New-York tribune., 1901-03-23
FIRES AT ACTRESS IN CAFE
SHOTS INTENDED FOR MISS BUCKLEY
WOUND A MANAGER.
RAGE OF JEALOUSY SHOOTS INTO
PARTY IN PABST RATHSKEIIER.

DRUNK AND DRUG CRAzED STUDENT IN
RAGE OF JEALOUSY SHOOTS INTO
PARTY IN PABsT RATHskELLER.
Five shots from a revolver in the hand of a
young man half crazed by wine, morphine and
jealousy created terror and excitement in the
ra thskelIer of the Pabst Hotel. at Broadway and
Forty -second-st. early yesterday morning and
came near ending in murder Robert Hayden
NToulton. recently a student In Columbia Uni
versty. who has been leading life Of disspa-
tion and eyading arrest for passing worthless
checks. fired the shots.
Miss NAV Buckley, an actress in The Price
Of Peace" Company playing at the Broadway
Theatre, apparently was the target for Moul-
toms aim, but the only bullet that did any harm
went into the back of Alexander w Dingwall,
manager of theatrical companies controlled by
Jacob Lift. One bullet passed through the coat
sleeve Of John D. LeffingwelI. theatrical ad-
vance agent who had accompanied Miss Buckley
and her aunt TO the rathskeller. and another tore
hole in the skirt OF Miss Buckley's dress. Mr..
Dngwal is in Roosevelt Hospital. and the
surgeons have not been able to find the bullet in
his back with the aid of the X-ray.
Mouton registered under the name of Morris
al the Criterion Hotel. Broadway and Forty
Arst-st or Monday on Thursday night he oo-
culded COX u at the Broadway Theatre He
purchased six tickets. and used only one Of
them. His actions so peculiar to at
tract the attention Of many persons in the audi
ence. and during the performance several per-
sons on the stage noted the strange behavior Of
the man in the box He seen drinking in
a saloon near the theatre after the play was
over.
About midnight Miss Buckley and her aunt.
Mrs Jordan. went in company with Mr.. Letting
well 10 the rathskeller of the Pabst Hotel for
supper. Moulton was standing the sidewalk
in Broadway and Miss Buckley noticed him.
She said something about his behavior at the
theatre but he did not hear what she said. 1t
was nearly a IN. when Mr. Dingwan entered
the rathskeIler and Joined the group. He was
hardly seated then Moulton entered and began
the fusillade with the revolver.
IN AN UPROAR IN A MOMENT.
The cellar was in an uproar in moment
Guests and walters toward Moulton women
screamed. and the manager and the detective
of the hotel reached the infurated man in time
to knock the pistol out of his hand. throw him
down and sit on him until the police could be
summoned
The prisoner taken TO the police station
in West Forty -seventh-st. Mr.. DngwalI did not
know he was wounded until peace had been re-
tored in the rathskeller and he had started to
eat some oysters that ordered. Then he
noticed a pain in his back and a surgeon who
had been called sent him to the hospital When
Moulton was searched the police station it
was found that he had morphine in his pockets
He appeared to he quite deaf. and was unable
To answer several questions until they were
written out He gave his correct name He
had $6i a leather card case. a number of pawn
tickets for a gold watch and chain diamond
rings and other articles; the five unused tickets
for Box G at the theatre. and written mem
orandum headed "Poolrooms." which contained
the addresses of several rooms in this city. Bos-
ton and Albany. This document the police con-
fisCated.
Moulton taken to the West Side police
court by Detective Krammer early in the day
While waiting for his arraignment in the prison
pen he talked freely to reporters about himself
He said that his home was in Springfield
Tenn. and that he had been for three years a
special student of architecture at Columbia
He said that he remembered going 10 the the
atre. but recalled nothing after the curtain rose
on the second act He attributed this TO the
fact that he had been taking large quantities of
morphine in the preceding twenty-four hours
He asked one Of the policemen attached to the
court to send message to the office of Judge
Cowing, saying that he was in trouble and that
he would like to have some one come to the
court and attend to his He wrote out the
message signing it with his initials and three
Greek letters. the title of fraternity to which
he belonged. In a short time Rufus B. Cowing
jr.. son of Judge Cowing, came 70 the court
In the meantime Moulton had hired another
lawyer and both counsellors appeared for him
when he arraigned
ADJOURNED TO MONDAY
The lawyers asked for examination on Mon
day morning and Magistrate Meade granted it,
holding Moulton in 5000 bail. After being
taken back to the prison Moulton sent ten or
twelve messages. one to his mother, who
lives in Springfield, Tenn. asking for money.
The others were friends in ,New-York for the
bail required.
While Moulton was waiting 10 he arraigned
Detective Traynor. of the West Sixty -eighth-st.
police station, overheard some spectators in the
court saying He's an adept at lip reading" He