New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-21
MI1RDER IN A LOW RESORT.
"A SAILOR FATALLY STABBED IN
BAYARD-ST BARROOM

,.x OTHER pERsONs-PLAIN VIOLATION OF
r,,r rxc1sE I.Aw-TnE SCENE OF THE
cp,vr NOTORIOUS DIvE-TIE
LAW MUST BE ENFORCED. SAYS
COMMISSIONER ROOSEVELT.
,,-5er was committed early yesterday morn
10, IN the barroom Of Edward T. lNhch d Wv am
victorious resort No. 81 Bayard-st Inc Hic'''i
49, lanes Welsh n sailor on leave from the United
sta,es receiving ship Vermont He entered the pace
~ oho,, ~ y m after a tour Of the Bowery. with
a sbpmate named James Lynch ana one ""''''
thatcher a laborer from Boston. Al hau oe'"
drinking freely. Besides the partcNnei' f>''''"
Carmodv there were five men and six women IN 'he
MACE most OF whom We're seated IN h''ie PACK
-, .hou. all that IS known of the murder IS
derived from the statement OF one OF the women
10 the police According TO ms AFTER "''"N"s
Of the bar the sailors and their companion went
Co., Tho hack room. and Welsh asked girl named
mt pron or Lille Carney. of No. 20 Elizabeth
:, - Great" On her refusal. he slapped her face
and cboked her and stephen Ryan. who Is spoken
Of as the girls intended husband, suucH "e'Sn.
The latter hit back. and then there was s'"ci"i
hght in which Welsh was stabbed severai une" oS
Iohn Rail- aged twenty-four years. a pooiroom
hanger-on Of No. IS Eldridge-st The woman VINO
,ous tho story Nellie sullivan of No. 81 Market
a., saws she saw the knife in Balls hand After 'ne
s.abbing she cried Murder" and the bartender DIS
playing a club and revolver. ordered th- sea'ieh
and their friend ont OF the place
The order was obeyed. but as Welsh staggered
az, after his COMPANIONS he exclaimed that ne
wanted his hat which he had lost In the scn''e'
His calling out attracted the attention OF Policeman
Frank Baker who was just across the street l'o''i
the barroom having been detailed on special duty
10 warn persons away from the house OF Hi-repu'c
xo % Ravard-st He had attended TO this duty only
having apparently not concerned himself with the
fact that I.ynchs place was open after a. H. al
violation of the Excise law. lie advanced TOWARD
the three men, but before ne reached them "eish
reeled and fell down a basement stairway next doc:
"a the barroom His comrades and the ofhcer VIII
,ba helm of Policeman Sheehan who was caIied
from the Bowery. raised him mp 20 the side"aiN
and propped him against n lamppost. Ihen BAKER
called another officer and him for an ambu-
lance but there was a delay In It's arrival. ana
Dr. Whelan summoned from the hen"ood
House at Bayard-st and the Bowery. HaNlhs eA-
amined Welsh. who was unconscious the Pi'!S'
clan said he dying and then for the nrs' ''he
the sailor Lynch told the policeman that the man
had received his injuries in the barroom Inc am
bulance then arrived. and the surgeon IN charse
nronounced Welsh dead. The latter had been staopeu
three times-in the breast. the left side ana on the
chin. .,
Welsh's companions stayed by his body. while
two Of the policemen stood guard in front OF the
saloon and a third 10 the Eldrldge-sI st"'io"-
house Acting Captain Sheehan was reused from
bed and. with other officers. fastened 10 ''ie
scene Of the murder. He demanded admi''ahoe -
the barroom and at once placed the bartender anu
PRISONERS were taken TO the staton-house ana me
corpse also carried there on sb had BEN
and Thatcher said they thought "e n, "To,Sing
dubbed but had not seen knife USED, c>o,'' M
sopI pe woman whose statement is credited by the
police All concerned were detained az M ,atrJd
sDd the BARTENDER Carody. for violating the Ex
else law The Others We're heid n as II is sai
that a charge Of HOMICIDE o. VII BE- maze against
Ryan whose address Is No. % Bowery ,s M,
learned His shipmae had heard him i'm SAN say ha' he
haa ynchs harroom was searched in vain for the
weapon with which the crime was 1d ne va rj
N the rear OF the place he found blood-stainei
jackknfe with long blade
IyNCr.s BARROOM AND THE EXCISE law
The barroom in which the fatal staoo'ns 'ooN
Mace IL one OF the nlhiest In the city, ana - ire
nuented bv men and women OF the lowest type Its
exterior Is diapidated and grrny. WITHIN Is o''N
bar with cheap. dingy mirrors and bottles 0, '"s
plainest kind. In the rear Is small I'LL
room where patrons Of both sexes have been ac-
,s,o-,sd - sit around solled table in rckety
chairs while carousing al all hours OF tne uas anu
S nss' ya IN III 0 Sa rubbish cheap
lodging Is the barro9w oc @na On as s d
na5sr,S houses but now labelled ITO ei as re-
suit OF the Lexow Commute iaoors IN ms pnwsry
was especially brought TO the connittee a'Ieneon
vas asked By a Tribune reporter what action the
Board would take regardng H9P' bren vo
OF LyncHH me Fxclse law as The murder no:
IN hour or s af M III sy
"Tbe case is one for police action SO far as ex-
else violations comp hrs srans, the voaos in court
and II they are twice convicted theii licensees 1917
Of the character OF each place Licensed for res
erence when applications are mao iTi n anS ns
lice reports If is bad; license IL re,uSct rra
cpc neg Station. Sergeant sheehan. who has been in
Command since Captain Cortright was made an
s sssnS sss that carS
by Chief Byrnes to ne E1cisr sc cerd "s Similar re-
mort had been made TO Acting Chief comm IN ne
present ,,en he discharged and II developed upon the
Excise Commissioners TO take acton
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT ACTS PROMPTLY
p,es,asn, Roosevelt OF the Police Board yeste--
Aav sent a letter to Excise Commissioner Murrav
asking him 10 take immediate steps toward ic'oh-
ing Edward F. Lynchs license
"rba Excise law" said Mr. Roosevelt. must be
enforced with steadily increasing vigor on the part
Of the POcel be- a;eT Prizes H@ EXPERIMENT Of breaking
some captains in the endeayor to secure d ohe en-
ca mas " break the license forhwh
saloon keeper who sells on Sunday shah Try 70
2 shall not let up FOR moment In my endeayor
10 the Law enforced more ana more ,bc
lowest erogshop a rigid enforcement OF the law
viii stop biackrnail and corruption
SAID TO BE THE son OF A WEALTHY
VIRGINIAN
Tho case took on a phase last night when
Mr. Sheppard employed as drug c.erk In the
,,h.,racv Of ~ H. Douglass, at No. 423 Fuon-st,
Rrooklyn visited the Morsue TO look At The BODY
NJ Sheppard PCS tNey Identified the b. dy 40 that Oh
~ he had known. but whom ne had not seen
IN about seven years. Mr. sheppard sald t nav
Weshs real name is wutpocss and tha ne Us, Is thc
son Of a wealthy Virginia planter sheppard iutther
said that Wutpocks married aeas. ms i"' w.,
wishes and that the old man disinheritei nm. "u,
rocks Is said then left home ana TOOK 10 the sea
Mr Sheppard also said that he would Try 70 com
nrnica,c with the family In Virginia so that steps