People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 May 1896 — Charles J. Stewart Will Die. [ARTICLE]

Charles J. Stewart Will Die.

Denver, May 13.—Comedian Charles J. Stewart, formerly a member of th Haverly minstrels, and lately one oi the managers of the Stewart & Young Graphiphone combination, was fatally shot by William Newell, alias “Kid McCoy,” an ex-convict, in Pat Hickey’s saloon about midnight. Newell had words with Hickey over the payment of drinks, and pulled a revolver, intending to shoot Hickey. He fired, the bullet striking Stewart, who was standing at the bar. Newell and Stewart had entered the saloon together and were fiends. Newell was arrested.