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Note: Alias:<ALIA> /Micheal/
Cause of Death:<CAUS> stab wound
Article: The ChicagoDaily News, Friday, December 21, 1894
CLARK STREET MURDER
Robert Davis Is Beaten and Shot and Physicians Say His Wounds Are Fatal
QUARREL AROSE OVER A SLEEPING DOG.
Tony Raggio Calls Friends and Eugene Sullivan Responds by Shooting Davis-
An Arrest.
Robert Davis was fatally wounded this morning in a quarrel with Euge
ne Sullivan. Davis lived at 435
Clark street, and the quarrel arose over a dog. The wounded man was tak
en to the county hospital and
Sullivanlocked up at the armory.
From first accounts Davis was not to blame for the quarrel that start
ed the trouble. He lives with his
mother, who has a restaurant in the basement of 435 Clark street, and th
is morning about 1 o'clock hestarted
to leave the place to go down town. As he closed the door behind hima
nd looked up the stairs leading to the
sidewalk, he saw a dog lying on thetop step. This, he thought, might dri
ve away patronage, and, with an eye
for the prosperity of his mother's business, he called to the dog, tryi
ng to drive it away. The animal sprang up
and ran a few steps and then stopped.
"Here, don't hit that dog," said a gruff voice, "for if you do I'll k
ill you."
Davis turned and recognized Tony Raggio. He sharply remarked th
at he had notstruck the dog, but he
would not have it sleeping on the steps.
"That's all right," replied Raggio, "if you hit it I'll fix you."
And with that Raggio is said to have struck Davis on the side of t
he head. The latter was standing on the
sidewalk at the time and fell face downward. Raggio sprang upon hi
m, it is alleged by witnesses, and
commenced kicking and striking him. But Davissoon proved that he was amp
ly able to defend himself. He
was the stronger of the two and it was not long before Raggio was on the d
efensive.
For a moment the men fought with considerable activity, but when Dav
is thought he had punished Raggio
sufficiently he released him. The last named ran to a barn inthe re
ar of the restaurant and called two of his
friends. They were EugeneSullivan and James Hines, and they returned wi
th Raggio to the scene of the
disturbance.
"Where's the man?" asked Sullivan.
"Right there." replied Raggio, with an oath, as he pointed to Davis.
Sullivan, it is alleged, drew a revolver and fired at Davis. The m
en were not over ten feet apart and it is
thought it was the first shot that made the fatal wound. Davis plunged fo
rward and tried to grapple with
Sullivan, but he turned and ran toward Polk street. Before he reached t
he corner he fired four more shots at
Davis, none of which took effect. Revolver in hand Sullivan turned the co
rner of Polk and Clark streets and
started east. He had gone only a few steps before he met Officers Burn
s, Fitzgerald and Loftus, who arrested
him.
Eugene Sullivan, who is charged with firing the shot that is expect
ed to cause the death of Davis,
surrendered to the police and was taken to the Harrison street station. T
he wounded man was taken to a
physician's office and subsequently to the county hospital. Examination s
howed that Sullivan's bullet had
lodged in the abdomen.
The officers also arrested Raggio and Hines. Edward Collington and B
ruce Boldane were taken to the
station as they were near the men when Davis was shot. They claim, howeve
r, to know nothing of the affair.1880 Census: Chicago, Cook County, IL
Residence: 396 South Clark Street
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