The evening world., 1891-07-13
DAVE MOLLOY IN A CELL.
No Longer Deaf and Dumb, but
Gets intoxicated Now.
Arrested in Bay Ridge for Creating
n street Disturbance.

David Molloy is locked up at Ray Ridge on
charge Of intOXcation. He was arrested
last evening after creating excitement In the
quiet village.
This is the nineteen-y -year-old youth who eN-
cited the attention ot the world month ago
by stopping a policeman In Pell street and
writing on a pad that he had been assaulted
and robbed two nights before, and that since
the assault he had been stricken deaf and
dumb.
-Four typical young Chinatown toughs were
arrested and identified by the " dummy" as
his assallants
Each made a written statement In police
court contessing TO enough OF Davey Molloy's
written charges to surely impliCate them all.
Last week they all pleaded guilty before Judge
COwing In the Court Of General Sessions and
all were sent to the Elmra RefOrmatory
At the time OF the robbery young Molloy
was supposed to have In little brown bag
that he carried S144 in cash and Q 90 or more
In certified checks. The cash was gone, with
the bag, when the youth appealed TO The po-
llceman, and the investigation disclosed that
the young thugs who assaulted him In Pell
street thought he was deaf mute, for they
called him dummy"
All through the proceedings Molloy mnin-
tained silence and every ruse was resorted to
10 discover II he was shamming but TO no
effect.
a ItW uhNb hIJeT ne spoke one WOrQ, ana
then he gradually resumed his speech.
His father, William MOllOy, IL a highly re-
spected resident Of Fourth avenue, Fort Ham,
ilton, his home being midway between the
years the trusted clerk OF David Dudley Field,
and has an ofIice In the Washington Building,
l Broadway. Mr.. MOllOy is also real estate
operator on large scale in Brooklyn, Bay
Ridge and Fort Hamilton.
Davey had for some time helped his father,
ana on the day that he claims TO have been
stricken deaf and dumb and then robbed he
had been collecting rents from Mr.. Fields
This morning the elder Mr. Molloy was
found at his desk by representative OF The
EVENING WORLD.
The old gentleman arose with tears in his
eyes. He steadied himself by leaning a hand
on the desk and spoke In voice tremulous
with emotion.
"sir,o he said, "Davey was locked up. He
was locked up at my request. He has never
been right here since the robbery"
Mr.. MOllOy touched his forehead as he spoke
and groaned In his sorrow.
"1he lad was always steady, honest lad
Till that unfortunate occurrence. He never
drank; never kept bad company; was at
home at seasonable hour. But since the
assault upon him he has changed. He is head
strong and wilful.
~ was away from home last evening"
When ! returned Davey was not there.
started to search for him when two men-ny
neighbors-came up with him.
my neighbor, Mr.. White, who has charge
OF the sunday police at Bay Ridge, told two OF
his men, who found the boy behaving BADLY
In the street, TO bring him home.
But the lad was wilful after he got home
and insisted on going out again.
"He was more wild than drunk, and I
thought IL best to restrain him, so / told the
men to take him to the lookup
81 do not know what l shall do, sir. My
heart Is breaking. ! think l should have
Dawes mental condition looked after, he is so
changed since month ago.
He Will be taken before Judge Church ut
the Town Hall, late this afternoon, and, yes
| suppose | shall bail him out"
Considerable scepticism regarding Dave Mol
loy's alleged sudden DEAFNESS and muteness
was expressed by the medical fraternity at
the time, but the lads history was that OF n
steady, honest fellow, and his story was
finally accepted as true, or rather a Scotch
verdict was pronounced against those who
accused him OF shamming, and mot proven I"
was recorded.