Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-09-04
DAY OF DARK DEEDS,
Murders, Riots and Suicides
in New York City.
Police and Ambulance Surgeons Haze
a Busy Time, Sunday.
Unusually Long List Of Bloody Aarays Adm,
the Police Records.

icSuIL OI which Will be several l,.,t
mere We're number Of suicides aa,
altogether the ambulance surgaons iI ai
busy day by reason OF the nuroorae.-
shooting and stabbing affravs ,Ius
took place. mat
Policeman Patrick O'Keefe. attaoh.,
70 the East 12Gth street statinr,
sh"t through the head and che. t-
Michael Farrell in FarreIli's saIoo,, y" ~
Second avenue. O'Keefe u-in ~. n
Farfclli was arrested after ro
chase and q desperate fight in wbIaS
ne made further effort to do nrraon
= mob Of several thousand neoria
gathered after the shooting and ma
II determined effort to lynch tia Tta1
ian. '''e i'ai-
4 number Of detectives and = noI,ca
reserve n % men were ordered on,
they beat back the mob. and one n
them sprang al Farrell and knocked
MN s~1saless. The police then march
~ their prisoner tO the station Tho
MOP dt several thousand wildly excit-
ea mtn. women and children surged all
itp"ut me police escort. Twice the M
At" EAd 10 draw their weapons ana
IHto" the mob back and there wera
hatf to hand fights all along the line
Later Farrell was taken 10 the hos.
uitaL
Iho prisoners wife. Mary FarreIli
was arrested for melting the murder
she having given her husband re-
vol"cr and told him to fire upon the
police when they attempted to raid the
place.
There was a riot in Chinatown. to-
night, the result Of a feud Of long
standing between the Oriental Benev
oient Society ana the Gnu Chung So
ciety. The streets in that vicinity
We're blocked with a mob Of more than
1909 Cinnamon and others, and a num-
Der Of the MOngOlians used revolvers
ana black jacks. When the rioting
was at its height two score policemen
and number Of detectives put in an
appearance and had TO do lot of
clubbing before the mob was dispers-
,d. and the prisoners, which they
made. marched To the police station.
Charley Lee, Chinaman, was stab
bed in the abdomen and will die.
I;oundsman VIM. McCluskey was shot
though the thigh. Chung Lou was
stabbed in the arm and taken to the
hospital, while two other Chinamen
who We're shot We're taken away by
their friends and concealed in one Of
the many Chinese quarters near the
scene. TWenty-one Cinnamon were
arrested
Thomas J. Larkin, who served through
he campaign with the Sth Regiment.
[. :. ", was shot, tonight. by his
brother Richard Larkin. at their home
IN East 30th street. The wounded
nan is now in Bellevue hospital, with
l chance Of recovery. Larkin was in
.oXicated when ne did the shooting
which was the result of jealousy be-
.ause Of his brothers popularity.
Three Italian BARRIERS. Giuseppi
1auie, his brother Clan and Guiseppi
iuagento. engaged in fight. today in
ront Of lS5 Elizabeth street. with the
'esult that all are in ST Vincent's hos
,ital suffering from stab wounds. Clan
'dule received a cut on the neck which
I is said viii prove fatal but the
Wounds of the others are not serious.
Bernard Rafferty,. an assistant dock
master. is dying in the New York hos
'ital His skull is fractured and there
ire number Of serious wounds about
lis head and body. That he is the vic
i'm of murderOus assault there seems
o he no doubt. His papers and re-
'eipts We're found laying in pool of
Hood il West 18th street between
til ana 10Th avenues. His money was
tolen. He himself was found by his
,rlther in an unconscious condition,
wing in his home on 10th avenue his
lood stained clothing strewn about the
iCor.
Rafferty, left his home. Saturday
light. and was found several hours
Iter
The police are at sea. Rafferty, has
ot regained consciousness and it is a
lystery how he made his way from the
lace where he was assaulted into his
ed. as the distance was several blocks.
\ cleverly planned swindle was nip
Cd in the bud by the arrest of Samuel
tosen on board the City Of Lowell. a
ew minutes before the departure of
he boat fo1 New London. Saturday
light.
on Friday, RoSen, who had spent
No weeks in obtaining the confidence
several firms Of dry goods dealers in
Hen and Essex streets. went around
nd gave orders for several hundred
ollars worth Of goods.
Rosen promised 10 pay cash on de-
very and gave instructions that the
GODS should he sent to No. 90 East
h street. The goods on arrival were
'ansferred to an express wagon which
as standing at the corner of the
.reets. Checks for the amounts due
ere handed to the bearers and the
agon drove of. The checks were
-awn on the State Bank and the Sec
ld and the Seventh and Ninth Banks.
Three Of the dealers We're suspicious
I'd Felix Tausend. early Saturday
orning went to his bankers. The
leck was found To be worthless. 1t
as this prompt action that defeated
osen's scheme. as he was counting
pon five days before the fraud would
, discovered as the banks would be
osed until Thursday. Detective Fir
,isen traced the goods To the city OF
DWELL They had been consigned 10
Levinson. No. 80 Canal street, New
Jndon. Rosen was found on board
"a arrested and held in $4,000 for ex-
nination on charge of grand lar
ny.
The number Of soldiers slain In bat