The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-08-30
FARMER DAVERN'S BANTER.
he STAKES TEN DOLLARS AND LOSES
ms Lice,


Red Bank to Middletown. along the shrews-
bury River. Is a settlement called Gillvil'e.
where largo nnit OF the Davern family lives.
VI this family the strongest was young Tom
Davern who lived n the midst OF the thirty
five fertile acres which supported his wife and
the four children.
Friday afternoon Tom Dayern started for
Red Bank In the spring wagon with some gar
den stun for tho market which is held every
afternoon in tho Red Bank Green" Just
after he passed Headline Corners John Simp-
son. n stoop.shouldercd man. with scraggy
black whiskers on his gannt face. came out OF
his house near the road and asked Davern for
n lift into town. The two rode INK town side
by side.
At 6 o'clock they started for home, after
taking many drinks Dnvern. who was 10
very high feather, refined up at a little Italian
settlement in tho skirts of Fed Bank. He
wanted to bargain with one Of tho good.
nntureu ragpickers about some stuff the rag
tickers had for sale. The Italians were all In
the yard behind tho row Of dingy houses
The mon were wrestling and the women and
Children were applAudin2. Davern went In
among them. and was soon arguing with ono
MS 10 whether the stun was worth dollar or
thtrty-flve cents. After while Davern said:
It's too much. But I'll wrestle any man
here for So" He hurried to Simpson and in
vitsd him In to SEQ the fun. at the same time
laying hold OF ons who seemed willing to try
to earn the money. Simpson says he tried to
get Davern away. But Davern was already in
the match. and was gradually giving way be-
fore the lither Italian. This fingered him.
He wrenched himself loose. struck tho italian
and Knocked him down.
look again until Se Mas i N liz sent He hen
turned ard saw Davern knock the man down
ing. and gesticulatinE about Dayern. simp;
son Jaw the man tho ground make several
knife. and then .Davern turned and dashed up
the ar road toward Red sank. .,
IhH s%ps Sda mt T1 r or 9ns
ssrasE his horses win h. whip; thus Knock;
was whirlins away toward r. home; IL ns,tser
stepped nor locke back until he had put .
As a. wagon then came up from The ,irectioH
IN which ha he Wa, g"ing lie stopped and told
Amt yon roin' back after Tom ?" asked
We'll. guess not! The Lord gave me legs
to let it get hurt As long as The legs last"
said Simnson. With some rIeleXsnce since be
way until he met Toms brother John. TO
whom he gave over the wagon. John Davren
turned tho horses about. and Simpson Went on
Whsther Simpson had seen q knife used Or
not. Tom Davern hsiSbeen cut ard the knife
fs si bsd. :. ps aso
back Of his right leg Just above the knee Joint
hrss nshe ss ana SPLIT h1 big
up the beaten path at tho roadside. To-day
apart as should DO when a long legged man is
for hi Lite Then there BE-
falls Then tic riG it foot Us is stsn,rei on the
path In red. The steps grow closer together.
h:y ths size t. 5S
yards from the itnlian settlement, $50,
He leaned AGAINST THIS ienee at first. his body
ihs other s,de. Then he ieil III heap. '' DARK.
Pse,s ssa Hssvy ,SHnsSi
i. was drunken man. Al last. at 1850 o'cocI.
o Goa hman employe! In the house a few hun.
drsd FEET back from tho fence STUMBLED over
for tho Town Marshal: Tom Daysrn's tro hsr
body. but not seeing IT.
but ihs Marshal Kept The fac;s carefully 10
himself and II was as not until ! Yesterday morn.
country heard Of it, He did not even tell The
Italian settlement all the Italian men had fed.
Some were gone to Atlantic Highlands some
tho
their excellent broken English. excert % say
that he5. hai ys hG S.1 1sd
graDh and 10 scour the country.
The first result OF this wac the arrest in Jer-
getting of n train. and who had part Of
ticket LEFT entlrl HIP him to 90 from aed Bank
Kelcsu!ey and Morris who arrested him. They
found his hands AL al b. bloody and handksr.
with blood. Ths blade, four inches long. was
not or would not. talk English. and the only
Part OF his name they could understand was
It turned out that no had gone down to the
settlement to Visit and had been present ut the
murder. Detective Patterson came up from
Nsa SSpk fna s%k dS ohsr fs a
ST. ID lie Arf Bank H a RSs o sRs r sFs
OF fastening the crime on some OF them. stmp-
son says he thinks the man who made the
mo- ions was short and was peck marked. An
italian WING answers 70 this description was
arrested. he is boob!ack. ana part OF his
Dengty Coroner smi, hd got together ury
pos ssc TO H. sa D0T
rested in Jersey City. The Officers Will ind
The settlemsn, y close corporation from which
shoulder. boarded the steamboat Sea Bird
about 3 O'Clock yesterday afternoon at Oceanic
six miles this side Of Red Bank, N. j. The
pilot OF the boat had seen the ragpIcker run.
ming through II corniled In the neighborhood OF
Red Bunk toward Oceanic. lie WAS much xcit-
ell when he got on the : ca Bird. and. contrary 10
The habit OF ltali All passengers. he sat Rit in
secluded place. instead OF inrw ard. The Sea
Birds Captain nnds UP his mind that the agi-
tated ragplcker who seemed anxious to keen
out OF sight knew something about the muir.
der Of Davern.
so the Cataln decided to have the ragpicker
arrested when the Sea Bird reached this city.
which she did at O'Clock last night.
While stS wa; EEarntI11g into hey per
man Jqssph !ssIlly " Is.ped ashore and
Enassep ger aboard that ought to be arrested.
the boat that he forgot his rag bag. Somebody
told him he had better take 1t with him. and he
went aft and got 1t.
He was arrested az hs sterned on the boat
Leonard street station; who sent him no 10
No one at Police Headuuarter- dared tell his
name or even admit that no was there for fear
Of sIoiling one of Inspector Gyrness detective
stoii les next day.
ever. they said the name was Miohaelo Viliya.