The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-02-20
Thrown FROM 4 WINDOW
Mystery as to How John
May Nearly Came by
His Death.
DOES NOT KNOW HIMSELF.
And Three Colored Prisoners Tell
Seemingly Straight Stories
NeighborIy Gossip.

john MAY, good looking young man
OF No. 40l York street, is lying at the City
Hospital suffering from concussion OF tha
brain. How May received his iojuries is
shrouded in mystery and the police ara
nafd at Work trying 60 solve IL. Since his
admission to the hospital at two o'clock
Yesterday morning, May has Deen i'll a
stupor and it has been impossible to get
statement from him. Three coiored
persons are locked up at Police Head
quarters and If May should die, the y
will have to face a charge OF
the affair are very peculiar.
IN A POOL OF BLOOD.
About one o'clock yesterday morning,
PatrolEan Thomas Cannon was patrol
ing York street. When opposite No. 63
he was startled by hearing groans from
Go the first floor. Cannon walked over
and found good-looktng. well-dressed
young man lying in ia pool OF blood. AT
first the policeman supposed that the man
had fallen from one of the upper windows.
He waited while, thinking that some
one would come downstairs. In
stead, he heard loud and angry words
and the next moment the light was
extinguished and the apartments were
in darkness. The policeman then began
to suspect foul play. The patrol wagon
was summoned and the wounded man
taken to Police Headquarters. He was
unconscious and DR.. Shelby was sum-
moned. The doctor examined the wound
and said that it was of serious natur 9,
that the brain had been injured. He adj
vised the immediate removal of the
wounded man to the City Hospital. This
was done.
QUEER STATE OF THINGS.
In the meantime, PATRICK Cannon and
a nf dnfo
visited No. 63 York street. On the Sec
ond floor of the house lives Mrs. Annia
Williams, colored woman. Her board
ers are Sarah Benjamin and Timothy
Davis, both of whom are colored. When
the police went thers they KNOCKED some
time before they were admitted. Mrs.
Williams and Davis Were fully dressed
and evidently were preparing to leave
the house, but Miss Benjamin was in her
night clothes, Mrs. Williams was ques-
toned sharply, but she said she knew
nothing about May. She said she heard
two men quarreling in the hallway.
One of tenants in the house told the
police that May was frequent visitor
to the Williams apartments and that he
went their to see Miss Benjamin. The
three colored people were brought to the
First Precinct Station House and locked
up as disorderly persons. They refused
to talk at all further than to deny all
AuOW4euE0 Ol now may received MS
injuries. They were arraigned before JUS
tice ODonnell this morn ing and are held
without bail. Thespolice are of the opinion
that May was an admirer of Miss Benz
jamin. and Saturday night he visited her.
met Davis and quarreled and was thrown
from the window.
PRISONERS STATEMENT.
At noon today, Superintendent Smith
took statement from each of the three
prisoners. Miss Benjamin said that about
one O'Clock Sunday morning, a knock
came to the door of her apartments and
voice outside demanded Rdmittance. She
refused to admit the person and ord cred
him away. He knocked louder than
before. Then she heard angry voices in
the hallway, the noise of a scuffie, q
window was raised, and she heard
crash on the sidewalk. She said she did
not know May at all. Mrs Williams
stated that she was awakened by
scuffie In the hallway and she went out.
She saw several men fighting, and sew
window raised and saw mans body 90
out the window. She went back into her
apartments and remained there until the
arrival of the police.
Davis said he was fast asleep and waa
awakened by Mrs. Williams who told
him that the police were in the house.
He did not know May at all, he said.
Shortly after the above statements had
been taken from the prisoners, the Super
inGendent received word from the hospi-
tai that May had regained consciousness
and when asked to state how he received
his injuries, said that he was drunk and
did not know how IT hanDened