The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-04-11
HAD RIDE WITH DEATH
Would Be Slayer Of Copper King
FOiIed by Latter'S Nerve
PISTOL PRESSED INTO SIDE

Man With the Gun Persuaded to Post.
pone the Shooting Until His opPor,
tunity Had Passed = His Alleged
Grievance.
New York. April 11With q pistol
held against bis body by man who
declared that lie had been waiting
three weeks for a chance to kill nm
Colonel William c. Greene, president
Of the Greene Consolidated Copper
company, saved his own life by rare
exhibition Of GOODNESS and nerve Tx
petting every instant to be shot down
bv his assailant. the Arizona copper
king as he IL known both in Wall
street and the southwest, calmly faced
the man behind the gun and persuaded
him to defer the shooting until they
could discuss the differences between
them.
This truce, having been reached, the
two men walked together to the ~
station, boarded train and went
down town. They sat in IA cross seat
and discussed their points of difference
in an undertone The ear in which
they sat was crowded, but no one OF
the hundred or more other passengers
had the slightest hint that the one man
was practically the prisoner Of the
other, who sat there with the butt q
an automatic repeating pistol clasped
ia bis hand. ready ait moments no
tice to Kill the man at his side.
The two men talked earnestly all tbs
way, but neither appeared to be in tht
least excited. At Rector street they
left the train together and walked oui
to Broadway aud thence down Wal
street to Broad. Just at the entrance
Of p Broad street, where Colone
Greenes Offices are, the latter met on'
Of his business associates. lie stopped
and coolly requested the man at hi'
side to 20 up to his Offices and wal
for him there
The End Of the Truce.
For a moment the man with the gm
hesitated. He had his right hand il
his overeoat pocket, ana Colone
Greene well knew what that huut
held. TO him 1t looked as il The truce
might end there Captor looked at cap
tive for few seconds AND then en-
tered the building. As soon Us he WA
seen to enter the elevator Coloue
Greene hurried to the Old slip polic'
station aud asked for protection Tw,
policemen went with him to his office
and there they found tile man with th
gun and arrested him
The prisoner said NE was James NJ
Goodman living TT Lexington arenui
and Ninety-hrst street, and that BIZ
family was at lis former home iii san
francisco When the police lad iin
ished their search Of his pockets the.
were ia possession Of a small arsenal
Goodman had not only the big auto
matte pistol with a nine shot maya
zine, but also six shooter Of larg
calIber with every chamber loaded Ii
his pockets were eighteen loose car
tridges.
Goodman's grievance, his motive 80
wanting to Mr. Greene. was, lie
corilng @ statement. tlat Mr
Greene bad refused IL pag him S50a,
600 due him as tile result 81 i mlnin,
deal. he is said to be the representa-
tive here Of the Mnas PFetas Gol
end silver Mining company 81 Sonora
Mexico, Of which. according 10 slr
Greene. John W Gates and iuteresu
allied with his are the owners
Three weeks ago Goodman called s
Mr.. Greenes office and said there wer
5000 shares Of the YuquI Copper com
pany due him lie asked Mr.. Green,
70 straighten out the matter for him
Mr.. Greene went to tile office 81 th,
1aqui company and arranged with thl
president ana secretary of The compn
ny 50 that Goodman would receive 81