'The Red Lodge Picket,' Red Lodge, MT
01 Oct. 1892:
The following account of the tragedy at Cooke is taken from a letter to the Livingston Herald under date of September 21:
This afternoon at 4 o'clock Wm. Chick was shot through the abdomen by one James Malloy and died three hours later. The shooting was the result of a drunken quarrel, the men being strangers to each other. In the early part of the afternoon and while in close proximity to Malloy in the O. K. saloon Chick fired two shots from a revolver which he was in the habit of carrying. This promiscuous shooting annoyed Malloy, who was quite drunk, and he procured a rifle and went out in the street. At the hour mentioned Chick came along the street and after some words with Malloy shot twice at him, whereupon Malloy in turn shot Chick through the body with a bullet from his rifle. Chick fell and was carried to his cabin. Before his death he made a statement to your correspondent that he wished all his property to go to his sister at St. Louis, Mo. James Malloy is a stranger in the camp, having come here in search of employment from the Park, where he had recently been working. He expressed great sorrow for having committed the deed. Chick leaves considerable mining property through out the New World district. Malloy is in jail and will have an examination before Justice of the Peace Cutler tomorrow.
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'The Livingston Enterprise,' Livingston, MT
01 Oct. 1892 (excerpted):
William Chick was one of the "old-timers" of Cooke, was 50 years of age and unmarried. He was formerly from Missouri, where a sister now resides. He bore the reputation of being quarrelsome when drunk, but possessed of a kind heart and genial disposition when sober that won the friendship of those who knew him well, and whose tolerance prevented serious results from his outbursts of passion when under the influence of liquor.
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'The Anaconda Standard,' Anaconda, MT
05 Oct. 1892:
(James Malloy is misidentified as James "MacElroy.")
Cooke City, Oct. 2. -- William Chick, the victim of the shooting affray, was buried on the day following his death. While the man who shot him was ascertained to be James (Malloy), of Fort Dodge, Iowa, and was taken to Livingston Friday by Robert Cutler, (Malloy) will find public sympathy with him, for while drunkenness should be denounced, still Chick had been very aggravating and really brought the trouble on himself. (Malloy) is said to be of a good family and regretted the rash deed as soon as it was committed. He will be arraigned at the setting of court Jan. 1.
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James Malloy's trial for the murder of William Chick was held in District Court in Livingston on Jan. 10, 1893, and the testimony corroborated that Chick was the aggressor and that Malloy fired in self defense. A verdict was ordered, "not guilty" returned and Malloy was discharged.
01 Oct. 1892:
The following account of the tragedy at Cooke is taken from a letter to the Livingston Herald under date of September 21:
This afternoon at 4 o'clock Wm. Chick was shot through the abdomen by one James Malloy and died three hours later. The shooting was the result of a drunken quarrel, the men being strangers to each other. In the early part of the afternoon and while in close proximity to Malloy in the O. K. saloon Chick fired two shots from a revolver which he was in the habit of carrying. This promiscuous shooting annoyed Malloy, who was quite drunk, and he procured a rifle and went out in the street. At the hour mentioned Chick came along the street and after some words with Malloy shot twice at him, whereupon Malloy in turn shot Chick through the body with a bullet from his rifle. Chick fell and was carried to his cabin. Before his death he made a statement to your correspondent that he wished all his property to go to his sister at St. Louis, Mo. James Malloy is a stranger in the camp, having come here in search of employment from the Park, where he had recently been working. He expressed great sorrow for having committed the deed. Chick leaves considerable mining property through out the New World district. Malloy is in jail and will have an examination before Justice of the Peace Cutler tomorrow.
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'The Livingston Enterprise,' Livingston, MT
01 Oct. 1892 (excerpted):
William Chick was one of the "old-timers" of Cooke, was 50 years of age and unmarried. He was formerly from Missouri, where a sister now resides. He bore the reputation of being quarrelsome when drunk, but possessed of a kind heart and genial disposition when sober that won the friendship of those who knew him well, and whose tolerance prevented serious results from his outbursts of passion when under the influence of liquor.
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'The Anaconda Standard,' Anaconda, MT
05 Oct. 1892:
(James Malloy is misidentified as James "MacElroy.")
Cooke City, Oct. 2. -- William Chick, the victim of the shooting affray, was buried on the day following his death. While the man who shot him was ascertained to be James (Malloy), of Fort Dodge, Iowa, and was taken to Livingston Friday by Robert Cutler, (Malloy) will find public sympathy with him, for while drunkenness should be denounced, still Chick had been very aggravating and really brought the trouble on himself. (Malloy) is said to be of a good family and regretted the rash deed as soon as it was committed. He will be arraigned at the setting of court Jan. 1.
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James Malloy's trial for the murder of William Chick was held in District Court in Livingston on Jan. 10, 1893, and the testimony corroborated that Chick was the aggressor and that Malloy fired in self defense. A verdict was ordered, "not guilty" returned and Malloy was discharged.
'The Red Lodge Picket,' Red Lodge, MT
01 Oct. 1892:
The following account of the tragedy at Cooke is taken from a letter to the Livingston Herald under date of September 21:
This afternoon at 4 o'clock Wm. Chick was shot through the abdomen by one James Malloy and died three hours later. The shooting was the result of a drunken quarrel, the men being strangers to each other. In the early part of the afternoon and while in close proximity to Malloy in the O. K. saloon Chick fired two shots from a revolver which he was in the habit of carrying. This promiscuous shooting annoyed Malloy, who was quite drunk, and he procured a rifle and went out in the street. At the hour mentioned Chick came along the street and after some words with Malloy shot twice at him, whereupon Malloy in turn shot Chick through the body with a bullet from his rifle. Chick fell and was carried to his cabin. Before his death he made a statement to your correspondent that he wished all his property to go to his sister at St. Louis, Mo. James Malloy is a stranger in the camp, having come here in search of employment from the Park, where he had recently been working. He expressed great sorrow for having committed the deed. Chick leaves considerable mining property through out the New World district. Malloy is in jail and will have an examination before Justice of the Peace Cutler tomorrow.
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'The Livingston Enterprise,' Livingston, MT
01 Oct. 1892 (excerpted):
William Chick was one of the "old-timers" of Cooke, was 50 years of age and unmarried. He was formerly from Missouri, where a sister now resides. He bore the reputation of being quarrelsome when drunk, but possessed of a kind heart and genial disposition when sober that won the friendship of those who knew him well, and whose tolerance prevented serious results from his outbursts of passion when under the influence of liquor.
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'The Anaconda Standard,' Anaconda, MT
05 Oct. 1892:
(James Malloy is misidentified as James "MacElroy.")
Cooke City, Oct. 2. -- William Chick, the victim of the shooting affray, was buried on the day following his death. While the man who shot him was ascertained to be James (Malloy), of Fort Dodge, Iowa, and was taken to Livingston Friday by Robert Cutler, (Malloy) will find public sympathy with him, for while drunkenness should be denounced, still Chick had been very aggravating and really brought the trouble on himself. (Malloy) is said to be of a good family and regretted the rash deed as soon as it was committed. He will be arraigned at the setting of court Jan. 1.
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James Malloy's trial for the murder of William Chick was held in District Court in Livingston on Jan. 10, 1893, and the testimony corroborated that Chick was the aggressor and that Malloy fired in self defense. A verdict was ordered, "not guilty" returned and Malloy was discharged.
01 Oct. 1892:
The following account of the tragedy at Cooke is taken from a letter to the Livingston Herald under date of September 21:
This afternoon at 4 o'clock Wm. Chick was shot through the abdomen by one James Malloy and died three hours later. The shooting was the result of a drunken quarrel, the men being strangers to each other. In the early part of the afternoon and while in close proximity to Malloy in the O. K. saloon Chick fired two shots from a revolver which he was in the habit of carrying. This promiscuous shooting annoyed Malloy, who was quite drunk, and he procured a rifle and went out in the street. At the hour mentioned Chick came along the street and after some words with Malloy shot twice at him, whereupon Malloy in turn shot Chick through the body with a bullet from his rifle. Chick fell and was carried to his cabin. Before his death he made a statement to your correspondent that he wished all his property to go to his sister at St. Louis, Mo. James Malloy is a stranger in the camp, having come here in search of employment from the Park, where he had recently been working. He expressed great sorrow for having committed the deed. Chick leaves considerable mining property through out the New World district. Malloy is in jail and will have an examination before Justice of the Peace Cutler tomorrow.
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'The Livingston Enterprise,' Livingston, MT
01 Oct. 1892 (excerpted):
William Chick was one of the "old-timers" of Cooke, was 50 years of age and unmarried. He was formerly from Missouri, where a sister now resides. He bore the reputation of being quarrelsome when drunk, but possessed of a kind heart and genial disposition when sober that won the friendship of those who knew him well, and whose tolerance prevented serious results from his outbursts of passion when under the influence of liquor.
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'The Anaconda Standard,' Anaconda, MT
05 Oct. 1892:
(James Malloy is misidentified as James "MacElroy.")
Cooke City, Oct. 2. -- William Chick, the victim of the shooting affray, was buried on the day following his death. While the man who shot him was ascertained to be James (Malloy), of Fort Dodge, Iowa, and was taken to Livingston Friday by Robert Cutler, (Malloy) will find public sympathy with him, for while drunkenness should be denounced, still Chick had been very aggravating and really brought the trouble on himself. (Malloy) is said to be of a good family and regretted the rash deed as soon as it was committed. He will be arraigned at the setting of court Jan. 1.
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James Malloy's trial for the murder of William Chick was held in District Court in Livingston on Jan. 10, 1893, and the testimony corroborated that Chick was the aggressor and that Malloy fired in self defense. A verdict was ordered, "not guilty" returned and Malloy was discharged.
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