The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-12-07
PHIL DAILY TRAPPED.
A Woman Lures Him and a Masked
Man Shoots Him.
From the Ne'o York Sun.

FROM Inc lNeiC 4 ORC SUR.
Almost everybody knows Phil DAILY, the
snorting man. He is famed for keeping at
Long Branch the Pennsylvania club house,
an establishment which has been the nearest
American equivalent for Monte Carlo, and
where nearly 500 mon may sit down at once at
faro roulette and rouge ct nor. DAILY boasts
that it is the fairest game in America DAILY
is a patron of the turf, is worth $500 900,
wears diamonds worth 81, 500, carries a gold
watch that cost 5000, generally has several
Thousand dollars in his pocket is free with
his money, and has plenty of friends.
Hence when story ran up and down the
whispering gallery of Broadway yesterday
afternoon that DAILY had been murdered, it
made sensation. The rumor went far
and wide, and in less than an hour men
were in the cafes and hotel lobbies and on
the streets asking what truth there was in
ali that. They couldn't believe that muir
der had really been committed for Dalv
had been seen around the Coleman house at
noon and on Broadway some time later.
Presently there were scores of men telling
that DAILY had gone to the house of a woman
on Fourth avenue, to meet somebody on
business, and that two men, wearing masks,
had entered the room where he was and had
shot him dead, so as to get his diamonds,
his watch. and $50, 900 he had in his pockets.
man house, and everywhere else up town,
and declared that they had got the facts
from the police, that the account was be-
leved.
II turned out that DAILY was not dead, but
that was about the only thing in the story
that was not true. The bullet fired at him,
instead of going into his skull, just missed
it by fraction of an inch and only cut a
furrow across his scalp, laying it open to
the bare bone.
Last Friday Mr.. DAILY received in his mail
at the Coleman house letter, which ran
something like this:
406 FOURTH AVENUE, Nov. 80, 1885.
Mr.. Philip Ddly:
DEAR STRIP ease call at my house to-day be.
tween IL and to see some one on business.
Yours very truly, ADDIE STANTON.
Mr.. DAILY went there on Friday. Mrs
Stanton received him. and said, when he
asked who wanted to SEE him, that the per-
son wasn't there. She didn't say who the
person was, and Mr.. Daily departed. He
had been there not more than five minutes
On S turday night he got another letter
asking him to come again. 1t was signed
by Addie Stanton. He tore the letter up
and paid no attention to the matter Yes
terday, when he went TO the Coleman house
about noon, he found third letter, asking
him again to call, as the person wanted par
ticularly to see him. He lad not very much
to do, and about 2:30 o'clock he started for
the house.
The building 406 Fourth avenue is the
second on the west side above Twenty
eighth street. There is a plumbers shop on
the ground floor, and above that there are
four stories of fats Ms. Stanton lived in
the fiat on the third floor Mr.. Daily says
he rang the bell, and was admitted to the
house by Mrs. Stanton in person. He
climbed the two flights, and went into the
front room. There are three windows
looking out on the avenue. The place is
pretty well furnished, and when he got in
he sat down in an easy chair.
Take off your coat, won't you" the
woman asked
ooh, nc" he says he answered, 81 can't
stay long. Is the person here who wanted
to see mem
"No, she isn't here Just now. She was
here just a few minutes ago waiting for
you. She has gone out to get some lunch,
and will be back in little while. You
must wait for her and take off your coat"
He declined to take off the coat, but she
pressed him, and he took it off nd put it
on a chair by his side. AT the back of the
room there are two folding doors. They
open inward to another room, which is
dark. While Mr.. DAILY and Mrs. Stanton were
speaking the doors were swung almost shut,
but Mr.. Daily says that he saw that they
were just wide enough open for any one
back t ere to be looking through. He
watched them for e moment while speaking
with Mrs Stanton to see if any one was IN
the dark room. Just then Mrs. Stanton
excused herself and, opening the doors.
went into the room. She closed the doors
behind her. Mr. DAILY was standing near
the south wall, about feet from the door,
looking at some photographs on the wall.
There was music box ON a stand, and the
woman had started at just before she
went out. NJ. Daily was taking in that, as
well as the photographs, when suddenly the
two folding doors opened and two men
rushed into the room.
Mr.. Daly's back had been turned, but
hearing the noise, he wheeled and saw the
two men. One was short and slight, the
other rather tall and strong looking. The
smaller had on dark clothes and the larger
light long coat. Each fellow had mask
covering his face. The mask was like a
handkerchief tied around the head. Each
man wore derby hat, and this helped
keep the mask on. So far as Mr.. DAILY can
remember, there were no holes in the
masks for the eyes. He thinks the cloth
was thin d that the men saw through IN
that way, but he isn't sure. The shorter
man had pistol in his right hand. He
leveled it at Mr.. DAILY, and bouncing for
ward, with the big man at his side, called
out:
Throw up your bands"
Just as the two fellows rushed up at him
the woman, Addie Stanton, came behind
them. Mr.. DAILY says:
i had $50, 900 in government bonds and
S5,0oO In cash 10 my pockets, and besides /
mad INV two diamonds, worth 81, 500, and
my watch. l saw at once | was in a hole,
and it made me mad. | thoughtquick, and
saw that physically was match for the
Two fellows, even though l had to handle
Them both at once. / knew l was in for
trouble any way, so when they yelled
Throw up your handSp jumped forward
al the little How with the revolver.
wanted 70 get that out of the way first. If
mad had a gun with me, / would lave
peen all right, but | don't carry weapons
now as rule Well, when l jumped cut
at the scoundrel, he banged away at me.
The ball hit me in the head and the blood
Spurted out. l thought the bullet was in
my brains, and that | was surely done for.
MY only thought was to get out of the
mouse on to the street so as to make a state
ment to somebody. The men didn't attempt
anything after the first shot. Both turned
as IL they thought they had killed me;
siainmlng through the two folding doors
tuey ran into the dark room. The woman
went after them.
1t must have been about o'clock, for l
eoI 10 tie place a few minutes before 5
ytclock and it wasn't two minutes before all
Iuis TOOK place. How | had presence of
ihlno enough to get my coat and hat don't
' Snow, but, at any rate. l got them and