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Two month. $50 Joseph D. Neamsn, lar.
tender. "a year, old nvihs NJ 80 0rs.nwlcb
street took John Daly. n lad ~ u.s. With no
nearer relative than al uncle. who II ih fhs.
land. 10 live with him. Nesman. n has now
been discovered. was q pervert Yesterday
morning he-sttemptrd 10 murder ~" boy ana
then committed suicide, because the lad had
left him and had told ~ the treatment he had
received. The boy, with q bullet IN his head.
another IN lis hip and a flesh wound In hi" Tore
arm. was taksrl To the Hudson street hospital
and viii probably recover The BODY Of the
suicide was taken 10 hi. home.
Little DAILY was employed as tondcr OF the
pneumatic tubes IN the western non Tcle-
graph Conpahy's ONCE At 10 and - Broad
street He was entering the buildirg'o 20
10 work when Ncaman shot him The shoot
ing occurred Just before $50 O'Clock and the
office force Of Wall Street Was hurrying 10
business When DAILY pushed open one OF
the swinging doors and stepped In. Neainan
was just inside when he saw DAILY he said
something to him and the lad answered sngrily
Then one Of tho messenger boys, who was
standing near heard Neaman say:
did YOU tell him that"
Yes. did" the boy was heard % reply, -and
II you don't leave me alone I'll tell more
You owe me money for your clothes" Neo-
man y said to have reJoined. and you We ruined
hn blank hs TaPpsd T boy S, hs % sna Se d sHo
pierced the left side OF the forehead aud lodged
1T the base OF the skull Another entered the
The third shot Rra2ed the left forearm and tore
away the skin and some OF the flesh toward
the wrist After Neaman had fired the first
lodged behind the wife OF one Of tho
teiesraph operators; who was s,andins
into the street. drawing the, child after her;
Neaman, dropping his pistol, walked toward
ne rear Of ihe bniidins As ne moved away
from his victim Policeman smith pushed fis
way THROUGH ia" crowd and into The building
N"hnlah saw lam and. siopIins IN 'front.' OF
,he elevator, drew from hi pocket two-ounce
hottie of carbolic acld drew the cork and drank
The contents. When tho policeman reached
Nm n he could not speak bu! va able 70 write write
After dong this Neaman drew from hs pocket
| II letter, handed 1t 10 the officer and died.
the building a moment later and, learning
what had happened, ran into the of,ce, picked
DAILY up in his arms and took him in the. auto
mobile to the Hudson street hospital He
will recover when asked where his family
lived the boy said that his relatives were all
dead. hut he lived al "a Gouverneur street
she visited the boy and had n talk with him.
Mrs, Donovan told sIN reporter last night
what she knew about the boy
-. -Four years ago las, spring. said the woman.
u found little mite Of n boy in knckerbockers
asleep AZ Inc 1901 OF me STAIRS leadlng 10 my
flat. The bartender on the corner said he was
John Days Young one and his father was
d>pOssessed two days ago. because lie was
sick and couldn't earn money to pay the rent
some breakfast lie said he wasn't be9gar
and lie would II he could earn it. His father
was in the hospital and died soon af'erward
so from that day Johnny lived with me until
about two months ago Then as | had my
hI%w o2 O hosdr ssn e
again until last Sunday. morning. when he
walked in and asked II he could come back
Neaman and didn't lko It, but the next day
he told me fearful story | asked him IL any
body else knew and he snd he had told Charlie
White, tho man who referees the prize fights.
whom he knew
"That night Ncaman went 10 Whites house
in Cherry street and asked for johnny lie
told White the boy owed him Gil for clothes
White told Neaman that he wanted nothing to
do with him ard that Neaman would be lucky
IL he didn't get eleven years instead Of sil.
Joseph Mccarthy the siNteen-year-old son Of
Policeman Daniel Mccarthy Of 81 Montgomery
street. who is attached 10 the Oak street station.
ing. when the bartender started out TO kill
Ncamnn. according to Mccarthy. met DAILY
neighborhood Mt the gymnasium Of School
l47 In Henry street. Seaman worked In Ward.
saloon ut Henry and Montgomery streets and
paly was The captain o. the soho9, basket; ass;
at night and watch the boys exercise. Last
spring he bought suits for the team and used 10
take some Of the boys TO the theatre. He gave
casionally supplied them With money 20 go 20
The letter which Neaman Just before he died
gave 10 the pol iceman was written 81 ne time
land and told how Neaman was caring for the
tov,