The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-06
MURDER IN A HOTEL.
Fagin Claims that the Man He
Belriended Had Robbed Him.
He Shot Woods" Through the
Heart, Fled and Was Captured.
Has Been a Hospital Nurse and Is
Thought to BE Insane.

There were 10 men sleeping In the
little wire-CoVcred cages called rooms
at the Wavcrly Hotel about 1 o'clock
this morning when they were awakened
by the report of a pistol. and, rushing
out into the halls, found a man dead,
with a 3S-calibrc bullet through his
heart, ami another man walking calmly
down the stairs with revolver in his
hand.
The murdered man had registered an
hour before under the name of woods
The other had come in at the same
time had paid for both rooms % cents
each. and had been assigned to room 81.
Night Clerk John +. Frederick In
serted the name "Moriarty" for this
man on the register.
Names are not of much moment In an
Eighth avenue lodging house, and Mo
riarty" and Woods" went up to bed
about midnight.
At o'clock Broderick was startled by
the sudden appearance OF man at the
desk holding a revolver.
"My moneys gone. and you have got
to come upstairs and get 1t from the
man that robbed me- he said.
Frederick was frightened, and he went
upstairs with Fagin. All the way up
the two flights Fagin walked behind
pointing the revolver at the head oil the
clerk
Up on the third floor, in room 49, where
bed partially dressed.
There's the man that has got my
money. shouted Fagin. as he and the
clerk entered the room.
"The man Is dead crazy" answered
Woods" as he halt raised hl hIs own IN
'%firblow your brains ont e you, don't
give me my money, yelled fasih'
fiourishing the revolver.
Broderick. as soon as the way was
| clear got out of the room and INTO an
other across the hall Just as ne got
into this room and Locked inc es uoo rry vw o}
pain BroderCk opened the door, ana
In the narrow, dimly lighted nall he
saw the two men. -. - a.,
hall In his hand H.. held his pisto,
pointing at Woods" who stumbled
along after him for few steps, his hand
~ AS Woods" fell FagIn turned and
walked slowly down the stairs. Clerk
| Broderick ran down rear staircase
and reached the front door as soon as
The murderer walked away ieisurely
| still carrying the pistol in MS hand'
| Frederick followed at a SAFE Instance,
Reilly. at Twenty-seventh street. tauseu
They returned to the scene Of the
shooting, and found that WOODS was
The prisoner said he was Mark Fagin,
born in Newry, County, Down, ireland,
that he is forty years u nas been seven
| years in America, and had come over
Yesterday from Philadelphia, where ne
| had been a nurse in the United states
Naval Hospital. He WIS on his way TO
Letters of RECOMMENDATION and certiii,
Gates OF good character in his pockets
| corroborated his story one was uate1
April g. 1885, 9 end signeql Sy she knatber
| was dated yesterday, and was signed ID.
| KIndleberger. Medical, Director, u. 5;
Naval Hospital. Philadelphia 1t stated
faithful man In the hospital for one year;
There were other letters signed April
| II. 1859 by Supt. George +. l;udlan. OF
Surge SUE S nv Major, 4 II: =, Of the second CON
| England, Jan. |, 1889, and by John T.
Allen sugerlntsdndent OF p faG NeT iss5 orN
Fagin had a coupon ticket from Phila-
delphia TO Montreal and $l62l In cash
He tod an Evening World re-
day that he had sll7 when he left Phlla-
! deiphia yesterday afternoon. That last
night man asked him for the price
| n lodging In flEntU avenue my
had a few drinks and then he took the
beggar to the Waverly Hotel at little
before midnight and paid for rooms Tor
| both.
No money was found on the muir
dered man and Capt. Price thinks Fagin
! is crazy. In the scutiie after IN. fatal
! shot Fagin got bruised and blt.kened
| eye.
Nobody has identified the body OF
" Woods and there was nothing on
his person by which to identity him;
| He was about forty years old, had red
Ihnir, dark complexion, sandy mustache
| and was five feet nine inches IN height;
He wore shabby, brown coat ana
vest hiue-black trousers of the sailor
! style, and blue yachting cap, He was
a stranger at the Waverly Hotel. and
TO ali OF the other los dodgers of last
night. MI. &c.. .,,,.
| forenoon Judge Noorhis set the eNsm-
nation OF Fagin down for next Wedtfes-
day. and committed five witnesses to
the House of Detention in default of
b.iI These five are the night clerk,
John r Bruderck: George Maroney;
| Henry Spelman, Charles Mackey ana
6n!y one OF the bullets hit Woods"
The other was fired in the struggle. while
| woo ls's" life was ebbtng away. II
| sp.interei the l'0r frame Of room No
- "Wuods's" body is at the MorSue.