The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-11-03
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ELECTION DAY TRAGEDIES
a MYSTERIOUS DEATH SrRUGGLB
~ DELdNCEr STREET


The Quarrel Of Two jewelers. Ending In .
Challenge TO n Duel In n Tcnement-Two
Pistols Empticd nnd One Man Killed.
One of the tenants of log Delaney strces
ran to Officer Hcnken at about o clock yester-
day afternoon and begged him to 60 and see
what was the trouble In the back room on tho
top story Of the house. lie said the door was
locked, pistol shots had been heard Within
there was a strong smell Of smoke and tho
tenants feared that somebody had committed
suicide. when the officer reached the back
room in the top story OF 106 Delaney street tho
door wus locked, and strong smell Of gun
powder was met. bursting open the door Hen
ken almost fell over man who ! with his
feet against the door. bullet hole was In his
forehead and a revolver in his right hand. Ho
was alive, blt unconscious. Not Fix feet from
hin Law ano.her man, with bullet holo In his
right check and another in the right temple
his richt hend was bloody, and firmly grnspcd a
pistol. his finger pressing the trigger. lie wa,
deHd There we've roofs OF blood or the no,r
Soon David P,f-tcin entered, ard he at first
denied all knOwi DE ~ citneT OF the meu;
dead man WAS joseph Goldman "a Polish Jew,
aud that he had slcp With him the ni-ht before.
lie said he old not krOw the wounded man, nor
could lie tell anythino about the killipg.
The wounded man W is ken To Bellevue Hos
pital, and there lie was dentl0ed as Divid Jer,s-
at ~ East Iroadwdy He boarded at 10 Essex
street with fellow cOuntJyman, simon Josephs
"GOldmnn,' said he, "Came to this country
about eight wears ago, AMI engaged In the re-
psirinT OF jcwelry. About two yeats ago
Jeroslaw came TO this city, and the two went
into the jewelry business together. About
three month. ago they ouarrciled, and JerOslaw,
who boarded with me, accused Goldman OF
stealing $500 from him. The partnership was
dissolved, and since that time they nave often
quarrelled Yesterday while were at tho
dinner table Goidman came In and told JerOslaw
that he wanted MN to pay him tlS1 which
nay NntI kkif eha
est Of flensurc.' Then they had some more
words. and Goldman went away and Jeroslaw
went to his store. About four weeks agO Jeros-
law had sent money to his wife In Europe to
come 70 this county, ana he was expecting
her. About two o'clock there came boy to
him with anotc from Goldman saying that his
(Jeroslaw'sl wife md children had arrived aud
we're !t1,6 Delagccy trcet, ana asking him 10
come immcdi IteN."
"Ny tlieud went" concluded Mr. Josephs,
" aud after he entered the room he was shot by
Goldman, nd then Goldman ehot himself.
Jerp la, never had pistol. knew all about
~ anars, and viii swear tuat he never had a
Tnat the theory that Goldman committed sui
eide Is false is proved by the fact that he had
tut one The pistOls were limos. eXictiy alike,
hyc chambers of Goidman's were empty, AMI
unlikely that after Jefoslaw entered the room.
where he expected to meet his wife and chill
dren,Goldman bOlted the do, put pistol in his
hand, an bade him defend himself a woman
who lives In the building SAID that there wero
sounds OF running am scufiing In the room at
about 4oclook. then followed shots and the
sound OF falling bodies.
The dead man lay In the room late last night
just as ne fell: dim light from lamp shono
upon his blOouy face. Ofirer llenken and two
young men { near, waiting for the Coroner.
There W re 800 in the dead mans pockets, and
a heavy gold chain which POsit In h given
him to mend. Jerosaw lay In the hospital late
last night, unconscious, ana breathins Loudly.
There is little chance OF his recovery. JerOslaw
Is ~ years old. Goldman was "a.
Thomas Fitz- -iobons Of East Twenty second
street and Two brothers named H"cto. Of East
Forty second st'eet, entered 1homa, Mufphy's
| saloon at PIG East lhirty-fourth street yestcr-
| day. They engaged In an angry di-pute, and
were ordered 10 quit the saloon. EitzaIbbons
assaulted Nuri hy wounding him on the head /;
| James Hiurphy "A you'h, was stabbed In the
| head near one eve. Hts injuries are serious.