New-York tribune., 1896-08-31
DA YLIGHT BURGLAR KILLED.
A NEGRO SHOT DEAD BY A POLICEMAN
WHILE RESISTING ARREST.

IN THlRD-AVE., WHEN THE POLICEMAN
CAUGHT HIM IN A HALLwAY-THE
OFFICER FIRED WHEN THE
MAN REACHED FOR
HIS HIP POCKET.
While resisting arrest after breaking into the
laundry Of Sam Lee, at No. ;'SS Third ave. yes
terday afternoon, John Bradley alias "Chnee'
Bradley. a notorious negro crook. was shot
dead by Policeman Willit J. Miller. of the
East Thirty -ffth-st. station.
The robbery and killing happened about y
o'clock in the afternoon. lust before that hour
Policeman Miller standing at Thrty-sec-
ond-st and Thrd-ave. John Wacker of NO.
800 East Twenty-ninth-st.. ran up to him and
said excitedly that negro was attempting
to break into the Chinese laundry at NO 3NS
Third-ave Miller jumped aboard swiftly
moving uptown cable-car and In two minutes
was at the house which is near Twenty-eigh'h-
CT He was about to t"y to enter the laundry
door when Frank Noble. OF No. 60 East one
hundred red-and-fourteenth-st.. who had been In
tho rear told him from he cigar store next
door that the negro was trying to escape by
tho unner fool Noble pointed to the entrance
70 that floor. which is at the north side OF the
building.
Ca1-CHT IN The HALLWAY.
,,rlor ran 70 the door found 1t open and
,o,,,dod I'M tb. dozen steps in four leaps. Al the
ton he nearly ran into Bradley. who was running
o,org tbe narrow hallway The policeman seized
the negro by the throat The burglar trled TO
o,,de tbe crasp but did no. succeed. lie tried 10
erannle with Miller. but the policeman's grip on
his throat kept him from making any formidable
resistance Failing to shake the officer OFF, the
reero reached his hand around toward his hip
nocket Miller thrust him against the wall. and
raising his revolver which he had taken from his
nocket while coming up the stairs. brought 1t
TO level with the negro right eye.
Don't resist o: I'll shoot" said Miller In
tone that showed he was in earnest
The negro tried ONCE more to shake of the po-
liceman but in vain, and then again put his hand
to his hip. Mile then fired straight into the
colored mans right eye In an instant the negro
was dead. He sank into the policeman's arms
and the Latter let him down slowly to the floor
He declared that he did not then know that he
had killed the man. and did not shoot with the
intention Of causing death.
Wacker and Noble had been at the foot of the
stairs watching the struggle and Miller told them
to get an ambulance. Policeman McEntee sent
to Bellevue Hospital for one but when 1t
rived in a few minutes DR. Slade the accom-
panying surgeon pronounced the negro dead.
CHIsEL IN HIS POCKET.
In the colored mans hip pocket. which he had
tried to reach when struggling with the police
man. was found drill or chisel. It was about
six inches long and had evidently been used TO
pry open doors barring his way to the laundry,
for II had fresh scratches on IT,
What the negro wanted or expected to get IN
Chinese laundry is puzzlins the pc'tce. They
heievs him to have been II desperate man on
the first floor OF the house, above the laundry
is a restaurant. which at the hour he entered
the place filed with diners He got into
the house by the stairs and hallway. IN which
he afterward killed and thence made his
way to the small yard in the rear. The cigar
store is really in the same house, big. double
building. and from this store. owned by James
Hamilton. the latter and friend William
Jones OF No 49, East Twenty-eighth-st.,
watched the colored thief
He went TO the rear OF the laundry and saw
that TO get In he would have to pry
Gx3 iron heavy wire door off a window.
This he tried TO do with his small jimmy. Be
ing unsuccessful, he looked around and sped
a large crowbar. nearly three feet long and
inch thick. lying On the ground not far from
him. He picked il up cooly, and again went TO
work. This time ne succeeded in getting the
cdRlng OH lne NlnuON, ana. WITHOUT even lOOh-
ing around to see If n was being watched, he
climbed through the opening and 50 into the
laundry.
NOT. A CAUTIOUS THIEF
Bradley was as careless. Hamilton and Jones
say as he could possibly be- They went 10 the
window and peered through at him He calmly
went to the cash drawer. but found nothing.
He was at this when Wacker. who had been
warned by Hamilton to get policeman, ran
out into the street. The thief rummaeing
about when he Wacker leave the house.
Then he thought there was something wrong,
and bounded toward the rear part Of the store
The two men stepped away from the window
and let the negro out. As he dropped from the,
opening they grabbed at him. but he euded
them. He started for a fence about five feet
high in the rear Of the yard. by which he might
have escaped to Twenty seventies. This he
partly climbed. but Hamilton caught him by the
coat tail and pulled him down. The negro was
up quicker than the men could recover them
selves and was at the top Of the stairs leading
to the restaurant In moment Hamilton ana
Jones yelled themselves hoarse. but attracted
no ones attention. At the head Of the landing
liceman.
The body was taken TO the East Thirty fifth
st station and there searched. Seven pawn
tickets were found. calling for watches. clothing
and jewelry. One of the watches had been
pledged for SIS and another for Sl3. The pawn
brokers were of this city and Brooklyn. The
tickets in all cases were made out either Tor
Bradley or DelmO. There were also FOUND a
dirty plush case gold key-ring with few
KEYS attached some ordinary articles and
card on which was printed:
Charles r. creed. Messenger.
War Department. l. $ A.,
No. is governor Island,