The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-07
aHor IN 4 M1DNIeHr row.
Edward Lang in = Carousal at Greenwich
Thnt Enas In Itis Murder.

GREENWICH, Conn. Juno CAS- the result Of
a row late last night between an unknown
woman. her male companion. and q gang Of
young toughs of this village, Edward Long. u
member Of the gang, 20 years old and n hack
driver. was shot by the woman's companion.
The bullet, shot from q 3e-calihre revolver. en-
tered Longs right temple. one inch above and
and one inch in front of the ear. Tho shooting
took place shortly after midnight. Long died.
without regaining consciousness, at 9 o'clock
this morning. The bullet penetrated the brain.
When the west-bound train that reaches here
at 1887 p. NJ. pulled into the station last night
a woman, who is known here only by tho name
of Nellie, and a young man about % years old,
known as Joe, were among the passengers who
left the train. The woman and the man havo
been night providers of tho streets of Greenwich
for more than u year.
Their full names, where they come from. or
where they live, is not definitely known. 1t Is
supposed. however. that they livein Greenville.
n small village about threo miles northwest Of
here. The woman was of low character.
Whom the couple got OF the train they walked
around the west end OF tho station and across
the street to John J. o'Neilfs saloon. which is
diagonally opposite the station. The woman
waited on tho sidewalk while the man went into
th Tb sslo0 onr sS Sss b SSyiis Oh SsA made, thoy
Of the New York and New Haven Railroad; On
the way they met q man named George Dobson,
a driver for a local coal dealer. Dobson had
q short conversation with the couple, and the
out along the Field Point road; Their exact
movements after they left Dobson arc not
Among those in o'Neill's saloon when the man
entered It was young Long. He and a number
q Wb his tS friends %as w sat al ia a 1 tsSIe so Rl nS and spoke spoke
a few words. which were .unheard by the Others
Shortly before midnight Long left tho saloon
A few minutes after midnight. Dobson says, he
met Long walking alone IN the direction taken
Of the young man alive, SO far as is definitely
known tonight.
The next that was heard Of either the man,
William e. Ritc6, who lives about half a mile
southwest Of the railroad station on the FIELD
by the woman's companion.
To the goodman the man said that q gang Of
fred Bells place, which adjoins Ritchie's place.
The man asked that the coachman compa
him to the woman'sa assistance.
Tho coachman replied that he would Join the
man as soon as he could dress. This he did.
When s ne reached sS6 the y sdIII he saw tt the Ss sscSnEsP
f insios ss' the Rsn B ESff G Property e s'f from "s The T Eosd.
reached the readslde of the, yaii n Time to sec
tho man who had awakened him pull a revolver
and Th sh ssss 1t a n. say lyi tSst 9a a. T. h. ss sSoe wa. fred
he saw seven or eight male figures standing
about the PROSTATE ngure. dc also saw the
woman. Nellie. As soon as tho shot was fired
everybody ran save tho o~oaohman. After, a
time no summoned courage to find out who the
man was who had been shot.
Meantime word had been carried to the vii
lage that Long had been shot. and Samuel Ham
ilton and Robert Carmichael drove to the place
where he lay and brought the dying man to the
stable of Gideon Mead, where Long worked and
lived.
DR.. L. P. Jones and DIR. Burk were summoned.
They saw that the young mans wound was
fatal, and ordered that he be removed to the
house Of his father. who lives in Lewis street.
There he died.
No arrests have yet been made. but several are
expected early tomorrow morning. Deputy
Sheriff James q. Fitzroy has charge Of the case
The names of two Of Longs companions are
known.
The woman's hat was found near where Long,
body lay. The two companions Of Long, young
men Of the village. bear out the coachmani
statement about the shooting.
1t is expected that little difficulty will be OK
perienced in finding the man and woman. Ions
was ono Of the young men whom e. C. Benedict
rescued from drowning in the Sound not Ions
ago,