New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-07-06
Observation-Disclosures
FAr4L ASSAULT ONA DETECTIVE.

A MURDER IN FOURTEENTH-STREET.
WILLIAM j. KELLY ATTACKED By A CUBAN WHOM
lie HAD PUT OUT OF CONCERT HALL-Hls
DiArH FEW HOURS LATER.
Thesis hquOI-shop and concert garden, at No. -
Ue.i Fourteeutl-st.. the resort Of large number
of Spanards and Cubans. well as of women Of
bad reputation. The iTequenters IF lie place often
become dlsorderly. and about year ago Nh Tbes
employed VIII am J. Keely, a private detective. to
stay about the place and eject all who were drunk
anu obstrcperous. At l2:45 a N. yesterday there
were IN the hall four men, supposed to be Cubans.
and two women. Keely told them the place wa
closed AZ o'clock and they would have TO leave It.
One of the women who had been put out Of the
Mace several times before. applied vile
name to Keely The party showed some resistance
when Keely and several of the walters compelled
them u leave the place. and they went across
Slxth-ave A 1850 Keely accompanied by yoang
woman and by Edward Hunter, a young man who
lives in the neighborhood and is friend Of the
detective and Walter Tyler negro employed al
Thesis. left the hall and started TO 20 to the
Windsor Garden, at Nos. l2O aad 100 West Four
feminist.
1t was the custom Of the detective after leaving
the concert hail. to to this garden which is only
100 yards distant The party crossed
Sixth-ave. and went along on the
opposite Hayerlys Theatre they encountered six
fore gueTs, four Of whom were the Cubans who had
been put out Of Thesis Hall by Keely As the two
parties one Of the Cubans advanced toward
Kecy, holding something IN his hand that looked
like a bottle Keely drew back, exclaimng:
8" What do you want ," The Cuban rushed
az him and struck him heavy blow over the head
with the bottle, knocking him down Hunter hast
enca 10 hls friends assIsaa and struck the Cuban
III ihr lace. The latter turned. and with his four
eoupaulons ran down + urteenth-st and d,sap
pearcL The wounded man wi.h blood An,.;Iio
non las head was IA ped down the stems INTO ia
nl~c,rr Garden where Ais he'd was washed AMI
the cat bound up. The negro T,ler IN
the meantime lad rmi 0ack TO Thesis and lmoct
lug dt the door. criea: " kcelVs been laid ont .,
teo's~ Hcnudt the cashier. then vent 10 fle
"'-N OFT 'aIueh VIII ne nero. keelV was an
parlnfL much letter. T. complained Of frr.ljng
ril.n-t, and expressed desire 10 20 homo
Sth.1. paced him lr a sixth Avenue ear and went
v u n 80 LI. home al so. -J3 West Tu-tv-niu h.
ST. hrrlJ I'D not talk on The 01o1
aho ai.e- 'ei;ig PIT 10 bed became almost immedj
aie.y Lncors lOu.. ii died Yesterday a. . l. IN
=, ne' hreil eli Tie W udsOr Car eli for ms home
Aunle wcI 60 he IinriielL street Police station
a., l,n iIr sergeant u cuarge Of the occurrence
-io -ii happened a. the Ninth Precinct, and the
ponce acre were communicated with. and Ward
befciNes illks and FLANAGAN were assieI,eI
lacy stated last night that they knew the men con
h'' ir- "iih ihe assault anu We're confident of ar
Ie t.g tnem. he neigh hood j. very
l-.A il 4lcaied by n.h young Cnbans ana
fHF -
"s,elsiNl. purpose OF study and are snn
po'lcl 3D. TIER parents abroad. he man vino
struck t-- ia.4l blow thought TO be a Cutar
Who wa, Iut out Of lhcis's place about three
mlii-a ago Oy keoiy, who handled him in a very
rough manner. IL may prove another Gutermuih
e.s' sad one Of the detectives last ngIt. There
~le SOME points Of similarity between the two
cases.
ine murdered man was forty years of age. and
n4A selN q on he police fOice of TINS city for al
number OF years. FOlr years ago he was rOuadS-
L-~A 10 the Eighth Precinct. From there hs Was
TIII,"'iel iof detective duty at the Central Once.
~. va not popular man and
vas sent from the Central once 10 do duty as
aD'.laiAan ID the seventh Prec net where after a
- service, De was dismissed from the force iOr
100 hiAe down fellow -rOundsman who was fol
80 -" iNs hn. kccly then became a private dctec-
80 90. al Tic Metropolitan Hotel. While there a /
- nan STOOD IN the hall night armed with
f-,eD' SnI Threatened 10 shoot ANYBODY who /
fip'pacheo MN. keeiy was told TO put him out !
- 1ehdrrcd aud Officer turness, OF the Four
ttLHeL Ifeclhct was sent for lie was shot and |
80, $50 ~ nc lnnatlc. keely after that was a pr-
So, uotecIFe al the Grand Central i0iel and Il |
IT, Ia 20. summer before last ne had charge of !
Gle Ii.se force employed by John ii. starn at
VIE aud i've children