Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-11-06

NOV York TlmesL
There va. = Democratic psradc ~ Has'.
,cys-r.-ihs hudson Monday night ana
.s,s~ i, IVES over the men wandered about the
strccts Of the village sud iilied the saIoon':
whcrc drinking and carousing was csrr'su
on until sbou, midnight, when trageo.
I'd which sobered some Of them.
larce crowd had collected In Goodwin.s
saloon and about joseph Ph''lip's
ccrper. and many OF them were IN.
tox,catcd. They got into dispute owe,
the csngidatts. aud very noon Senu"
fight occurred. In this crowd were Two
yopng men, james Wing, ismiliarly known
A. Pinkey, and Richard McErlsne, otner-
wise known ~ james Tracey. lie nao AZ
sumed the latter name because ABOUT tnrcc
yesrs ago he deserted from The Britisnatmy
and wss afraid he would be traced 70 .ois
country and captured. These TWO yo"ns
fellows got into personal dispute, anu an
accounts agree tlat Wing drew revo''er
and fired q shot at Trlcey, who tel do"n,n
the street with bullet In ms abdomen. nc
VAS picked up and carried nome, Whcie
Dr. Schlosscr attended him and pronounced
the wound fatal.
stoned by this tragedy, ~ the man who vas
ers in Treanor Il Hursts stone-ysrds.
Fairly Yesterday morning Coroner Mitchell.
az Yonkcrs. was notified and proceeded to
tbe wounded mans home, where he took
bis aufe.mortem statement, which was
gwen with great pain and effort by Tracey.
lie described dispute which occurred
over the presidential candidates on Monday
night, and then said:
LAST night / was In front OF Joseph
Phillips paiDtstOre, near james Good
wins saloon. | saw James Wing in the
street. lie was gcstic.iatlng add waving
his hands and saying Keep away from me-
I went out IN the street and there saw
revolver in his hand. lie SAID: Now will
YOU keep agay2' | turned TO go away.
when ne shot me. Jane, Wing was the
man that shat me. There was no bad feel
ing between us and now ] think that
am about ia die, and 1t II my dying dcclara-
ton That james Wing shot me without any
proyocstion. All ! have told you Is true.
/ am not able now TO write my name, but
will make my mark
Immediately after the shooting Wing
ran away and hid. The coroner Issued
warrant for bis arrest, and the sheriff OF
Westchester county aud police OF n6ghbor-
ing places were notified aud asked to aud
In The capture OF the alleged murderer.
sheriff Horton. OF Peekskill, and Alfred
Lawrence, chief Of police Of TarrytowD,
arrived in the afternoon, and at about
o'clock information reached them that
Wang WAS in hiding at Rowleys's cider
mill, a little way below Hastings. While
Sheriff Horton kept the crowd with him.
Cbicf.o,-POllce Lawrence went 10 the
cides mil, where he found his man, who
gave himself up and volunteered the
information that he was not guilty. He
SAID there had been general fight aud that
he had been knocked down and trampled
upon, but that he did not shoot Tracey.
lie was handcuned and put aboard train
= few minutes later. when he was taken to
Tarrytown, and, upon arrival there. pat
into y carriage and conveyed direct TO
White Plains Jail. About an hour before
Wings arrest Tracey died. The grand
jury meets sext Monday al White Plains.
when this case will be presented 10 them.
The deceased was spoken Of by those who
knew him as peaceable aud industrious
young man.