The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-11-14
All. GREENS
MURDER OF FATHER OF GREAT
 FIR NEW FORK"
Undoubtedly tho Work of nIadmsu- . Cornelius NJ. Williams, ths Assassin, swors at Ills Victim as the Latter Lay
 Dying-Apparent That Green Did Not Know His Assailnnt.
Know Ills Assailnnt.


 Dying-Apparent That Green Did Not
 Know His Assaitnnt.
 New York, Nov. 13.-Andrew H. Green, the Father of Greater New York" and one of the city's oldest and most valued citizens, was shot and in-s stantIy killed on the steps of his home, 91 Park avenue, this afternoon by Cor nelius M. Williams, a negro, who is be- lieved to be insane. The shooting was evidently the out come of an insane delusion on the part of the negro that MT. Green had slam dered him, for when he was asked why he had committed the murder he re-. piled: T did it to save my character"
 There were three witnesses of the tragedy-Mrs. Anna Bray, domestic in MT. Greens family; Emil Nicholson, an errand boy, and Patrick Dyer, a cabman. According to these witnesses. the negro must have been waiting for MT. Green to come home from his office. He generally reached home about 1:S0 fin the afternoon. At that hour he alighted from Fourth avenue car ill the tunnel at F'ortieth street, and. as- cending the steps to the street. walked slowly towards his residence, almost directly across the street. Dyer says he saw the negro standing in the Vesti- hule of the house, and that he saw Mr. Green start to ascend the two steps. leading to the hall door At that mo- ment Williams advanced toward him. There was brief interchange of words, which Dyer did not hear,.and then the negro drew a revolver and fired five shots in rapid succession. MT. Green sank to the stone pavement, blood streaming from his head, while his murderer, returning the revolver to his pocket, leaned against the railing of the .stoop as if awaiting arrest.
 William H. Burns, carriage starter for the Murray Hill hotel, was one of the first to reach the negro, whom he seized as he was about to walk away and turned him over to Patrolman Houghtaling and Detective Kelly. who rushed up a moment later A physician was on the spot almost immediately and pronounced MT. Green to be dead. Some of the witnesses stated that, as. the negro's aged victim fell young woman rushed out of the house and took the dead or dying mans head in her lap, at the same time calling upon him, in piteous tones, to speak to her. As she tried in vain to get response Williams it is said, exclaimed, address ing Green. Damn you told you I'd get even with you. X One of the negro's bullets embedded itself in the ceiling of the vestibule. It 1t believed that all of the others took effect A crrsory examination by a wound in the left side of the head. one in the left temple and another at the base of the brain. Any one was suffi-. cient to cause instant death.
 Mrs. Bray told the police that she was just about to enter the house when she saw MT. Green accosted by Will. Hams, and heard the former say, in an-. swer to some words addressed to him by the negro man: Go away. don't know you.'' Then Williams drew his revolver and shot the old man.
 The boy Michaelson said he saw Will Hams shoot MT. Green at the foot of the steps, but heard no conversation.
 As soon as the policemen grabbed 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 in sanity. Besides the revolver, the police found In Williams pockets razor. a purse containing $10 and a dispossess notice, dated August s, showing that he had been put out Of apartments in Eff. ty-seyenth street, between Ninth and. Tenth avenues.
 N Williams appeared to be perfectly self-possessed and acted as though he felt he had performed a merltorious deed. He is well built man, of aver- age height aud of pleasant features. He said he was single, ferty-three years old and lived at 156 West 18th street, at which place, however, he is not known.
 The prisoner answered without hesi-s tation or any show of irritation all questions put to him and spoke like a. man firm in the conviction that he had been deeply Wronged by the man he had murdered.
 He told a rambling story about a col ored woman. Mrs. Bessie Davis, who, until about four months ago, kept a. lodging house for negroes in West 53d street. who. he said. had circulated statements derogatory to his character, and against whom he had been trying to bring suit for $20,000 for islander, which cost him nearly all his friends.
 He blamed MT. Green for befriending the woman and enabling her, he said, to continue her slanderous stories.
 ''I'm not sorry shot him." exclain- ed the prisoner, He got what he de- served. may not be justified by so- ciety, but I'm justified in the eyes of God. I'm willing to go to the electric chair, if necessary, to vindieate my character" ss'.'
 Inspector McCloskey, who also ques- .tioned the man, said he was satisfied that the man was insane Williams said that he supported himself by talk ing care of furnaces.
 MT. Green, who was 8 bachelor, lived with his nephew, Timothy R. Green, and his three, nieces, the Misses Lucy M., Julia E., and Mary R. Green. Miss Mary R. Green is In Worcester, Mass, but the other rieces were at home when the shooting occurred.
 Timothy R. Green said tonight that his TnplA had nauar hafnrn soay Ina