The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-22
TON GorLD'S ACCOUNT OF IT.
.,r ry. coysUHp1TrE DESCRIBES TIE
MILLING or vOGAN.

,,tn
'r,,,. of she christmas MornlnE Tragedy.
III. resunrtion OF the trial yesterday in
,.,s,erli sessions. before Judge Fitzgerald.
"Iloserh selling. indicted for murder in tho
..,nB .lagree in killing John j. Wogan. the
.,r...l proprietor OF the dive that Tom Gould
..,arcL ut sixth avenue and Twenty. third
.,oo, on hristmas morning last. Tom Could
uo ex.rqrsumptive fresh from bnrber's
hands, and spirk and span as to his attire.
,.rr,errd into tho court room. followed BY a
,o6,rua,I Of big muscular young men. as
rc,l arb cred and trim OF dress as him SELF
sailing is a small man. not half match for
avon the least formidable m smber OF Gould's
todv guard ali OF whom were employed In tho
dive IN It's palmy days
Assistant District Attorney Mcintyre opened
,cr tho people. cadwallader II. Millspaugh.
,beta!e>t and brawniest OF Tom Gould's fol-
iovers. wa, tho first witness. He said he was
.mploycd ly WoEan MS assistant manager OF
,ha dive he called 1t n restaurant and cafe
opdwas on duty from O'Clock on tho evening
o, De-. - last until g o'clock on Christmas
morning At about o'clock Selling entered
The dive accompanied by woman. Ida
Adams. ana two men. They seated them.
selves al a table and called for beer. 1t was
served shortly aftcrwnrd an elderly man
ras.si the table. Selling took from the mans
o,erccat rocket two papcrs-ono a sheet OF
LITTER rai or and tho other q newspaper.
selling glanced at the papers and threw
then, on the floor Witness went TO the table.
and told selling TINT he must not put his
hands into other pcoplos pockets there.
Selling made foul remark. Thereupon
wosan stcurci up and said to Selling:
Get up and get out of here don't want
YOU in here. You're n pack o! thieves. I've
4 I
Get IN and get out"
Selling replied. go to hell. Come. let's
ret out OF here and he got up to 80 out.
WOgan caught him by tho shoulder and
pushed him to that one o: tho two doors lead
ing to sixth avenue which is nearest Twenty
third street. Selling went up tho eleven stops
lcadin: from the door 70 the sidewalk. and his
companons followed Shortly aitcrward viii
ness. having been meanwhile engaged in tho
rear ui the dive. heard a pisto. shot. and saw
Noean stagCer down the steps into tho dive
Il, irl. into II chair and rolled OF to tao
foo". There was n wound in tn" left side OF
HI abdomen. lie died within fifteen minutes
On REORGANIZATION MlsrauCh said hu
cid not know that Tom Gould was tho real
PROPRIETOR Of tho dive. Witness had had 10
.muloymont since the shooting OF WoGan.
Then Settings counsel read IRON the min
v
haltestificd before the Coroner that when no
demonstrated with Selling for knocking. not
taking tho inpers out OF the elderly mans
rocket Selling crolo-i-cd. aid said thai 10
was only okine. Milsrau:h said that If lie
iaI'cs''"cd 20 this effect teiore tie Coroner
NcXt ION iiould or Thomas Edmund Gould.
>. lie = rl I'D him sell. tool: the witness stand.
,'r .r;,.rI himself comfortably in tho chair
AMI nd ,EccI EiS Eiis;cr!n. sill: hnt on Iii"
,ree h testified that h" was horn ii, this
city 'nE,5 -sryei! ycars aSo. and ta2f y" lived
GS t, md @ n t s tho s sh 's: i
oi ,.o-sa. by ,yholn he Nas cn 2loy.d as man
/, sirra!. ,alary OF 500 u wc.k 81. business
su;t: ,t"ndynt II the rrospcc: rarl; aud
Conc Island railroad. bu: ;i!atN3 years nso.
tvor, lsr ven. into III" cafe and restaurant
he. th,ut twenty years aga he mad heen en-
Mo al II ~. bureau OF hncu,nbrapce. in this
leon clerk to tho LcGisl ntur" !ortArce years.
o S *S' J" Sn;h. "S s. WV
and wa, in the Hiacc AZ might. At o'clock on
"su n Ike n Of meats as and gam IN
tce l,oE 1t the co9r mares; Twrniy-ihild
Az WEI "n Stra H. yHSS stops .Ssf ""
IN: u, t" the SIDEWAYS. Sclln. called nu,:
"j":l. come ur." and ;hen st"pred w back:
! Wines snw S"tl,i. and Mo.an standing. TO-
:e,her the s!c'ownl' nj the head ri tho s; rn..
y
,Hnq,e afterwnrd he heard a risto! shot. and
saw Wo:nm; with his hand pressed against the
let sidc,?; his abdomen. staggering down the
ran M the steps. preceded 10y Joseph Dton-
nor. an .npoyee IN th. place. Fl. saw , Sell
'irt I. si1esi toward riith avenue. The right
pocket Of settings ovcrcuGt was burn ng.
IConnor caught hold Of Sailing: from behind.
SrSer at O'Conncr. and toii lin hc would
shoot him II he aid not take his hands Oft. At
lat nlnmen. Policeman hughes arrested sell
ing Witness went back to the saloon. wo-
stn was still alive. but died within u few min
in "ross-examination Gould said that Wo-
cin was a relative o; his He did not know
lht the div. was common y called Tom
Soac. in Nest Thi!ty:iirst street. in uarlEer-
'hir with Thomas 7. Parker For Two years
% ,"s % the sR his SSe hs nsI
Eone". Since tn" accident hc had been in no
ilsiC"ss whatever. ,.,
near. sir. Gould :" asked the lawyer PROMPTLY.
"lm"anthe killing OF Mr. M',Gan hy, this
man ne assassination OF Mr.. "ogan. ie-
III rnarncterization Of tho killing was
Gsen from RE- rcrGrI On IN mot.9n Of sci
'r-lGrnt arrests in 1890. upon charges Of as
aut growing out Of his management Of til.
n. thy wee IA" .sended 10 Fl" nG
\ hund that Judge Patterson had fined him and
4 .omm',"i him 10 Ludlow street Inil for con.
/ TEMPT Of court. in civil proceedings relating
'o,h- dive. tut Il. added that he had not ssrv-
an%i his term Of imprisonment.
"NnN i!dut Won serve out your term. MIR.
Gould :" asked the lawyer. politely.
nick. wHs the contentious reply.
!, luu mad" affidavit that You had hemor-
has"s. ,icn't YOU"
A"..
Tim yG i, aimed that you weret the wasting VIC
no didn't, answered Gould. smiling
i-GoctorS did that
iIhenthe lawyer got Gould to say positively
"ni NliEog aay qualification that he did not
see st!ing shoot Wogan. Thereupon the law
i le, hfn9cIctd tho stenographel's minutes OF
, ntpnid 'ttstlm ony before tho Coroner. taken
Hlr,",HayN alter the shooting. and read to
s.,H mat hn had then sworn TINT he saw
'e.Ihs shoot MoGnn IN the abdomen.
n 81 Gun ny that" almost Shouted Gould.
irhe'rr >at hat before the Coroner"
nc lawyer "sSsd Gould next whether the
y ir was not kept open night and day. and
S.hrE Ninks could not be had at any hour
M,r h!sL' ana day. even after o'clock III
tra nrf AT Could, CURLY but didn't
l MGW he added, with sheer. that We were
In. an "h'!ec case here"
mn, manner had been very offensive
i,,,rst",'l iho eros examination. in striking
sr ,.'Hot 70 ny sGHSity agrE. Mr.. McIntyre's
,y,'',,,IItIiR. - Judge Fitzgerald turned. and.
'inlnr IAN. said,