New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-15
WITH DAGGER AND PISTOL
BLOODY FIGHT IN UPPER BROADWAY
Starry o'BRIEN AND THOMAS Ikom~n na..orrn
KILL EACH OTHER AND SEARLl So, ,ros tho

srARRYr o'BRIEN AND THOMAS 'na-oo,,vn
KILL EACH OTHER AND SEAhbi ,,os tho
IT,. .seventb-st. and Broadway was .he
na last night OF fight more ona,"O 's 49,, vor,,
soono ~ s as,pe camp than OF ciyinZeo new
wild western n.n LEI. era " Larry" OBrien, q welknown
'ne and brother OF ex-sheri Jimmy o Brien'
80 Tsop,as Truman familiar figure at all tne race
,acts and gambling. houses Of the country AS result
both men are in the New-York Hospital Win "o"""
that In all likelihood will prove fataL
o,Rrien who has been sick for some time, lert MS
home at No 255 West Twenty-secondst, shortly after
q D. m. and went to Demonico's. After remaining
there for an hour he walked across broadway
md engaged in apparently friendly conversation with
tall, stout man with light mustache The taK las.eu
about fifteen The men then separated bren
retprpiue 10 Delmonicos and the tall man walking up
Rroadway About $50 O'Clock OBrien left Delmonicos
and walked slowly up Broadway. On the hortn"eS'
corner OF Twenty-seyenthst and Broadway imne-
diatelv in front of san3ifer's diamond store' ne
mat tie tan man. who was Truman. The men stopped
and again engaged in conversation They had oeen
standing only few moments when Officer Nelson OF
tbe Tventv-ninth Precinct standing on the OPP
posite side of the street. heard oBrien say angry;
"You blankcd scoundrel you've tried to Dackmal one
cf my friends and II you try IL again ih s"' ''"'
nose all over your face"
Truman replied by calling OBrfen foul Names ana
O'Brien struck him a heavy blow In the lace winch
staggered him. As soon as he recovered iru-
man attempted 10 strike O'Brien but blow over
cane teed him to the sidewalk When Truman got up he
had In his hand murderous-lookng double-edged dag
ger officer Nelson hurried across the street rs soon as
the first blow struck but before he arrived truman
had slashed OBrien across the body with the dagger
The blow was given with all his strength and the blade
grated against the ribs of the wounded man. Truman
attempted to mako another cut but OBrien caught the
knife In his hands and his fingers were cut to the bone
Before third attempt coud be made the policeman had
hold OF Truman and with blow OF his cup
on the wrist had compelled him to drop the
knife OBrien had fallen to the ground when he was
cut, but ne managed to draw his pistol, 32calibre
Robin Hood
Stand aside, officer and let the coward CO." he
shouted. I'll settle with him.
AS he spoke he fred shot, which struck Truman In
the right arm fracturing the bone above the elbow
Truman jerked away the officer and started across
broadway OBren who had regained his feet followed
close behind Just the first man reached the apart
ment-houso No. 1,160 Broadway, on the opposite
corner of Twenty-seventh-st, O'Brien hred
another shot, which took effect in Tru
rnan,s hack between the shoulderbades The
doubly wounded man stumbled into the hallway and
half way up the fight Of STAIRS when he sank ex
hausted OBren had stopped just inside tue doorway
Meantime the policeman had raped for assistance
with Officer Higgins, the on special duty at Days
Theatre, into the hallway arrested both men,
disarmod them and took them TO the Tbireth Street
Police Station.
An ambulance was summoned from the New-York
Hospital and the wounded were made as comforta-
BILE as possible While they were in the station OBren
who is a small man, weighing about 100 pounds
and measuring feet inches, turned TO Captain
Williams pointing to Truman, who measures feet
IL and weighs over 200 pounds, said Aint he big
coward to draw a kuife little fellow like mei'
When the men were taken 10 the hospital they were
placed in the same ward for while; ~ @ brnen n agaIn ian
TO settle you now" They then put in separate
wards. Z ,,, =. o,,,,,.
hOnse and Informed his wife of the occirrence She
sns % ne ns sr M the doctors had
natOn OF his wounds She said that she haa no bH ea @
time and did not leave the house at an yeseT
44caihre revolver but yesterday put smaller
in his pocket He never drank and was not at all quar-
large crowd gathered around the scene Of the dis
turbance before the men were taken away, ana Tor
spots Of blood showing where OIrien bad been frst
wounded and the red trail which ea across s Ocsgp
the ground floor of the house In which Truman sought
who discussed eagerly all the details of the affair Any
who mad been lucky enongh to see any part OF the
aray quickly seized upon and became the centre OF
John synincon the en- gineor of the apartmenhouse,
heard the first shot and ran up what the trouble
lie opened the door OF the hallway just In time 10
the fsst fight were covered with blood The doors Of
the apartmenhonse had to be closed an hour before me
regular time in order to keep out the crowd OF curious
people. ~ =, ~. 1,o.,.
Legislature in 1871 the representative OF the Kiln
Assembly
Board of Assistant Aldermen and served In that body
uut abolished He has been active and trusted
lieutenant Of his brother ex-Sherlf OBrien, In all his
political campaigns. For some time he has been DONG
an outside business stock broker He is married
Thomas Truman is a Canadian by birth.
Some time ago he went TO Chicago and en-
gagged In the drug business. He developed
strong "spOrting" tendency, however
and was more attentive cards and horseracng than
to his legitimate business, which in consequence fell
far behind that he was compelled TO dispose of it. He
has for a long time made frequent trips to Eu-
and regarded OF the sharpest ana most
successful the steamship lay, and seldom made
trip without coming back much richer
than when he started. He first took up his resi-
denee permanently in New-YOrk last July, when
he worked the Long Branch races, doing a
little the book-making lne After the racing season
his wits q regular gambler In December last he was
arrested a warrant issued by Police justice
o'Reily, from the Jefferson Market Police Court
on a charge OF desertiOn and nOn-suppOrt sworn
10 by his wife. He discharged promising TO pay
IS week. Since that time divorce proceedings have
been instituted. Since his arrival in New
York Micr's grogshop in Broadway, next 10
the ST. James Hotel has been Trumans ayoTie resort,
though he has also frequeDted the Brewer House and
Kelly 4 Blisss and Johnson's poorooms Among his
acanaintances the reputation OF quiet peacea-
except when under the influence OF lquor when
he became violent and abusive
The at the hospital said at O'CLOCK ths
morning that impossible to predict the results oi
the wounded mems injuries At that hour O'3rien and
Truman were resting quietly and no unfaVoraDle
change in their expected during the night
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LITTLE SLEEP FOR GENERAL GRANT