The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-31
ANOTHER WOUNDED NEGRO
FOUND ON TOP or n MAID CLB
At POUGHKEEPSIE.

ne GaVe His Name as Palmer jackson, and
was Suspected That Hc Might ne '.Devil
Jack" Ono OF the Negroes Injured at Have
rstrnw-snEht Chance for His Recovery.
P~oUoHKEEPsIE, Aus. 3o.-1n vassar Hospital
Is n MORALLY wounded man, who Is now uncon-
scious aud whose life Is apparently obbinR
slowly away. He was taken from tho fast mail
on tho Hudson River Railroad late last night
and regained consciousness only long enough to
give his name as jackson Palmer. and his resi-
denco as 2 Phillips street, Boston. Palmer IL q
mulatto. When discovered by tho railroad men
he lay fiat on top Of a mail car, holding himself
in his precurious position with the nervaless
grip Of n dying man.
Come down Off of there" shouted a railroad
detective.
81 can't" he weakly replied.
Ladders were brought and he was lifted In q
strctcher to the ground and taken directly To
Nassar Hospital. His injuries were 80 serious
that superintendent Bayley gave him his per-
sonal attention. Tho bones OF his right thigh
are crushed from n few inches above the knee
nearly to the hin. Two hemorrhages in the thigh
indicate bullet wounds. Four ribs on the
left side are broken, hs right shin is cut, and he
has n scalp wound on the back of his head. His
body is bruised all over.
"The chances for the mans recovery are very
slight" said DR.. Baylcy to-day. His injuries
could not have been caused by q bridge or other
projection, and j am certain that no received the
wounds before he got on tho train. Ho could
not have got there In his helpless condition
alone, SO he must have been put there by others.
| cannot understand how he remained on the
train for such II long time without falling or.
The case is certainly II very mysterious ono."
IL tho man was put on the train it must have
been before 1t left New York, as it IL q fast train
anu makes no stops until II arrives at Pough-
kcepsie.
II Il surmiscd that he may be "Devil jack" one
OF The negroes injured at Havcrstrnw on Sum
after him. If Palmer was with The two negroes
who had their wounds dressed at New York
and been abandoned 10y them, or they may lave
put him on top of the car To get rid Of him.
the saloon keepers whose places were held up by
three armed negroes ON Saturday night. came TO
negroes, in hospital here. One is in BeiioSae
Hospital and the other in the Hudson Street
N]GGsn Ssii; h Tns m9 TI%ot hiFG Wai mSspit Was pH idsnsf:
fed by Feliney as one of the robbers. Walters
was d found early L. s pnIy morning nearthe Jay
Leonard street station. who on learning THAI
The man was wounded took him to the Hudson
Street Hospital. He said that he had been shot
him was found $3.50.
his name as John Jones, walked into Bellevue
Hospital with "A bullet wound over his right eye
and told a story of having been shot in q crap
game at Havcrstraw. Upon this the police tele-
phoned to the Haverstraw police and learned
there. in which some shooting was done, and
| also that, three negroes had held up three sa-
looms. and that in one Of the saloons, kept by
Thomas Malley. there had been shooting. Nal.
ley and another man had shot Mt tho robbers
and had themselves been wounded. On this In.
formation the police put the two patients under
arrest.
After identifying, the negro at the Hudson
Street Hospital, Feliney went to Bellevue, but
could not identify Jones. The. police now be-
lieve that Jones's story OF having been shot in
the crap. row is true. He is not seriously In.
3ured, Walters is more, seriously hurt, but will
probably recover. The bullet entered his shout
der and lodged in the lung cavity.