The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-12-24
HUNTED DOWN.
HE SHOOTS HIMSELF WHILE IN THE
GRASP OF A POLICEMAN
A Struggle In Pitch Darkness Under tho Floor
OF n shnnty ON Crow miii-why he Meant
60 XIII Auua Jack md his brother.

A Struggle In Pitch Darkness Under the Floor
OF n shnnty ON Crow liiii-why he Meant
TO XIII Auna jackson ma His Brother.
Alexander Jefferson, the negro who muir
derod Henry Hicks and Emma Jackson and
stabbed Anna Jackson. his former paramour.
and shot his brother. Celestial Jefferson. on
Thursday evening. was run down yesterday
afternoon about o'clock. Ho was traced to
fireworks factory in n hollow in Park place.
near Utica avenue. and only quarter Of n
milo from III Buffalo avenue. the scene Of tho
tragedy. Tho factory is a shanty that Is
used by Dennis McCrossen. saloon keeper
OF Schenectady avenue. for the manu-
facture of skyrockets and bombs. and
he keeps several men and boys employed there.
There is an outbulding which is always open.
and Is filed with refuse barrels and boxes.
He took refuge here Immediately after tho
| shooting and stabbing, and 1t does not appear
hat he left tho place even for food Tho shanty
" noorly constructed that 1t is unfit upon
n :. lay for the manufacture of fireworks.
wv, =, wn. accordingly deserted on Friday
q"To,sor e~ined en- rance to 1t through win
a.. 81 concealed himstlf beneath tho floor.
Retvson tho floor and the earth there Is space
OF several \ let. A hclo opens into it from the
faYS sstssraI 1Sr ernSon st about oock while
two boys wcro Mt work on n s bench near the
opening Hne sa Si the 1hne In Gssdn incs
and s SPOKE an tie hm e his head through
the hole and taked free cd ne sior in sn sha
outside s shany S S%y sst he Gaa found
the place good to hide in thai ne 1Se'a an 70
'hs's Ia sad iss
tended to KIN her bit he did n9t nten To s k1i!
that the boys would not betray Hssh mY and md
were afraid to stir for fear he would suspc>.
oSsr M GnSh o one boy that the
little fellow ran as fast as he could to where
se e9af VIII the rSee
son had been seen at the factory he sent
Roundsman Barre and ten men under. com:
mani saan,, 81 sergeant daus to surround and
Tho men were stationed around the factory.
descended through the .hole in the floor tS.
Alarmed Alarmed BY the sound Of strange footsteps
under the door The Sergeant nd hmss
on his hands and knees. In pitch darkness He
teIs cautiously around. and soon touched JEFF
Come out Of hero. Aeck." he said. laying
Jefferson closed with him. and there was
l pistol l. It was though, by the policemen out;
Ronndsman Barre, and Policeman Dnele
heIa The shfany and droPped
the op.enng; On lifting Jefferson into. the
liSnt tncy lOunu tnat no was unconscious, |
and that he had shot himself in the head be-
cral chambers loaded was found where the |
struggle occurred Jefferson was hurried to
the Fulton street police station in wagon and |
there Ambulance Surgeon Merrilies prom ounced |
the wound serious. He introduced probe |
which went inward and downward four inches |
but he could not find the ball. Jefferson was |
removed to the Cumberland Street Hospital, |
where his brother. Celestial Jefferson is con-
mned with the shotgun wound he received on |
Thursday night. and where Anna Jackson is |
also in a precarious condition from the stab |
wounds which he inflicted with a carefully |
case knife.
uncn "SSf is # blood stHined letters was found
were all upon tn, topic OF the mur- IT. They
rpe SSsr ShS hS Ss IL iTpssRfSa %
he had provided himself with the pistol as a |
asst resort. One letter, written h week ago to- |
day; was intended to reveal his identity in case
and says that he was born May 6. 1854. He de- |
scribes his troubles with Anna Jackson. and |
says that when he went to live with her he |
intended il she proved true to marry her: |
but she had deceived him. and had in
fiictei such an injury upon him physically |
that he. was forced to revenge. as he had al |
ways said that if any woman treated him rs she
While he was in the hospital at Flatbush he |
says that he told DR.. Smith that he would Kill |
the woman who had inflicted such misery |
upon him. lie says in an inscription upon |
one envelope that he tried to overlook it, but |
when he thought of his suiferngs he could not |
help what he was going to do: In the margin
and her mother and my brother"
At n late hour last night Jefferson still re- |
manned unconscious,