The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-24
NABBED NEGRO WHO KILLED.
JTRSET CITY COPS KNOW WHERE
10 IOOk ron SPORTS.
Preston slapped women and shot Man When
lie Butted Into Grower Party In His
swrctheart's Hooms-Telephone Lo-
caIeI Him IN short Order Across River.


William Preston, who IL sort Of an Ethio.
plan Beau Brummel and all around Love
kce u the Tenderloin region shot anc
killed William Gray, another negro, a little
aittr6 clock Yesterday morning. Preston
got safely away, but through quick work
on the part Of Chief Of Police Murphy OF
jersey City and Detective Hayes of the
West Thirty-seyenth street police station
b. va soon caught. He will be araigned
in jersey City this morning and held Tor
eItraditon 70 New York.
Gray the man who was killed, was IS
year old He was ordinarily a decent
enough negro aud was regularly employed
as a potter about the Pennsylvania Rail
road station in Jersey City. Wednesday
Of West Twentyeighth street gin on board
and started in to lead sporting Life: In
Dggs's SpGegumbian resort at 1874 West
Thirty eventh street he fell in with two
negro women. Sarah Lopez and FLORENCE
Smith. and another negro man. Ali four
wcnt 70 Sarah Loper's rooms and kept the
gr wler going until their combined capital
vs. exhausted
lhcn the ether man, name unknown,
vent out to get some more money, leaving
Gray alone with the two women. At this
critica moment IN walked Preston, who,
II seems. had been keeping company
with Miss Il per. He indicated his disap-
proval Of her conduct by walking straight
up 20 her and giving her resoundiny slap
IL the face with the fat Of his hand. By
way Of being entirely impartial he turned
and gave Miss Smith another equally en-
phatc smack Then G1y came to the
front.
II you're passing round these slaps, :
be said -supposing you try handing me
out one Of them,-
II was Miss Smith who heard this re-
mark. Miss Ioper had fled 10 the street,
whittier Mis- smith quickly followed her.
The two men a $50 made for the street, and
there on the sidewalk in front of the house,
Go West 1hrty-seventh street, Miss Smith
says she saw Preston take revolver from
hi pocket and shoot Gray. Gray fell in
heap and was dead when DR.. Thomas,
IRON Rol -eyet Hospital. got there with an
ambulance. The bullet had struck him In
Tie mouth His body was taken TO the
West Thirty-seventh street station Ho
Va married and lived with his wife at Az
West fcrty-fifth street.
A. soon a. Gray fell Preston started rap
fnly westward toward the river. The police
learned that he had taken Pennsylvania
ierryD Al at tie foot of West Twenty
nrd street. Detective Hayes telephoned
thlei Murphy Of jersey City, and then went
over himself
We have got our colored population
ssaiiered about in groups said Chief
Murphy The Pullman porters live in
one colony the sports in another and so on.
Nhen Se had Preston classified as sport,
" vent 10 the sport belt. The first place
We torcfc1 az gave Us tip. ard VIC went
70 me Waldorf farher's shop in York street
Nnere ~e cnrght Preston just as he was
coming out Of the door. II was about II
O'CLOCK when We caught him
= Preston admitted the shooting, but said
NY had struck him-that he tPrestonl
,eHd Is revolver in his overcoat pocket, had
rs farG on IL when he was struck and that
j Went N acciden ally. He said the over
Ia vas m his room The police found
mere There wns no bullet hole In II
sla no indication that a revolver had been
NJ IT, W. Hnv - ~ n-octets.
lir jersey City police Identified Pres
W tliolgt picture Of the caat and supers
VI f+a hur production. Preston took
- IN inc play when il was produced in
Us re police learned OF this. got a copy
:, y" picture and had some OF Preston's
Tlsnupfs point him out Then the New
49, pIlo@ were furnished with a copy
=" i'e picture
me rllce found out that he man who
,lHi''H1 from the girl's room just before
M' r4er %as Charles SEWN 'on. He
~ ~ arrested last night bv Detectives
,Hu-y and HAYES Of the Wet Thirty
pi't1ln street station at 207 West Sixty
- ,'Feei whore lie lives. He viii be held
~ witness