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20 April 2022

COOGAN story appearing in "Cavan Weekly News"
(20 SEP 1878): 


THE ALLEGED ATTEMPTED MURDER IN
THE COUNTY MONAGHAN.

Monaghan, Wednesday.

The latest information which reaches this town concerning the 
affair asserts that the man Edward COOGAN, who was thought to be 
shot dead, is still alive, although in a very dangerous condition.  
It was at first thought that the man who received the shot in the 
left side, near the heart, was dead, but when medical aid arrived 
and restoratives, were applied he began to revive, and although 
weak and in an extremely exhausted condition gradually recovered 
possession of his faculties.  The circumstances of the case are of 
the utmost heart-rending nature.  It appears from what information 
has come to hand that the injured man, Edward Coogan, is a farmer, 
living in Corduff, and his brother, who is also a farmer, holds land 
in the same vicinity.  At least sessions, Edward Coogan obtained a 
civil bill decree against his brother, and proceeded to execute it 
on Thursday last.  No objection was raised to the seizure, but it 
was deemed requisite by the injured man to guard the distrained 
crops of corn.  Accordingly he, along with those employed, were 
engaged watching it when, about two o'clock on Friday morning, they 
were attacked by a number of men.  A conflict ensued and in the 
melee Coogan received a gunshot wound in the left side.  The police 
were immediately communicated with, and strict inquiries made.  
After being made acquained (sic) with the facts of the case the 
police arrested the injured man's brother and two others who were 
supposed to be implicated in the outrage.  The men who have been 
arrested are in jail awaiting the investigation.  Edward Coogan is 
in a very dangerous condition, as all the shot which was lodged in 
his side are not yet extracted.  Considerable excitement prevailed 
when the affair became known, and many and varied were the reports 
regarding it.