Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-09-29

VI
 GEORGE APPo.
 tragedy. Of course tho suspicion arose that he had been assaulted, but no evi- dence to this effect has developed
 Appo Is an all round crook whose ex- posure of tho inner workings of green goods men before the Lexow committee caused a widespread sensation. Recently he has been working for Mir. Golf. He was yesterday given a batch of subpGnas to serve. Several of the witnesses he sought live in tho ncighborhood of West street.
 He drank in several places along the river front and finally found his way into Frederick Baar's North River hotel, Bar clay and West streets. Ho was not even tipsy when he first entered Baar's place, which Is a resort for greon goods men.
 Lawyer Jerome thinks that Appo was drugged for tho purpose of assassination. Riordon says the man cut his own throat Riordon had him removed to the station. Appo was bleeding on the sidewalk in front of the North River hotel when Rior- dan, starting off with him. met Filan.
 The Suicide Theory.
 Riordon told this story to Captain O'Connor: II tend bar at Raub's hotel.
  terday afternoon of. I met Appo, whom know slightly. and We went to the North River hotel whcrc We had n drink. Then we had two or threo moro. Then I said. 'Appo, I don't like you because you're not on the level.
 Who says m nOty' ho said.
 "'Oh, you know, said l. If you wcrs on the level. you'd bc all right.
 He became littlr excited and said, Well, if you don't think I'm on the levcl, I'll show you that I'd rather die than have you think so.
 Then he pulled dirk knife. and run ming to the sidewalk s!ashed at his throat us he ran. Then l started to take him To the station house
 Appo's clothing was wet with blood. which gushed from n wound in tho left sidc of his mock. It looked ugly till tho flow of blood was checked. Then it was found that 1t was not n mortal wound. The knife missed the jugular vcin by a had been called from Chambers Street hospital, and n messenger was sont to mo- tify Mir. Goff. He sent Lawyer Jerome and the chief detective of the Parkhurst society.
 At the same tino Inspector McLaugh- lin, who had bcon apprisod of the mys- terious case, sont Detectives Nallcly, Frink and Schindle to the Church street station.
 Think He Was Drugged.
 Dr. Pentland of the hospital. who stitched up the wound. was unable to de- termine what Appo had been druggcd with. He thought If Appo had taken only whisky the coma would not bo so heavy. Ho tried needles on Appo without mak- Ing him move n muscle Appo was placed on a cot in tho officers sitting room. where he spent the night. Riordon was at once removed to police headquarters.
 It is thought that ho knows more about the matter than he told Captain 'OCun- nor. Riordon has heretofore been rCgard- cd as a respectable man. He k 3l years old and has dHbhlcd little in ward pOli- tics. He oncc enjoyed the distinction of being beaten for alderman by Sojor Flynn. How he came to know Appo wcll enough to rebuke him for exposing the green goods men Is not yet explained. Mir. Je- rome thought 1t lame story. He said that Appo was not the sort of man to Kill himself. Those who know Appo in timatoly say that no man was fondcr of life and its pleasures tban he.
 Blacky Moonson and Pig Faced Mur- phy, green goods men who had worked with Appo, called at the station to seo him, but were not permitted to do so.
 Moonson said: I've known Appo as I I gamble that, drunk or sober. the thought of killing himself never entered his mind Why, after he lost his eye heard him say, If lost the ether eye and my legs and arms to boot, still life would be good enough for me Then the idea of rcd liquor making him daffy enough to want to out his throat! You don't think that . man like him. who was stuck on his pipe and didn't lose his nut. would fall down on a whisky? No, the ducks that think so don't know Appo."
 Murphy agreed with Moonson.
 This suicide lay won't do." he said. "It was e plan to do him. He about got on when they were giving him tho dope and got out before they finished him. I reckon no one would be better pleased than some of the police to see him put out of the way for good"
 .Murd.r." Says Mir. Con.
 Baar, the keeper of the North River hotel, tells the samo story Riordon did. So do his bartenders. They all say Appo was crazy drunk. It seems singular, how ever. that although Appo and Riordon had visited other saloons in the neigh borhood, he should have selected haunt of green goods mon to kill himself in. This fact in itself makes the suicide the ory improbable
 Nor nowhere on earth could bc found . more rcmorseful green goods man. Their life of vicissitude and hardship makes living dear to them.
 Then. as Moonson pointed out, mon of Appo's blood never take their own lives.
 Both MT. Con and Mfr Jerome arc of tthe opinion that this is another attempt to murder ApTo Tho truth will not be revealed until Appo regains his senses and tells his story. Those who know green goods men know that they would take al- most any risk Go put out of the way fol low who had harmed their thievish trade e much as Appo did.
 When Appo loft Mir. Goff's ofilcc ycster- day morning. he had 1 1 subpUnas. Whom his clothes were searched, but two were found Inquiry proved that he had served tho othcra- Ono of those unseryed bore the name of H. J. Hcintze, i3is Third avenue the other that of John Jorhus, no address Appo frequently told Mir. Coll that he expected to be killed for the work he was doing for tho committee. Hut hc was anything but coward. although he dearly loved life
 George Appo has for many years been e notorious criminal and Is known to the police of all the large cities ia America. but particularly in New York.