St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-09-01
a Texan Visits New York Stock Broker
to Purchase $4,000 Worth of
Counterfeit Money.
But an Attempt Being Made to Rob Hin
He Shoots and Instantly Kills
the Sharper.
The Coroner's Jury in the Walkup
Case InpIcate the Wife
OF Deceased
An Explosion of Natural Gas in a
Pittsburg Bakery Injuries
Five Persons.
CaugEn Il Tartar.

NEW YORK. Aug. 81. - About o'clock
this afternoon Tom Davis, otherV ise known
as William Warren. was shot and killed in
room which he called his Office, at No.
113 Reade street, by man who gives his
name as Joseph T. Holland, and
says he is Texan and that he
came from Abilene, Kan. Davis is a
Wel-known sporting man and occupied
this room for several years, conducting an
alleged brokerage business in mining and
other stocks. The room is only about 6x10
lighted by single window, is filthy in the
of the murdered MAJ, was
present at the time of the shS 3ting. and
tumbled down two flights of stairs in his
haste to get away. AS Holland was walk
ing rapidly away from the scene 'sThe,
Davis pointed him out to policeman.
who arrested him. Holland was re-
ticent about the matter, merely as
serting that the killing was justifiable.
1t is supposed that the shooting grew out of
some transaction in stocks. When searched
at the station a heavy revolver, $1,000 in
money and two god watches were found en-
him. In the right had of the dead man
was S5 bill and
SCATTERED ABOUT THE FLOOR
were bonds Of the face value OF $500. In
his desk was a large quantity of apparent
securities among them $40, 500 in bonds of
the city of Mattoon, ILL.,, signed by Thomas
B. Lane, supervisor, and w. O. Ellis,
clerk. The desk also contained blank
shares of the Sante Rila Silver Mining
company of Nevada and of the Pioneer and
Inskip Mill and Mining company. Davis
was shot twice-once through the breast.
near the heart, and once in the neck. Lit
tie or nothing is known of Holland. 1t is
said he used several names
and came from Colorado. He is
about five feet eleven inches in
height, Of light complexion and well built.
He has straight, light brown hair and a
light mustache. He claims to be single.
''The" Davis, the brother of the murdered
man, says that Holland came to New York
| in response to letter from Thomas Davis.
to buy counterfeit money. His visit
to the office was for the purpose of
obtaining $4,000 in counterfeit money.
On his arrival he entered the room occupied
by Thomas Davis, where the desk stood
close to the partition. In the adjoining
| room, unknown to Holland, Theodore Davis
was concealed. Davis produced ard showed
Holland $4,000 in genuine greenbacks.
Holland examined the bills and handed
I them back to Davis, who placed them in a
black hand bag on the desk close to the
partition. He then endeayored to engage
the Texan i'll conversation and tried to dis
tract attention. At what he thought was
the proper moment he gave a.
CONCERTED SIGNAL
and Theodore Davis opened a trap door in
the Partition and removed the bag, intend
ing to replace it with one similar in appear
| ance, but containing only quantity of
paper done up in packages looking like
bank notes. At this moment Holland
chanced to glance up from counting his
money and saw the movement. In a mo-
ment he was on his feet and had drawn
his pistol, ''you u---.u he cried.
''YOu are trying to rob me. Take that, -
| and fired. Holland turned and fired a shot
through the partition of the room in which
Theodore Davis was. Then the Texan
walked down the stairs and into the street,
where Theodore Davis followed crying:
He shot my brother.p
$50 [ did," returned Holland.
He tried to rob me and this Is the pistol
/ shot him with"
The brother, the murderer and the officer
went back to Read street. where Hol-
land pointed to the bag containins spurious
money, saying: '.Ofiicer 1 wan;
you to take charge of this boy" Holland
was then taken to the station, while Theo-
dore Davis put OH his hat, and taking the
$40, 900 in good money which had
been unnoticed in the back room, disap-
peared. When he went to the station to
surrender himself he no longer had the
$10,0 600. In the crowd was man whom
he knew as q friend of Holland, and he
called upon the police 10 arrest him. The
AN was arrested and gave his name as
| John j. Hill.