, 1876-09-23
"NICKn " GEARY.

HIS DEATH At PHILADELPHIA.
News yesterday rcnrfrd tlsis city OF tho nc
cldcntal shooting Of Ncholaa ueary. who, under
the nickname If "Nick," was known to oil tho
sporting community in this city. "Nickn
was resident Of this city away hack In lSi0, In
which ycar he came Wcst from Now York with
family Of Sonic four or five brothers, who all
srttlcd here, all.! twn Of whom arc III the pawn
broking business Mt the present datc. lie was
known to tho police rs o pretty hard fellow
shrcwl, cunning, tltstrustfl, alll leceitfu]. To
tell tllq truth, "Nick" wus pretty raugla cus-
toner, although. like many inure who rank IN
tho same cNtcgo5y, hu Ind his gJutl points, &Ie
WIS known chiefly as IL squirting ltn.1', IN the
widest scnsu of that term. Froni street.-the l!e
a bctsinE. man; hut: when It cais,e to the
rub, much lowrr Cnmo satisfied itR pocket-auok.
At one ttHu he WIS IL, with gang wllo lnnllc
the ugly practice OF holding M bclnted cltizcns
their only business, asltl ut a1l1tcr tfsle lie Wits
the acknowledged boss Of u gang Of ynung pick
pockets, which embraced sryenl Ut tlsu very
shrewlest Of tllls profession, a,ll one Of wlu,
still remains In ts city, hut u not dulng much
work. Durll;s this latter venture, lc WIS ut the
same time ungasstti In runlllsg the English
Kitchen, IN cat!ng-Eousu ou ts,e corner Of Dear
born nlMl Monron structs, but owing to tic
prescnce of II liar, and consequent ruws auuug
place, the "kItvhcnn had hut short Exist
encc. It was hrsr tint hc fell into dlsrcpute
Fnmong tho sporting fraternity, A,nl Wis utrnly
accuscd OF curryiug fnvor with them to ret their
to the police In NIL their la:ufatiuas. lie next
camo u the front In tho Mike Evans nml Ell
Phillips clcrtiuIi.caec which created such Il
furore,- anu dnrinE i'ose mlsy days Of
friend Ut Mike Evilsls. II there was my altUt-
box shilling lnnc,-und Goi knows tIlere was,-
Nick GeurY knew IN much auut II as any other
one man, aud perhaps considerably nA1re, but rs
hat ttfyf 1k,f
There Is probably no prDoi Of IT, and MIX "
can never tell tho tatc.
THE CIRCUMSTANCES or THE sHoOT1NG
wero at first exceedingly l!icagFc,-suel! US were
one BY his brutl!cr James Geary,. and anothvi
by afatt Farrell, formerly Gcury's bar.tcndrr
but at present IN the cnpioy of Abu Pollock. Ir
consequence of this I"uslty u information, vi
kiuds OF runnrs hcca.ne rife, and IL was cyel
said tim. :" Nick II hah prostituteh his crooket
abilities to tbs police, nnd was engaged tn gtr
Ing awaJ ''cruolss" UNI their 'raekcls," a1!d t'
been slot N reyfn:o BY s9fMo one whom l,s as
Information regarding the shooting, however
J. and consequently nothing could be glcnMct b,
tho reporter. Lille Inst night, however, the fsll
particulars Of tho affair were secured, anil arr
party Of young nusha under tl.e inlluctrc q
liquor entered tile saluoM VI the Madden Dros
1T tho southwest corner of Eighth aud Samson
sess'' g Jussp s'f'psia aaisn S' os Il 'pHs IL
/: pfoprlsturs. Tho ,sr',wd were quickii,
bounced out, but they returned SHORTLY
and proceeded to ucnlUlIsh the b,l
md anihllnte tic keeper with glusses and bot
lies. Madden drew a revolver to protect hit,l
seif, aud turned IL fire ut one VINO appeared Il
be thu ringlcalcr VI tho mob. At tho eAlllt
moment "ktcle'' Gcary seized hu.i ut tic fut
low and received the ball III tic right shoulder
: getting VERY severe, alld what aItcswnrll
proyel to bc fatai, SHOT. "EIck" was u war;,
friend Ut Matldcl's, md no suspicion OF iot.
play Is entertained. fhewou,nlcl ,ilan was plarct
!, In a carriage, md ACCOMPANIED by Madden, wa
taken to d physicial,'s oticc, 4nd was there los
sight Of by I'LL except his reinttyua ald n,ost tu
:, tiiaatc frLents, Tie nloat strenuous enIeuyor
wcre nude to hush up tile atlar, u.il to collcra
Geary's Identity, which probably accounts fo
the intagre Information received III this cit
concernlng it. Maiden closed ur kis saloon an;
made h!s departure Without being n,ulcste,
: W, thu police, and W to Iast account
. gradually sank until 2:31 Thursday afternoon
!: When hc died. Ills Dratlcr JaIues Geary, all
QUO Or twn other personal frleuds left tor rhil.
., dolphin Thursday evening ur yesterday morl
Ing, ns did also Billy Pnkerton, by whom 1t
aafd Geary xus employed as 'ts4uealct.n
= The decreased wps married to q daughter
{: old Ben Jennings. the prince Of circus clown
by whom hu had ono child. lie waA about .
= years Of ago, and bus number Of friends AZ
Selatiyes Ia this city.