The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-11-20
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New York, Nov. IA. 49, Andrew a..
Green. the father of Greater New
York. !" yesterday was shot and instant
ly killed on the steps Of his home in.
Park avenue, by Cornelius M. Will
Jams, a negro who is believed to be In
sane.
The negro said, after the shooting.
that Mr.. Green had slandered him and
that he shot to save his character.
There were three witnesses to 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 was waiting for Mr.. Green
to come home from his office. Shortly
after o'clock Mr.. Green alighted from
a Fourth avenue car in the tunnel at
Fortieth street, and, ascending the.
steps to the street, walked slowly to-
ward his house, across the street. The.
negro was
Standing in the vestihule
of the house, and as Mr.. Green. started
to ascend the two steps leading to the.
hall door, Williams advanced toward:
him. There was brief interchange.
of words. Then the negro drew a re-
volver and fred five shots. Mr.. Green.
sank to the pavement, blood streaming
from the head, while his slayer, re.
turning the revolver to a pocket,
leaned against the railing of the stoop,
as If awaiting arrest.
William H. Burns seized Williams:
as the negro was about to walk away
and turned him over to policeman
who arrived moment later. A ply
stefan soon arrived and pronounced
Mr.. Green dead. AS the negro's victim
fell a>young woman rushed out of the
house and took Green's head in her
lap, at the same time calling on him
to speak to her. As she tried in vain.
to getsa response, Williams turned on,
his victim and shouted: Damn You
+ told you would get even with you.''
Little Doubt Of His Insanity.
The policeman searched Williams
and found the revolver, which was;
still warm. At the police station Will
Jams was examined. The police have
little doubt Of the negro's insanity.
Williams acted as though he felt he
had performed meritorious deed.
The prisoner answered without hesita-
ton or irritation all questions PUT to-
him, and spoke like man firm in the
conviction that he had been deeply
wronged by the man he had murdered.
He told a rambling story about col
ored woman, Mrs. Bessie Davis, who,
until about four months ago, kept
lodging house for negroes in West
Fifty-third street. Mrs. Davis, he said,
had circulated statements derogatory
to his character and that he had be.a
trying to bring suit against her for
$4,000 for SANDER.
Not Sorry for the Deed.
He blamed Mr.. Green for befriend-
ing the woman, and enabling her to
continue the slanderous stories. He
said he had asked Mr.. Green to "get
after her," but he had failed to do so.
Il am not sorry I shot him." ex-
claimed the prisoner; The got what he
deserved. may not be justified by So
ciety, but I'm justified in the eye Of
God. I'm willing to go to the electric
chair, II necessary, to yindicate my
character"
No trace Of Mrs. Davis has been
found by the police. The police are
disposed to believe that Mrs. Davis
was the Pigment Of an insane imagine
ton. III, s
Mr.. Green, who was eighty-three
years old, was the originator Of the
plan for the console ation Of the sew
eral boroughts comprising the city Of
Greater New York. for which he la