New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-05-06
LOCAL. MISCELLANY.
THE LAST OF "MURDERERS ROW.

THE LAST OF "MURDERERS ROW"
TEARING DOWN THE PART or HoUs'O"
KNOWN BY THAT NAME.
The number Of old buildings in this city wpch aio
g., nav Structures Is said 20 be much larger IMAM
ns,,al Among those which arr ABOUT 10 9usaIYPoa a.
Is the row Of brick houses on 'ne hoI Croshvos
conmonlv called "Murderers Row" ms property,
Including several houses on the broadway coinv ~
has belonged for the Last quarter o. for period Of
eixty-three years, at rental OF @Zo7vVVV laisrs
Levy Brothers Il Co, wholesale eIo. nter among
The grog shops dance houses, oyster sdoohs h1nS
laundries printing Offices and glass-nio"s,,S bvId
of which the block Is iSn buding on the site
"Murderers Row, as its name lnuicates a a. ths
horne Am unenyiabe reputation, anu az so"Ia a %
LII ~ demolishing il was begun large crown u
woIs Va tnns,ers and street urchns gathered 10
latch the fal Of the bricks ana raiters Tue in
terest which they mannestea was NV wert
silver and nickel coins found among inc Inlns ue'
also several dies used by the counterielteIs
greater or less value Yesterday afternoon one Oh
The workmen found an old suver-mounted Walhlns
stick weighing about FIVE pounds WiiSn On Indson
ton was found To- bear Inc name " L. H. "
From Harry Hill, who has lived IN tne neig ,
borhood twenty-egbt years dHle ouNt Of su
yesterday obtained the following ace"un' Va ~
saWben ! first came to New-York this part Of
mn
house on the Broadway corner now toDaeeo
was then low drinking shop Kept py nlap lilsu
Pat EagaD, and right In 'front.' OF on so
walk Reddy the Blacksmith lso called ior naNlns
worked in The blacksmith shop IN the STATE IIlsonI
shot and killed IIaggeity, another sporting rna,,
That one Of the nrl OF 9s the war broke
ont and bounty jumping became fashion doI h '
believe there baTkeeper In honston-s'' VIZ
Iidn,t take 10 bounty brokerage, and they al Haue
niles of money out OF il. The house IN the mludle
II the row was saloon aud gambhng-bouse, KEPT
by Harry Lazarus, VINO OF course . Vac ~ , sas
hounfv business On the other side OF the way was
another bounty shop kept by Barney trhey, an ~
norant Irshman liable TO lose his head every tune
be made little money Wen tne wv" ae rv., aud
went 50 far as TO knock the teeth out OF nus aZa-
russ dogs mouth Two days later barney eaiuo 70 ~
me half intoxicated, and told me he was gong 70
xiii Lazarus. laughed at the IDEA, put that uiu
not prevent his going TO his rivals place the SAM
night and executing the threat Lazarus nJau ne
Tonbs These and other murders and nights Orought
on by competition in the bounty business gave Ile
neighborhoOd bad name and when soiIS t amG
After the h0uor sellers applied to the Health anu
Excise Boards for licenses, Commissioner Acton
made the remark l shall vote against giving
hcenses to such murderers row. Ana Una. mom
the place got this name, which 1t has ever since
kept; ..,.,u, tho ,ni,d;ro on the Crosby-st.
corner WAS also a very notorious resort III used 10
he Johnny Lines gambling house, aud the most Ter
rible fights would occur within
MORTALITY WOUNDED FUN rive DCSHNA'-'
The stabbing ARRAY which occurred "Wednesday
evening in VernOn-ave.. Long lslanc CltyI III an
probability will result in the death OF 1regoIy
Clancy who was cut by Bernard Corners. ne men
are both labOTers, Ccnners being employer at the
Standard Oil Works. On Wednesday, Win mum
her of his comrades. he had struck for wages;
CLANCY is only twentysix years old, and is employed
in the oil wand of Some & Fleming. Inc men were
on good terms, and at the time OF the array Doth
were sober. The stabbing was without pIoVoSauo,
Before the ARRAY Cancys wife had gone 10 eheuSn,
Leaving her apartments and child IN the care OF hel
husband. Clancy, however, went out ana walked
down yernOn-ave TO Eighth-st., where he met Son-
rers who demanded the 80 which Clancy mao 2or-
rowed from him some time before clancy s'uu that
he was out of money but would pay nn as soon as
he could The men walked up the street together
for some distance, and Corners said that lie would
take the worth of the money out OF CLANCY az once,
and ruck him a heavy blow on the chest Clancy
returned the blow and both men clinched. Conners
then drew a knife and thrust il into Clancys aDdo-
men He cut the wounded man twice more ana then
made his escape Clancy was carried 10 MS nome,
and Drs DOnler and Burnett were summoned. Inc
wound is four inches long and four inches deep Inc
physicians say that Clancy cannot recover, but nc
was still alive last evening. The police OF Long
Island CITY were not informed of the atray until an
hour after its occurrence. Then officers were sent
In every direction in search of Conners but up to
last night he had evaded arrest. Corners Is about
forty wears of age and lived with his family IN Yer
nOn-ave. Ii reported last evening that he was
seen al Jamaica yesterday morning