The sun., 1900-06-11
KILLING OF PAUL DENIES.
POLICE SATISFIED THAT HIS
BROTHER JOHN SHOT HIN DOWN.

Search for John Futile % Psr--His wife. who
Has been III Since the Murder. Closely
watched -Dennes. the Family Black Sheep,
KILLED Apparently With His Own PISTOL.
All doubts In the minds Of the police that
Paul Dennes, or Diano az some Of his friends
called him, who died In bellevue Hospital on
Saturday morning, after being taken there un-
conscious from the house Of his brother John,
at 1853 Second avenue, was killed by his brother
have been expelled by the continued absence
OF John Dennes As told in The Sun yester-
day. when Dennes was first taken TO the hos
pital 1t was supposed that he had shot him
self because Of his failure TO induce his brother
70 lend him money Then an autopsy made on
the body on Saturday morning showed that
the wounds In the dead mans head could not
been sef-innicted.
Up to that time the police had made no effort
to find John Dennes As soon as they received
the report of the autopsy. though, they began
a search for the missing man. This search has
so far been without results, The entire neigh
borhood has been ransacked for the man ana
every friend he IL known TO have had has been
examined, The home of his mother-in-law
at S37 Sixth street where Mrs. DENIES and her
baby went after the tragedy, has been covered
night and day, but DENIES has not been near
the house and Mrs. DENIES has not attempted
to leave IL. The woman has been subjected
to the most rigorous examination, but has IN
sisted from the first that she has no idea where
her husband is She says now that he was az
home when Paul was shot but she maintains
that John did not kill his brother. and explains
his absence by saying that he must have lost
his mind after seeing Paul shoot himself and
has been wandering around since. This ex-
panation does not satisfy the police and DENIES
will be arrested and charged with homicide. II
he can be found
The shooting of Paul Dennes appears to ,aiNs have
been the result Of GuSrr. Of Long stanShs n
the shiftlessness OF the former and his abuse Of q
his wife and his mother-in-law. The family Is
italian, and above the AVERAGE IN mteiiisehce; ne;
emHsI N Fashionable e, nj y Filth avsnae tailor spd
$40 week. His home was comfortable, and b he
Years veal &c old. while his Brother was 81. There Is
sill another brother. younger one, who is rs nov
ip Elmira Reformatory,. Paul was ne BLACK SR
sshssp snea him III s be rarely did any
on his brother for support. He WIS In the habit
Of calling regularly az the Second avenue house ,n;s
money @ it Is said, he spent on liquor. He was
| hot tempered man and had been IN u0upe =
number OF times or, that account. 1t y said a.1
es aaS ana as hs ae fssa dSa
| have him arrested for throwing lot OF cropSery
at his mother. Al another time Paul, In q NJ OF
shot the selling of his n svars IN ,ss oas
sion. he threatened his mothers life.
The story oflPaul Dennes's ride in CAP 70 ms
his snd ~. WITH ann hi e
sned In the house. has already been told. MIS-
Dennes admitted yesterday that her husband
| was in the house when Paul called, and that
| S,,vt bern ha rn the Oply nerHOn who knew
lust how Paul came to his death. She said that
when Paul came in he had been drinking and
in VIZ bad Ses shS and Saby the Sas eng
| tered and demanded money. Her husband re-
| fused to give him any, whereupon he beg an 20
He nis thst saoSs was oons
| grabbed up her child and ran into the bedroom.
Soon aitefvard she heard pistol shots, and
fearing, for her child ran out into the hall and M
| down the stairs. Once in the street she made
for her mothers house. She has been there
ever since What became Of her husband
che declares she does not kn0M S: shs ne
brother and is convinced that the latter killed
John Dennes's neishbors in the Second Az
enue house say that q man who looked ike
day morning and pounded on the door for 2
% IS. ats Voice h & sG PS . ss ycSn
DENIES, and that he had come back to see his
wife She had gone away then: ana ne ne police police
Paul to the hospital There was then. no sus-
picion that the shooting was more than the
result Of an attempt at suicide, and the police
were not on the lookout for DENIES.
was found on the floor, a short distapce from
Paul's body. Just which one Of the brothers
the weapon belonged TO the police have not vet
succeeded In ascertaining. but as no pistol
was found on the dead man. and he was known
TO have carried one into the house with him.
II was probably his. The police think that in
the quarrel between the brothers Paul hauled
ont his gun and attempted to shoot John and
that John probably sprqng at him and In the
scufle the pistol went OF, inflicting the wounds
account for the fact that the walls In the room
In which the shooting took place were punct.
ured in three places by bullets from the pistol
that when John pepnes got the pistol away
from bis brothey he lost no time In discharg-