New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-07-19
HE CLUBBED THE MOB BACK.
THE POLICEMAN SAVED HIS PRISONER.
LANzAaAvINI had SHOT MAN WHO TRIED TO
Joke WITH HIN.

JOKE WITH HIN.
Angelo Lanzaravini. an Italian fruit veneer Sio'
and perhaps MORALLY wounded Thomas Kelly earN
yesterday morning at Twenty -siSth-st ana lhru"e''
and a mob chased him through number OF streets
threatening TO lynch him. lie was saved from VIC
fence only by the strenuous efforts OF ule pohceha
who caught HIM Lanzaravin Is wicked, iooAns
,ounp italian who keeps q fruitstand In 'front.' OF INC
barroom at Thrdsve. and Twenty -siAu-''. Az
q n, there were IN the liquor store ID0inas heis'
James McSheuy aud Anthony W0ychlnsNe, sasu W oo
of the East side aristOcracy which does hoo win
They had some drinks, and when they came out heiN
swasgered 10 the fruit-stand and said memo
Gninny, The salutalion answered with some
heated and mponte words in the ltahan tongue
The three men thereupon conceived the loeA VI ma"
ing fent as II 10 rob the fruit-stand l"e i'ai"
didn't zee the Joke and promptly drew a revolver
with which he fired twice at WoychnsKie' VINO iu'",
escaped unhurt The Italian then shot at Kelly ana
the bullet struck him full in the back and went cie
through his body. lie fell forward aud Law naU Oh
his face.
Then the italian started to Before he had 20.
half way down the block between Third and Second
aves a hundred men behind him yellhe Mu'-
der - "Police!' He increased his pace, ana as he
looked back he saw that the angry cry was summon
Ing new pursuers constantly. Al 9eoSnu">e' "
turned the corner and sped uptown
lie ran on wildly, but his puIsuers got neafe' "
him at every step. The crowd had grown 10 aino',
500 and with It's growth the temper OF lne iho' 'N
changed. There no more cries Tor ue pon'e'
Instead there burst hoarse. savage sTleKs anu eres
Of "Lynch him! Lynch him Hang him TO the lamp
postl, The angry roar behind him lent new suehs'"
10 the painting wretch in front for time. But MS
strength was nearly spent, ana some oi '"e s"H'',
runners behind him closed In ON MIN. one 'iah gov
close enough TO him to strike him terrific blow In the
back of the neck, which made him pitch Iorwaiu'
wild roar OF triumph went up from the men
uaI tntn hn
italian reganed his feet and again ran. suooehy ho
swerved aside and ran down the basement steps OF
No. 467 Second-ave. The door had barely slammeu
behind him before the crowd swept over the mousse
like sea. Through the mob there struggled 'ho oiuo
form Of a big policeman, and then came hot nght 10
see which would get the prisoner, MOP or pohcehan
The officer won, and shortly he appeared again WIN
the Italian, who was whimpcrlng and trembling.
The relentless mob Seled madly when he came out
Again the cry Of Lynch him" rang out, as the nun
dreds of men closed IN angnly around the Pohceuah
and his prisoner. But Roger Mccoy, the pohceniai
was big and strong, and lie meant to keep Ms prls
oner He did II. But Ii was hard work and the long
night stick had to be swung again and again Az III
tervals the crowd would make dash at the prisoner
and the policeman had to fight his way, step Dy s'ep
At last he reached the stationhouse where MS Psohe
was locked up. McShelry and WoycinhsRle hhu aiso
been arrested while Kelly had been taken to Bellevue
Hospital where he said ~ be MORALLY injured
priest sent for, and the Coroner WIS asAeo ~
take his ante niotcm statement.
The prisoners ir.gned In the iorkville Police
Court and they told conflicting stories The TWO
men who were with Kelly said that they lad not even
looked at the Italian had never seen him before, ana
that lie was q tough" who had laid In walt ioi
Kelly and opened fire without any provocauoh "hat
ever The Italian that he had shot no one, ana
that he had no pistol An iceman had picked up the
weapon in the street. where lie lad thrown IL away
as he ran. $3.50 - =.
Kelly is twenty five years old and his home was AZ
No l65 East Thirty -frst-st. His assalant. Angelo
Lanzarsvni is twenty years old, and lives al No "oo
East EeventhSt. -.
Coroner Schultzc took Kelly's ante-moitem state
ment lie said II and two others were roofing Win
The Italian. Their names are James McSheiIy ana
srony, WoychiDskie We all 'nagHng him. II Is
fair to say and hit him in the jaw. He pulled out
pistol and fired shots at Tony lie then nred al
me, hitting in the back.
Kelly did not think that he would die IN spite Of
the opinion OF the physicians.