The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-01-25
MURDER In THE OLD FOURTH
TRAGEDY IN A SALONS BO1RDINO
HOUSE IN GLITTER STREET
Drunken seamen PammeIIInE the Proprietor,
who was TJeetInG n Woman go One shot
Down Anerward-Dead In Thirty seconds.

Drunken seamen PammeIIInE the Proprtet or,
who was FJeetIng Woman One shot
| Down Aforementioned In Thirty seconds.
At 10 Oliver street Ia the oldest and most
noted sailors boarding house in the Fourth
Ward 1t Is q three-story dingy brick dwelling
| with iron ratings and gable windows in tho
style OF fifty years ago. Heavy wooden shutters
guard all the windows except those Of the
ground story. and m iron network affords adj
dltitona protection to panels which have been
kicked in by the feet OF two generations OF
drunken sailors Over tho door in big letters
are the words Sailors Return" Tho house
next door to tho right Is precisely similar and
is called " The New Brunswick" On tho left at
| 1871, Ed. Farrell keeps n small taor's shop and
listens bctlmcs TO tho drunken brawls going on
| beyond the thin partition. Tho barroon OF tho
Return" is small curiosity shop. Back Of
the counter ranged tall black bottles lemons.
cigars. cheap colored prints. and an old fash
| Toned mirror. Tho bar itself is hardly six
feet by three. with painting and panels worn
| out by age and use. while the room itself Is so
small that a dozen sailors MI It to over
| flowing. gaudily coOrcd parrot with
vicious bcak and oar-splittng cacklc swings in
Il cage over the bar. and mixes his own oaths
with those Of the drunken customers A cracked
and faded mantelpicco adjoins the bar. and
bears tho accumulations OF half century.
There are brazen images Of Terpsichorc and
another heather goddess unrecognizabe.
Cheap plaster Of paris statuettes Of Santa Claus.
| wrapped in furs. with snOw-covercd locks ana
hugo pack of good things for the little ones.
| flank the hrunzcs. while above them project two
| cracked and vanished dcers' heads. with wide
| branching nnters. Silvrred lenves, cmhlemutic
| of christmas. are fcstooued among the nntlcrs
| and the hronzes and the plaster of paris. Hang
| Ing lanterns u red and blue depend from the
| ceiling. which. when lighted, discover smoky
| and battered old pictures displayed against the
| walls. A dust-cOVorcd model of the Great East
crn. in rcliet-thc work VI some disablcd salt
| is shut M in glass casr alongside the mantel
| plece. Opening out OF the rear Of the room is
| an entry door and a window opening into
wash house. from which is a narrow stairway
| to tho upper stories.
Ii was into that harroom Of the Sailors Re-
| turn that three hnlf-drunken seamen staggered
| ~ 10 O'Clock on Thursday evening. They were
| Henry Maiden, an Englishman. 81 tho ship
| Umha, lying AZ Martins stores, and two " his
messmntes. William Greene and Robert Keat-
ing. Madden was young. powerful, thlrk-eet
man 81 medium stature. with powerful arms
| and limbs. aud muscles like those Of "a bullock.
| His companions were ordinary looking sailors.
| None of them were armed. They ordered SOW
| eral rounds Of drink shouted halloood and
| slapped ua,h other ON tho back. Then Madden
| fell e. the floor in n drunken stupor and WIS
| laid ON rckety lounge in tho corner Soon
| ait"rward three Italian musicians opened the
| door and dragged in harp aud two violins.
| They started u lively air and Greene and keat-
| ing danced a hornppe. The Italians speedily
| got iudied with liquor. and tho sailors Return
|
| just before midnight shrieks of Murdcrp
anu helpl rang out from the hallway and
| the sound 81 blows was heard Greene and
| k"atlnR rushed to the entry. and half way up
the stairs found Smidt. the proprietor. rs they
| aver, i"lAboring drunken woman who had
was trying to get her out Of the house. The two
sailors fell upon Smidt and pounded him about
| the face and neck. After they had bruised and
| pummeled i'm until he was black and blue.
| 'h"y returned Ia the bar. They had hardly
closed the door when smidt. livid with rage.
| forced IL and. leNglliug IA hpaXV lxa-
| chambered revolver. cried. o. Get out, - -
ri you or ~ shoot! ,AS9in Greene and
| and Joined them They knocked down Smidt.
| took the revolver away from him. and. using
him about the face and eyes with ii. Large
welts were raised on his forehead. and two
| sharp. deep cuts were made over his eyee
| When he arose he was q ghastly spectacle.
~ FIX YOU. - your he shouted. running
Greene and Heating handed the revolver to
Mrs. Smidt. who was standing behind the bar
and went on drinking; The chatter of Smidts
shoes on the stairs had hardly died away before
| the mu2zle Of n double barrclled shotgun was
poked through the window leading from the
| washhouse and the contents were fred into tho
| throng A. cartridge containing forty bsckshot
struck Madden plumb In the throat. and he sank
"Polcei murder policel" yelled tho half
| frantic Italians. who had rushcdou, ofthe house
and stood bawling in the doorway. The par
lec,rd. and O1i'cr Charles Meinckc tried To
| force an entrance. but found the door barred.
| and crawled through it, followed by Onl'ers
| Wright and Cooley. who had heard the row.
In"y found the body # Madden lying twisted
up near the corner ot tho old settce Smit
| was standing In the rear room. logged and de-
| nant. with IN" smoke still curling from tho
| mu22le ~ his gun. Mnincke seized him roughly
and asked: Did you shoot that man ?" Smidt
| acknowledged that he hal. and muttered some
| thing about tho man attacking him first, The
| on tried the uoor loading into the hail. and
| found IL barred. As they forced II open man
who had been trying 20 Keep 4 closed shouted
! Don't shoot Tor tfNu's gNkRi' Whom he
| the oil IRIS buttons he threw open the door an |
surrendered. Tho man was Greene, who la !
barred himself ~. and imagined that Smidt
| Wis trl lng to break down the door 10 kill him.
Eleven persons Were taken 10 the Oak street
| station. The three musicians DESCRIBED them
| solves IA Francisco Gerard OF 43 sullivan street
| nomnirk Modena of the Same number. and
Nlncenzo Trudo Of Il McDougall street. They.
with Greene, Heating and the other persons
| House Of ID tention rs witnesses.
| Coroner Woltman held preliminary exam
| inntion ia the Oak street station yesterday and
Deputy Coroner McWhinnie. in a post-mortcm
| examination. found o quantity Of tho split buck
shot r. the neck Of Madden. He SAYS that tho
Smidt was In Capt Petys private ofilce. lie
| Is u tail. muscular man, about 30 years Of age.
is STA TSt9 sl aeT 'front.' sH and II ack w
| diamond pin and gold collar button were covered
| with blood that had trickled down over his
| shirt vest, and on the lapel ~ his coat. His
lace was hideous mass OF cuts and volts BY
| advice Of his counsel be refused 10 wash in
order 10 show tho Jury the injuries that had
| provoked him 20 the murder. The shotgun
with which the killing was done Is breach
loading. and Of the finest steel The cartridge.
| which are marked " No. ~. are two inches in
| length by half an inch thick, made OF thick
| pas,ebonrd, and contain shot large enough 10
XII the biggest buck. Tho revolver had three
| Of tho chambers loaded and two with percus-
| sion caps on the nipple Smidt saws that ho
| fir d the shot not from tho wash house but from
tho back OF the barroom.
Runaway GIrIs from Boston.