The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-04-20
SHOT BY RIVER TPIEyES.
4 BUZEEr sEvr THROU@H TIE MEAD
or a Wards ISLAND PATyENE

Ths Hone FIT ~ Red Msase psiut asA The
TresueWs q sbbs~ies OF ,artird
by . Dsssentea Man In Chase of mesrer.
Since 1882 Wards Island has frequently
been visited BY river tnipyos. who stole bad
ticking and bonos. Rcd House Point. ut the
northeast corner Of the island. Was the point
most frequently Visited. Close to the Red
House are several pits, In which are buried the
bones OF the msnt consumed By tho 1850 pa
tlents In the Insane Asylum and Homeopathic
Hospital. Tho bones remain In the pits until
thsy arc com pietcly denudedlof meat. and nre
then sold. They ara said to bring n d barrel
Onsuudsy lest twenty-five barrels Of bones
stood near the Rcd House ready for removal
ON Monday night On tho steamboat. Four
boat loHds Of young thieves landed on tho
leland. loaded their boats WITH the twenty-five
barrels, aud wero making OF with them. whom
some employees attacked them. Tho thieves
fought boldly and suerseded Ia getting. away
with ailthe barrels. On. Wednesdsy night an
andcd :. the lied Hosss wshis sSs 1,s% s who
stc asSn y es winch wsrs .ns
aired on tite gyu.s. Az o'dbck the worAmen
minutes later thcre were only three porsons IN
thesimmediate neighborhood. Jsulss Ritchis.
ly the 7-year. od daughter OF Stayard Konne.
dy Of tue asylum, and 9year old Katie Mllinsr.
Die two sir}s were standing on the sioop OF
i from III s hSS:: "Ss e ~ yTt ss. .w" y
twssss csS Ss @ Ssiss: into Tie stable WhisS
adjoins tte He'd House. ana was fsedlue them.
barn Ssund se Rss
sh sleeves S ..Ca n y. hand "a
RIVER between tie sa Honss and The Sens BIZ
Ritchie was c}ose behind Il.
line with It, when tie girls noticsd' tSr,e men
SssE: .h ,s y Fss sT Ress ss 4.
men nan down 70 nc T1isssr, 81, inInpsd Into,
t. n tSs s sST and |" Minute 81
and r do.sn attsHdants ysss on their way to
S rs xas sao IL ,Ge s..
Msss giving rstsufoSs fer : 70;
IT,. G.S rs ss ' csS w ss G sss's% up
snd f"S wore s sSss 10 os nsu Ge"ss
4ys, s s s.ss sss. g iSy ssss
street. and found . sistsen 100. workins boat
Where lid tho men who got outof this boat
60 to2" asked Capt Wade Of a small boy who
Three men gotout of IT." the bog answered
threw the oars In that shed there" and ran up
the street"
DO you know any Of the men p the boy was
asked.
Farmer, n bone thief"
Capt. Wade went to the 126th. station and re-
turned with Detectives Korns and Heard
While the detectives were, on the wharf three
men walked down the street. Farmer WINS the
middle one. The detectives caught two Of the
men, John Reilly. alias Farmer. 16 years odd. of
42S East 117th street, and Thomas Brown %
years old. OF g. 3o5 First avenue. Ths two little
girls could not identify them, nsithey were too
far away whom the shooting occurred.
an Irlshman 80 years, old. He YVES admitted
to Blackwe!l's Island In 1890. suffering
from secondary damsntia, and was trans
ferred to DR.. Mncdonad's earn In 1879. He was
harmless and quiet. and seldom, spoke to nny
one. and faithfully performed thework. given
to him. The thieves probably thought he was
about to attack them with the slick lie carried
and hurriedly fired at him.