The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-17
OLD STORY OF
WINE AND WOMEN
Nicholas Fish Killed in Dru0ken
BraWl in a Saloon.
HIGH LIFE IN OLD GOTHAM
DECEASED WAS THE HEAD OF A
DISTINGUISHED FAMILY
HIGH LIFE IN OLD GOTHAM

n EW YORK, Sept. 16.-The death NJ
IN Nicholas Fish as the result - >
quarrel in a saloon and the arrss.
OF Thomas J. Sharkey. a private detec-
tive, on the charge of homicide in tba+
! connection. has been the subject =
close police investigation and coDtsc
ture all day.
Mr.. Fish was the head Of ona No 81
most distinguished families in ~
I United States, a banker of great 49,
and at one time minister 10 Rs;si,I,,-
He died at Roosevelt hospital fro6, a.
effects OF injuries received duripg a.,
alteration with a stranger IN FEr
hardts saloon at Eighth avenue an,
Thirty-fourth street. According T., H.,
formation gathered by the police NJ
tlsh's death was due TO a blow str,rt,
by Thomas j. Sharkey. a private -
/ tectiVe, who. with two women who -
present at the time. was arrested sfte-
the death. "-'''
Found Unconscious.
A policeman found Mr.. Fish I,,ips, ~,
conscious on the sidewalk in front ~
the saloon and summoned an smhu-
lance, IN which he was taken To the
roosevelt hospital, where his ldentitv
was revealed by papers found in his
pockets. A dispatch was sent TO Mrs
4 Fish. who was at Tuxedo. and NJ,
reached the hospital soon after Ma
night, remaining at the side OF her Lns
band, who never regained conscious
ness.
According 10 the police. Mr.. Fish
who, In his wife's absence was Uvlr,
al mis- town home IN Irving place eD1
tered the saloon yesterday afternoo,
accompanied by Mrs. Phillips and a
Mrs. casey, two women who live in
west Thlrty-tourth street. There thew
sat drinking until they were Joined Nv
Snafkey at the invitation OF one of m,
women. Mr.. Fish continued 10 treat
MS companions until, on discoyering
that his money was exhausted. he an
nounced he would draw a check and get
the bartender TO cash IL. This provoked
a derisive remark by Sharkey. who was
Ignorant OF Mr. Fish's identity. ana
high words followed. A blow was
struck. by whom the police do NOT
know, and the two men rushed at each
other the women screaming and trv-
ing TO separate them.
Fatal Blow Struck.
One Of the women, clutching Mr. Fish
by the arm, succeeded in dragging him
out Of the saloon TO the sidewaIr
There he was confronted BY Sharkev
Who had broken away from his COM
panlons. and they clinched. A moment
later Mr.. Fish reeled as If from a blow
ana 1ell prone TO the sidewalk Seeing
MN lying unconscious, and fearing that
ne might have been killed. his late com
pahlons ned, leaving Mr. Fish where
ne feH until a policeman came along
ana summoned an ambulance.
AS soon as the fact OF Mr.. Fish'g
IDENTITY was established a dozen de-
lectlVes were set on the trail Of his
companions. and before daylight they
We're traced TO the house in which the
women live and were arrested. After
being arraigned In the police court
they were brought before Coroner
jackson. who. after a preliminary in
curry, held Sharkey in $4,000 bail on
the charge OF homicide. and the women
as witnesses.
To the coroner Sharkey made a
statement that he met Mr.. Fish and
the two women in the saloon, and after
a verbal alteration with Mr.. Fish they
LETT the place by different doors. He
denied striking Mr.. Fish, and declared
that he must have fallen as he was
leaving the saloon. Detective Trojan.
VINO made the arrest, declares in an
aihdavit that Sharkey admitted 10
MIN that he struck Fish. Both the
women made similar statements. bur
these District Attorney Jerome refused
to make public.
Result of Autopsy.
Coroner Jackson, after performing an
autopsy. pronounced Mr.. Fish's death
10 be due to cerebral hemorrhage fol-
lowing conclusion Of the brain, and not
70 a fracture of the skull. as was az
Irst supposed by the surgeons at the
hospital. The coroner declared his
conviction from a careful examina-
ton Of the condition Of the brain that
the injury was caused by heavy blow.
and not by contact with the sidewalk
IN fall In the latter case. he said.
there would certainly have been ex-
terlor injuries and a fracture of the
skull.
The inquest viii be held Friday. Mrs.
tlsh, who was completely prostrated.
remained at the hospital all night. and
this morning went TO her home in r.
wing Place. accompanied by her
brothers-in-law. Hamilton Fish and
Stuyvesant Fish. After the autopsy
Mr. Fish's body was removed 10 the
house.
The funeral will be held tomorrow in
st. Marks church on Second avenue.
The burial Will be in the family plot
at Garrison. n. Y.
The New York State Society OF the
Order Of the Cincinnati, Of which Mr..
Fish WAS "A nrpgfdanf has fgo1tna N 80,