C..-r Av,c,o "o. 3? 5 t. JW July 1H77 the 5Hr Tir tn v;.m r ir.r, vai LEY C-r. a, - sir excitement wns created inour borough on Sundiiy 1 i l ffnre noon, by the report tMat a young man had been shot rH i ti,ln'''l - few miles up the Mahoning valley while engaged snnlinj c a'Tif;, The particulars of the affair as we learned , appear to be Eibu ; follows: Late on 5aurcday night a party of 'joys md y iu- j mp", r inning in age from 14 to 21 yrs . , consisting of Jamer. Purko, li.i klley, Patrick Ct'Dnnnell No.1 and 2, Francis Milloy, Minus Br.hox , William McLaughlin, William McClean, William D.,vis, Hugh n'D. ,!, nnd Frank Brndy, left S. H, and proceeded to the M honing ii'l y, with a supply of baskets and fi6it pails, which they prnpnqd t- fil with stolen fruit, before the formers were about 5und, '1om. A h h -torn of rain accompanied by vivid flashes of lightning ,dri "-p.r r if ic -v 13 of thunder, passing over ihn vallBy between 3 P.. fl, 'p wcrr irrlledto seek shelter, which they obtained by enterir cj n - u I 'd building, through the windows. In this pliice they ron . -pj u"4i1 -Hio storm had passed, when they proceeded to the farm of f-'i , A rv. ifel, over which Mr. Drtniol E. Fritz has been placed is 11 n gr r ,r c.-Tint.Rndent, and conmenced to gather cherries from thn t.rep- , i irnt .sking permiasionf rnm anyone. Being observed by Mr. Frit--, 'e "nrd hinsolf with a gun and proceeded to the spot. Arriving ft pr" r rioi-d them to desist from picking cherries and to leave the t. -r t ' n , which they all appeared to do with the exception of r.nr U imes I'jtU , or Burke Reilly, as he is called, ! young manalout 20 or ""1 z . of g- , who loitered on the tree, and, on finally coming down, .o uoive io Fritz and commenced to throw stomas at him, Bhereu-n 1 Fiifz wet iri to him and strudk him with his gun alongside the head. PurUp t-or- e ched to his pocket and exclaimed: "Damn you, 1511 shoot YCu'" wHo- Fritz, believing his own ,lifs in danger, fired the contents -f his gu 4 the lower BKtremities of Rurkc; but the latter stooping, .0 he TP'-i to dodge the shot, reccivr-.d the load in his neck. He --jgered to wnd over the fence into the road, whore, sitting ri'-i.r , he rr ptcd to take off his coat-, but ijell over dead before he rold mr)li-,h it. Fritz ehn went to his house, but shorly returned md .vTT 'trnd himself to a Justice of the Peace. A coroner's jury r -nled, and, aft r hearing the testimony, rendered the folio irg . j 1 . 11 r 1 -j , j . . x 1... n.; .1 c i 1 1 r i M 1 Cn M n ly -iftcrnoon, at tho request of District Attorney Sinworr , "ir. K. K'iptle held h post '-.urt'-'" "Xci i--iiT n the hr.' i tho v'eco: " . 57 w uihd? i-n'-e d;-t' f J 1 -o ' r "f ck -- d o.l'ro, ,'d 39 nt vC'c er ctd; -etr,t ilih t c -''tpNin -' tr C 'b . tor, t '1. M
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