The sun., 1893-04-12
FRED MAY HAS COME BACK.
CAN'T BE HAPPY OUT OF NEW FORK
EVEN If HE MUST FACE A JURY.

Is the " Famine" on the Coiu-b,.'s ra.sep-
ger List His s-He Give. eS 900 Ball for
Trial for Asssuitins Poi,ceraan Mcssowsn
| with n Pistoi-Sone OF HIS Adventures.
| Fred May has come back. The version they
have at the District Attorneys office is that he
| came back from South america on Pacific
| Mail steamship. At the same time. Herr
| Friedrich May una Familie" was tho entry
on the passenger list Of the steamship Colum-
bia which got here on Saturday from Ham.
burg. The family" was not In evidence yes
terday. but Herr May. stalwart and well
groomed. his nne moustache turned gray.
walked into the District Attorneys office and
said he wanted to surrender himself He did
not say whether he was still q bachelor or not,
and nobody asked him.
1t was Az years ago that he jumped his bail
and went to Buenos Ayres. SO as not to be
tried. in the then heated state OF public opin-
ion. as lawyers put 1t. for drawing a pistol on
Policeman Daniel MCGOWAN then and now OF
the Leonard street police.
He was cordially received. His $1,000 bail
was promptly increased to 5000. He was ar
raiRned before Judge MARITIME and pleaded
not guilty Of assault in the first degree. and
then accompanied BY his lawyer. John Il Dos
Passos. and Clarence Gray Dinsmore, he went
of to seek solitude. He 10 q big. broad-shoul-
dered. handsome six-footer. and his face was
we'll bronzed. He wore large black overcoat
trimmed with astrachan. He is now Al years
old.
Mr.. May comes OF a Baltimore family. but he
was In evidence principally In this city for
number Of years. His tendency to dispute
other peoples opinions and interfere with
their comfort was usually latent but came
occasionally to the surface The last time this
happened in New York was on the night Of
June IL 1888 Mr. May had been down to the
Providence boat to see his mother and sister
off, About half-past 3 he appeared at the
corner Of Warren street and College place.
Numbers OF well-dressed young women were
passing. and. according to the police report.
he caught hold Of some Of the women's
Three whG along ba gave
sna 1s sSy
Women, MAY retorted vigorously that i was
q lie: McGowan told him to move on. and May
near McGowan and Policeman Grady Of the
Church 81 street police station. who had come up
.some words passed between May and No
Gowan. and then. MCGOWAN says. May drew q
revolver. pointed It at him, and Threatened to
May a knockout blow on the iorenead. May
five stitches in his eyebrow. May was put into
Seore @ s Yields !Se Tom e Ss a'fA'k'e'
May sent for Howe HummeL and said he
Hes a pretty good fellow. He's given me
ssomethinG won't forget in a while, but bear
him. II tried to sh9ot the officers I am glad
put under: 5000 bail and taken down stairs.
His friends were out OF town; AT y;2Q that |
ston Of East Seventeenth street ca me to the
Tombs: Livingston @ gave tho b bail Lieut. iGol;;
on % june Il tSat May was at the New Yori Ho.
sansd foS9d 81 D. Wss ss staten 5sae ist sS
septt; i r. r. Grand S js!y indistsd HIM Tor as: %
heard that he had returned. /. was said at
May would soon be tried.
Nay SscE Vas not to talk about his
ieit New, York. He said. however. that he
went to england. and thence to Bnenos Ayres
there tive and thsn
In ca h He1 wSs %ss ess ssy as
period q bliss in Chill At the time Of tho % at.
in In the streets Of Santiago. He happened 10 bs
around: 80 It was said yesterday, and he doned
pitched In for the marines und the glory OF the
United States.
Mays return yesterday set men to recalling
some OF his lively experiences In this city
yenrs ago. The duel with James Gordon
Bennett. IN which both sides brought back
peace with entire safety. was the earliest Of
these and has been the oftenest related.
While Mrs Langtry was in the country later
on. Mr.. Pat Duffy. OF New Orleans a most ac-
com mpiished man in his way and known for his
peculiarly happy manner OF defending HIM
self made certain remarks about Mrs. Lang
try. May: who was present yentured to dis
statement and added thereto. Mr.. May was
somewhat rumpled to think that Mr.. Duffy
should persist in his statements and there
was collision in which the accustom ed hand
Df Mr. Duffy sought his pistol poe ket The
scene closed with Mr.. Duffy niteously nsklng