The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-05-10
PEIL STREET INDIFFERENT.
WHAT DOES TT CAFE If GTLMAR7IS'S
MURDERRR rs CdEGHI on ~ NOT?

is at all shrewd thcro Is no reason why he
should be caught. The murder was only nm
incident in Poll street where assaults and
crimes OF violence arc so common that people
don't turn thcir heads to look unlcss 1t hap
pens that they are themselves engaged In the
sluabble. The murder was done In the pres
ence OF three nhle-hodicd mon within ten feet
OF where they were lying with their eyes wide
open. yet they thought go little Of 1t that they
can only tell in n general way that the muir
derer was negro. Or perhaps they don't
want to toll
A Sun reporter had a chance yesterday to
SOC just how much attention a row attracted.
Directly opposite the lodging house the white
wife OF Chinaman wheeled her baby UP and
down. Tho doorway OF the house was crowded
with white toughs and long .queued China
men. There were three other women besides
the mother OF the baby. and one OF them had
her arms around tho mock OF tho most repul-
sive looking Chinese wretch that could be
found in all the Chinese district. She was
pulling his queue playtuy whio he chucked
her under tho chin. Down the street there
we're twenty five or thirty more Cinnamon and
Italians. A slouchy looking negress was
crossing the street with an arm full OF tin
pals. She was heading for q beer saloon.
There were probably n dozen children indie
scribably dirty in the street. and grimy men
and women leaned out OF tho windows OF all
the houses on tho block. There were proba-
bly, 200 persons in sig lit on tho single block.
Suddenly in house Just below the lodging
house arose II piercing shrek. An instant
later a woman came flying down the stairs
and out into the street screaming " Murderl
Police!' \ tough looking young fellow fol
womans ' face " was susN covered With blood The
fellow let SO OF her hnir and ran into the cor.
! nor saloon by the side door and out the front
=. dOpr on tho ROwpry. He in n
ment Tho woman followed him to the saloon.
still screamn 9. Nobody else q, stirred; Shs
baby along She was not nye feet away from
aoor@Sy hey oeked u at her and nd @
moment. Then one turned to her and growled.:
Tho Woman W, Wiped the blood from her face
on tho sleeve OF her dress and went buck up
It was Just the kind Of a. crowd as this de-
scrlbed only bigger and with more Cinnamon
" IT @ a ii lis f aeat sresf sHnS az
about three months. Hymns place is better
whitewashed inside. and there are windows in
both ends that allow OF ventilation. Then
most rooms Of that sizo in the ten cent houses
159 dodgers are accommodated. Gilmartins
s sa EI lad a. s Nike i lynch bed s ann
Cornelius Martin 81: No. 81. directly at the
foot Of Gilmartin's bed: was occupied by a
About o'clock in the afternoon two "choco-
latc coons" lmulattoes) walked up the stairs
Pretor says; meaning that each paid ten cents;
john Sentz, or something ike that, rho reg
lister OF the house is written in only by the pro-
by ee thS Put sH
Sunday night in the beds they had paid for
mud It is Flynn Of exp hs tss
men who come to his house are necessarily in
reduced circumstances: ond when they hive
always take their moneys worth or demand
5:3U O'Clock. When he started he noticed the
two chocolate c2ons" at the window. HE
murder had been done. The negroes were gone.
= !, Gflnartin was tough citizen; The clerk Of
s ~ sd o to Rsse
the house: .WsIi" he answered: :" i shd think
eye. OF, something like that. They didn't
mount to nothin. He was peaceful. compared
Gi!n,"rtin used to think It good joke to walk
99sh 1usnS S Gf Msfes Ses sep' .n ana
Ss hi '%f ousH t hr m hnsf s thn nS
II was. stated in the papers yesterday that
basin OF water out Of the, window. that It
struck the negro and tbnt the negro slLpped
limiting al nsht About the thing sc rcm Har
Sssa Watyr tSat a% Ren aT out
sea il You throw any YIN noreci tSas iii cut your
ter. and. deliberately walking to tho window.
that a chocolate COON came UP stairs ours
ing and makinG a good deal OF noise. Accord
os fS fs str ssen code Of Ha Ss
around before this man reached his side. The
code gave the - m,,ehoc9laee coon" chance to
and Lynch and Martin ali saw It. Thoy i ineW
they saw Gilmartin face the colored man and
saw the colored mans knife as # was plunged
seIored man 70 out and aimartn sta saW to
the end of his bed the blood squirting out On
sns G Ssa E ne T TsSase Ave S
followed him down stairs. whsSe smith NIT said to
as.SS9; " The clerk won't UP stairs q and asked:
still standing at the foot OF the bod and there @q
was big pool Of blood on the hoor, at his feet.
pearsd Toi ''f Ina ' hm back an
bed tns psfsS ambu
Yet from ten to fifteen minutes passed before
line tho murderer and Els companion. II he
So far the police have arrested three colored
men on suspicion. and oil have proved their
and have been discharged.
Tom Vest Jockey, Dan Richardson's side
house at los West Third street, were arrested
last evening and locked up In the Prince street
station. charged with knowing something Of
whereabouts
Richardson is suspected to be the man. who
Gilmartin. Officer Brown OF the
Princs street squad tR saw West on the corner q
and walked him to tho station house With
PIT any sxPlanatiog: Then the police
money 70 Richardson about II o'clock
Peil street, Richardson called on her and
asked for 50.
: Both prisoners deny any knowledge OF
whereabouts. It Is said that
Richardson was seen on the Old Dominion
docks yesterday.
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