The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-17
ONE BOY STABBED, ONESH0T
ONE DEAD AND THE OTHER WILL
DJE-AssAILANTs Also BoYs.

WY bON-both hC'tu
August Luca. II years old. OF ITO Jay street.
Brooklyn. and william Klec, lB years old.
messenger in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. and
living at 207 Sands street. Brooklyn. were on
their way to tho home OF tho latter last night.
intending to play checkers. when they
met at the corner Of Hudson avenue and Little
street. n gang OF boys headed by Theodore
Cockfair. IL years old. OF ~ Hudson avenue.
The Cock fair lad for some time had been en-
ployed MS an Office boy by Dow. Jones & Co.
OF the Edison Building. Manhattan. As soon
as no caught sight OF Luca he set up shout
to his companions
HI" he yelled. there goes the dude"
That's what you called me last week" re-
piled Luca, when you hit me with n brick"
Il know did," replied Cockfair. aid | am
going to finish you this time. Come on. fell
| lows: let's put him out OF busln sss."
/ Luca saw that the gang Of boys that werc
| supporting Cockinir were armed with sticks
! and stones anu he feared that he would be
| badly beaten. Hc took ont n pocket knife aud
held 1t up so tina, all OF the boys could sec it.
See that knifc?" he shouted. well. you'd
! better keep away from It,"
J The boys laughed derisiveiy and kept on In
, their rush They surrounded Luca and Klce
aud there was sharp fight for
q moment. Then Cockiar fell TO the
!
| Of his COMPANIONS shouted that he was killed.
, oil OF the boys took to their heels Luca and
/ klee then went to Klces homo and had their
| game OF checkers.
About Ave minutes later. pedestrian found
CockfaIr lying on the sidewalk. He carried the
boy into Reid. drugstore. and as the drug.
Father a Dnrss o, e. AS@s HSa G PGS
Church was sent for. He administcrsdextrem
Gn ,S 'nG my h w"R rosfym s
died before h. reached that institution.
=, News OF tho h1micid" was taken TO Capt,
learned that young Cockiair's heart had been
,Slo. rSnsnS Sn Se, on SEND -:
hsht He went To kl-es house. but found that
the two boys had gone from there 10
he arrested them both. Luca declared that h.
had not killed the boy. e. the best Of
Der. striking him once with the knife, Ks~
said tha, during the whole night he had been
hs he "SS tSSs hsa not sn nn &c shST
but ~ the police dill not know Of anybody else
wn2 d;sESIayeda knife they arrested huca snA
al.o took Klee into custody as a wi,pess
Luca is the son OF Christian W l.uca, a
James Mcllyainc. Mcl!vnine was Nf,crwari
executed Tort the crime. When the boy was taken
10 the Fulton street station, he saw over the
desk atestimonial that had been given to S-rgi,
Reynolds 10y the citizens OF the ncishnorhood
done 80 he turned 10 Capt Druhan and said
omSt Ti S%' Xii GSsLa tel s%s ri" /;
on my fathers NE"
Mrs iqsn, the mother 9t,hs boz socms TO b,
husband was murdered. she married a man
s wH %S 81 f. VA I .e %oi & i
s a Saa%s Inc Man %s. Rss sST@
she heard oil her son arrest last Night.
There was a .ch"oIloy riot Ia tho Jackson
vile section Of Long Island CITY late yesterday
yes. o " y s S TSS
4 doanle:herrslled shotgun and shoo',,gns
s;s."Tay Avenue. in the E part the a, do
men, INJECTING moE'a wound. More than ono
Year, eH I'D wSfe or par
ticipants ia the fray and tho fight was wagei
an ,ns way Mr w n
eLdir.c At IN" Jacobs house. wher" the crowd
be.,eEst several ch'idrsn OF the Jacobs family
Ever since the school oysn"d for IA" present
term /, Is said tina, the bows q the rc'rhnor.
Jacobs children. Their iatGer. julius Jacois
j. Il painter. and they I've In, a nnr-story
town road There IS a pig ward around the
house Which T. enclosed b. pick, i"nn .,
children, who were teInG stoned on their
way s%mG Doi ana was her p,GT,G n
but as she was cSjl"ii',5 So~ York BY ne .ai:
ON q" seeing the priacIpai nnt r her return
, Mr.. Jacobs was away at his work 80 August
, yoancer s" Children Willie Wnam Jacobs. !,
YEAR, old. was the only memb"r ~ he hogsr.
dismissed IN the afternoon. n child from ia,
geiehhorhood went running Into the Jaco, ,
s"hoSEoS. "W Mere ao%ns hs T" T",hsr w"
August went 70 the rescue OF hS r'ungrr
Ssn the s crowd 3e u &c, @E CAT"
, Those who wer" present say that after the,
once g., into the yarl they sgramGlrd oye,
an empty, wagon in the yard white
'hs the "f hdss E S,ch Jacob dSs "1" .
/. the BOYS stoned the house. and after Augus
Tor him TO poke his nose out OF doors for fear
beLng hit with stone. ne larger boys n q,
y"pG and have s, Gu, b" TemaH"d "oor
t Finally August entered tho room o"curir'
ms dr II, "na he bed snaa f or H.
ISadns aonbI;; PSrrGsh ns.o'spm one ;, sn, re-
" gun young Jacobs made break into the yard
ani raising The weapon to his "h9%Hld"
followed STs By 'ft isrringd scramble among H.
o strauss. who had been standing near III
. wagon With his Younger brother GuStayc, !
r turned to hurry away with the rsSt OF tn" boy
It some Of his ,c2mpHnlons caught hold OF hin
a anu helped MIN along. ABOUT DlOck ava
from the scene Of the shooting he collapsed AM
= an Ice wagon coming along he was lifted IN an
"A taken 10 his homo aud later wa. removed I,
q ST, Johns Hospital IN Long Island City
IF Young Jacobs, who did the shooting. wa
4, found at home, and when he was placed unhr
" arrest he said he was compelled TO shoe
"a to prevent the boys from wreckng tn
" house aud hurting tho. children com
mittcd to his cpre He, was take
y to tho Astoria police precinct ana wa
'. later turned over 10 officers Of the Brookly
Society for the Prevention OF Cruelty I
n | Ihillrpn who took him to brook Iyn. In III
course OF their investigation the. police Of!
tanned the names OF several OF tho hoy
who witnessed the shooting among whor
h were William Gotter, 70 years old. Of 81
a broadway. Russell Henter. - years old.
=, Eleventh avenue, and Henry Truman. 10 yeal
W old. OF Newtown road
81 The wounded boys condition Is critcn
10 Tho lower part OF his abdomen and his leg
10 were riddled with, shot. while scattering shC
struck him on the upper poriio OF the bod
and he received several wounds in the fnc
worker Young Strauss told his father TIN
4, no had no hand In the fray but was watchin
IL tho other boys. Mrs. Strauss became mothC
a few days ago and IL still confined to her be