New-York tribune., 1891-12-26
KILLED IN GOULD'S PLACE.
Fatal, QUARREL IN THE NOTORIOUS DIVE
,,o nocrn As THE pROPRIE-


JOHN J. woGAN. WHO POSED AS THE fhor'"N'
TOR, SHOT BY ONE OF THE RbVELLh"''
.,.,o, sbot in front OF "Tom' Goud's diVe u,
Tho basemept of tho building on the southsas'
sixth.aye and Twenty -third-st. re" mi'iuo' ~ -
a. m. yesterday was followed instantly W s.o,rd
oxcIted men from both exits Of the place. Inc e'o"a
a. ,hor,rc ouIssly on the sidewalk In SixihAVc 90
hort thick set man who had a revolver IN MS ha''u
da,ted away from one Of tho exits ana ran '"roue'
rwentv tblri.st in the direction OF FlithaVo.
mon followed him, shouting "Muruer' ,,s
ns. o,e ba,f block he met Policeman John husnes'
of tho Nineteenth Precinct, who ran irohi III" w 80.
answer the shouts. The man with ie'oi'o ie'IuS..r.on
dered himself and handed the weapon to po'vcna,'
aI a. in seI.defencen he said lie was Joseph
selling known to the police the former propr'e'o. "
Ionor store opposite the Fourteenth street lnca'o
Hughes led him back to Goulds place.
po,Iocmen Carter and Logan had been attrac~o uy
,he tumnIt and found John J. Wogan, Houia
nephew who held the Excise Board's hccn'o ioi ,
place and claimed to be tho legal propne'or Si"s -
be stems which led to the basement Wogan had oc0h
shot I'm the abdomen, and he seemed 10 DC si'h'e ~
Tho color had left his face, and his eyes weio -.
lie was evidently suffering greatly, and was unAoo "
sneak. lie was carried down into the basement anu
was laid down on the floor. Gould Deht o'c, 'i'
nephew and tried to get him to speak to hi| "vsAu go,
was man OF fine physical appearance SIX ieo' "is
and powerfully built. His age was twenty iou,' 80
was dressed in holiday attire ana "oie q H0'" '
In the buttonhOle Of his coat. -,
A call for an ambulance was sent from the elevated
railroad station close BY and in few minutes Dr'
Foote arrived from the New-York Hospital. Inc phS
sician made an examination and said that "ogah was
dead The man had expired only few seconds before
the ambulance reached the place. He had hoU pe'h
able TO Identify Selling or TO make any statement
Selling was taken to the Thlrtlethst police station
He
Wogan hut said he had acted In sedefence The ponce
secured the names of several witnesses Of the SHOOTING
Among them was Gould himself who said ne hVea a'
No. 318 West Thirty -second-st Others were JULIUS
Kohler OF No. 1877 East Twelfthst. John T. Casey oi
No. 337 West Twenty -eighth-st.; Joseph OConhor, Vi
No 372 sxthave; c. II. Millspaugh, OF NO. ool Mes'
Twenty -frstst; A. l.. Smith, Of No. "a East I"en'h
st and Ida Adams of No. 227 West Fortleth-st Per-
mission was obtained from Coroner Messcmor TO remove
Wogan,s body to an undertakers shop at No. l2' East
Fourth.st
To Police Captain Reilly Selling made statement
early In the forenoon. lie said he was thrty
years old and married. his wife being In Boston az
present lie had boarded lately in the same house with
Kohler at No. 1877 East Twelftbst. His business was
that Of "speculator.' The police thought that his
speculations had been mostly the racetrack.
About a. m. Selling had gone to kely's liquor
store at Sxthave and Thirty frsts in company WIN
Smith and Kohler his nelghbors IN Twelfth-st. Ac
oordng to his account they left KeLy's place ABOUT
a. aDd went to Goulds to get some breakfast Ihey
sat down together and gave their orders. Selling was
in lively mood, partly because he had been drinking
considerable whskey, and he payfuy snatched news
paper out Of the pocket OF stranger who sat at anothe
table, The paper fell on the floor One OF the walters
In the place went up to Selling and said To him. I've
can't have any such foolng in this place. II you
can't behave yourself you must get OUT
Selling picked up the newspaper and handed 1t
tha ttp1f. ms Ana
kind OF an apology. The waiter continued to make
remarks TO the effect that Selling would better leave
the place keep quiet. His talk angered Selling,
who retorted: "Theres no use OF carrying this too
far 1t only joke aud have apoogzed
What more do you wantl"
"Il carry 1t further yet" said the waiter and he
went and made complaint to Wogan, who was stand
Ing near the cashiers counter. Wogan promptly
ordered Selling to get out and then caught him by the
collar aud dragged him toward one OF the exits In the
avenue Selling powcfless In the grasp OF such
q powerful Wogan, who had been professional
"bouncer" for his uncle before he became the
osensible manager OF the place. WOgan lifted Selling
nearly off the door as he put him out. Then he
dragged him up the stairs leading from the basement
to the sidewalk and threw him spnwling on the flag
stones at the top OF the flight. An Instant later
Sellings revolver was discharged and WoGan sank
down on the stairs.
Selling's statement later that after Wogan flung
him down the sidewalk he said with an oath !:
I'll kill you," and drew back his hand II 10 strike
or to pull u weapon. Fearing that his life was in
danger, selling said, he drew his revolver and
nre1 shot without taking aim.
Gould, who has been Notorious "dlve-keeper' in
this city for number Of years, gave different
account OF the shoe ing. lie declared that there had
teen wrangle In the place. and that Selling and his
friends had been drinking socably with Wogan. Selling
out the sidewalk In sixth-ave and called
Wogan l.o come out and shake hands. Wogan
about TO go his home in Brooklyn and he walked up
the steps 10 the sidewalk Gould said he saw Selling
shake hands with Wogan and then shoot him witlOus
word Gould went to the Jefferson Market Police
Court to give testimony against Selling, who
arraigned there before noon. Selling asked for an
adjournment until he could consult counsel and Justice
Hogan held him without bail for examination on Tues
day next.
WOgan's father Is nquor dealer In Brooklyn, and
his mother and three sisters live Third ave. and
Twenty siXth-st., in that city, lie occupied u
furnished room at No. 3O5 West Twenty second ST.
Like his uncle, Wognn had an unsavory reputation
as a fighter. He and Gould got into trouble about
q year ago for beating man from Boston, and the
Excise Board called upon WOgan 30 show why
his license should not be revoked. At the hearing
both Gould and Wogan testified that Wogan was the
proprietor and kept respeG able liquor store and
restaurant. The police have held to the opinion
that Gould the real proprietor OF the place and
chat WOgan was only the fgurehead.
Wogans tOdy was not sent TO the undertaker'S
shop In East Fourthst., the had direc ed,
but to an undertaker's shop In Broadway. Conse-
quenty an order TO perform autopsy In FouIl hist
In tue afternoon was not carried out.