A Dangerous Man at Large
Item
- Title
- A Dangerous Man at Large
- Source
- The sun (NY)
- Date
- 1880-06-07
- page
- 3
- Identifier
- https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030272/1880-06-07/ed-1/?sp=3&q=murder&r=0.352,0.378,0.238,0.114,0
- Crime
- Murder
- Subject
- murder; siblings
- Gender of alleged offender
- male alleged offender
- Gender of alleged victim
- Male alleged victim
- Stage of the Legal System
- crime
- Location
- In-State;Corner of 23rd st and 2nd ave
- Length of story
- 823
- Description
- A DAtlGlIlUUS MAN AT LAllOK Another Instance nf the Imptmllr the Seen nell Fnmllr Injnjr In hhoollna Ipoplr In 1808 when Flcironco Bcnnuoll was run nlnn for Alderman of tho KlKlitoonth Ward ho nnd his brother John wont Into n noted Turn many saloon on thn corner of Tncntylhlrd street nnd Second aonuo kept by Thomas Uonohuo and In I low minutes afterward worn cnioylnei a lirorou free fight I iisaMrred that t that was what they wont for hut tluiy sub eonuantly donlod that they had threatened to I clean out tho ntaco In tho course ot the mflco Florence SClnnnll was shot In the back below the waist t Ho was taken to Billpvui Hospital nlid there lingered paralwnl In i his lower Hints and enduring great ncnnr until the uueccodlnc spring when ho dlod After his death John Bcnnnell frequently avowed hU Intention of killing Donoliuo anti made nt least one unnuc cpfsful attempt to carry his throat Into execu tion t Hut although the sporting men poll ttclana t of his clans olTlcorB nod ninny other persons knew what ho had sworn to do nobody eoomod to think It worth whim to tnko any measures for bin restraint Even an IncfTnotlin Is shontlni at Donoliuo on I public Street was tmsaid by without complnlnt or notlcp Iprmo MHO i t euardud himself I f ns well I an hu u eon Id from his h unumy and eaapod his Into for about two years but then John nnnill canuht him nun nlitlit In Johnsons pool room unnrnifil shot him down anti fired several bore biillnts Into him I t M hu Iny hplplpKn on tho I floor klllliii him upon the spot wlmrii ho fell For that brutal and powardly osn i lnntlon John Spiinnnll was nontpneuil to be hangout but mannunit to get I son trlnl upon whlili ho rscnped by n pica of lositnlty An nn InAne erimlmil hn was spntencpd to the Utica Asvliiin but In I law days was llbcrntpd ns n perfectly rnno person and returned to this Pity wliwro ho has henn living ever ulneo carrying a livery 6nhn coil liquor natoon On Iho 2itlt of last Dioember At 2 oclock In the morning Elwnnl A Beannnll brother of tint murdered floronco and Ihn murdiirer Tohnenteroda Imrroom nt 1154 Thlnl murtorH Hu was IntnxICHteil and In vluw of his IInnln reputa tion as I danKoroim mana fame which hn had ninths Kooilon pruvloim occnRlons by ehontlnir nt thn tmrkneppr of tlmt snmu saloon anti br other equally reckless and violent exploits his I advent was vIewed with npprehenslnn A boy was slnclne BOOKS from 1lnaforp when ho I entered toil seiernl men worn listening with plnnitira to thn lads vocal cflorts Kit Siniinull Iu I roughly ordered tha llttlo follow to ttiut up1 u nnd when he wits not Imnudlntply obotrd truck him II couple of severe blows Among HIOSB present was a bnrber named Henry Wll lenry WI Bon wh took tho boys part so far as to rumoii I strain with Scnnnoll for his violence and crml ty Scnnnill retorted with unninortablo Inn eungn Ind threats A fight ensued which Scan nell got thn worst of HIP barber knocking out I one 01 his leIh In the nfTiny The combitantg I were separated nnd Hcannnll started ns If too I toward the hack part of tho saloon but cuiMin h I threw his eonv npnt nnd oiPirondv plhtol anti placing thn muzrla of I rlnnpto Wflsiin8 I Omen llrnd Before nny ono could Interfere lint I ns Wilson wni falling the dusperadn fired a second limp Then hn turned ran out of thn snloon anti mailo good his Wilson IDfl 100 pscnp WIol was I taken to Ilull iun Hospital nnd then It wim found that I both nhotB bail takpn fleet t ham liullet t from the llrst lodging deeply In thu nasal bones thn second ranging downward through thn plt sldo of tho fate Into thu neck For siniu limn I this wounded man lay In 1 very prucarloni eon dltlon but eientunlly rpcoer l hut wouM buiiisassln wn captured n couple ilniintr In Pntnrson N J when ho was placlilly wait Ing for the ntTalr to blow over or bn llxed IIP Judgo Qllilorslnmo ailmlttnil him to hall In the sum of 13000 his own mother Hrldgit Scnnncll rofildent at 317 Lust Tivnnninienth street becamn his security and hu wits onco worn sel nt liberty Imiulrr at thn District Attorneys oIlier dpilopi 1 tit e lat that I lit I nil fit tlilil I ncalnst Kdward A 8r nnncll Is still In n pigeon hold thorn anil the District Attorney Sad i Hint It will doubtless bn readied for trlnl In dun of time but course when that tlmn will he hn has no Idin ns sometimes cases Ho over as much as two Tcis anti n half
