The evening world., 1894-07-06
CALLED OUT
TO Be SHOT.
Race. Track Tout Edward
Meyer Killed in Front
Of His Door.
SUMMONED FROM HIS BED.
An Unknown Man Called to Him
An Unknown Man Called to Him
from the Street at Mid
night.
GEORGE D0uGHERTY SUSPECTED
He Had Threatened Meyer for
"Welching" SIS Given Him to
Bet on a Race.

Edward Meyer, race track tout and
messenger connected with the Brighton
Pool-room on Great Jones street, was
called to the door of his house. 1903 Ave-
nue. A, at 1915 o'clock this morning and
entered his left breast and he died five
minutes later.
The man who called him from his bed
waited until Meyer was within three
feet of him before pulling the trigger
After firing the fatal shot he walked
leisurely away.
Nearly dozen persons saw him dis
appear The man was cool and uncon-
cerned. Even when policemen began to
arrive from every direction in response
to the whistle Of the first man on the
scene he still walked. He Is known to
have brushed against at least one person,
after which he broke into a trot.
He doubled around the block, and, 1t
| is thought, returned to the scene Of the
shooting to mingle with the crowd which
| had collected.
| Edward Meyer was accused Of WEIGH
| ing. He is said to have run away with
a IS bill given him to bet with a few days
ago. 1t is believed that for that amount
| he lost his life.
Capt. Pickett, OF the East Eighty
eighth street station. has three of his
men on the case. They believe they
know the man who did the shooting.
Suspicion most strongly rests upon
George Dougherty, the twenty-two-year-
| ho
the odd Brighton" resort on Great
Edward Meyer lived with his brother
Joseph in the third floor nat at the
once went to bed. Three-quarters of an
hour later Joseph Meyer heard his broth
er talking to some one at the front
who is THAI" Edward Meyer asked,
and the reply came:
Its me, George"
What do you want?' was asked.
| You know what l want you for. Come
Now. what's the use of getting mad.
Don't be angry George. Come upstairs
~ can't the man George replied.
| 1.-The front door is locked"
We'll. I'll go right down then" Ed
to get dSy yPs As he did so Joseph
"oh. it's friend Of mine. III he
Then he he went out the door. He was
in his stocking feet, and wore no hat
or coat.
| to reach the front door when, his broth
err heard a shot and a cry. He hastily
put on his trousers and ran down to
the street. There he found his brother
! in a pool OF blood
What had happened is told by Ber-
nard Weimesheimer, an e-witness.
directly across the street. on the third
floor. He is a sufferer from heart dis
ease, and not being able to sleep, was
sitting by The ~ window ,ndo ,,s .,rss, ,s .,u u,
Of the Never house. 4 policeman was
passing at the time; trying the doors
&c going e from the dir ectioHn Of Els htieth
towards Seventy ninth street. As. he
passed the man before the Meyers door
When he was out OF sight, the man
locked up at the Meyer window and
called:
Edward Meyer looked out OF the win
dow. spoke, and then went down to the
| door. Weniesheimer says that the two
could not have exchanged half dozen
WOTuS NHeU the uTtW d IGNOI-
yer. fired. and walked calmly away.
Meyer said not a word. He placed his
hand on his left breast and staggered
| towards the little saltwater stand of T.
| Schmidt, some twenty feet away. He
placed his hand on the stand and slowly
| sank TO the pavement. Once he made
an effort to cry Police" but he only
uttered the first syllable when a gurgle
| came in his threat and cut tho ere short
All this time Weinesheimer was sit
| ting In the window, overcome by the
| shock. Meyer was on the pavement
when Weinesheimer found voice TO yell
Murder! Police" Then he could sea
that the stranger was near Seventy;
unconcerned. But as he heard the cry
| OF the man at the window, he started
| to run. Weinesheimer thought he
lodged into basement on the next
| Charles Bahns, who lives at 1906 Ave-
nue. A, was sitting at his window on the
| third floor OF the house, when the shoot
| ing occurred. He saw the policeman SO
| by, too, saw the fash OF the shot and
| saw the stranger walk slowly up the
! street
| reached his brothers. side, Policeman
| McDonough, who was the msn who had
passed the stranger ONLY few minutes
| before, arrived. Then Policeman Barry
| came and following him closely was
| DR.. Jackson, OF 332 East Seventy eighth
| street. who had been near enough tC
| hear the shot. An ambulance was sum
| moned from the Presbyterian Hospital
but Meyer died before 1t came.
The circumstances which seem te