The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-02-10
WHO SROf This CROOK?
Two Notorious Characters
Bring RED" Harrington
Wounded to the
Hospital.
He ACCUSES TOUGH KANAUGH
Police Think the Man Was Shot
Quarreling Over the Pro-
ceeds Of a Burglary.
IE ACCUSES TOUGH KANAUGH


TO ferret out. The victim Of the shooting
lies in St. Marys Hospital Hoboken, with
bullet in his left breast. He was carried
there shortly before midnight Saturday
by two notorious characters, who told the
hospital authorities that he was a victim
of an accident The young men who car
ried the injured man said they were James
Lawlor. twenty-five years old, of No. 122
Monroe street. and Hugh Brady, twenty
one years old, of No. 356 Newark street,
oboken. The wounded man, they said,
was David Harrington. twenty years old.
Of Monmouth and Tenth streets, Jersey
City
Doctor Foley. who attended Harrington,
notified Police Headquarters as soon ass
he had dressed the mans wound. Thek
doctor gave the police the name of Lawn
lor and Brady as well as Harrington, andH
the police recognized the trio immediately
as desperate characters Brady's pictureT
Is in Captain Hayes local rogues' gall
lery. As soon as they heard of the affair.
the police went to Willow avenue and
Ferry street. the place where Brady and
LaWlor said the shooting had occurred,
and found those two fellows loafing around
the vicinity. They were placed under ar
rest upon suspicion, the police feeling that
the shooting was not an accident. and that
the men knew all about it. Another rea-
son why the police suspected that the
shooting was no accident. was because
the wounded man Harrington, although
only twenty years old. is notorious bur-
glar. and has an envious record among
mis- confederates. He is known as Red
Harrington. the Cracksman.'
Harrington regained consciousness shortly
after entering the hospital. and was asked
by Coroner Volk. who had been brought
to the institution in the meantime, to
give a statement, but he refused to do so.
He merely said that it was an accident,
and that the person who did it never
meant to shoot him. and he would not
tell who did it.
Yesterday morning Michael WlJolner.
the owner of a hay and feed store ait
Willow avenue and Newark street. COM
planned to the police that during the
from the rear by removing two boards
which were nailed across the window,
| burglars picked the combination of the
outer door of the safe. and forced the
inner door open with a snlau turner's
long Thick screwdriver. The too. was
found beside the safe. Upon hearing OF
the robbery the police Immediately con-
nected the shooting with 1T, and two de-
teetives were put upon the case.
They visited Harrington in the hospi.-
tai and tried again to get him to tell
VINO snot him. But the wounded burglar
still refused to tell. He said. howeve3e
Cottage Row, small street on the West
side of Willow avenue. between New
oA Of Wogtory 1Re taFs dagdated apss T frae es houses
on each side of its street He also asked
If his friend "Buttsy'' Murphy had bee7
All rurfher questioning upon the par{,
of the detectives was useless, for HaFs
rington refused to divVllge single pofN
of information
IT'S no use ter quiz me: seer he he said
but as links IN live, I'm goin' ter keep
pared to sleep; Acting upon the little
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the worst-looking shanty of the LOT, Ed
ward Ri IRiley's. ,, g No IS they T. knocked k1
and when asked if he had heard of any
Shooting in the neig'hborhood Saturday
nht replied so that h he had ot but 1T knew
The detectives said all right and walked
away. While they were at the door they
side and thought it best to get reinforceS
before they made any arrests They wenA
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worked and yet always seemed to have
| the Rcgue's Gallery as burglar. and
the majority of the others have been ar
Jvhs police are WORKING upon the theory
| that Harrington was shot by one Of his
M during Gt,a quarrel 4a sno;Ss Which
Ioong Sas Mof@ef Bu S fH10GSGs HopgGy and tSss hey
tslSsi' tery viii hi be cleared up Murphy. they
| say. is another well-known criminal and
they th.lng he has all the spoils Of The
burglars tools OF any kind we're found
upon The prisoners. Three cents was an
the money found upon the entire lot, but
there were number Of pawn tickets
! found upon each one of them.
When arraigned before Recorder Me-
| Donough the prisoners had nothing to say
/ and the magistrate remanded them for
| further examination
Sergeant Marnel visited Harrington last
/ night and wrung from him confession.
| Marnell told Harrington that his chances
| for recovery were very slight, and if he
should die without telling who shot him
| an innocent man would have to pay the
| penalty. Harrington. upon the persGa-
| sion of the Sisters of the hospital then
| confessed that his assalant was man
| by the name of Joseph Kanaugh but
| added that the shooting was an accident.
\ When the police learned that Kanaugh
/ did the shooting they commenced to SiclS
themselves. Kanaugh was one of the
| gang arrested yesterday afternoon, but
| he told such a plausible story that they II
| him go They are now looking for hi M
| but it is doubtful if they will succeed TA
| capturing him. He has not been se&h
by any one since he left the station hous4:
| Harrington was in critical condition
/ this morning. and the doctors entertain
/ grave doubts as to his recovery.
The shooting by Kanaugh makes t'he
| case even more mysterious, as Kanaugh
! is not thought by the police to be one of
/ the gang which Red HARRINGTON asso-
! ciates with. although he is a criminal
4 having been arrested several times. RI
! looks to the authorities as if a. bloody
! fight occurred In Riley's house, and the
clearing up of this mystery may lead to
the discovery of others having been In
! jured in the fight.
They have slight suspicion that an
rington.. We're cracking Woolver's safe
when discovered by zKanaugh and his
pals. and it was the Hoboken crowd de-
! manding share of the booty which led
! to the shooting.
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