The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-17
DIDN'T FEEL RAZOR GASHES.
POLICE PUZZLED BY ATTACK on
"NON-UNTON MEMS GUARD.

Kane's First Word On R%eEainine Conscious
ness Was Threat TO Get Even, Vet
He Denies Seeing His Assallant saloon
Was Crowded With Union Plasterers.
James Kane. the ex-policeman, whose
chin and throat were cut on Thursday
evening in the saloon Of Cav Bros, on the
northeast corner of Fifty-fourth street
and Third avenue, had 30 far recovered
from his injuries yesterday that he was
able to sit up in his bed in the Flower Fl os-
pital.
His wounds are chiefly deep cuts around
both sides Of the chin. He will recover.
The police of the East Fifty-frst street
police station are mystified by the assault.
Kane said Yesterday that he saw no one
in the closet with him when he was cut
and that he felt no pain when the razor
was slashed across his face. He declared
that he became unconscious suddenly
and knew nothing about the assault until
he found himself sitting in a chair in the
saloon with a crowd around him and his
head bound up. Capt. Lantry n the
detectives OF the East Fifty-first street
station do not credit Kane's story. They
say that he remarked, as soon as he was
restored to consciousness:
I'm get even with him. / suppose the
cur has gone back to England"
For several weeks Kane has been en-
ployed by lowering d Garrigues to pro-
tect %non-union ironworkers and to watch
the Job for the addition to the German
hospital at Seventy-sixth street and Park
avenue.
The snow OF Thursday stopped outdoor
work, but Charles Miller, the foreman
and Kane remained about the place all
day and part Of the evening because OF
threats to dynamite the derrick. Miller
says he thought the stormy day would be
an ideal one for such a job They were
accompanied by John Eustis, who formerly
lived in New Haven and who was en-
ployed as a special Waterman. The three
men stayed at the hospital until 1920 o'clock
in the evening and there being no indica-
ton Of trouble Miller started for home
with Kane and Eustis to see him there
safely. They took the Third avenue ele-
waited railroad and got out at Fiftv-third
street.
When Kane was a policeman he used to
have a beat there on Third avenue and
for many years he has been on intimate
terms with the Cav brothers. He sug-
gested to his companions that they 60 in
and get a drink The three men lined up
against the bar and stood there about ten
: minutes drinking, Then Kane went into
the toilet room. In the saloon at the time
we're about fifty members of a plasterers'
union, who had just been holding a meet
ing in a hall close by. Kane had been gone
about FIVE minutes when one of the Cav
brothers went to Miller and said;
"Your friend has been cut badly"
One Of the plasterers had gone to the
closet and had found Kane lying uncon-
scious on the floor. He was picked up
and placed in a chair and a towel was
wrapped about his neck. Two pieces of
the razor blade were found in kane's
wounds. The weapon was found in a bowl
and no man was seen to enter or come
from the closet while he was there.
The police do not understand why Kane
did not shout or help. There is no indica-
ton that he was knocked senseless before
he was cut. They say it is almost incon-
ceivable that he could nave cut himself.
Capt. Lantry says the Cav saloon is one
of the most orderly in the precinct inc the
Gaws are friends Of Kane.
Kane is 9 feet tall and OF powerful build.
His home Ia at 227 Union street, Brooklyn.
He was a policeman for twelve years and
was dropped from the roll about three years
ago because he was absent for five days
without leave. Since then he has been
acting as Waterman and protector Of nom
union iron workers.
The police arrested Miller and Eustis
apparently for the sole reason that they
were friends OF Kane and had been with
him. They made no attempt to lock the
doors and hunt for the aSSailant.