The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-11-21
SLAIN At HIS HOME.


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Insane Negro.
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New York. Nov. 14.--AndrewH H. Green
the Father OF Greater New York
and one OF the city's oldest and mos
remarkable citizens. was shot and In.
stantly killed on the steps of his home
on Park avenue on Friday by Cornelius
N. Williams. . negro. who IL belived II
be insane. The shooting was evidently
the outcome of An insane delusion on
the part Of the negro that Mr.. Green had
slandered him. for. when he was asked
why he had committed the murder, he
replied: Il did II to save my character"
There were three witnesses OF the
tragedy. Mrs. Anna Bray. domestic In
Mr.. Green's family, Emil Nicholson. an
errand boy. and Patrick Dyer. a cabman.
According to these witnesses the negro
must have been waiting for Mr.. Green
to come home from his ONCE. He gen.
orally reached home about 1880 In the
afternoon. At that hour he alighted
from a Fourth avenue car In the tunnel.
at Fortieth street. and. ascending the
steps to the street. walked slowly
toward his residence, almost directly
across the street. The negro was stand
ing In the vestibule of the house. and as
Mr.. Green started to ascend the two
steps leading to the hall door, Williams
advanced toward him.
There was a brief interchange of
words, and then the negro drew re-
volver and fired Ave shots in rapid sue
session. Mr.. Green sank to the stone
pavement. blood streaming from his
head. while the murderer. returning the
revolver to his pocket. leaned against
the railing Of the stoop. rs II awaiting
arrest. 3.
William H. Burns, carriage starter for
the Murray Hill hotel. was one Of tho
first to reach the negro. whom he seized
as he was about to walk away aid
turned him over to policeman and q
detective. who rushed up a moment
later. A physician was on the spot al
most Immediately and pronounced Mr..
Green to be dead.
AS soon as the policemen seized the
colored man they searched him and
found the revolver. which was still
warm. They hurried him to the sta
ton house, where he was subjected to
a searching examination, the result of
which left little doubt OF the negro's
Williams appeared to be per-
fectly self possessed and acted as
though he felt he had performed a
t.
man of average height and not un-
pleasant features. The prisoner an
swered. without hesitation or any show
Of irritation, all questions put to him
and spoke like a man firm in the con-
viction that he had been deeply wrong
ed by the man he had murdered. He
told rambling story about colored
woman. Mrs. Bessie Davis, who until
about four months ago kept a lodging
house for negroes in West Fifty-third
street. who. he said, had circulated
derogatory to his charac-
ter and against whom he had been try
ing to bring suit for $4,000 for SLAM
der. He blamed Mr.. Green for be-
friending the woman, and enabling ner
to continue her slanderous stories. He
said ne asked Mr.. Green to get after
her." but he failed to do So
Mr.. Green, who was bachelor, lived
with his nephew. Timothy r. Green.
and his three nieces. the Misses Lucy
NJ, Julia E. and Mary r. Green. Two
Of the nieces were at home when the
occurred. Timothy r. Green
said that his uncle had never before
seen the man who shot him, that he
had never heard OF the colored woman,
Bessie Davis, and that he had never
had any colored servants in his house.
rhe story told by Williams was. said
Mr.. Green. pure fiction. Mr.. Green's
most intimate friends are satisfied that
lie never saw the negro until he was
confronted by him at his door.
Mr.. Green, who was SO years old, was
he originator of the plan to consolidate
he boroughs now comprising the city
If greater New York.