New-York tribune., 1896-10-19
WOUNDS LED TO HIS ARREST.
A BURGLAR. SHOT IN THE NECK, TRACED
PARTLY BY BLOOD SPOTS.

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PARTLY BY BLOOD SPOTS.
HE HAD HAD A HARD FIGHT WITH JOSEPH TRr-
JII.Lo THE WARD LINES PORT STEWARD.
WHO FIRED AT THE INTRUDER WITH
THE IATrER's REVOLVER AS HE
JUMPED FROM WINDOW.
John Kelly alias Frank alias Clark burg
lar. who shct early yesterday morning
while escaping aft" hard fight in the home |
OF Joseph Trujillo at No. 34S West Thrty-third- |
st. was arrested last evening by Captain ,
Schmttberger. OF the West Thrty-seventh-st. |
station. He was taken later a prisoner to
Bellevue Hospital MIR Trujillo, who Is port |
steward of the Ward Line Of steamers, lives al
the number given with his wife and two-year-
old child and his aged father The Trujillo sleep
ing room is the middle the first floor
In the rear Of this room is the dining-room, ana
in the front ia the parlor. Soon after O'Clock
yesterday morning Mrs. Trujillo was awakened
by burglar. She saw the man approaching
the bed. taking clothing out Of closet and de-
posting it sofa in the front parlor. She
kept quiet and ne went to the dining
room In the Mrs. Trujillo then awakened
her husband. ard told lin that burglar was In
the house. He went 20 the dining room. where
the sdeboard. removing the silverware. He ran
forward and seized the burglar who cried out,
I'll shoot! I'll shoot"
The two men had tussle the burglar In the
mean time drawing revolver. They worked
themselves into the bedroom in their struggle.
Mrs. Trujillo sprang out of bed and ran into
the hallway screaming, Father father, they
are killing Joe.'
REVOLVER TAKEN FROM HIM.
In the course Of the fight Mr.. Trujillo man
aged to seize the revolver and wrench 1t out Of
the burglars hand. He still clung with all
his strength to the man, who was gradually
working his way TO the front window. sud
denly the burglar wrerrched himself loose and
sprang out Of the window. Just as he did so
Mr.. Trujo fired at the man with the revolver
which he had taken from him.
In the mean time Henrques Trujo, the
father, who is Editor Of eel Porvenir the or
gan Of the Cuban patriots. rushed downstairs
He was confused by the cries. and the sounds
OF the fight and ran to the dining-room, when
Is separated from the hallway by a glass door
The door was locked, and. fearing that his son
was being murdered, he broke the heavy plate
glass with his fist cutting his hand and arm
severely. Mr. Truji!lo the younger after quiet
ing his wife and child summoned nearby
|
then informed Policeman Henry Argue OF the
| West Thirty y-seventh-st station Captain
Schmttberger sent out Detectives Walsh and
| Kerr 10 look for the missing burglar
The detectives found trail OF blood close
| to the raings ard stoops of the houses on the
south side of Thirty-third-st.. the side on when
the Trujillos live. The detectives traced the
| blood spots to Ninth-ave, and from there to
| Thirty -fourth-st. Then the man had evidently
| crossed to the west side of the avenue from
there the blood stains traced to Thirty-
seventh-st, and thence to the east side or the
street far as Thirty -eighth-st. where the
| Detective Walsh then got a bloodhound, but
| IL did not succeed In following the trail further
| than the detectives had. The detectives then
| began making inquiries in the neighborhood Tor
a man answering the description given them or
| the burglar by the TrujillOs. who said that the
| man was "A rough-ooking fellow, over SIX feet
| high and wearing poor clothing He was anout
| thir,y-fve years old and smooth -shaven
| After many inquiries the detectives at iast
| learned that n man answering the description
lived on the top floor Of No. :,:'6 West Fortieth-
| st The owner OF the house was questioned ana
| ne said that the occupant of the top moor wds
a man named Kelly. who had come IN az ,i, an
| early hour in the morning. Soon after keny
| had entered a doctor had been summoned ana
| finally the man was taken away to RooseVet
! Hospital This made the scent just trine
| stronger and the detectives searched the rooms
| OF Kelly A woman, known as his wife was
| an occupant of the apartments the oHlcers
|
| c,othing covered with blood hidden in a closet
| The detectives arrested Mrs. Kelly an! Helen
| Troy who happened to he with her. Mrs: Kelly
| said that her husband had told her that he had
| accidentally shot himself.
| FOUND AT THE HOSPITAL"
| The detectives, Joined by Captain Sohmitt-
| horger went to Roosevelt Hospital. reaching
,bere about : o'clock in the afternoon There
,h.v found Kelly with pistol wound in the
left side Of the neck and jaw. The jaw had
| heen shattered Fragments Of the bone had
| beon removed by the surgeon. but the bullet
| lad not been extracted. Captain Schmittberger
Questioned the wounded man. who said that ne
had accidentally shot himself while cleaning
| his pistol. .,s,orro, ., po,,o
yre UospitaI prisoner. He denied his g'ii.t
| contain Schmittberger said last night thot
| Ka,lv was an ex-convict. He had not the slight
as, doubt that he was the man who had entered
Mr. Trujillo will go to Bellevue to-day and
wi can identify Kelly. The latter's
| wound IL Is said. is serious, but may not prove
fatal The burglar got nothing from the house