New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-19
, SHOOTING AND A MYSTERY
.,xo1D FLESH LIES AT HOSPITAL
uo,-NDED-HIs SON is A PRISONER
,-,, or THEM IN \ ROOM TOGETHER WHEN
,,o,.p SHOTS ARE HEARD-wHo HELD THE
-->,, . FAMILY TROUBLES"
CIVILIANS THE FATHER
EXPLAINS THE FATHER

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-. I,lesh brother rim law of the three
,,h,. 10th brothers. well-known SILK manu-
.,.ors lies in the Harlem Hospital with bull
'"' ,sa IN his left lunC a bullet wound in
~. ,o,, forearm. and another In his right wrist
IL" ~. son William Flesh twenty years Old
~ Harlem, Police Court prison. temporarily
" ~ o. hearing on the suspicion that he was
H' i ~ the mysterious shooting affair The
o-,o ,o, seriously wounded. and is expected
70 recover. ,,,,
,rro,6 Flesh has been living alone for some
-. ., the Hotel Peteler. where his SON. VINO
,,..oa with his uncle. Joseph 10th at NO ~ 81
..,..o,as-ave. was accustomed to Visit MN o'-
.os,orallv and spend the night with MIN VII
,rx~saav he came to the hotel late In 'he eve"
49, ,,ouired If his father was in, ana upon "o
ne ,o,d that he was. went up to his rooms "hl'h
~ - the second floor front They consist III "
rom, entered from the hall, ana peu-
.oor, IN the rear Of Il.
=, . o'clock yesterday morning l"ui P'
- ranr out i'm the silence of the nlgh' NV
.s came from Mr. Flesh's room MIS- w.
:, pachener has rooms ON one size oi HIS "l"''
n,s and Mrs J. l.. McDanieh on 'ie V','0
ne"" po,h women at the sounds of the shots be-
.,rc,nc the electric bell In the once -N'''
tan,e,rs gan husband was in the lobby OF the no.
a-d
| '.' sor,e time Patroman Lavender of the r''S'
NV NV M''h,rdred-and-twenty- -sixth-st. station Who'
o"e.'.s o.a,,,, the hotel had heard the shots ran
,..o the house and upstairs.
ro1.vD WOUNDED ON HIS BED
.,.od o. the door of Mir. Feshs room
....o indicated to him by Mrs. McDaneil' WIN
the o"' to,o ,h. hallway. as being that in
.,o. "r tho shots had been fired. lie got II" ~
II an
,,,a I'm the sitting-room. In the 'eu'""''
W." ,.as burning and there he saw the ''u''
, ,..,, -, his hack on the bed. while ms S'i
AN, over him The two were 'a'A'i's -,
ord the officer could not unders'""',
49,, ,as being said. He stepped To '"e "''
.ho, IL was covered with blood h""'''7 'I. M
.~o,,ras IN Arnold Fleshs breast an" al ,.,,
the floor lay a new hve-cha'i'p'''0
four chambers empty. 80 -, had been
e,..r asked Mr. Flesh how ne hd" ~"
49,, aud the latter only said: fa'liii! .a
,bats ALL" Nothing more '""'" .,,. 90
.-or, him and the refused ao9''"
,.o,a any exclamation Of the strahso "'" ,.a
a.,,,,once from the Harlem Hosp'a' ,..
so.u While the hospital surgeon Na .
,oo Nr Flesh's wounds the son 70 N 40,
have said IN an unconcerned way
die" -, .c1,1, UNDER ARREST
,,,a M, he ascertained whether 'ne
% Aoa erad the shots in an attempt d' S"'.
,hother they had been nred pY 'I' ''
~. -, ,n the room at the th'' 'H' W
$50, v.era placed under arrest IN - ,bo
O'.n .ba ambulance and was taken u III.
1, :. oharse Of the police, while '"e 'Y
Was ,aken to tlle La u t-Oue-huhU''
sixth-st. station ~, ,r,ad "a get
Ali DAY yesterday the po''0e ,.,,,,, suc
,o,suent from the TWO men. pu' -
cess The son weighed carefully e1GiAS sAS "or give
,,,tered in answer l. questions az - ,be shots
uiiahtest clew as to who had hred me SUI
,rbe sather was not questioned cloSel. clo..ht,t, in
count of his wounds. ana MUu1" ,ar' Gf the theory
c~,n,inating his son or In supPort -. 81 ie v,oI-
81 ots''l.,HctIn In fact this latter theory ~ 49,.
tgb untena be as he was Wounueu III S,,nd in
and the body. One OF the pute'S n eoor where il
o. nod inflow another on the Iooi, MA ie
, VI sIion after IL struck the wall the s 1ii' .h
nobadded in the sittng-room Na' enr1 Mr.
snrr,b has not yet been eXtrac'eu "''' "
fsSn snafher Circumstance that makes the 1 1nfors
.. .o,,enonted suicide impropaple - s .,., ,,.itb
o., evenings ago Mr.. F1esh roue I Up or,oared
re" eim."er bernard Pasternak, ana appea,su
MS 'ihP.VVs1 Mr. Pasternak also sald that Ni-
1,laeb was doing an eXceIieht coiliiil ,,ar,.
ness for his cloak mahul"O'
nrANIIY TROUBLES MAY MEAN.
Tho Family troubles" about which MI r S, .eS,,
.,o,,e ~ Policeman Lavender piooaoN
a the uncordal relationship ~ -
,s nd his dead wfe's three brothers-
hnis', and BERNARD 10th. His son has
seph ,i,ng hGna' since his wfes death win Josgph
1o,h A. the latter's home, NO "a o,' ->'''''''
ave- no Sous SaseTdSy Se mornns on
hearing ,hs. Ma Harlem police Court. and young
Tssh was temporaTly cOmms1ed faheT nure @hen
await the aTIu1' ~ viii be held The elder fIeSn @
sRSns sa for his Frank GTfdy 5d hospital S G and
West EleVentn,S' VAS closeted with the patient
@ StTe the ,ne What passed between them could
not be learned . . .h~ae wears ago con-
Mr. Flesh was until about mr. s Erees-trjmming
Susiress AZ No 10 West Fourh-st o%C Of p
for Sl20O0O He then entered dne II is said
pas'ernak g. C,; ,i;;es death. several years ago MT
Fesb has not entered the house OF ms in his
nlaw Young Flesh was an app
uncle's elk business.
urpr THEY VICTIMS or HOLhhS'