The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-05
DEATH ENDS FIST FIGHT
Blow on Adams Apple
Knocks George Tyler
Out Forever.
FOUGHT OYER A GAME OF POOL
Thomas Foley the Murderer
W1.xsi Avs7 Igaoraa,
of What He Had Done
He Surrenders.
FOUGHT OYER A GAME OF POOL

| Thomas Foley, twenty three years old,
/ of No. 96 Tuers avenue, Jersey City, was
arrested at five o'clock this morning for
| the murder of George Tyler, twenty-one
| years old, of No. SAG Montgomery street,
| who was killed by him in a fist fight
| late last night. II was no fault of the po-
| lice that Foley was captured. They were
! securing the city for him all night long.
| The general belief was that he had fled
| to New York City. A general alarm for
his arrest had been sent, with his descrip-
tion to all neighboring cities At five
o'clock this morning Foley, accompanied
| by his brother William, who is private
| in the Fourth Regiment, New Jersey Vol
unteers. and is home from Greenville,
South Carolina, on furlough, walked into
the Gregory Street Police Station.
Roundsman Toppin. who had known
Foley, was behind the desk.
Hello, Rounds" said Foley as he
stepped up. to the desk.
We'll, what's the matter?' asked Top
pin, who did not at first recognize Foley.
,o,i.so DoML you Know me?' asked the
why, for heavens sakep calculated
Toppin as it dawned upon him who his
visitor was. "where have you been?"
I didn't know there was any trouble
until this morning, said Foley.
They're securing the city for you,''
Well I've come to give myself up.
was nearer the Seventh Precinct, but I
up to the Seventh?''
II found him up near the viaduct,'
ehimed in Foley's brother: Il went in
"TIqd Toppin Dti5i told Foley he would have to
booked there and sent up to the other
murder. Patrolnan William Kelly took
him to the Montgomery Street Station.
He insisted upon putting handcuffs on
Foley. Foley was arraigned this morn
ing before Police Justice Potts in the
Second Criminal Court and was held for
The fight between Foley and Tyler,
which resulted in the death of the latter,
was the outcome of a quarrel over game
of pool on Saturday night last. The fight
was a bitter one. The two men before
parting agreed to settle the dispute by
fighting to a finish. They agreed to meet
last night in a dark place beneath rl,e
Montgomery street bridge, over Corned-
son avenue, few friends of the men be-
ing invited to witness the fight. Among
those who WeF present were Joseph Mills,
son of Fire Commissioner Thomas Mills,
William Tumulty, Walter Bailey, Peter
Burns. Joseph Feldner, John Mullins and
bare fists for nearly half an hour. They
were pretty evenly matched and hard
blows were given and vreeeiE1ed -or--eacla--
side. The men were nearly exhausted
when Foley landed a vicious blow on Ty-
ler's neck, striking him squarely on his
Adams Apple. Tyler spun saround three
times and dropped like a log. He did not
get up. He was carried to the. City Hos
pital where the doctors declared that
death had been instantaneous.
Foley, not knowing that Tyler was dead,
put on his coat and walked away, re-
marking as he die. so, 'Well, boys. it was
a fair fight, wasn't it;' They agreed that
it was
Foley was arraigned in the Second
Criminal Court this morning, but at the
request of the police authorities the ex-
all7ot i'm of flE g
til tomorrow morning in order to allow
the police time to secure their witnesses
When Chief of Police Murphy learned
that Foley had been booked for murder
he order the charge changed to mal-
When Foley left the scene of the fight,
their attention to Tyler and tried by
various means to revive him. All their
efforts were futile. Tyler. did not stir.
The. young men became alarmed. They
finally picked Tyler up and with difficulty
carried him up the stairs to Montgomery
street and thence to the City Hospital.
which is a block distalA from the scene
of the fight. The doctor at the hospital
examinedb Tyler carefully and announced
that he was dead His death, say the
doctors, must have been Instantaneous.
When Foley left the scene of the fight
he went to see friends in the city He
must have larned of Tyler's death before
midnight, despite any assertion 10 the
contrary. All the policemen who could
be reached were sent out on the case as
soon as 1t was reported at Pollce Hedoa(
quarters. Detective Prescott was sent to
Foley's house. He met his brother, the
soldier who told him he did not know
where Thomas was. 1t was this brother
who went with Foley to the police sta
tion. When Foley appeared at the police
station he had on a different suit OF
clothes than that which he wore when
he fought Tyler 1t is not thought that
he was able to escape and get into his
home to change his clothes. It is prob
able that his brothr kne wwhere he was
him. The general impression was that
Foley had fled to New Yorok. Detectives .
by Chief Murphy to search tbs New York.
lodging houses for him They did Ehssr
work thorou2;aly and 4 ia not get back nlkS
himself 70 Bohndstuan Tenpisas.