The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-15
KIRK LET LOOSE on BAIL.
DOOTORS THINK MlNDEIBAUM,
WHOM HE SHOT, WON'T DIE

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Rseun OF che H1any.Treuserea CiEar pruua.
usr when NE was shet-Frevisuo Trouble
First In the line Of prisoners at the bar
Of the West Fifty.fourth Street Court yes
terday was J. waldere Kirk, q man With
q great many suits OF clothes, cigar
drummer and automatic advertising agent.
He was charged with f~elonious assault upon
Richard r. Mandelbaum, in that two out
Of Ave shots fred by Kirk on Saturday night In
protecting the privacy Of his apartments at the
Hotel Gerard had penetrated the person
Of Mr.. Mandelbaum. Kirk was 40 gor-
geous 40 the window Of q Third avenue fur
niture storo . week before Christmas. At
q prouder and more festive moment OF
his career he had said that = mans necktio must
be symbollcal OF his state Of being. 1t was fair
to surmise that the ito he wore yesterday signi-
fed gore. It was Of q glaring bull-maddeninE
rcd.
After he had learned, late on Saturday night,
that two of his bullets had actually struck the
invader of his parlor. 1t is said that he became
not q little distressed. He was beautifully calm
yesterday. His eye roved over the room until 1t
settled with relief upon the reporters. Then he
turned to Magistrate Kudlich.
"Your Honor" no said, putting his silk hat
prominently forward. a. would like to wait un.
til l can be represented by counsel"
A wide bandage 4 Ia Bellevue was wrapped
about the prisoners brow. The Magistrate
looked at 1t inquiringly. Capt. Schmittberger
answered the unspoken question.
THAT'S a big bluff" he said, " that's all. He
| hasn't q pin scratch on his head"
Just then Lawyer Emanuel NJ. Friend dashed
| into court. He announced that he was Kinks
| counsel. He had come into the case at 2 o'clock
| yesterday morning, he said. Altogether 1t was
| Just what he was looking for to fill In the
hiatuses of repartce with Lawyer Howe in Long
| Island City. He asked that his client be released
on bail.
Magis' rate Kudlich, after seeing the certif.
cate Of DIR. E. Webster Davis. who said that he
had attended Mandelbaum and was unable to
say whether Mandelbaum's wounds would re-
suit fatally or not. fixed bail for Kirk at $4,000
and then reduced 1t to $500 at the law
Mag asSus'ki; ud fsisna waited Med' until long as' after
papers authorizing some other Justice to take
the bail and left the city. Friend found Max
Houston street. for a bondsman. and Magistrate
Wentworth. at his home, accepted the security
Kirk went back to the Gerard. where his vic
possessions to the Stewart, House. Mr; Friend
Ing, absolutely nothing. lie had r~efrained from
asking Kirk any questions about the case. he
But. say" he said. there is something
funny! l was sitting in Kinks room when the
hoy Sgs brought 9Ss i, Sp g card enr lrsS shis q card Of ms ma anasf
cent size on the surrounding airE1".Ab katien-
bureh. with Howe and Hnmmei.' e sec Mr.: Kirk.
when I had had the case since b in the morning;
l says to Kirk, ssysI l. 'Lemme have that card
FairsD KASrrsBunon: Mr.. XIX is at present en-.
sssss T'' ha e. sSunss1 1g gaa cannot see T. y0 X. r ! nna his
Then he tried to get Mandelbaum. Hope he
Meanwhile Mandelbaum was in the hands Of
had boon called in consultation: They found
that the hnllSt that struck r. tx Ma IH1sa a1 n. IN h, Inc
near the skin. 1t was removed. The other bull.
lot Is in the muscles under the left armpit- 1t
whole matter Of the shooting with ~cynicism,
examined tho bullet when it was taken out.
at Is lead, sure enough. he said. and went
'eHEt s Q foSSn 10 w tSas K % Fs' Il Ma md dsS,, m W sns 'e as
tracted with concern for her husbands con.
aas,G room s to , ssfff her truly aHpS Wheeh .p f her husband 1as ID
could recover. She did not sleep at all yester
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San Francisco: She answered them ell in the
sans way, SAYING; :. oon mil, him +,rou,b i,
The stories told in the hotel about the actual
circumstances of the shooting differ, as to the
RR9 e:a. All IF s sss eFi tSaE Ms %dsh aas sh had S SssS
about the hotel all day yesterday and had moi
hotel after he went out at about noon. H
passed Mandelbaum on the way out: Tn
two did S.os mot SPEAK peal hs This 1. sSeite Been mo s eom
the. MandeibaIms came to the Gerard
with both Mr.. and Mrs. IMs,ndeibaun MandeI
sssssa an" I'd d hiFt s s. hast sttss q'REiis rk ae aRd to Kin III
Gerard to live on the 9th floor Mr.; and Mrs
!. Sls%1s 70 The ~e Gerard do sna fI Iooh the roo mi an on
, isI Fin ,a Who .a1 ia ' ICONS hall IN sr ;Ss AZ sf!i
!. T TSe woman man visited these friends often. Whe'
she met Kirk the greetings between them wer
l about several Q~uarrels between Kirk and Man
delbaum in the hotel. At least once they cam
The o GSicago on man snH fuii in the face and Knocfe.
: Last Saturday night Mandelbaum went dow!
in tire elevator from the seventh to the fit
i the door Of Kirks room. the upper half Of whIc
let me mi he shouted.
other so side Sso Of the glass.
+ rye got to come In" said Maudelbaum, an
s s4sS tS Ss sss F cha pan o1e 81 sfo tS. SAGE dUor tn az o m,s
Another story is that Mandelbaum kicked Oh
n glass in. and that then Kirk began to fire. Dicl
Msndei6aum lying in the hall outside tho doc
Kinks own story last night, before he wa
warned to keep silence was that the shootin
occurred in the room itself.
Coroner Dobbs went to the hotel late on Satu
day night to get an anto-mortem statement rol
Il Mandelbaum. The hotel authorities tried
put him OF with the statement that there ha
70 length succeeded In reaching Mandelbaul
d the injured man said that he had nothing
4 say. Mutual frien9s had been busy betwee
persuaded Mandelbaum not TO prosecute. I'll
II whole effort Of all concerned seems to be to Il
the incident drop out of sight as soon rs may b
n Although Capt. Schmittberger is convinced thu
Mandelbaum's injury Is not serious. he is dete
mined that Kirk shall not escape.
The wound In Mandelbaum's groin. DR.. Dav
said last night, Is complicated by the wound
4 an operation performed In Denver last yea
Otherwise 1t would not be at all dangerous. -.
Mandelbaum Is the Vice-President of Il
Knickerbocker Distillery Company OF Kentuck
Il FIRE 70 THE JAIL.
Two Negro Bsya Escaped. but Another Prissn