The evening times., 1901-06-11
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FOUND DYING Tn new YORK
The Police Confronted by MuF-
der Mystery.

Patrick CoyIe, n Young EnGravers
Who Had Served Term in Prison
for killing His Father, Fatally
Stabbed on the West Side.
NEW YORK, June IA young man
was found dying ca the sidewalk in front
of fo2 West Sixteenth Street at o'clock
this morning. He died before the arrival
Of a New York Hospital ambulance sur
geon and the police say that ne was
murdered It was some hours before the
body was identified. Then it was learned
that the victim Of the mysterious assault
was Patrick CoyIe, of 223 West Seven
teenth Street. Coyle resided at the place
mentioned with his mother. and Is said
to have been an engraver, but was ap-
parently out of work CoyIe reached this
city from the penfte1tfary five months
ago. having served four years on the
charge of causing his fathers death by
striking him on the head with a water
pitcher. The father was Matthew Coyie.<
When young Coyle was found this
morning there was a deep stab wound in
his neck, and he was well dressed The
wound is IN the tight side and penetrates
the jugular vein The. police were delay.
ed in establishing the mars identity be-
cause his pockets had been riied and
nothing left to afford a clue. The neigh
borhood where Coyie was found is in
Tested by the gang -.-:cs, murdered and
robbed George Peck. an aged and wealthy
real estate agent, last summer. Peck's
skull was crushed ami he was left dead
on the sidewalk
Coyle's body was removed 20 the
morgue The only articles found were a
box containing higb-priced candy and a
smaller box with medicine in it, which
bore The label OF a West Fs0urteenth
Street pharmacy Coyle was apparently
about twenty-five years Of age five feet
eight inches in height, and weighed about
10 rounds He had dark hair, q mus
tache, grey eyes. and wore a dark suit
and brown derby hat The wound that
caused his death is Seven or eight inches
deep and appar s.1tly made with either a
dirk Or bowie knife
When Policeman Operman reached the
scious but dying He tried to speak but
was unable TO make himself understood
and expired within two minutes There
was a pool of blood by his side and is
trail led to point near the side door OF
a saloon at the southwest corner OF Six
teenth Street and Ninth Avenue
John Hampson, the bartender, who is
an ex-alderman was arrested He told
the police the following story: CoyIe
and two others -ame into the saloon about
2:30 O'Clock a. m, and asked for a drink.
One of the men was an old fellow, ana
seemed to be an ex-so!dier. as he exhibited
pension papers The third one said that
a detective in the employ Of the Commit
tee of Fifteen The old man and the nur-
dered man were quarreling. The old one
fourished his pension papers
I've got my pension Of so month"
ne said, but I depend on you for my
rent, and if I don't get it today III be
dispossessed-'' Their quarrel was hot and
heavy. Then they eIinehed, and sep
arated them and put them cut
About half an hour later the old man
and Mccoy came back, and then the MUIR
dered man came back and the fight began
again The old man and the murdered
man cIinched and I shut the door to get
the chain off and part them again. BY
the time I got it open, the man who fs
dead had started across the street, Nc
Coy had run toward Tenth Avenue, and
the old man stood .here with cut in the
side of his face
I took him in and washed the blood of
his face, and then he went away He had
bloody knife in his hand, which he wiped
of. closed and put in his pocket I did
not know the other man was so much
cut, and, of course, had no idea that he
was murdered When the old fellow had
gone, I supposed that was the end OF it
and locked up the place"
1t is thought by the police that tie quar-
rel between CoyIe and the veteran may
have had something to do with the death
of the murdered mans father
FOUL PLAY SUSPECTED.