New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-09-01
SIT DEAD BY HIS DUPE.
.roM DAVIES, THE swINDLER' KILLED
ma INTENDED VICTIM FROM TEXAS Dhih0i'
A'' .pArAL sAwDusT GAME. y

80. or /" ga awdust Tom." gambler, spor'ns an In
-ans, svlndler was shot dead yes'e,us%, o. q, the old
s.raea victim while attempting TO swinai' ~
time sawdust game. con ~ Sullivan was
A little after 2 p. m. Onicer Con .,reetcsrs
nu,etly surveying the mass Oh cs.,hsrs.st. when
,"s qs'Ua' o.oyaea West Broadway and Chamoer coat
~ "'oA -, omn,e.ioned man, without NAV VI
-,.hea nm tohim and shouted eIcitediy -or pur.
:, rrost that mani He has just shot man ~ oor
wv, IA no,ntad TO a man who was walking ,,.a
ssrnaa,v nm Chambers-st Sullivan "aiN'N NR
man and put his hand on his snouiaer. oorp man.
.Tnsras the pistol now" continued tno u",
ino'Ve .nos nnaer the prisoners walstcoa@
po,us"e ,ou,vs .hot man." said the omoer '" A''
prisoner "Tbey tried TO rob me
naI r,ncd one of them and here's the P'.'o. nrdsr
nth, hauling from beneath MS w"s0 '..a nand,nr
49, ,.,,,g Coes As-ca alibre Navy revolver anu n@Ns
r,,,o,vtng the lead of tho dark mar ohcer su.an
Ii 10 or;sonsr went into Reade-st TO NO. LILO "' Wv
.on,hoast corner OF West Broadway' up w ,oh,ry
vickety stairways and into smaii enes , s,ov,v
room. There lying his back win inc uiovN nav,es
oozing from wound IN bis enest lay ~ oa, and
He was dressed in light piack oos' 80.
ss.d srousers In his right manu- was
s,n,.hed S5 bill Ho was almost u.@N
.,a before an ambulance could be summonou ~" =.
chambers Street Hospital. only short DOCK a~" ~
had breathed bis last. The prisoner sho"ou "'"' '
af
.Tbev tried TO rob mo-" he repeated ana ia'u ~
o,p tbcn catching sight black satchel lying on INC
eoor he exclaimed: "Keep that satchel in"'S my
,ence, officer Sullivan then took his prisohoi w w
leonard Street Police Station where ne gave 'no - -
of lanes T. Holland. He said that ne was iron No"' ~
Tex, aud thirty-three years oiu' "
make any further statement , u
- .,.o An which the shooting was done Is smai
o ahout ten feet by eight, the third foor Oh ,hc
hui,a,ng No ll3 Reade-st. The building is tease" "
James Purcell, who keeps liquor store ON tno So. 80
Noor Davies leased half Of the third noor s"ou' no
xear. ago. His osteusible business WIS lna' "
1roter though he was seldom seen about the piace.
, n ,ot nossessiou he had the big room divided OH
,,to two rooms by q board partition. The sinaier
a, the two rooms that in which tne SnooS
tno occurred, was used as an oN0''
The only furniture was iMso u0'A 81
close against the partition and TWO cane -oo'o"ou
chairs Against the wall were two maps OF Norlh Amer
ica and map of Kings and Queens Counues' '. .,ss
mating was on the floor The other half OF the thiro
eoor was occupied by the Alderney Caramei
Comnany where q number Of girls are en-
ployed. altar ANNA
eorrespondeuoe with Davies In relation " lhe
some counterfeit money He stayed at the heronan's
Hotel in Corrlandst, where Davies had seVerai con-
xersatons with him. The matter was arransou
sat,sfactorily and yesterday final meeting was
.graed nnon when Davies TO deliver the counter
felt money and Holland 10 pay for IL. bo.h i'o"
we're on hand bright and early. and the bargain was
struck after the usual diokering. "hen DAVIES
produced the alleged counterfeis ior IN
aneetion Holland examined them careiuly
and expressed some doubt as TO the quality OF the
eood. but was convinced by compsr son with good bis
that they we're all right and good eounterfets AS
matter OF fact the bills alleged to be oounterie were
perfectly good. When the intended victim was
satisfied, ths price 10 be paid and the guam
tlty wanted were agreed npon' ana DAVIES
becan 10 count out $4,000 In good money,
which he carefully wrapped up in three packages ana
placed IN a new black satche that he had provided Tor
the purpose. The satchel with the money III "
was then pladed in recess In the oesR anu
Holland took out his wallet TO pay Ior MS
supposed counerets. In the next room was 1heodore
Dayies the brother pal Of Tom ready 70 play
n,. mart in the game. When Holland apparently
bpsIly engsgedincouuting his money Tom Dawes
gave signal which was agreed upon, and The soiuy
ouened panel In the Partition between the TWO rooms
lust behind the desk which was deposited tue
satchei containing the $4,000. After opening 'ne
pauel he drew the satchel quickly toward
him and a. quickly substituted for it satchel precisely
similar containing three neat packages OF blank paper
cut the size Of bank bills As quick az the substitution
was however, 1t not quick enough 10
escape the eye OF the suspicious 1exan
A he saw the change the sache he showed the roll
of bills into his pocket and drawing his revoiVer from
another pocket, he shouted hercelyi
"You scoundreli you are trying to rob me-"
At glance Davies saw that his game was discov-
cred and that the Texan meant shoot" He was
unarmed himself and was therefore only In
tent on escape he leaped from the chair and made
desperate Jump the door, He wasnot quick enough,
however. for he got opposite Holland the latter
pulled the trigger ana sent bullet crash
ing through Dayies's body. The stricken man
gave Q cry and staggered a step toward the
door and then fell the floor dying. The bullet had
struck the rib inch TO the left Of the left nipple
went clear through him. striking the ninth RIB on the
right SIDE and then buryng itself 10 the partition sepa
rating the Office from the caramel factory The pistol
was no close 10 him that his coat scorched. With
ont waiting to the result OF his first shot Hol
land wheeled quickly and sent second bullet through
the partition and into the room where 1.-THE" Davies
was The girls In the caramel factory. thoroughly
frightened the Shots screamed and hudded together
at the further end of their room. After the
shooting Holland showed his pistol into his trousers
pocket and walked out Of the building quietly and
calmly as II he had not been the principal In
bloody deed He walked out into Reade st., through
West Broadway, to the Cosmopolitan Hotel He had
turped into Chambers-st when "rhe" Davies, who
following him without hat coat, pointed him ont TO
Officer Sullivan. Holland made resistance when
rested and while he did deny the shooting. would
SAY nothing about further than that he had been rob-
bed and shot for keeps"
"Then Davies led the officer and Holland back to the
room where atom" Davies lay, and then hurriedly put
on his hat and coat and took the $4,000 with which the
game had been played He seen walking up
Chambers-s st. with ii. After he had secured the money
he went to the Leonard Police Station and gave
himself up When questioned BY Captain Eakins he
told the whole story and wss detained as witness.
The news of the shooting spread rapidly through the
neighborhood aud big crowd assembled around
the Of the building where the shooting occurred
Captain Eakns sent q roundsman and squad Of TO
the place preserve order and prevent the curiosity
seekers from getting into the place where the dead
lay. In the crowd Officer George Walsh arrested John
7. Hill, friend OF Hollands. who with him from
Texas. He also was locked up as q witness.
Coroner Levy informed Of the and at once
the In md