New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-08
SHOT DOWN IN STREET.
One of HighUayman's Victims Is
ETDected to Die.

IN an exciting chase of a highwayman. who had
snatched a young woman's pocketbook at Thirty
fourth-st. and Second-ave.. yesterday two men
were shot down in the street, one OF them being
probably fatally injured. large crowd that gath
cred made a demonstration as IL to XIII his assall-
Miss Annie Miller Of No. SAP East Forty-seventh-
St. was waiting for a westbound car, when the
man. who later said he john Kenny, of No S2S
East Thrty-second-st., and who was standing on
the rear platform Of the snatched her POCKET
book which contained s. 81
There were many passengers on the plat
form OF the car, wedged tightly that few could
move. They saw the struggle but were unable to
aid the woman. Finally Kenny knocked the wOrr-
an down. He ran the front platform or the car,
jumped the step and was ordered on by the
Elotornan Kenny said he going only a short
distance and at Third-ave. he jumped from the
car and started north
On the rear platform Of the car was Joseph Corn
OF No 323 East Seventy-seYenth-st. He. when
Kenny passed the car on a run. jumped of and
started in pursuit. He overlook Kenny at Third
ave and Thrty-fourth-st and clinched with him.
In the struggle Kenny drew a revolver and fired
two shots one striking Corn in the and the
other in the abdomen. Corn released his hold and
Kenny
Patrolrnan Roth Of the East Trirty-hfth-st sta
ton, hearing the shots, rushed toward Kenny.
Roth was Joined By large number of men. He
gained rapidly on Kenny. Among the pursuers was
+. 3. Johnson. jr, of No. 1s4 Third-st-. Woodside
l.Cn
Kenny turned east into Thirty-hfth-st- johnson
was close him. Johnson overlook him and
jumped on his back. carrying him to the ground
Kenny still held the revolver. and they struB
gled on the ground he pressed the muzzlo of the
weapon close against Johnson's face and fired. The
bullet passed through Johnsons right jaw ana
caused a painful wound. Had the revolver oeeh
aimed a trlne higher 1t would have killed him
Kenny then pressed the gun against Johnsons an
domen, and was about fire again when Roth
fba axyOlz
drew his nightstick and struck Kenny heavy
blow on the head, causing him to submit TO arrest
BY this time several hundred persons had gain
cred around the struggling man and cried loudly
that he be ynched. other policemen appeared ana
Kenny who was bleeding from the blow on tho
head was led to the East Thirty-hfth-st. station
There Miss Miller identified him.
An ambulance was called from Bellevue Hospi-
tai and DR.. Coleman took charge OF the injured
men. Corn. he said. probably was fatally injured
lie was taken in fast time 10 tho hospital, ana the
ambulance returned for Johnson, whose INJURY -
not considered serious.
After all the excitement Of the chase. the pris-
bore himself with great coolness AZ inc St3-
ton, and took the adventure as a Joke W ME
Captain Shire explaining some OF the uetails
Of the robbery and shooting Kenny interpoSe0 sew
eral remarks 1t is thought he may be the man
who robbed Mrs. Anna Roberts. OF Eighth-ave ana
One aud-eleveGth-st at the One- hundred
and-twenty-ffth-st. elevated railroad station yes
kenny at Police Headquarters was afterward
recognized by Captain Langan. OF the Detective
Bureau, as John Connolly, alias Carey, whose rec
ord IS well known. He has served a year IN the
peritentiarv. He told the police yesterday, before
being locked up. that he had worked as waiter in
a downtown restaurant but had lost his place pc
was don, up" IN a barrOom brawl and had since
carried a revolver self-protectlon