The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-02-24
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"a hour Q pistol shot

49, u hour . pistol shot
~ /Feffictor of ,he hotel,
Daniel Madd Nd othcr attaches of tho
house hurried 10 the hail and saw the
bla kwhiskcscd k man coming out of room
No. 0 with a'smoking pistol in his hand,
and The caller staggering along the hall
with his hand to his had and blood flow-
ing down his face. Tho pistol was
wrcnched from the m,n's hand, and tho
wounded man was tax, to a room nd. +.
joining No. The police were notified
and u d Jctor and ambulance were sum.
moned. Polio, m IN MCGOWAN responded
to tho call and took tAs black whiskercd
man and his gray.headed companion to
Police Headquarters. The ono with
black hair and wiskers gave his pamc az
Ira Ioe shead of Greenville, 8. C, and
said that the elder man was his father.
in-law, Ephraim Cassie, and that he, too,
lived in Greenville. They told their
story rs follows:
"We had been having correspon-
dencc with man in New York city who
gave his name as James Mansfield, and
he offered to sell US $1,000 worth of
counterfeit money, which could not be
identifi, d as counterfeit, for 800, and
we made arrangements tn meet him here.
When we left Grcenville VIC telegraphcd
him that VIC had started, and when VIC
reached Philadelphia on Saturday we
tulcgraphed him again. Our instructions
were to 60 to the New York Hotel,
Poughkecpsie, and meet a man to take
us to New York. We came up on the
West Shore road to Newburgh, and then
crossed by boat to the Hud-on River
Railroad, and arrived here Mt 10 O'Clock.
We went to the New York Hotel and got
room. We had been in it about haH
IN hour when the agent of tho man We
had been corresponding with entered.
~ was lying on the bed, resting"
said Hogshead, land we had talk about
going to New York. The man who
camo to soe11&ESnted us to 60, but VIC
Mfdt VT pa: l&ay,- -rihs We
were no trains all night, aud we didn't
care to go tosNew York to stay over
night. He wanted my father.in. law to
give him some money to buy the tickets
with, and we did give him IS, but he
afterward gave It back. Then the talk
continued, and his manner and talk were
such that considered my life in danger,
and shot bim, thinking he was going
to murder and rob US"
When tho two men were searched Mt
Police Headquarters Hogshead had $176
concealed in his clothing and Cassie had
t148 concealed about his person. The
revolver used was a British bulldog, 49,
callbre, and belonged to Cassie, but Hogs
head had it in his valise and took it from
the valise to shoot his victim. Hogs
head said that they had brought it along,
thinking they might want to use it.
The wounded man was shot in the nose
at the correr OF the right eye. He wos
unable to tax after he was shot, and
soon afterward became delirious. lie
was promptly admitted to Vassar Hos
pital, but before he was taken thither DR..
Line attended to the wound and went
with him in a carriage to the hospital
After he had been there n short time he
was able to talk, but would not answer
any questions until Chief McCabc and
Chief Humphrey arrived. Then he said
his name was George Apo, and that he
lived in New York, but he would not
say where he lived in that city.
They tell me I am shot" he said.
"Am II"
He was tod that he was. lie then
said:'
"Thc man must be crazy to shoot me. "
He then told the Chief that he wanted
word sent to Lena Miller, III Sixty fret
street, New York, second fl or, his wife.
He said that he was in this city to visit
| a skater and that he had become intoxi
Gated. He said he had no green goods,
and G:-at -ha- wasn't In the room five
minutes before he was shot. He said he
made no threats whatever. He is small
in stature, weighing about 1870 pounds.
He has jet.black hair like an Indian, but
no moustache or whiskcrs.
Chief Humphrey identified Apo as a
notorious crook. lie has been here sew
eral times, and last spring was ordered
out of the Nelson uousc as suspicion
character. His father is the notorious
Quimbo Apo, now doing time in Sing
Sing prison. Chief Humphrey says that
Apo came here on Saturday night and
registered at the New York Hotel.
Old man Cassie says that when Hogs.
head shot Apo the latter was sitting at
the foot of the bed on chair, A, d Hogs
head was sitting on the cd with an
open valise alongside OF him, and that
Hogshead reached over into the valise
and got the pistol.
After Cassie and Hogshea1 had been
piaCcu In cell QOWn Stairs at pOllCe
Headquarters Chief McCabe went down
there for something and found Cassie on
his knees in nrayer.--zSogsh, ad was also
on his knees alongside of the old man,
with his face buried in his hands.
A dispatch has been sent to Mrs. Lena
Miller informing hei Of the shooting. A
preliminary examination will be held iu
the case tomorrow. Coroner Frost en-.
deavored to get Apo to make an ante
mortem statement that afternoon, but he
would not. At this time he is delirions
DR.. Lane has not pr0bed for the ball.
but he believes it tcJk q downward
course.
Apo is the son of the dwarf Chinese
murderer, Quimbo Apo, by an Irish
woman, Catherine Fitzpatrick. I'll"
father was in prison many times, alwal ,
for deeds of violefcc, never for theft
The son has been thief from his youth
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