New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-17
THE BILL WAS COUNTERFEIT.
ONE OF oIBLrNs VICTIMS DIES.

ONE OF 0IBLINs VICTIMS DIES
4srrcrrvrs FIND xvrpxNos IN TIE xURDnRxRs
ROOM THAT HE "sRovRD TEX ouEER
Mrs. Madeline Goelz, who was shot by Charies
Giblin in the bakery at No. 160 West houS'on-
IT. on Wednesday evening. died rev minus"
after noon yesterday. Coroner Levy was un"o.s
"A ret any statement from her. valentine "oei~'
~ husband made the following statement 10
the Coroner: Nav
About half past o'clock last evening my 49,, go
mo works for ny brother in the bakery next aor' earn.
- . ,,h eva-d ,r bill and asked M wat thought Oh
N As there was in the store who haa oouen' 'n, "
seps, worth OF pie and cakes examined ~ anu e~iu
-. cmn, rf,it She asked me 70 60 INTO the bakery ana
al The man So es she afraid 70 tell him. TOOK the
An and went with her When entered the bakery the
nan was sitting the stove and looking AZ the FOOT
xles him where he got the bill and he said In saloon IN
rwen,v-thrl-sL- 1 sail; " Young man. that bill Is
sounterte.t" He said; q don't know any more about
.opn.crtcj,s than stove" He was still iookng al
the or ~ got up snt pnlei some money OUT u
his rocket @ have twenty cents In change, ne san.
Then ne moved the door, turning around twice ana
Ao,r,,O AZ me ancrly When he got near the door ne
pulei revolver out Of his coat pocket was standing
about twelve feet distant
sChangc," he sad "or there you go" pointing
,he weapon at my head. thought about
winning away but concluded 1t would he better to run
coward him and get the revolver away from him lie
fred twice 1 was rushing at him One bullet sruck
me I'm the chin the other in the shoulder struck
face The bullet went into the wall. As tried to get
the weapon away fred again, and that bullet also went
into the wall My wife ian to help me- ana was oeha
me l had the by the throat He reached aIouhu
behind me shot her in the abdomen lie heia 'he
revolver close TO her that her dess was oufhed "h
the bullet went I'm. That was his last shot
Ny wife cried out that she had been sho~ my 'e.e
ysn out to call help Tony Schwab my cerK came anu
caught hold OF the man. Ny brother and my sisterin'
law also came TO help A man ran In from the
street and carried the pistol Another OF te gang
cane in tried to rescue the man VINO had dohe '0
shooting. Then policeman came ana arrested 'he asS'
sir. Later l the counterfeit Dill 10 p"0e'N"A
who inquired for IT.
CONFRONTED WITH THE MAN HE SHOT
Early in the day Giblin was taken to the JET
ferson Market Police Court and committed with
out bail on a charge of felonious assault. Ills
wife. pale and frail-looking, was there to meet
him. She wept as ohc told story Of poverty
similar to that her husband told after his arrest
Ciblin claimed that he did not know that the phi
was counterfeit. lie also denied that ne hau
carried the revolver with wh isd ne sn n from ye
the floor while defending himself. Late IN tE ne
afternoon Giblin was taken to Goeiz roonl III
Uouston-st and Coroner Levy and several re-
porters witnessed an exciting scene tnere H0eT
got up from his lounge and glared at the nahu-
cufTcd prisoner. You wretch ne Sio9'pu, 10 Sr
are the Who shot me and KillGu my o,, Wa a.
Oh how | wish | could give You what you de-
serve. Hanging is too good Tor you lou
Gocll's brother and sister shouted Hang him
mn" The cry was caught up by seyeral uer
mans who had got into the rooms ana n crH HIM
mi. Gihlin was rale but cool, and his s. slender
frame lid not tremble. Pointing his lelt h int
~ Goclz he said deliberately noa Rh Seto I",eO
wbat 7 did last night done In selI-uelenC,e
Vom know how many set on me; and you could
tell if you spoke the truth. who owned the re-
'O Gel sank NIX to the sofa overcome, Then he
poured out food Of profanity and threatS snq
bis friends shop,GG led slH Chin ne back to the
Jngerson Market Prison crowd followed rart
If The way. CRYING " Hang him upl' OoeZ was
removed 70 the German nr Gs'% IN the 'e Lutheran
Cemetery on Sunday.
TlIs looks BAD FOR GIBLIN
O.,octives NcNan is and Scanlon, OF the United
sto,cs Se ret Service squad, called at Jefferson
Market Prison Yesterday and recognized III uioi'n
nal' of John Smith, notorious couhUeriei'er
and forccr The officers assert that they possess
an ;anao suncient TO show that Gibin knew that
Tho & hill over which the tragedy occurre9 m"S
a counterfeit The detectives theh shauuS s "
cn,Iir;e wife 70 her home and found some Wooucn
Gn r Wh's se are used by countrrfeiters great
,nonv chunks of copper were found lying III ho"n ,
and corners It is sSrp"sa ' svep dollars They
also f"mrd tin type of General Grant Dt eve
tive McManns said he had been h %n naIn John
Smith abont the middle of November VEN - ~
he Moss Engraving Company No 392 Ieario sd
nnn ordcr 70 have steel plate engraved from
.hNf an o, ~, tbn size he wanted which is tx
TN me size seen on bills He found fault with
,Co oT Native shown him on account of the way
the hair was parted , o,, s,snicious Of
,s cnsfdmer' and gave notice to the Secret ser
vice Tho tin type found in G,hn rI rUo,w
.a;d m he the one shown at the Moss engraNid, n
sa,o isbment Gihlin. in talking TO me ue d
ctvcs yesterday said he vas slightly 4o
Viii tho John Smith they had Ter ecerttcate So
ounslr "' raised to i've that it could hardly fa
70 dtG The pole, r 9sSe sh 1eTsT%
nun have bad similar bills passed upon them or
man they were unaha to describe den se,,o,o, "
say the prisoner will he inspected Dy
these people, in hopes that some ohe ni''
him.