New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-27
KILLED IN A SALOON.
A WHITE MAN SHOT BY NEGRO "ho
- ArTERwARD CAPTURED.
FEARING VIOLENCE. THE POLICE DRESSED hi''
N woMAN's CLOTHES BEFORE TAKING
HIM TO THE STATION.

FEARING VIOLENCE, THE POLICE DRESSED HIN
-, vov,s,s CLOTHES BEFORE TAKING
HIM TO THE STATION.
,u...o, 1vden twenty-five years old living at NO.
co Co,uubus-ave WAS shot and instantly Kiheo ~
q saloon at No 50 Amsterdam-ave. little peio,o
& o'clock yesterday afternoon, by Duoiey SUI ,,
coIored twenty-five years old. OF NO @'i WV"
sixty-hrst-st. Smith escaped.
Ivdan who IL n white man. was employed as
Waterman by Naughton & Co.. contractors WIZ
are building the underground trolley nhe W '"e
RouIevard He was a veteran OF the Spanisn-An'e
loan War having served as member OF 'o'hP""'
r. 18th Regiment New-York Volunteers 49,
The police have arrested az witnesses henIs ="
ceh,o the proprietor OF the saloon; William Feath-
80. ,ror,vone wear. old a aborer on grain
elevator at the end OF West Sixty-ffth-st. VINO
lives at No 2a5 West sxty-second-st.' ana Richaiu
Morris coored porter In the saloon. living AZ NO
PIG West Sixty-second-st
Patterson who was companion OF byueh'
told Cantain Moynahan OF the West Sxty-eighth-
st. station that he had met Lyden niue oelole
the shooting, in Tenth-ave. near Sixy-secohu-s'
They then went to the saloon by way OF Sixteth-
ST Soon after entering the place the two men
drank two glasses OF beer each, and Lyden SAID u
Patterson 49,.
81 wonder il Big Dud is in here. and II he mas
his shooter with hm?"
Featherson replied: '"Oh he wouldn't shoo' any
one n he did have his gun with HIM.
Jvden then started toward a back room, followed
by Patterson.
I.yden was the first to enter the room and as ne
did so he saw Smith sitting at one OF the 'ao'e'
Smith was In his shirt sleeves.
Hello, Dud," said Lyden, nave you so' 'o''
gun with you today"
Even II he has It with him" said Featherson'
.I don't think he would use 1t on any one.
lust as Featherson uttered the last word Smith
stood I'D and pulled a revolver from his nip pocket
uhfN m
He then fired twice at Lyden both snots taA ,hs
effect one in the abdomen and the other III '"'
fyden fell TO the foor and Smith dashed by ana ana
made his escape through the front doQr Oh n
Patterson gave chase. and succeeded In catsnins
hold of him at Sxteth-st.. but Smith WI VINO into
m bS haMsy OF No az West Feather
followed and again caught r sm Wh sr another
coored man, who friend Of rs Smiths ap-
peared ibi ana line Policeman Robert J. White who
had heard Feathersons cries rushed up the '' an
Tsy aqcKTh they tried to follow Smith. but lost
INIT In the mean time Captain Moynahan OF tne S Mesl
sIxtveghthst station had been told OF the snoos
ing and he turned out his reserves Wno so' nrevent
the block G.a,1a In e wnOe Of SU the e'i man
ambulance cali but Lyden was dead when ne af
captain Moynahan and Detec Ss a rofs ooT Of No
Sa7 West sixty-rst-st last evening little osiT ore
| II o'clock The man was fourn III "a -. .sDon't
| room and when discovered he crleu OUT ~"
| shoot me. Don't kill met uh, sLirt and
lie was quickly hustled into lght shii ,a Se
black shirt waist and womans ho3o Wal VIZ pa sts
ower his head Word sent to the ponce SIC
,,on for the patrol wagon. and the man was
through the waiting crowd into the wax" s ynch
Of the crowd yelled: They've gov mn, srr,th Us
hi him" while others cried out; IT'S not smith,
" Ga nrobably good for Smith that some OF 9re
-. ~ ,ppought he was a woman. as all were angry
| and the police feared violence; ~ ,ho ,o,,cs who
M o. Inc wav 10 the station house the ponce WI,
were IN the patrol wagon held loaded rsvoV shod
ri sides and were determined to use them si0e
W coca sion arise Smith told captain Moy ai tSe
that he had shot Lyden In ;ei-defehTSe o on had
,anng every room In the building OF no 90 ne,
Ssen rched three times and the poce atr tased
ioss 70 understand how 1t was that theE h"S's'
| finding him before.