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O'Brien - Nicholas


Source: Crawfordsville Daily Journal Friday 26 December 1890

Loogootee, Ind., Dec. 26—Late Wednesday night in front of the Nolan Brothers’ Saloon, a drunken fight was begun. Someone fired a revolver into the saloon. Immediately three of the Nolans began firing their revolvers through the window at the crowd on the outside, and a bullet from Peter Nolan’s weapon struck Nicholas O’Brien, aged 19, in the temple, killing him instantly. O’Brien was watching the fight. Two of the Nolan brothers were arrested but the other fled. - s

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