The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-04-01
BREAD AND BULLETS
Two Tramps Ask For Food
and One is Shot Through
the Lung.
THE INJURED MAN WILL DIE
Watchman Kaneagh, Who Did the
Shooting, Gives Him
self Up
THE INJURED MAN WILL DIE

The usual stiffness of the HaekensacE
Plank Road was broken early this morn-
ing by two pistol shots. Albert Meyer,
twenty-eight years old. Of No. l3 Samuel
street, Chicago. was shot, and Edward
Kanegh, twenty-four years old, who Is
supposed to live in Newark, did the
shooting. Mayer and companion named
Miller, whom he met in Newark, were
walking across the plank road toward
this city. They had been companions
on a freight car and were put off at
Newark. Here they joined forces and
started for New York. They were maxi
ing good time and the violent exercise
sharpened their appetites. 1t was about
three o'clock when they reached the
place where the East Jersey Water COM
pany is laying pipes over the canal. The
canal at this point is damned and men
are constantly at work on the pipes.
When Miller and Mayer reached this
point they began to forage fer food. In
the search they met Kanegh, who is a.
watchman employed by Contractor Horr
of Brooklyn. 1t is not known exactly
whether Mayer stole, or Kanegh gave
him the food. But he soon appeared
with a parcel containing bread and meat
and he and Miller sat on pipe and
proceeded to devour the food. While
they were thus engaged Kanegh APP
peared on the scene and ordered them
from the grounds. Miller moved Off
rapidly, but Meyer was less active, and
before Miller had gone many yards he
heard two shots fired.
AT first Miller did not know what to
do, but quickly made up his mind to GET
to this city as soon as he could and
notify the police. He walked rapidly
crossing the Hackensack he overlook q
bakers wagon. There were two mem
in the wagon and to them he explained
into the city with them. They $rovei
with him to the Fourth prsctnct
station house. where he explatne9 the
matter to the Sergeant at the des4 and
he sent the reserves in the patrol wag-
on to the SCENE No trace OF K3neEh
could be found, but Mayer was disodverf
ed lying where he had fallen. The Eftnt
where the shooting took place IS a4pH
five or six hundred yards the other Ade
OF the Haokensack bridge, and is 4ue
of the lonebieSt places on the enrzre
Plank Road Mayer was brought to tha
City Hospital There 1t was found that
passing through his right lung remained
in his body. Owing to his weak condi-
tion the doctors at the Hospital were NOT
able to probe fer it. He is likely to
die at any moment. Miller is detained
as a disorderly person and is held for
examination. Mayer made the following;
ante-mortem statement to Chief Murphy
this morning:-tT am Albe-ss Mayer, Is
years old, of No. 13 Samuel street. Chi
cago; my father is Julius Mayer CT the
same address, a shoemaker" In rega~d
to the shooting he says;-'T and this
other man were walking along the road
and we saw a fire and l went over there
to warm myself. and one of the men
asked me if I was hungry and he gave
me some bread and meat to eat. He
asked the other man, who had a pack
age, what was in it. He then ordered
me away from the fire. I told tine other
man not to mind him; he was kiddings
he then began to club me, and ram
away. He then fired three shots at me,
but only one took effect in the right
lung Mayer described his assailant as
about twenty-five years old, 5 feet z
inches in height, and no beard This
description tallies with Kanegh.
About three o'clock this afternoon
Kaneagh came to headquarters and gave
being twenty years old and lives ath No.
37 First avenue, New York. He said he
became frightened at the tramps when
he fired He was taken to the City Hes-
pital to be identified by the wounded
fr>af1r,