New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-04-24
DEATH OF "REDD LEARY, TIE BURGLAR.
A NOTORIOUS CAREER OF CRIME ENDED IN A nos
PITAL-HIs AssAILkNT ARRESTED.


william Train, professional thief was locked up
at Police Headquarters yesterday on charge OF as
sauting "RedS Leary In sixthave. Saturday even-
ing. Detective Sergcants Hickey and Lanther ar
rested Train at his home IN One hundred andtwen'y
seventhst near Fourth ave-, early In the morning.
and In the afternoon he identified by WOMAN
who had witnessed the assault on Leary Inspector
Byrnes said that one OF the detective sergeants had
talked with Leary In the NewYork Hospital and haa
learned that Train was the assailant On Saturday
evening Leary was in the Knckerbocker Cottage IN
sl.tb-aye with James Cuff, Frank" Curran and
Train The men had a quarrel, the nature Of when
has been kept secret and II renewed the SIDE
walk after they left tho cottage Train picked up
brick and struck Leay ON the back OF the head WIN
1.arv died at the hospital yesterday evening.
reary,s wife Kate7 and another woman. who said
sbe was his aunt. arrived at IL q N. and romainoa
with the burglar until he breathed his last. In the
afternoon Detective Hickey brought Train from Polco
HEADQUARTERS to the hospital for the purpose OF hav
ing Train identified as the man who had thrown tho
brick but finding that Leary was in no condition 10
give intelligent answers the detective took his prisoner
back again. The coroner was informed of Iearys
death and VIII take charge of the case and maAo
an autopsy to-day.
Train, the alleged murderer. pretends to DO 'o'-
Gran OF the war and wears a Grand Army button CON
spicuously in the lapel OF his coat. He is " stun
nngs looing person, upward of forty years DID, WIN
an eagle eye and wears his flowing light hair ho
denied to Chief Inspector Bynes that the assault was
Intentional saying that he had not the slightest inea
of injurng Leary. The Inspectors theory, never
theless is that the killing deliberately concocted
for tho purpose Of getting the man. who the criminal
classes feared giving information against them
out Of the way. Train who is known to the pohce
as @ bunco" steerer comes from Texas, he says
He has been careful to do anything in New-fork
for which he could be arrested but he has record
as q swIndler and pckpocket in many other cities'
After Leary's death made known to him he was
asked to make statement to tho reporters, but 90
clned TO say anything ,,.
Leary was born IN Albany, and was forty-o
years old His early history was that OF a PIE
pocket and he not considered TO have the eDltI
Of hrstclass burglar. In 1867 he was conVlcted OF
theft in Paris and served term Of i've years IN IN
prison The most important crime with which no
was known to have been connected was the Nortn.
ampton bank burglary. The bank lost SI2O,OOO, bu'
II was all recovered except $4,000, and Shang ORA
per Ioary and Conners who had been arrested, es-
capped punishment. He has since been charged with
being In other bank robbores, as well as the stone
bufohercart robbery IN West Twenty thiidst out no
managed to get clear He has been supported OF ia,s,
II is said, by criminals from fear that he Would 10
nounce them to Inspector Byrnes.