The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-10
THREATENED TO KILL,
AND HAD TWO REVOLVERS
SLOWED IN HIS POCKETS
James w. Goodman Charged with
FeloniouS Assault on William
c. Greene.
ROW OVER MINING DEAL
Copper Company President Ac-
cused of Owing a Machinist
from Arizona 100000.

NEW YORK, April 9.-James W. Good
man. a machinist, was arrested here to-
day, charged with making threats against
the life of William c. Greene. president Of
the Green Consolidated Copper Company.
When Goodman was arraigned in Police
Court Mr. Greene testified that Goodman
lay in wait outside his (Greenes) house to-
day and that Goodman came up to him
and said
You're the man I'm laying for. Now l
am going to kill you"
The charge of felonious assault with at
tempt to kill was made when Goodman
was arraigned in court and he was held in
5000 bail for examination on Monday. He
was taken to the Tombs. 1t was alleged
that there had been some differences be-
tween Greene and Goodman on a mining
deal. Goodman met Greene to-day near
Broadway and Seventy-second street and.
1T is charged, threatened to kill him, but
Greene told him to come down to his Of
flee and matters could be there satisfac-
torily settled. They went by an elevated
train down town, the trip down being un-
; eyentful.
Goodman said to Greene: 81 want that
$4,000 that is due me in that mining deal.
demand settlement" AS If TO empha-
size his words, it is further alleged, Good
man drew revolver and pointed it at
Greene
During the controversy which followed it
is alleged Goodman three times pointed the
revolver at Mr.. Greene and threatened each
time TO shoot him. Mr.. Greene excused
himself, leaving Goodman in the room with
Mr.. Robbins, the secretary of the company.
Mr.. Greene hurried TO the Old Slip police
station and told about the trouble. Pa
trolmen were sent post haste to the office
and Goodman was disarmed. Goodman,
after two revolvers had been taken from
him, laughingly said: We'll, you've got
them all. Goodman was then taken at
once TO the Tombs Court and arraigned.
Mr.. Greene swore to the affidavit charging
felonious assault and attempt TO kill. Mr..
Robbins sWore to a corroborating affidavit.
Mr.. Greene, in stating the case to Magis-
trate Cornell, told the story of the case
and also said: This man Goodman disposed
OF stock in a Mexican mine to a man named
Smith. There were 100000 shares and they
were worth about 100000 This man then
drank and gambled the money away and
1T was not until he had spent all the money
and found himself broke that he came to
me and claimed that he had been swindled."
The defendant asked for a postponement
and the magistrate, turning to Mr.. Greene,
asked; DO you think this man could
furnish ST. bail?''
Mr.. Greene replied Significantly: 1.-THE
man who L think put him up to the shoot
ing might give bonds for that amount or
one million as easy as one thousand
Later in the day Mr.. Greene made this
formal statement: 1.-The man OGoodman)
was a comparative stranger to me. | have
met him perhaps eight or ten times during
the last four years. He was at one time
interested in some mining properties i'm
Sonora, which he and his partner, Frank
Smith, transferred to the Yaqui Copper
Company, of 10 Broadway, in considera-
ton OF 100000 shares of the capital stock of
the company. The stock was issued to
them according to contract and large por-
ton sold by them. The stock at one
time went TO SIS per share, and Mr. Good
mans grievance is that through what he
claims was manipulation by myself and
others, the stock was deprecated until at
present IT has a market value of much less
than SIS per share. The only reason that
/ can give for his act was that the money
he had received he had squandered. was
desperate and without means and he ex-
poets to force me to give him an amount OF
cash sufficient to make up his losses in
stocks. l understand that he has lived
many years in Mexico and Arizona"
When this statement was given out Mr.
Greene's attorney said that Mr.. Greene
| had no recollection of making any remark
in the court regarding some man having
instigated Goodman's action
In a previous statement Mr.. Greene said:
| Goodman told me that he was employed
by the Mintas Prietas Gold and Silver Min
ing Company, of Sonora, Mexico, of which
| John w. Gates and his assistants are the
| owners"