New-York tribune., 1903-02-25
THREE MEN SHOT IN FEUp
ALL FOUNDED IN BACK.
Policeman H1resfs Smoking Weapon
-f5rou IN Street

a. the result of a fe,id between members OF
? Cherry Hill gang three men have neeh
wounded in the hack within the last two days
and they with five others. have been arrested
fv the police Of the Oa.k-st. station ne
wounded mon are James Maley, of No 30"
Pesrl-st.; Charles Martley. of No. IS Dover-st.
and John Rice. of Nc - Marfet-st. Rice Is in
The Hudson street Hospital. He is charged with
threatening to kin John Brady. OF No - Cherry
St while Hartley and Maley are charged WIN
felonious assault John Brady is under arrest
charged with shooting Rice. The other prisoners
are Harry solomon. Of No. 81 Catharlne~s'-. ana
George Wild Of No. 10 Forsyth-st. charEsi
with being implicated in the shooting OF kn'e,
and William NcCort, OF No. l. CherTy-st-' ana
his brother Patrick, charged with interfering
with an officer
Brady lSseps a small store at No. IL Roose-
,-alt-st He sells candy and cigars. and in the
rear is pool table. The police say that TINS
place has been a "hanEout'' for gang OF pao
reputation Captain Titus warned Brady that
H., must keep the place clear Of ohlectlonapie
cl1eracters. AID Brady ordered certain OF the
frequenters to stay away. This led to bad blood
1,e+vreen t,yo factions Brady declared. accord
ing to the police. that several times Wlthn the
last two weeks shots have been fired into his
store by members Of one gang, and that there
have beer open threats % kill him.
Alo1It - p, m Yesterday Policeman Hefferan-
Of the Oak-st. station. traced 4 pistol report to
Brady's store and as he approached the place
on a run he saw James Naley running out
IIefToran chased Maiey to Cherry and Frank
forts sts. where he ran into the arms of Police
man Murphy. of the same station
While Murphy held the prisoner Hefferan
went back 10 the store. and when he got there
he SAYS he saw Charles Hartley putting a re-
volver in his pocket He arrested Hartley and
both men were taken 10 the station. At the
station It was found that each had a revolver
They also found bandages over wounds under
the right hip pockets of each
The prisoners refused to tell how they re-
cai,ed their wounds and would not complain
against each other.
The police believe that Hartley and Maley met
uptown Monday night and opened fire on each
other They think the shooting was indoors
somewhere.
Hartley and Brady were friends as were
Nalev and Jack Rice. Brady alleges that
when Rice heard that ALaley had been wounded
Rice swore he would kill Brady and Hartley.
Rra1v declared this led up to the second shoot
ing.
About an hour and half after Hartley and
NaIev had been arrested Jack Rice o!l2d
along Roosevelt-st., between Cherry and water
sts. When few doors from Bradys store ne
met Rrady's sister, a Mrs. John Lundigan, who
lives at No % CherTy-St- While they were Idlh-
ing young man passed them and said;
..Yo1I better not let 'Eakey' see you, Rlce.
According TO Policeman Shiel Of the Oak-st-
station who saw Rice talking with Mrs Luhdl-
ran The street began 10 fill up with younS
Touehs who seemed TO expect that something
zyoIIId bapren. Ii did. Brady suddenly ran OUT
from his store and approached Rlce-
-T'u kin YOU YOU curl" he is alleged TO nave
ehouted and then opened fire on Rice ne nfeu
six shots before the pistol was seized by Polce,
mar, Shiel According to the latter, BRADY nad
anotber pistol which he attempted TO empty also-
At the first shot Rice turned and ran across
The street Two bullets went through MS coat
and the third struck him in the right mp, nrlnG-
ing him TO the ground He regalned ms feel
md started on. Three more shots were nTeo at
him All three went through some part OF ms
coat Two of the bullets, after passing through
I2ice's coat went through the window OF Dennis
S1lI1iyan-e saloon at No. 101 RooseVelt-st Both
were found afterUard, and both went through
the same hole.
Sbiel who was not his post ran dellber-
;7telv at Brady. and snatched the smoking pistol
from his hand. and prevented him from using
the second one. Several stones were thrown at
cbiel bv roughs in the street TWO OF them
shouted that he had better let Brady go, as
every one in the crowd had pistols. Shlei later
arrested these two and two others who. he
saws. attempted TO aid Brady to escape.