New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-16

mo Then when told him that II he died. unless
he told me who he was and where he lived. he
would have TO be buried pauper. he an
swercd: Well you can bury me In the Pottors
Field All that he would say about himself was
that he had lived in NcwYork for fifteen years;
that he vac born in the West and that he had
wife and child
HOSPITAL AUTHORITIES CRITICISED.
Mr. Brewer. the bro,her-in-law Of Mr. Wyckor
who was at the hospital nearly al the afternoon
came down To- the hospital Office when Coroner
Fitzpatrlck arrived u take tho ante-mortem
statement u the two men. In talking with
Tribune reporter he said: From all that can
hear the treatment of Mr.. Wyckon after the am
bulancc arrived ut the bank was bad enough, but
the treatment here has been far worse. Dr'
Hartley Is the only one ~ the hospital surgeons
who IA In the city. He wac tclephoned FOR rs soon
ma the men reached the hospital That was ABOUT
o.r,ork. and the answer was given that he would
be- here IN abou, fifteen minutes. 1t is now after
: o'clock and Mir Wyrkonf has received no
medical or surgical treatment whatever. Or. 5
Nelson Irwin. II ~. 2l7 West Forty seconded
VIII, was called to the bank when the crime was
committed and who rode down with the men In
tho ambulance is here. as Is also pr Cameron.
tho family physician. In spite OF this. tn" hous'
,urreon here Will not take the responsibility ~
an ,peratlon and Will not allow the other doctors
TO pcrform one. Or Irwin told me that II he mad
known that such would be the cas-, he would nave
had MIR Wvck,f taken 10 his own home.
Think II it. Four hours in this hospital and
all that time In great pain. and stu 10 nave no
treatment But there will be n change soon
George g. Haven o1e 4 the directors az inc
p.,k - Ncv- Amsterdam. who fortunately hap
,ors >, he one - the governors OF this hospital.
has used his influence. and "a soon "a the Cor
oner has finished an operation will be performed.
vp vvycKOF.F"s ANTE-M ORTEM STATEMENT.
Coroner Fitzpatrick reached the hospital about
a 30 o'clock to take the ante-mortem statement
Of the two men. He was called. as coroner
Tufhln could not be reached on the instant
DR. Tuihill arrived Mt the hospital. however. soon
after his colleague. Coroner Fitzpatrick SAIL tha'
when he was talking t. Mr. Wy'kon ne was
Frequently interrupted and asked t. nuke tho
oucetlonlug as short as possible. as the patient
was in great pain ana wanted the h'ip OF
nhvsIcian The statement written uut on
one Of the regulation blanks and signed with
the mark OF the wounded and SUFFERING man.
When asked whether he felt that he was apYu.
~ die he said: Il really cannot say. but FEEL
badly" He also said that he had hope OF re,
covery. Then he went IN TO tell me stoty OK
tho shooting He said: II sitting 1T my
desk when he came in and placed an envelope
in my hands | tore It open and saw Iel'e'
which read something like this: l want you 10
give me $1,000 in $1,000 bills ana other pllis
~ n different denomination and something was
written I'm the letter 10 the effect that II you re-
fuse. will shoot YOU whirh Nhen reau |
said 10 him: Young man. cannot give you TINS
money then looked into his eyes and imagined
that he had been drinking He held piSto III
his hand I then jumped for MIN In order 10
dlsarm him. There was my mistake suppose
ne fired Immediately AMI was shot
ONLY MOTIVE TO GET MONEY
hy ha
man who did the shooting was not made out
on n regulation blank. and it was not signed by
him. It was written in the words OF the Coroner.
and was as follows: The perpctrator positively
refuses 10 give his name or occupation lie says
that he needed money as he had been Out OF
employment for one week lie claims tina, Il.
had no particular motive other than that OF
getting money for the support Of his wife ana BOY
He said: I had never seen the bank president
before and did not know him. He hrd never
done me or any member OF my family any INJURY
and | did not mean to harm him. but when .e-
fused the demand that made. meant suicide.
and hope that he may recover. do not care II
| am laid In Potters Field. II my wife should
identify me- will not be laid there have been
here about fifteen years. | wac born in the West
There can be defamatory stories Of this man as
he Is OF too high standing. believe partially
In religion. There was only one ire that l
wanted to take and that was my own.
Coroner Fitzpatrick eaid that nearly all TINS
information was dragged out of the man. IL
would not even give an inkling OF where he had
come from where h. lived. He even refused
TO tell the name Of the State in which ne was
born, and when the question was asked he only
shook his head He did acknowledge, however.
that the name Clark was not his real one. The
Coroner also asked him why. If all that ne de-
sired was money. he asked for such an ex-
orbtant Gum. His answer was that IT he mad
received $50 he would have been satisfied.
When the Coroner came down TO the Office about
6 o'clock. the attendants were Just carrying Mr..
Wyckoff to the operating room.
RESULT OF THE OPERATION
The operation of aparotomy was performed on
both Mr. Wyckoff and his assaant Clarke, at
the hospital, last evening, by Dr. Robert r.
Weir. assisted by Drs Frank Hartley Francis
Murray and f. NJ Cameron.
In the case OF Mr.. Wyckoff IL was found that