New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-04
BVRGLARS HAD NO MERCf.
THEY BEAT AN OLD MAN INTO UNCoN-
SERIOUSNESS AT BATH BEACH.
HE WAS THE CAPTAIN OF A CANALboAi' MN
WAS wEALTHY-HIs SKULL FRACTURED BIZ
TIE DOCTORS THINK HE WILL LIVE
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Bath Beach has within the last Two mon."a 49,.
the scene CT several bold robberes, ou' ho'"'"S -"
been more daring than the robbery "nicn occu''r'
there at an early hour yesterday morning |Hp''
Samuel VILLAINS is the owner OF the cana'pod'
cror.l Williams ard he is said TO be wealthy. IN
tuesday last the Captain arrived a. Batn boa''
with coal from Edgewater y. j.. and the poa, wa
noorcd az Henjes's wharf, at the emu u pa' ,,,
teenth-st The Captain was a"ak.h'" a
o'clock Yesterday morning by noise "h'c" Sun
As If some ore was attempting 10 podi" re ~
He arose quickly, and, putting y" a.. - - ,
climbed up the companionway by lne d'u "
lantern he saw TWO men creeping s.o~y across '''
canalboat Shamrock which was mooTel ''o'S''''
the General william. lie then desceHur" .''' Wv
cabin and secured his revo.ver ard w'le'' !" -
,vo minutes one of the men appedie' d '
Of the companionway The Captain asked "'' va
wanted and the reply came, Lie down ola HAIL. u
well Kill you" .o ro,o,ver
hut the cartridge failed to explode and before IL"
had time 10 raise the hammer again 'Ee "'e" W"
upon him. Although a man sixty-Iou' -,
the captain stood his ground ana srHsPeu IN
tia men by the throat. A fierce struggle ioho"Su
IN the dngy little cabin. which Is only SNl- -
and for several minutes the burglar iounu ''A'
DO had mot his match I'm the old man Ills COLI
panjon who I'm the mean time had oeeh ru'n'"5i"e
about the cabin in search OF the i''o''! anu -
able papers which were supposed 10 Nv AVN
seeing that his partner was gettihe 'he "o''' "
the fight. grasped the captain oy '"e Ill
held him. - ne
Tho c,ptaiu realizing that II was a case ol me
or death succeeded In raising the hammer OF 'ne
revolver and pointed the weapon over t"e ''''V
der of the first thief. who was chmolns UP w
stairs and aimed at his companion ms ''nc
fr..
man fell moment later he raised h'thSei "''
b,s arms and shouted. Don't leave the place YET
jim I'm all right
The captain aimed the revolver at Tue ''"o'
thief but before he could fire the weapon WAS
wrenched from his hand. and with tremendous
blow across the forehead he was felled TO the
floor. While he lay there the thief dealt him sew
oral more blows on the skull. II was evident that
the man was not satisfied with what he had al
ready done fer he hit him another blow across
the right eye. cutting deep cash TWO inches ions
from the eye down. AS he lay there the ola man
pleaded for mercy but the burglars continued beat
Ing him ,.o,,, ,,ono, f.. ., ,bav shouted. "or
FOR a reply the old man uttered low moan
and the thieves thinking that he was only 5naih,
ming gave him sH pqo ess to ransack the
place and after tearing up a number OK papers
The old man who was now unc, nacious. and went
through his pockets They succeeded in getting
S'T The captain when he rcgained consciousness
about o'clock yesterday morning. MANAGED 10
climb over TO the pier. When he bad reached IL
he was seen by Edward c. NJ Fitzgerald. pro
pretor of the Avoca Villa to place his hand on MS
forehead and fall TO the ground $500, -
EifzgeraId ran TO the mans assistance. and, see
ing his condition, Immediately summoned Or
George Cochran. of Bay Twenteth-st ana i5e,lS9i-
ave. DR.. Cochran found that the man nan n S
ncsed wounds of the scalp He could no' dress me
ragged There is no doubt that the mans skull Is
fractured but still DR.. Cochran thinks there Is
slight chance for recovery. The thieves In ovef-
hauling the place missed two hankhooks one on
the National Bank of Whitehall for - 20 ana one
on the Standard Bank of Newark for $LHo.
Captain Bede and Detective Mulvey are WORKING
on the case and 1t Is said that suspicion points 70
a walter who was recently discharged from one OF
the Bath Beach hotels, and who knew OF the ola
mans wealth.