The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-03-19
CAR BANDITTI.
Murderous Attack on a Third Avenue Car-Two
Men Wounded-Arrest Of Mr. William
Huke-A Visit to Bellevue Hospital
The Sixteenth Street Gang.

At u few minutes past four O'Clock Yesterday
morning another car outrage took place, in which
several shots were fired and two men wounded
one seriously and the other slightly. II appears
that as Car l56 Of the Third avenue line was pro-
ceeding up town a man and woman entered the
car and subsequently refused to pay their fares,
and alter leaving the car the woman attacked the
conductor and her companion fired several shots
at him, shot taking effect in his lip and another
shooting a looker-On in the foot, which 1t is
feared he will lose. Mr.. William luke, q shoe
maker. of East Thirty-thir street, was arrested
yesterday suspicion, bat released on 500 bail
The following is his story
INTERVIEW WITH MR.. WILLIAM HUKE.
Yesterday afternoon reporter of the HERALD
called upon Mr. William Hukc, a weli-to-do shoe
MAKER residing at 1886 East Thirty street. and
gained from him the following statement last
night went to a social gathering, taking my wife
and fsur children with me, and accompanied some
friends down town, after which we got into a car
coming towards our home, In Thirty third street.
The car was filed with people, all seated, including
several members of the Siyty-nlnth regiment, ana
a couple OF newspaper boys folding their papers for
sale, and lent n hand to one OF them. on the
road, nashly dressed young fellow, looking more
like "a rowdy than respectable individual, with
woman, whose morals should think were not as
good rs they might be, entered the car from the
front platform, but none OF us paid much attention
to the pair, and we could not recognize them
again. My wife noticed that the woman was eX.
eys hs ad hsr hair
the car arrived at Fifteenth street dispute &C.
Cured between the man lust alluded to and the
conductor, and they passed TO the rear end OF the
car, and were about descending, when heard
loud and angry voices. Meanwhile the bell
came to a standstilI The next t tii 81
heard was voice shouting, 'Come down
here" and ] imagined this was a challenge
to the conductor to come down and fight. The
front door of the car was opened, and tie driver
called out TO me to hold the reins, as he was going
round TO help the conductor. lie had hardly got
the length OF the car when heard several pistol
shots fred IN rapid succession" Here the vie in
terrupted the story and said "a great many OF the
people laid down in the car, thinking that shots
would be poured in including several OF the Sixty
ninth soldiers. ! stood up with baby in my arms
was AFRAID that my husband would be killed.
II l live 100 years snail never forget those
few seconds" The husband then continued his
story This morning was arrested, to my IN.
tense Indignation, by officer Schenck, who had
been told by fellow Mcclure. who was shot in
the foot and Is now In Bellevue Hospital that he
had heard me say, Give IL to him. which an
unmitgated lie, and / cannot imagine what
not know single person in the car never have
carried pistol in my life and never will. and al
though do not think 1t necessary to state Will,
however, say ! was never arrested before in
my Lille. | have heard to-day. but this
is merely hearsay, mind you, that the
teenth street gang. was taken to Essex Market
Police Court this afternoon and put under 81, 500
bail to appear when called upon, and my brother
in-law, Mr., Heller, went my bail. The whole affair
commenced out OF a ten cent dispute"
INTERVIEW WITH THE WOUNDED MAN.
Through the kindness OF Warden Brennan, a re-
porter OF the HERALD went to Bellevue Hospital
and saw John Mcclure, aged eighteen dealer in
sawdust who was confined in the prison depart
ment, next to the cell recently occupied by
the murderer simmons. The reason why Mcclure Is
In this department OF the hospital is that it was
believed at first that he was an accessory to the
shooting At first he was disposed to be very
retIccnt, and would not acknowledge his name,
but admitted, on a second question being put to
him. that he lived at 800 East Thirty third street.
He said :-"1 had been to ball or the Father
Matthew r. A. b. No. 9, and was coming home at
little past four; saw car standing still. and
man and woman coming out Oft, and heard her say
to the conductor Il think - you -, and thereupon
she struck him, and at the same time heard pistol
shots and found myself wounded IN the loot. |
think was about twelve feet from the car. The
doctors have been working at my foot to-day TO get
know of the AFFAIR." AT this moment his mother
came to pay him visit and told him, like Jobs
comforter, that she had always disagproved OF
going to balls and That he now saw what had hap.
pencd.
WHAT THE CAR DRIVER LORENZO SHAW, SAYS.
Yesterday evening visit was paid to Lorenzo
Shaw, the car driver. to see how lie had fared but
he said that he was not hurt and was able TO re-
sumo his WORK. The conductor Philip Farley,
who was wounded in the neither lip by one OF the
shots, was not able to return to bis work yester
day. but will probably do so in few days. Onicer
who arrested Mr. Huke, is under the belief that
Mcclure knows more about the perpetrator 81 the
outrage than he IL willing TO confess; but this II
must be remembered, Is mere suppostion