The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-08-17
GAVE HIM ONE FOR LUCK.
TIE ONEo WAS A BULLET IN THE
BACK OF THE NECK.

Barth olonew Callahan. Tramp, from bos-
tos, Tells In an Ante.mortem Statement
How He was Shot by Two Strangers.
Policeman william schoenleld at 8 O'Clock
yesterday morning found \ PROSTATE body just
north Of Dey street in West street A flicker
ing street lamp streamed dlmly over the figure.
The policeman reached down to the mans
collar and quickly drew back his hand. 1t was
wet with blood. The man wore dirty and tat
tered clothes.
To repeated questions tho man gasped ont
that he had been shot By somebody. schoen-
field summoned an ambulance and had him
taken to the Chambers Street Hospital There
q small pistol shot wound was found In the
back OF his neck.
BY probing tho surgeons learned that tho
ball had embedded itself In one Of the cervlcal
vertebrm. injurlng the spinal cord and causing
serious paralysis The man could talk, but
wa. almost unable to move. He said he was
Bartholomew Callahan. 30 years old, and q
tramp.
TWAS evident that his wound was mortal.
and Coroner schul'ze was summoned to take
his ante. mo rtem statement. 1t was taken at
1850 A. NJ. Tho tramp began by saying he had
no family and but ore relative In this country:
that on, was brother whom he had not seen
In years anu Of whose place Of residence
he was ignorant. He came here from Boston
% ne ssS fra BY the ray
him q quarter with VIII en- lie lodged that night
A place he called tue Stewart t.. House
lie could not recall the address. His friend
VAS James Cnrmody. who: tho tramp sad.
told Callahan to come around by his residence
the next morning;
osrsa about al nrh
fall Then no crawled into All empty wagon
and Sos 10 90 TO %. ssen said tho tramp
land got IN and pacea the ioor."" Bs ,his;
GnMhan meant that he TO to the sideTals.
self along In hope OF finding some resting
p'fffi eall, he got into Yves. street He PASSED
them the time. It's hall pa ~" he was told.
Sm . cn nsa
,o rS, sSi there s'es a bum. Let's give him ono
There was fash and roaring noise went
walk. and 10y there until found by The police
ey hs when sss
story was not e9 on HI
haa e s p h Sa e. s"ud fashsn
cover. but hs seemed cheerful and at times was
alWSst ocular &c. , y. o,...,
FsaG e IL sxasa
Aye. and good lst !oo."he replied. "sonly,,
as no StRrl0u 10 lNl nlb arm anu the Hulcteu
muscles only twltched In response some-
things got into my fingers. I can't use them."'
The Coroner placed nen In the man. hand
and lifted his arm. while reporter held the
document steady. Then long. struggling
cross was made.
Callahan could give. no description OF the
men who shot him. At q late hour. last night
they said at tho hospital that be would
probably live for several hours He made
no additional statement Acting Captain
Cohey OF tho Church street station secured tho
neighborhood whore THO shooting took place
yesterday afternoon ard evening with Detec-
mann. Callahan had been found in front Of
the Washington Hotel n 12e West street,
Just before midnight last night a car driver
OF the Fulton street line WAS found who said
that in making a northward trip at about
A. NJ. he had seen man running up Fulton
street from the Wei Unity Of the crime.
Tho man moved as IL excited. Re was
dressed like a laborer and had a brown nous
tache. He wore a hickory jumper and carried
his coat on his arm.
Roundsman Saul was disposed last night to
form a theory from that nart Of Calahan's tale
in which he speaks OF asking some one
for the time. The roundsman said he
bad never KNOWN OF a revolver being
drawn In Now York without -provocation.
and thought that the tramp. while being told
imormants watch. and got shot In 30 doing.