The evening world., 1894-05-03
ON A BLOODY TRAIL.
Policemen Find Hugh Doughsrty
Senseless in the Street.
Crimson Stains Led to the House
Where He Was Assaulted.
David Mark Escapes After Slashing
Him with a Huge Knife.

Hugh Dougherty. twenty-eight years
old, an angineer. Of lis West One Hun
dred and Thlrty-fourth street. is In the
Manhattan Hospital with a terrible cash
in his head He will die. His injury
was inflicted by David Mark, twenty
one years old. of 81 Manhattan avenue.
Mark lives with his wife and one-year-
old child on the second floor OF the
apartment-house at q Manhattan ave-
nue.. His mother. sisters and brother
Frank live on the third floor at 115 West
One Hundred and Thirty-fourth street.
Two months ago Mrs. Mark took to
board with her Hugh Dongherty, who
Railway Company.
Frank Mark and Dougherty roomed
together and soon became fast friends.
to the house several times a week,
Early last night Frank and Dougherty
left the house together. They said they
were going to meet David and go to a
1t was almost IL o'clock when they re-
to talk with Franks sister. They had
only been sitting, there a few minutes
ITS /. Dave was the answer.
Don't open the door, cried Dougherty
room. He looked as II he had been
drinking.
excitedly. Before anyone ccud answer
he went up to his brother, Frank, and
with a blow In the face knocked him to
the floor. Then he turned around.
carving-knife, with an eight-inch blade.
Dougherty ran towards the door at
the sight of the knife, but just as he
reached II David was upon him The
knife desCapIeI on Dnnpharty's hand
and struck him ~squarely on the top.
The blood streamed over his face and
SSlothtinss a. as sn With III s a cry e. pain, he h
footed and in his shirt sleeves.
At the corner Of One Hundred and
Thirty-fourth street and Lenox avenue
There were half a dozen people In. there
as the door swung back, and Dougher-
IT, sgS ent ef Dc b,heys, shark u 5aGk at the the
Take him to the drug store" shouted
the bartender. But the injured man
didn't walt. He ran to One Hundred
nue.. to the drug store of L.. NJ, Hannah:
But his place was locked up, and
D~ougherty, weak from the loss of blood.
A woman and a girl were passing at
he time. They screamed and Police
man Buckridge, who was half a block
away, ran up with two men. The police
''Nt. ~ WV W. $500
while one OF the men went for DIR. Beal,
Of One Hundred n Twenty-eighth
street and Lenox avenue.
In the meantime Policeman Harrigan
had arrived at the scene and sent for an
ambulance.
To Policeman Buckridge Dougherty
said: MY name is Dougherty: Mark
cut me" Then he became unconscious.
When Ambulance Surgeon Volio came
he said the man was dangerously hurt
and took hin. to the hospital after bind
Policeman Gallagher arrived, and he
and H%arrigan started out on a search
for the man who did the cutting. These
policemen are attached 70 the Yves. Cne
Slowly they followed the blood trail
up Lenox avenue. 1t led them first to
the saloon, which. by this time was
on the outside told them how Dougherty
had been hurt before he reached there.
So the policemen went, on, seeing the
blood we'll enough near the lighted lamps
lights they struck matches. >,
1t was nearly J o'clock when the trail
took them to the One Hundred and
stairs to the third floor the blood was
Mrs. Mark, her son and daughter were
awake. They said at first that the cut
man Gallagher went into the front room,
and on a shelf in the closet found the
bloody knife wrapped in n towel. Then
Mrs. Mark broke down and told all about
it. But she said she didn't know where
her son David lived.
Frank Mark was taken to the West
One Hundred and ,Twenty-ifth street
station, to be detained as a witness
Sergeant Groo at once sent Detective
Buckley and Patrolman Harrigan out to
find David Mark.
Then the trail was taken up from the
One Hundred and Thirty-fourth street
house. They found that David when he
to one Hundred and Twenty-ffth street;
1t took them only half an hour to md
hat from there he had jumped on a
north-bound cable car n to discover
the conductor of the car. He remem-
bered the man, who had said to him:
Two men, tried to do me. but / got
the best of them"
house q Manhattan avenue after he
left the car.
When the policemen reached the
house, David was evidently on the walt
for them, for while they were trying to
get in at the front door he escaped
BY a side window, and got away over
the roofs OF the adjoining sheds. He
his wife was telling the policemen that
he nae not been home at all.
But the policemen saw the open win
dow, and a man in the next house told
them he had seen David getting away,
The police are sure they will capture
the man to-day,
Later In the morning Mrs; Mark said
had cut Dougherty. Her sister said She
thought there might have been some
throuble over money matters.
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