New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-13
A "GREENGOODSn MAN SHOT.
HE MET TWO SOUTH CAEOLINIANS BY AP-
POINTMENT
WHAT NAY PROVE TRAGEDY TAKES PLACE
IN 4 HOTEL IN POCGHKEEPSIE-THE
WOUNDED MAN \ NOTED CRIMI
WHAT NAY PROVE 4
nal OF THIS CITY.
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WOUNDED MAN \ NOTED CRIMI-
NAL OF THIS CITY.
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Poucii,cpSic. Feb. I@.-Tlcrc cane to Pough-
kecpsie th, morning the 10 o'clock north
bound train man with gray hair and whiskers,
apparently scventy Years old, and another
man, apparently forty wears old with heavy
black hair, black wh-kcrs and musache. and
piercing black eyes. A. soon aS they alighted
from TIE train they went t. the Nrw-lork
Hotel, and secured Room No. 30. They had not
lcen in the hotel long before Il third man IN
qured for them. and he was shown to tie ROOM
After the three had been IN the room about half
an hour a pistol shot was Heard The proprietor
of the hotel, Daniel Madden. and other attaches
of the house hurried to the hall and saw one
man coming out of No. with smoking pistol
in lis hand, and another staggering along the
hall with his nand to his head and blood flowing
down his face. The pistol was wrcnched from
the mans hand. and the other man was
conveyed to room adjoining. The police
were informed and doctor and ambulance were
summoned. officer McGowan responded t. the
call for the police, and took the prls 'ncr and his
comIunion VINO arrived a, the hotel IL the
morning. 10 police head quarters. Then the one
with the black hair and whishers gave his nam"
as Ira IIocslcad, Of GrcnViilc, ,. e., ana sald
that the elder man is his fathcr-in-law, Epmalm
Cassie. also of Cr,cnvllc. Ilo5shedd told his
story follows
We had Dccn having a correspondence with
man in New York City, who gave Ills name a7
James Mansfield, and he offered to sell lis Sl'ooo
counterfeit money, which could not he ldentlIe"
a, counterfeit. Tor 800, and we made arrange
ments to meet him here to-day. When we lelt
,.r..nvillc we tcc.iaphcd him we had e'aft'"'
IpI,i an Suf
wa telccr ,phcd him again. Our Instructions
were I, 20 to the Ncw-YorlS Hotel, foughheepsle'
and meet a man who was to take Us to New-l ork'
yyo c,,. up ON the West Shore road to Newpurg
,his morninr. and then crossed by boat TO 'le
Hudson Pi.ar RailIoad, and arrived mere Il.
IN o.c,ocl, We went 20 the New-lork Hotel ana
.7rt a loom. We lad been III it about idi, al
bour when a., agent of the man we Hd" 'ce"
corresponding with entered
81 WAS lylnc on the bed resting, ana we i"u "
ta,k about going to New-lork. Inc man "'o
cmo 10 see II, wanted Us to 90 to the city, "', wv
,,,ntcd to stay here until morning. w" s'i" W.
could not get away that there we're 10 u"i"'
till night. and didn't care TO 90 10 NV I'm
IN stay overnight. lie waited my la.'''i
. ivo him some money TO buy the tck''S "l'h'
and we did give him -, but he att'fwaro i1''
:, hack Then the talk continued, ana Ms hiah-
n,r and talk were such that considered my ne
j., dancer. and | shot him, thinking II" was gong
TO murder and rob US IL.
When the two men were Search'" "' PD'0
Lcodouartcrs IIogshcad had Sl16 cohcealei ai"he
the waistband of his drawers ana '"e''o nav
s1i6 concealed about his person. Inc l'Noi,''
'o, ,,.,. RrItish "bulldog,@ 3s-calibre, and be-
longed to Cassie, but Hossh'ad III" IL III '
,,I;.c and took it from the vase 10 shoot his
.,il tb.Nr hrnlWlt
thinking they might want to use IT, The wounded
man WAS shot in the nose, at the corner oil '"e
rioht eve. He was unable TO talk after he was
h. and som after became dclirious. lie was
adm ttcd 10 Va.sar Hospital but before he was
,otcn tbithcr Dr. Lane attended to the wound
and wcnt with him in a carriage to the lnsttu'ioh
,,,.r no had been there a short time he was apF
% tall, hut would not answer any questions uh-
I'll Chief McCabc and Chief Humphrey arrived.
Then he gave his name as George Appo, ana Sld
tbot he lived in Ncw-York but he would not say
where his home WAS in the clty
~Thcv tell me am shot he said, Am I?'
and he was told that he was He vomltrd some
blood and said The man must be crazy 10
shoot me" He told the officers that he wanted
word sent to his wife, Lena Miller, NO Ill
Sixty-lirst-st Ncw-Nolk, second floor. rs his
homorrh,oe increased he became more talkativc
-.il
lie said that be came TO this city - visit :.
skater and had become intoxicated. lie Genied
having any green goods and sail he was not IN
tho room five minutes before Ii" was slot. IL"
assorted that he made no threats whatever.
The wounded man j. small in stature, weighing
about l?O pounds, has jrt-black hair, straight.
like an Indians. and IL smooth tlc'' 'hi'i
Iun,phr,y identified him aS notorious criminal
lie has heen here several times. and last spring
was ordered ont of the Nelson House as IL sls-
picicus character. His father i the notorious
cuimho Anpo now doing time in Sing Sing prison
Chief IlumphrcV SAYS that ApDD cam" her" >atlr-
dov nicht and registered at the New York Hotel.
CASSIE says that when ilogsIead shot Appo
| ,bo hitter was sitting at the foot of the bed on
| a chair and Ho2Shcad was sitting on the bed
vith an opon vali,r alongside of him, and that
Ircshead reached over into the valisc and got the
After Cas,lc and IIogshcad were placed in a
| cell downs lir, at police headquarters thlct
| NcCohe went down there for something and
found Cassie on his knees in prayer and Hogs
heud also on his knee, alongside of the old man
win his face buried in his hands.
4 dispatch was sent to Mrs. Lena Miller in
| forminr her Of the occurrence. \ preliminary
nv,mInation will bc hal in the case tomorrow.
| Cnrnn,r Frost cndcavorel 10 got Apo 10 make
| an .ntr-mortcm statement this afternoon but he
| wnnId NOT Al times he is dcirilus and he le-
| cIareJ that the man who shh him must have
| hrnn crazy Dr.. Lane has not prohed for the
hall in Appo. but he believe, it took Il downward
| course.
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