The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-27
YORK CRIME OF 1855.
THE KILLING OF WILLIAM POOLE
ny LEWIS BAKER.

can PartS-Purpuit aud Capture or Baker
on the nigh scns-Tho Failure to Convict.
TIL, oor,v no-t ., the war 1883 developed
IN ,b,s citv n notho,so murder and n dra.
,n.tic .scano ana cantnre upparnlleled in
tho history NJ Nav york. That was a season
,rhon Ia ,,,ossnoes .oon,od to n. fac, obtaining tho
nnno- h.na ovor law and order IN New York.
II .v.rv rord th,t yoor oxccnt,no the
N,n,h E,posrth siyt.onth and eighteenth.
,hn Asorn,.n ,., a noli,ioion Thu cantain
ana tbs Ass,a,.nt c.ntoin NJ everv poliee sta
tio, .a,o Ia ,bo ror1o a~oonto5 obove xvere
.,so no,,,,oni ,vorpor, ana no,,co discin,ine
90. -. Ill uorr H. h,, n. ca, mn ro,nd..
MON N coo that notro,mon ana thar duty vcr,
in oxis,orco uorsoo Gov toro mr. rop,otte ny.
j.tsd nnb,,c,v and ostontn,ious,v IN Rrood,v,y
i''e" p"o'''' ""u oo''".'ouoi! al
near Prince and Howard streets, and In Bar
clay street, adjacent to the Aston House, for
which runners were continually employed 10
ind victims. The negro residents of Laurens
anuhiors ~ tho oast sido rrsyS vrhsro n on n
eamoierS OF tno cast sac kne" Where U go 10
, n Spot ~ ta0 ONCE srSS 0a q, 'T Rra pUauy Sn Ot ii sn = ns
stroot ,ottorv ticrot, ware opon,v d,sn,ayod In
tho window. 1t was such condition OF things
that soon led to tho passage of q prohibitory
iiouor law. to the election Of Alderman DAME,
F. Tiomann as a reform Mayor. and to the ulti.
mate creation of an energetic state metropoli.
tan police for this city.
At that timo there lived in Christopher
street a young pusilist named William Poole,
wno shorty oeiore inc Ne" ear Day OF 1000
hae engaged in a prearransod and duly adver.
tho foot OF Amos street-now called West
Tenth-at which many n soap-lock Nose and
fire laddic of the hand engines belonging TO the
volunteer Fire Denartmont ~ tho era bed been
q spectator. His friends coon afterward
formed an association of young sports named
after him. At that time also a Native Amer
auspices NJ n secret association named Tho Or.
-. VT, ' n,
this party carried banners with tho letters o.
former order ~ Bin Poole was s; a prominent pr meme .ne
left the force. Iop had been friendly ppi WITH
joined John Morrisiey and his friend nd" who he were err
opposed TO the order Of United Americans. ''''
There was in Broadway, opposite Niblo's
nIacc n Saloon SaIIea St,nwir Ha ~ . ,ib Tinhhohh n ,SS
become the resort of the .b'6oys",o the adia
Week of February, 1883. John nsSMf orTis ~ .H w, ia IN
a ARA a asI for sup poeE r9|esis, "M wben ' RiIi p %STS
came in with a cpnn1pannjon ard nj The bar bar coIIed
roT a o nrtnR And hoarang roose,s voice, Morr!ssey
itnMn"taiEed ssssv" THU nroval,od pn ratort
from Poole. and Morrissev strucS him a severe
f s,oM; one sNi. af fh6 6c 9r Sinn tGs t;Ro ag that at Ill,
policeman, and one soon ZOO arrived. iuSon poole's
romnInint fhe Guardian of tbe peare arrcstoI
Morrisscy. but released him after taking him o n
into the street. Poole remained in he sal saIoon'
ton Market butcher named Lozier. "'A
About midnight the doors Of the saloon were
pushed open and in came one lanes Turner.
Known T" os n Paudeen a p%oliittician ma Iap5''g liimg
Il pS and IL another Srine man AN h hll evidently under the
bar Paudcen advanced and. shaking his list in
his face. said: """' HE . al
al can lick vou any tim."
Poole rrafiie3 his "nayrm III in defence and tb.rs-
upon Turner nuiIed a revolver ana 1aving tbs
Tho trigger twice In rnnid si,cceesinn tn a. ~
bullet hit POOLE in The jc,s r,os,i,g IN, ~, N III
Of Of the pistoi dro a., d lawn Iev1n and "a's canerS t me b DaT Il ,n
enter the feshy part OF Turner's arm, thus plac.
, Vanc eim h TO P %o eom m;1Icd I his r rS%;s s"s ssTin aa:
""Boys. now oW / have him Inn to M, ont of The su war.;
and fired at poo!e's Im { Other pistols " We're
mHtto MHo cooked + rse' phra es''t thnt for h a Ions
wan hurt ",rttfbM v anotb u uSea whenever any ro~oy
The Tnrner,Baker gang then ran out, and ono
station from WWbi"b in a sS" nor tine , u aopa "iE ~
officers arrived. The police mmone Drs.
B BaEter" and enb bis oneesea nion ana T %eh nol IN sf fsst n OF
successfully visited Baker, saloon p'i nt the c am.
mar NJ Hazard street and RroaIyyay trorrn a.,
the Ronk Exchanps and ner, ~ n Xxi
houss Of John Lvnc nt the cornnr eS Tonay
street. There Turner and Paudeen were found urS
but no Baker, Turner WINS sent tn the bo.nits AZ
for treaincnI for his ,rnnndoa ~ !" ,n9 Spt,." '
deen was arrested. AS instance ", of the S.I laritr
oof Tho police II NAV he ststcd that n NJ f NJ ,aH.S
was madn immSSintciv nj ' 49, nT Ia" ins s =
AS IL afterward appeared' he lad yisiieJ kis
rooms hastily narCpi u " n onn Nc" cioth;ne ma
crossed Tho fcrrv to Jerse NJ Citr v,bapo III ha ,% Sna u
rowboat 70 Ammtovv' '''e' wy "nef ne LUX d
The occnrrnncc creoted o-,ro.t mstrono,,,o,
and 6nally a national scnsntion TiitTp I ID
Stuart WHO had henn rocontqv oico, a. s"hS9
scrycd arst as n nolice cIarE! IN ,h wv hau
elected Police Justire and was unr c,e euer a. as d hn
tectiye work. in,medioteiv sot no wort ;, a NV "e
Baker. The MaVor offered n y, reward ~ ~ snno
for news of Bakers whercabouts or annreh"n.
sion In two 49, pooie ia q % u "pin.ncm.
revealed the remsrkahbIo su NIGH; +" fac " t 1hutop PSsS
bullet which rn"sed his doath az n ,nm.
in the centre Of hi. Heart Novnrt haloou ba
had lived dfty-two hours Dr rbeenemsn no 40
foremnst snro:on ~ The c;,v IN ~, AZ a
a monoqran6 concernin1 Ike !" c sse' thaiy ~ sIc'te
al urenf nrnfessionai intorn3, e"9 W. hnm eHvia
abroad Turncr's Wound soon be,,e nIh and tha
Grand Jury, being in session indiciea Z" HIM
Pater PanIeen Irvina ond Nfor ~ " I'LL I'LL
cinais or acce.snries in III un nS5trsspNS as primr
>sI'A ~ ~ no az lilANIt u AANlI lOGt1