The sun., 1899-06-27
HOT HUNT FOR A MURDERER
BIG CROWD THREATENED TO LYNCH
THE GUILTY NEGRO

ture, to Avoid Conflict. He Was Taken
to the Lookup Disguised as IA Woman.
Dudley Smith. alias Big bud. a negro. who
has figured in several stabbing and shooting
nfIrsys in this city in the past year shot and
instantly killed Michael Lyden. % years old.
Of 6o Columbus avenue, in Geble & Pankows
saloon. at 81 Amsterdam avenue. yester-
day afternoon After the shooting Smith was
chased by an angry mob. He disappeared in n
tenement on Sixty first street. reappeared on
Amsterdam avenue fifteen minutes later. was
recognized and pursued again. but finally
eluded his pursuers by lodging into the five
story tenement at 224 West Sixty y-second street.
In less than twenty minutes 100 policemen
had surrounded the block and systematic
search of every house the south side OF
the street from Eleventh avenue to AM
sterdanl avenue was begun. crowd of 1000
persons, mostly whites gathered in the
vicinity. and there were threats Of lynching
the negro II he WAS caught. Several members
of what is known in the vicinity as the
"Slauchter House Gang" procured rope and
declared that they would attend to Smith IL tho
police would only produce him. The search
lasted from q o'clock until nearly II O'Clock bv
which time the excitement OF the men who
were going to do the lynching had calmed and
they had gone home.
Smith was finally captured in an unoccuped
room on the top floor Of the tenement at 237
West Sixty-frst street. the house that he first
entered Inc ponce had searched every room
IN me mouse but this one Skipping II because
'he he'ehoors eaiu thal II was vacant
and always kept locked. They finally went
back to 1t and forced the door. Smith was
found covering in a corner there. very much
Tighteheo' folce captain Moyhlhan was
e'raiu 10 take 'he negro out IN the street on
account OF 'ne 'nrea,s Oh lyhchihs maze oS
'ne crowd ne hhaiIy borrowed woman
1, 4, a.. -.
"hi'e sklr,' trimmed WIN oue mowers, piack
jacket ana woman nat disguised smith
as woman ana tooK MIN out ot 'he mouse 10 a
pa'roi wagon 'hat han peeh sum moheh lhere
were SO surprised when they saw what they
thought to be a woman brought out that
.htm ho,. ,ri.h.,,,, - ,I -, -. ,, ,
.hey lelI pacN w',h1u. woru 10 maze way ior
the CAPTAIN and his prisoner The patrol
realized how thev had heen tricked Smith
"neu nov ner itn au UerH o'rNeu I s,"
He declared that he sho, Ivdcn in self-defence.
I.yden. who was a member Of the Twelfth
Regiment during the spanish American war.
worked as a watchman for Naughton 4 Co.
VINO are reconstrueting the broadway road,
yesterday afternoon with two friends.
west " ~4s nEp street 'fSaG" nnd man nan
named McDonSld. to spend some Of his wages. @
Ina AMSTERDAM avenue a, ho o'clock & where
ponLow,s nI,ro Tb. ,b,ea mon wont ,b.ro
and had several drinks.
sona ~" rn,r rnon, Tbs ',n1 nsSro b,d h,,d had
gone ,h'o rear room ne negro hau had
several uuarreis with Lyden and Featherston
ana about six months ago fired three shots
at the latter from "A revolver smith had
~ ''e ''t'ei il"" " 'o'o'N'i' 7n''." hau
auarreIIed with other whit" men IN the
neigh borhood but none OF them had dared to
pistol and no one doubted his readiness to use
year have been the stabbing Of a white
woman. beating and cutting with a, razor
shooting at Teathersi9n, and about fve weeks
could be ), earned last night he had pot been
suit was to render him arrogant and more
6srng ,han ever ct He n6oa, six and
teatherston and Lyden had been in the
sale, ssa9on Gny E al few minutes E % when the they vent
According to Richard Morris. the porter. who
was cleaning up Lyden turned to Featherston
There's the guy that's going to shoot us.
He'd
so he is. remarked featherston. | won
der II he's got his gun with him smith told
the two men that they'd better not monkey
Morris says that Fsathcr;s,on, finally said:
oh, the big stiff wouldn't shoot If he had
Thereuron Smith drew revolver and Morris
ran out to the bar. He told MIR, Geble that
three men were fighting in the back ROOM and
one had revolver
Get policeman; said Gehle. I'm not
going IN there with that gang.
Morris started out for policeman. but he
had scarcely left the place when three pistol
shots rang out. and Smith came rushing out,
followed by Feat thereton. According to the
latter; who was afterward arrested as a wit
ness, he and Lyden dared the negro to shoot.
think ing he was without a revolver, but before
he reaIized " hat had happened Smith whipped
one out and pointed 1t at them. Lyden then
said.
" He's got blank cartridges in it he's too big
acoward to shoot"
Smith Immediately fired three shots and
1yden fell dead
When Smith ran out OF the saloon he made
Tor sixty first street, whore he lives, closely
followed by Foatherston and Mcdonald. who
were shouting for the police. crowd Joined
IN the chase and two men grabbed the
negro. but wcro shaken of. smith inalIy