed him under arrest, marching him away to the lockup. A little later, MULHOLLAND returned to the saloon and stated to LOCKETT that he had let MC CARTY go, as the jail was cold and damp and he would not put any man in such a place for the night. It seems that after being liberated MC CARTY went to one Jack QUINTELL and procured a gun. Returning to the saloon about six o'clock he walked up to the bar and ordered a drink. About that time MULHOLLAND came in thru the back door, walked up to the other end of the bar and stood there. Suddenly, MC CARTY was heard to say, "Have you got your gun," or something to that effect, and before the words were fairly out of his mouth, three shots were exploded in rapid succession. The only other persons present were bartender R. T. LOCKETT and G. S. COLLINS, who were making up the cash for a change of shift, and did not realize what was happening until it was all over. So far as the deed itself is concerned, it seems to have been premeditated and committed in a deliberate and cold-blooded manner. Regardless what may have happened prior to that time there is little positive evidence. One of the shots entered MULHOLLAND's body a little in front of his right side, and the other two penetrated his back. The wounded man was conveyed to a tent fronting on Second street, in the rear of the Pioneer Saloon and Drs. MARTIN and RENSHAW summoned. Dr. MARTIN arrived first and made an examination and proceeded to dress the wounds, but he found his patient in a dying condition. MULHOLLAND expired at eight o'clock, about two hours after the shooting. An inquest was held Sunday forenoon and a verdict rendered in accordance with the facts. The preliminary examination was held in Justice RALPH's court Monday. The only witnesses were Drs. MARTIN and RENSHAW, called as experts in the inquest, and COLLINS and LOCKETT, who were present at the shooting. After taking the evidence MC CARTY was committed without bail. Deputy Sheriff MURPHY on Monday took the prisoner to Pioche, where his fate will soon be decided by the Grand Jury and the District Court, as the Court is now in session and the Grand Jury will convene next week. Through the generosity of J. O. MC INTOSH of the Arizona Club, the deceased was given a decent burial, as no reply was received from a telegram sent to his mother before it became necessary to inter the remains. Mr. MC INTOSH was assisted in making the arrangements by Arthur FRYE and C. E. BURKE. These three proprietors closed their places of business during the funeral ceremony.