 As violent fighting broke out within the boardinghouse, Italian laborer "Paddy" Rocco had his skull crushed by a chair and an Irishman, Patrick Constantine, was fatally shot in the abdomen.When the rioters had realized the injuries of the two men, all those involved had fled by the time the police arrived.Although both Rocco and Constantine were still alive by the arrival of the police, Constantine died in a hospital several hours later.