St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-11-21
HE PROTECTED HIS WIFE.
Mai. Joe Stewart Surrenders
Himself for Another Mans

Maj. Joe Stewart Surrenders
Himself for Another Mans
Crime.
NEW YORK, Nov. 20.-The identity of
the man who in this city assaulted
young Martin Flynn with an umbrella,
the ferule of which. jabbed into his eye,
causing death some weeks later, is now
thought to be known. The police of
the Thirteenth street station have been
working on the case, but it remained
for reporter to make the discovery
and get the full and correct account OF
the affair. 81 don't know whether L
shall give myself up or not" said he,
s'but the police can find me. as have
no intention of running away" He
had seen an account of Flynn's death
i'm the papers, but it never occurred to
him that Flynn was the unknown man
with whom he had had all alteration
several weeks before. Maj. Joe Stew
art, the
GENIAL SOUTHERN GENTLEMEN
whose efforts On behalf of the COnfed-
crate soldiers home at Austin, Tex,
last winter gave him a wide popularity
in the South and gained him large
number of friends in New York, is the
gentleman referred to. He has law
office at 62 Wall street. 1t was in de-
Tending his wife from tie insults of
ruffian that the major now believes he
has unwittingly caused the death Of a
man who is entirely unknown to him.
He could not believe that it was. He
did not know that he had injured the
man, but finally the weight of the facts
convinced him. ''Say that | authorize
this statement in the papers," he said,
when he and the reporter separated.
The statement of the facts in the case is
as follows:
The man with whom 1 had the trouble
was ABOUT five feet nine to ten inches in
height He was dressed in dark clothes, had
q dark com pleXion and wore a dark mus
tache. He weighed about 100 pounds. wore
a Derby hat and was genteel looking. He
was not drunk, but had evidently been
drinking l don't remember the exact date,
but believe it was not later in the evening
than $3.50 o'clock of Oct. %. was walking
DOWN Broadway with my wife at the time.
The other man was walking up the thor.
oughfare. 1t was at the north corner of
Thirty seventh street and Broadway, about
six feet north of the gaslight." The man
pa ssed between the ajor and his wife and
building at the corner. AS the stranger
passed close to Mrs. Stewart he took hold OF
her arm and said, How d We do" where
upon, continued Mr. Stewart Il released my
wife's arm and struck the man over
the head with my umbrella several
times. He was stunned and fell back.
my wife stepped over to the corner. The
man stepped up again to renew the attack.
put my hand i'll my pocket to reach for my
knife, as / had no other weapon. l found
my knife was too small. anu struck at the
man again with my umbrella. He put his
hand behind him and / thought he was
about to draw pistol. At this moment two
gentlemen came up and interferred. They
said, you've hit him enough l waited five
-, brrf nrc6
and l went back to my wife at the corner
where / had left her. / then crossed the
street and went TO drug store where my
wife expected to meet lady friend. did
not find the lady and we started back. " hen
l got to the corner | met a man who said he
was connected with the postofice depart
ment L believe he said to me, you
did just right. You shall be protected
l said, I don't want any protection.
am not going across the street to avoid meet
ing the man. / believe also said 1T is q
little strange if the police can't be on great
thoroughfare they protect a gentleman from
the attacks of rufiians.'
'.By this time" the major stated, ''Mrs.
Stewart was very much excited and agitated
The events of the evening, set apart for
pleasure. had very depressing effect upon
, her nerves. she did not wish to stay out any
longer, and insisted OH going homo at once,
: and finally consented"
In reply 10 questions about the case,
Mr.. Stewart said he was not aware that
he had jabbed the man in the face or
eye with his umbrella. He did notice,
however, that there was some blood on
the mans cheek after the affair. He
had no idea the man was injured Sc
rieusly. His only object had been to
resent gross insult to his wife. The
whole affair was incomprehenSible. He
tcould not understand how man who
appeared to be gentleman could be
guilty of such conduct. He had broken
tospieces and ruinod S12 silk umbrella,
and ne supposed that constituted the
principal damage. Maj. Stewards face
wore troubled expression when he
told the above story, and saw how all
the facts appeared to point out that he
had killed Flynn. He said that he would
go at once over to the postoffice to see
George DeBois, the letter carrier who
saw the affair. Mai. Stewart is six
footer and heavy in proportion, weigh
ing fully 240 pounds. He is fine-lOOk-
ing, courtlY. genial SOutherner, and can
be seen any day on Wall street.
THE REAL CRIMINAL, CONFESSES.
New YORK, Nov. 20.-Stephen III.
May, wholesale liquor dealer of 1881
First avenue. surrendered himself TO
the police to-day, stating that he was
the man that stabbed Martin j. Flynn
in the eye on upper Broadway, in the
latter part of October, with an UNI
brella, inflIcting a wound from which
he died. The accused was taken to
court and remar ded for the cOrOner's
action. Before tine latter official May
stated that Flynn assaulted him, and
defense. The thrust in the eye, he