The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-12-21
NEARLY CUTOFF HIS HAND.
JAMES CARNEY MAINS JOSEPH
HLRNIsCHFEGER.

The sods water Asent Hss Beeu Driuk.
lag. and the Meat Chopper Reproved
Biu- for the Language He Used whes
the Cssbie snis He Hssa't Paid In Full
It all happened over the purchase Of thirty
seven cents worth Of ham. and IL lasted but .
few seconds. In that short time. however,
James Carney OF 314 East Fifty fifth street had
very nearly cut of the right hand of Joseph
Harnischfeger Of 3l3 East Fifty-sixth street.
And this is how IL happened.
Carney is an agent for Bolen& Byrne, the soda
and ginger ale bottlers. lie spent most OF We'd
nesday afternoon at one Of the uptown clubs in
trying to make the club n customer Of his firm.
While so doing he took Just enough drinks to
rufle his usually serene temper. Late in the
afternoon he started for home. On the way he
stopped In at John Meyers saloon at 1,O4l Sec
ond avenue. lie was in a bad temper when he
went into the saloon. He was in a worse one
when he went out, the glass OF beer which he
drank there having made him still crosscr.
Next door to Meyers saloon is the meat mar
ket Of Charles Harnischfeger Carney has long
been a customer there. and a good one. On
quitting the saloon he went into the butcher
shop and purchased some ham. The amount Of
the purchase was ~ cents. Stepping across 10
the cashiers desk he handed the young woman
In charge 30 cents. She locke at the check
and saw that the sum rendered in payment was
z cents short. She called Carney's attention to
the discrepancy. and, according to her story, he
became abusive.
The market was filled with customers. and
Joseph Harnischfegcr, a cousin OF the proprie-
tor of the shop. who Ia employed there as a meat
cutter, told Carney that no gentleman would
use the language he had used. especially in the
the presence of ladies.
Come out on the street, you Dutch sausage.
anH III braak ynnr fara'N yallad f'arnav A.
the same time he lunged at the young butcher
over the counter. Harnischfeger throw up his
right arm TO ward OF the anticipated blow. and
before he could lower II Carney made one move
ment of his arm and Harnischfeger uttered a
cry Of pain.
were covered with blood. An examination
showed q deep. clean cut, almost, entirely
hand f"r%p Hanging By the unsev werr1sd' n sIi.G In 't The s e9e
element Carney had rushed out of the shop
and disappeared. The wounded man was taken
across the street to Frasers drug store, at
Second avenue and Fifty-fourth street. and a
hurry call for an ambulance was sent to the
When the ambulance arrived the surgeon
found that ,both, arteries and both nerves had
feger was taken to the hospital. Last night the
doctors we're unable to say whether the hand
would have 70 be amputsted or not,
the shop attracted the attention Of ! Policeman
sontheimer Of the Fifty first street station,
II 10 NV ebbut " " AWAY III
avenue. He fastened to the place. and learned
that Carney had run down Fifty-afth street,
The policeman gave chase. When he reached
the house at 31B East Fifty-ffth street, some
one told him that q man had gone into the house
and up on the roof. On reaching the roof the
policeman ran along until he reached a broken
skylight. Concluding. that his man must have
gone down through it, he followed.
The house which Sontheimer thus entered
was $40. After a short search. he found Carney
lying on the bed In n room OF an apartment on
the second floor. Carney was put under arrest
and taken to the Fifty-hrst street station,
where he was kept over night. Yesterday morn
ing he was arraigned before Justice Meade in
the Iorkville. Police Court. and held In 81, 500
bail for examination this morning. Carney OBJ
tanned bail yesterday afternoon.
Carney has been one OF Bolen q Byrne's
agents for several years. Before that he was
the New York agent for one Of the Saratoga
springs. 1t has been his custom TO spend his
summers in Saratoga with his wife. lie is we'll
known there and has a good reputation. In
Saratoga he leases horses for a large livery firm.
Until he came TO this city he was always in the
livery business. The knife he cut Harnisch-
feger with could not be found.