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17 April 2013

COOGAN story 

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(appearing in "Watertown Daily Times" [NY], 08 JUN 1881):

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In New Haven, John Coogan, Tuesday morning, shot Mary Casey, whom
he had been courting.  The cause was jealousy.  She will probably
recover.  Coogan was arrested.

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(appearing in "St. John Daily News" [?], 13 JUN 1881):

SHOOTING HIS AFFIANCED

A Severe but Not Fatal Wound - Made 
Jealous by her Flirtations

NEW HAVEN, June 7 - John F. Coogan of this city attempted to take
the life of his affianced, Miss Mary Casey, in Birmingham, this
morning.  Miss Casey is a resident of this city, and was visiting
relatives in Birmingham.  She is about 20 years of age.  Coogan has
been keeping company with her for several years and was very fond
of her.  Not long ago he presented her with a watch, and at other
times he gave her tokens of his affection.  He was very jealous of
her, and she persisted in flirting.  He followed her to Birmingham
on Saturday night, and, it is said, heard something which further
excited his jealousy.  Early this morning as he was walking along
Atwater Avenue, in Birmingham, he met Miss Casey. No one knows what
happened between the two until Coogan was seen to put a pistol to
her right ear and fire it. The ball glanced off, passing around the
back of her head and making a severe but not fatal wound.  Coogan
soon afterward gave himself up to the police, and Miss Casey was
taken care of by her friends.  Coogan was bound over for trial, and
is in the county jail in this city.  The news of the shooting was a
great shock to the many friends of the young couple in this city.
It is thought that an effort will be made to show that the young man
had become crazed from love of the girl, and was not responsible for
his actions.  It is certain that he has been for some time under a
physician's care for nervousness and general debility, and was 
advised to seek rest.

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