Morning journal and courier., 1893-09-08
SHOT DEAD ON THE STREET.
A murderous Italian Killed by c Policeman After He Had Chased Another Officer With a K nffe.

! mirderous Italian Killed by ( | Policeman After He Had Chased Another officer With a Knife. NEW YORK, Sept. "A mutderous Itsl
 ian was shot dead on the street this morn
 iBg at about S:30 o'clock by a policeman
 near the station house on West Sixty
 eighth street. The affrsy caused much
 excitement in the neighborhood, as many
 persons observed 1t, and for while il
 looked as though there must be other vic
 tims.
 The police suppose he Is 6 man named
 Ferrara, who was in the employ of G. F. Swift, contractor engaged in laying gas pipes through Sixty-sixth street for the East River Gas company. The dead man was only known to MT. Swift and his fore man as No. 90, but the other workmen called him Jimmy Gesry. He lives at One Hundred and Fourteenth street and First avenue, known as "Little Italy"
 Yesterday one of the foremen laid No. 20 of, and soon after o'clock this morning be came back to claim a settlement of his pay. He claimed he had not been paid all that was due him.
 MT. Swift refused to give him what he wanted, and told him he must wait until he saw the foreman.
 At this the man drew a 3S-calibre re- volver and fired two shots pointblsnk at MT. Swift, neither of which took effect Working in the trench beneath the Italian was John McDonald. Seeing MT. Swift's danger, he picked up two or three large stones and threw them at the man, when the latter turned his revolver on Nc Donald, and two bullets went whistling past his head, but fortunately again the Italians aim was poor.
 At this moment Patrolman Michael Nc Cormick approached. Seven men stood near by, and when the policeman, who was on his way to the Sixty sixth street station of the elevated road, arrived on the scene, he saw that the Italian was waving re- volver at them and apparently denounoing some one with great vehemence. Seeing the policeman approaching him, the Italian then turned his pistol In his direction and fired at him twIes. Again the bullets missed their mark. Mccormick drew his revolver aud attempted to return the fire, but his pistol seemed to bs out of order, ss the cartridges missed fire.
 At this point the Italian, dlsgusted evi. dently with his pistol, drew s largo knife and made for the policeman. The latter, equally disappointed with his pistol, and finding himself unprepared with another weapon, took to his heels. The Itstian chased him and crowd followed at re. spectful distance. Patrolman Bauer of the same precinct was on the next block and ran towards him. They all met near Sixty sixth street and the Boule- yard. The Italian was not discomftted, however, at the sight Of second officer On the contrary, according to the police report, he rushed upon him with his knife and made desperate lunge at his breast. Bauer was not prepared for an assault SO sudden and vicious, and he had barely time to draw his revolver, which he fired first over the Italians head and then point blank at his sssailsnt. The Italian fell dead almost at his feet
 The body was at once removed to the station house and efforts begun to ascer- tain the cause of the trouble and the iden- tity of the dead man.
 Bauer was put under arrest, but was honorably discharged by Justice Grady in the Yorkville police court. A card and two letters were found on the body, but nothing that positively identified the dead