New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-30
GALATIANS SECOND VICTIM NAY DIl

HE TELLS THE STORY OF THE ASSAULT IN AN
ANTE-MoRTEM STATEMENT
Edward Hurley, the csbman who was sho' Ill '"'
check BY Michael J. Gallvan during hehO iASV
Thursday in Galnvans livery stable, at NO III "c'V
Forty-Gfth-st, became worse Yesterday ana INC y mp
toms ponted 10 his having lockiaw Coroner Messe-
NOR was called last evening TO Bellevue Hospial "
take Hurley's ane-mortem statement, 10 be USED AZ
the INQUEST to-day in the case OF James CUMMINGS VIM
WAS killed by Gavan during the quarrei WIFI hurry
The statement is as follows -
reside at No. 252 west FoIty.trstst. am drlNef
and knew the deceased, James Cummings ABOUT th'ee
,bs Al the time the shooting took place, was EN-
Moved BY Samuel Denton Son, on sSth'aVe', oe."e
tyafth and Forty-siXth SITS They ere IN the h'eiF
,.bis busine,s have known Michael J. Gallivah Tor
about four years. his employ over three hoh'"S
oco for about six weeks mad been in his employ three
M four times before. The longest ever was III MS
emplov was about four months Ihst was this "he
wear ago left him sometimes because could not get
nv nay out OF him. He had the habit oil giving me ,"
or AZ and saving, will give you the rest to'hoffo"
,norunQ" When l asked for II at the aploihNu l"''
he would put payment OIL TIL the mex; day ana J"
that way kept putting of Indefinitely from time
time until L got tired and left him. The last Time
left MIN was because had lawsuit with Daniel healey
who had struck him wtha wrench eoud not ge'! nohe'
for two weeks GaVan was sick during thsc 'e
got diseusted and left. l saw GallNan frequently ai's
80, ,,u. ano asked him for the money owed me. II
Was AZ altogether. Whenever met him said, Have So
got a notion pay me the few dollars" lie always Ill
must look at MS DOCKS anu SCI no" uV'
he really owed me.
In this way he put of the payment right along unit
,,,,.mas Eve when went around to see Celivan In hi
omea at No 22l kortyrth-st, where he keeps hi
,,vorv stable A man BY the name OF Dunlap was Their
LII, him was alone. 1 aeked him for Ivy money
NJ, uo,e lass at me with his list and knocked down
~ ,hen caught me BY the throat and beat m
80, against the board partition. 1 got GU
rho Office and he followed with
-, can, that he took from Dunlap. When reache
an. stree, he the shoulders with 1t nVe
.,x times The heavy walking stick with
uver handle went around TO look for policeman
hut could not find any. Cummings was standing on tn
.,asxak In Sxth-ave., between Fortyhfth and Forty
,,,h ats said to him, Come with me, l cannot %
a noliceman Galvan Is after licking about fe'
dollars
Cummings went with to the carriage floor in Gall
struck him with my fist on the jaw two thre
times Then the OF closed In enc another. Gall
van Jumped from and We faced him. Galvan the
shot Cummings and myself. then became unconscious
did not know anything until became conscious Ia Roos
Welt Hospital. Neither l Cummings struck Galiva
with balestck. There weapon used eXceI
the pistol by Gallivsn. After Gallivan had beaten
with the cane and kicked threatened TO get squs
with him. l meant by that that would get square
far as the law allowed me He kicked me IN the Off,
that day when first there, after he had knOck'
NE Down. made any threats TO do him bod
harm before that day neither did Cummings. l ha'
been here in Bellevue Hospital since Christmas nigh
The shooting took place between and 80 O'Clock in u