The Morning herald., 1875-11-05
The Duel In the bedroom.
WHAT Is KNOWN OF THE TRAGEDY IN
Delaney STREET.

The New York Sun speaks as follows
n duel in New York tenement hous
upon the day of election between tive jews
!, The body Of Joseph Goldman, the Polisl
: Jew, whs, wss shot by his ex-partner OF
election day, still lay yesterday where j
had fallen, in the top-roon at l06 Delan
cey street. The room underneath are oc
cupied by family named Wideman. Ont
Of the girls was alone in the room at abou
4 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon, and hearc
a violent struggle overhead, and immedi
atcl, thereafter a number of pistol shots
fired in such rapid succession that she could
aot count them. A heavy fall followed
and, supposing that the stove had been
overthrown in the scuf1le, she ran from her
room shrieking fire. The occupants Of the
adjoining rooms quickly congregated on the
landing. They, too, had heard the pistol
shots. A h nd-to-hand struggle was evil
IDENTIFY stil in progress above VIXEN
David Purison, the tenant of the room, en-
tered tue house. He went up stairs
and found his door .bolted, and the sounds
within were those of the death struggle.
He ran down stairs and went out, as he
said, to summon policemen. Just as he
went out the last shot was fired and another
fall was heard. Then all was still, and
minute af,erward John Beckel, the owner
Of the house, entered. When Officer
Henkin arrived he heard many conflicting
stories, ami score of terrified men and
women followed hi;a up stairs. lie forced
the door, but was prevented from opening
it entirely by what proved 10 be the body
OF Davis Jeroslaw lying behind it. He
was still breathing slightly, and he had a
small bullet hole on the side of his right
temple. Goldman's body lay face upward
at the other side of the room, but the
apartment was SO small the bodies wer.
not four feet apart. One bullet had en-
tered close to the right ear, and another
had penetrated the right temple. He was
almost dead. A small seven barrelod re-
volvsr was c.utched in his s,itienins
fingers, and a wea Hon precisely similar was
lying by Jeroslaw's side. Four of the
chambers were empty, and Goldman's
pistol seemed to have been fired twice. The
plaster had been knocked from the ceiling
in two places by the bullets, and broken
pane showed where third ball, and per-
haps others, had passed through the win
dow.
Jereslaw was taken 10 tile Eldridge
street police station, and thence to the
Bellevue Hospital. lie was unconscious
until his death at six o'clock yesterday
morning.
GOLDMAN Il DAVIS, JEWELLERS.
David Jeroslaw was an induStriou. and
reaceaLle man. He was thirty-eigh, years
Of age, rather below the medium height.
stout and muscular. About two wears and
A half ago he left his wife and three child
rem in Poland and came to this country to
win home for them. The first year he
worked in mandatory of cheap jewelry,
and then, having saved little money, he
formed partnership with Joseph Gold
man, and they opened jewelry sts at
e3S B:oone street. Upts that time Jerc-
'law had sent a part of his earnings 10 his
amilv in Poland. but soon after forming
he partnership with Goldman he became
unable to continue his remittances. The
firm was known as Goldman l. Davis.
]sroslaw, as is not uncommon with his
-2ce, not using his surname as business
title. Their profits were tolerablv large,
Dat Goldman always took the lions share,
eaving his partner hardly enough to sup
port himself. Jeroslaw was boarding in
dilman Jo.ephs's house, at 10 Essex
treet, and Josephs had offered to let him
nave 500 to fern new partnership with
Nathan Propstein. The offer was accept
ID, and the partnership wa. .foIned under
the title OF Propstein & Davis, both mem
'ers Of the firm. Propstein says, having
o work from 6 o'clock in the morning un-
Ill 9 at night 10 make ends meet. But they
succeeded, and two months ago Jeroslaw
vas enabled to purchase tickets to bring
hs family to New York. They were to
have started from Poland within a few
week weeks. and the day bsisrs his death
Jsroslaw' made arrangements to furlsh
rooms for them.
AN OTFER REJECTED,
Meanwhile Goldman was carving on