The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-11
GARROTED A GUN FIGHTER,
2 BULLETS IN ONE CHERRY HILL
TOUGH-PAL MISSING.

welsh sailor, Miner and Rover Takes 500
Roll and stoksh)Ie thirst 70 the
Bowery on His way 20 PanAma-Wild
Nieht-Midday HOId.uD-JuBBed Now.
A stout man in rather foreign looking
clothes stood before a restau rant on Cattle
zine slip for a moment, yesterday at /. noh
time, as though undecided whether to 60 In
and eat As he stood two men Of the wharf
rat type stepped up behind him The
foreigner turned away. In a fash one OF
the wharf rats had jumped at his shoulder,
thrown an arm around his neck, etuok
knee in his spine and was bending his head
back. The other began going through his
pockets.
At the first grip about his neck. the
stranger, with the precision Of an expert
gun man. reached to his hip, drew and fired
three times straight at the man who was
going through him. The garroter jumped
away and ran for it, Tho stranger whirled
and let 90 another shot as the garroter
ducked into a crowd Of Cherry Hill loafers
and lost himself.
It al happened before eyewitnesses
could reach the oombatants- They found
the thief groaning and bleeding with a big
hole in his thigh and another In his groin.
The gun man, still holding his revolver
was trying TO stun a handkerchief into one
Of the wounds.
When the police arrived they recognized
the wounded man a. Patrick 0'BHen, a
member Of the Cherry Hill gang.
who shot youf' they asked.
Him, he said, indicating the stranger.
Right said the latter, handing over
d ~ gh1vy yoft INV did n
Look herel' He held out gold watch from
which the chain had been broken. And
here!' He pulled out big roll Of yellow
bills.
Been after me all nightl' he said,
The stranger was Evan Arnott, a Welsh
miner, sailor and rover, only a day in port
from South Africa via Southampton. HIS
rally with the footpads was the finish Of a
wild and merry twsnty-four houn along the
Bowery.
Arnott stocked his way across, and blew
into the Bowery with q solid roll of 500.
Down the line he went, relieving his stoke
hole Thirst, By night he was travelling
ngzag course With a wG ma whose
notorious. Wherever he drank, the crowd
drank with him.
Along in the small hours he left the
woman, and about that time his two new
ITlenOb ClOotAQ IN. ne hCoopu5u JnelI QUIZ
pany oheerfully, but his hand never got
FAR from his roll. At last he turned into a
BoweTy hotel, still unrobbed
However, they were waiting for him when
he got up late In the morning. There
were more drinks: and the procession
halted for a long time in the saloon at the
corner Of Water street and Catharine slip.
Finally, about noon. ATnott said good-by
to his friends and started away. He in
tended TO arrange for passage for Panama,
with an idea Of working on the canal.
The two thieves rose and followed him.
The restaurant before which the fight
occurred Ia only two doors from the saloon.
They simply took chances and tackled him
the first time he stopped.
The police arrested Arnott at once, and
detectives followed the trail Of the missing
thief
I'm sure / clipped him in the foot
said Arnott. However. there was no blood
trail. A few doors away an italian boy
was playing with the stolen watch chain
which he had picked up in the street O'Brien
was hurried to the Hudson street hospital.
There they found that he was seriously
wounded, but will probably pull through.
Arnott was arraigned before Magistrate
Finn. He was held without bail pending
the outcome Of O'Brien's wounds
OF Arnott's 500 roll only sos was left
which shows what a good time he had.