Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-06-13
ANOTHER SHOOTING APrRAT IN
NEW YORK.
wall street Broker Shot by Son OF
Ex-Governor Lowe, OF Maryland.


The following is the first clear state
ment of the shooting of Theodore
Gardner, a well-known Wall street bro
ker, by a son Of Ex-Governor Lowe, of
MARYLAND On Saturday night, about
II O'Clock, George Anderson, William
H. Thomas, Alfred p. Evans, William
Gould, William Devine and +. +.
Treadwell were in the back parlor of
Emma Cozzens' house, 10 Nelson
place drinking wine. While there two
men, one of them drunk, rang the bell
and were admitted to the front parlor.
/ The party who were in the back parlor
1 left the house, followed III about
minute by the two men who last enter
/ ed the house Anderson and his crowd
( kept on the east side of Mercer street,
and walked toward Waverly place. The
( two men crossed to the east side OF the
street. One of the two men coughed,
/ whereupon one of Anderson's crowd
crossed over and demanded why he had
coughed at him, Il did not cough
at you, sir" was the reply. At
which the man who had crossed
over Knocked him down. The rest of the
crowd from the east side Of the street
then rushed over, and beat the two
strangers badly. Some one in the
crowd then fred five shots. Anderson
was shot in the right thigh; Deylne
was shot in the right hlp, and one of
the two men who gave his name and
address as 7. Gardner, Of lnwood,
( Westchester county, received three
balls. one in the lett hip, one IN the
right haud-caTYing away his md
die finger, and third IN
the abdomen. At this time Rounds
man Day, of the Mercer Street Police
Station, arrived, and took charge OF
Gardner aud Devine Anderson'was
taken by his friends to Elk Hall, No.
3 Waverly place, where he was employ
sd rs barleeper Sergeant Christie,
and Officers Brennan and MCGOWAN
went there soon afterward and arrested
the whole party. Anderson and Gard
ner were attended by Drs. Steele and
Beach, and sent to Bellevue Hospital,
and the others of the party were locked
up. Yesterday morning Captain Byrnes
took the prisoners to Bellevue
hospital for Identification by Gardner.
Gardner expressed the opinion that
Thomas was the man who had shot
him. He said that he was not posi-
tive, but positively identified him as
the man who had struck him on the
head with a stick Captain ByrneS
then returned with his prisoners 10
the Mercer Street Station. Not
feeling satisfied that Thomas was
the person who fired the shots,
the Captain set 30 work to find the man
who was with Gardner, lie found that
his name was Paul Lowe, and that his
father lived at 439 Clermont avenue,
Brooklyn. Thither the Captain went
accompanied by Roundsman Day. Ask
ing for Lowe, he was informed by his
father that he did not 1--we there but
that he was employed as n banking
clerk i'm New street where he could be
found at nine o'clock of any morning.
The Captain then returned to the city
Yesterday afternoon, While passing
through Washington Square he was &C.
costed 10y gentleman who asked him
if he had arrested Lowe On replying
in the negative, the gentleman said:
II have just been talking with man
who told me that he has concealed, but
he refused to tell me where. The man
is standing over there now pointing
him ont TO the Captain), Il wish, ~
said the Captain, that you would keep
him in conversation till | send two
officers to watch his movements The
gentleman did as requested, and Officer
Warren and Roundsmau Day, in civil
Liam 5 clothes, were put upon his track.
The man went rs far as mouse at &
West street, which he entered. The
officers remained outside and watched
for his temperance. In about ten
minutes he came ont with Lowe The
two, followed 10y the officers, walked
mp Broadway 20 Great Jones street,
where they entered the house of Police
Surgeon Steele Officer Warren went
to the Police Station for Captain
Byrues, and when the two men came
ont OF the house they were arrested
and taken t. the Mercer
Street station When Lowe NJ.
pearei in Captain Byrues room he
seemed dovucast The captain was
busy. Lowe said. Captain, | feel
very much distressed about this.
"Don'J say another word, said the
Captain, and when he was ready Lowe
told his story. He did not say that he
Lad done the shooting. ana told his
story thus Il had been in the house
al Emma Cozzens with my friend
Gardner. Welett and We're walking ny
Mercer street when Gardner coughed
There va~ q crowd nj men ou the other