The evening world., 1904-02-24
Laundrman Said to Have Been
Shot to Death by Gang OF
Young Roughs, to Whose Sup
port He Would Not Contribute.
GIRL FINDS THE MAN
DYING IN HIS SHOP.
Foreigner, Attacked Many Times
by Youths, Had Asked for Po-
lice Protection-The Police
Make Two Arrests.

NO. SVZi SeCOnu avenue was Drutally
murdered early to-day by members OF
a gang OF young rufians who have been
annoying him in a small way for some
time
This afternoon two of the members OF
this gang were arrested by Detective
Sergeant James Downing on suspicion
OF having committed the crime. They
are Thomas Kane. twenty-eight years
old. OF No. 2OS9 Second avenue, and
James Duffy. twenty-eight years old, OF
No. 33i East One Hundred and Fifth
street. Kane was found at home In bed
with all his night clothes on. He was
very drunk and had "A bad cut on his
head. Neighbors said that he went OIL,
ot daylight sober and came home about
o'clock drunk Duffy was arrested at
the corner of One Hundred and Fourth
street and Second avenue, also drunk,
He is known to have been out during
the morning with Kane. Tho men were
too drunk to be arralgned In court.
Sam Lee was only TWENTY-FIVE years
old. He was disposed to mind his own
business, but the corner loafers in the
vicinity of his little shop havcn't fiven
20 think 1t was incumbent on the China
man to contribute to their support, and
when he failed TO meet their demands
II. was customary with them to shy
bricks through his front windows. The
Chinaman finally appealed to tile police
for protection, and although he got
plenty of assurances he never got the
protection, and OF late the raids on his
lAA hat fra
raiders bolder than OF old.
What happened carly to-day Is not
known. Before he died the Chinaman
managed to gasp out a fragmentary ac-
count OF the events of the morning, and
while It didn't serve to place the crime
on any one person 1t was enough to
show that il was the work of the slme
old gang.
Found Dying by n Girl.
It was about o'clock VIXEN Miss
Goldie Cooper. who lives on one OF the
upper floors OF the house at No. 2o2I
Second avenue. went to the laundry to
get some shirt waists she had left there
on Monday. She had difficulty opening
the front door because of some obsta-
Gle piled against It, She finally man
aged to get II open far enough TO en-
oie me- W aa,,' ,,,,,.
had barred her way. The unfortunate
,-hInaman was living ON the floor in n
pool of his own blood lie raised his
hand to Miss coopB and gasped out
"Police!"
Miss Cooper ran out In the street and
met Policeman Pierce, OF the East one
Hundred and Fourth street station. lie
turned In call Tor an ambulance "ii"
then went to the laundry. Sam Lee
So. ,,5n. wbere tb. girl had left him
was H'hs ""ele ''t. - p,a.,|,
and gaeping hard for breath. Pierce
aaw that he was dying, and taking his
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Observation-Disclosures faltered
the Chinaman feeniy' ana theh ne ro''eu
A faw moments later DR.. Schnepper,
1Iar,a,,, uosnI,aI arrival and
oil the hariern inosp''s' at,. 80. Az II.
found that a bullet of large size, prob
90 .,,s. hoa ortorod tho r,9ht
aply So-sanoie nav I,s,ns "a ~
left TO bleed to death by his assailants.
IJsd nbvsician been on hand within a
-.a.S,n 10 = ps ,,n'n ar,cr tho shootinc the
Chinaman's life might have been saved
s.,
Indications OF d" s'r"sse'
A. soor as the news of the murder
Hoo" 40 ~ - -, I
reached the East ohe huhuteu anu
Fourth street station. Capt. Herlihy sent
- d.,.c,Ives around To Investigate
nve detect,'es avIu tt,ta ,,Ddt.u r ana thc
anSy yoo,,, IN Which the ioundryman lived
.saa Iooia s,ota ~ u, grsa, nont,ision Indicating
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M MMere ,s,rr, ,rou, ,,s piaca Ana nmptIed OF
DEL, nSen VVn I'm ohnnse ~ copfainod and I n
wns. hL.is itas g., Co. cue.
snlIn s.iu - sns,tsrod o,.erry,nero .',Ie
toniers MeLe & &ssa.Vo,eu ,e 80 a 49, L. ~ ~
Chhamen oods, w, @ snUwra ,,'ara Sts"s o,4, m Ui
the StIasgs, hls hanos w. n"' aLn INV
MS pody oruiseu. III aaui,iun @ NJ IL
Was an uss muuliu oh eiie tpp VI ~ II
nsad, whicn tns Police neiexe was tns
result OF MS peins sVuch GOWN WIN an
iron bar. a..
Ing Only clue W the .uehtltS oi tne
murderers Was ooE size mitteh,
which was round under one o. the