The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-09-29
The Latter Held on His Com
plant and Apo Held for
Attempted Suicide.
GOFF BELIEVES THE STORY OF HIS WITNESS
One of the Lawyers Men Saw Apo
Struggling with Riordan in
the Saloon.

81 did not cut my own throat. I
was givn knock out drops In that wine
room and done up by Mike Riordan,
and I know the proprietor OF the place
wanted me done up"
This is the statement made to-day by
George Apo. the Chinese American
criminal and Lexow witness, when
asked by an Evening World" reporter
as he sat in the Tombs Police Court
how he received the stab wound in his
neck.
As was fully told In 1.-THE Evening
World" Sporting Extra vest erday, Apo
was taken from the North River Hotel
at Barclay and West streets, to the
Church street station about 40 o'clock
with a cash In the left side of his throat
Just over the jugular vein.
Michael ]. Riordan. a former saloon
keeper and Aldermanic candidate. and
a present employed as a bartender, who
was with Apo when the cutting was
done, and Proprietor Baar. OF the North
River Hotel. both told the police at
the time that Apo had cut himself in
an attempt at suicide after a quarrel
with Riordan.
lHty dlSO Ht was N'u6y VI b"H
at the time.
Amos statement to the Evening
World" reporter. In which he denied
having cut himself, and the same state
ment made by him to Justice Ryan In
the Tombs Police Court to-day. puts a
somewhat different phase on the whole
afrair, and the police will have plenty OF
work to do in Sitting the matter to the
bottom. They will be assisted. too, by
Lexow Committee detectives.
As Capt. o'Connor and the police OF the
Church street station accepted without
question the statement that Apo mad
cut his own throat in an attempt to COM
init suicide, Apo was placed under ar
rest. and spent the night as prisoner In
the Chambers Street Hospital.
At $50 o'clock this morning Apo was
taken by Policeman Filan. OF the Church
street station, from the hospital to the
Tombs Police Court. While Apo was
sitting In little m that opens out
OF the courtroom proper, waiting for
Policeman Filan to have charge Of
drunk and disorderly and attempted
suicide drawn up against him. he made
the stdleIHSht WIN "''NH 1850 ''
opens.
Continuing, Apo told the following
story OF his movements during the day
and the circumstances leading up to the
cutting:
81 left Mr.. Cons office about 1890
o'clock with several subpoenas TO serve.
I also had some blanks TO take to Sen
.,,r IpNOw's Office
''I went there first and left the blanks.
and later went TO Mr.. Moss's office.
After that l went uptown TO serve a
subpoena upon Gus Heintze, barber,
at l34S Third avenue.
Afterwards came downtown. and
about 3 o'clock. l think. l met Mike
CRiordan) at the corner OF Liberty and
West streets.
He asked me TO take a drink. / at
first declined. but finally went into a
saloon on that corner and l took one
drink"
II will he remembered that Mr., Con
and hlsasaociates have insisted since the
cutting occurred that Apo has not been
drinking at all Of late. This part Of his
story will therefore bear rigid Inyestiga-
ton
When we came out OF the saloon
ne continued. Mike and / walked up
West street towards barclay.
He asked me to 60 up 70 the North