New-York tribune., 1907-06-09
NEGRO SHOOTS TWO.
FIRES INTO FERRY CROWD
Strike Breaker, Chased by 800 Men,
Yields Pistol an Street.

Paul Poins,tte, nineteen years old, a negro
strike breaker employed the North German
Lloyd piers in Hoboken. fred a shot into a
crowd OF men and women getting off the Lacka
wanna Railroads ferryboat Binghsmton at Bar
clay street last night. wounding Abraham Stein
fourteen years ole, OF 40. POS Newark street
Hobokeu. The boy fell on the floor of the ferry
slip with n bullet In his left thigh
For moment he crowd stood horror stricken.
Then the cry Of XIII the nggerr' went up.
Ponsette ran from the ferryhouse into West
street. II was 7:f5 O'Clock, and the street was
hued with men returning from their work Up
West street, with a crowd OF three hundred fol-
lowing. the negro ran. At Park Place he crossed
tho street. In his path was Thomas OBrady. a
laborer. Poinsette aimed at OBrady and fred.
O'Brady put his hand to his left side and fell
As the negro turned into Park place two po-
cemen forced their way to the front Of the
crowd They were Patrolmen Alfred Fucker and
Jacob Miller. OF the Church street station. Be
fore they had time to draw their revolvers the
negro turned around and fired at them, but the
shot vent wild
Paying attention 10 the policemen's com
mands TO stop. the negro continued his flight
through Park place. turning north at Washing
ton street In crossing the street truckman.
George Graham. OF No. ga West 54th street.
pulled his wagon in front Of the fugitive to head
him of.
Poinsette saw the move and fired at Graham,
and the bullet tore hole in the truckman's coat
sleeve. The negro continued north In Washing
ton street To Murray street Here a third police
man. William Cullen. of the Church street sta
uon. stepped in front of him and covered him
with his revolver The fleeing man held his re-
volver above his head and allowed Cullen to
take the weapon
The patrolman put handouts on the negro
with the aid of Miller and Fucker He and Mil
Ter then started To walk the prisoner to the
Church street station. Only by constantly
swinging his club until the arrival OF policemen
on strike duty who came in response 10 his
whistmg did Fucker prevent the crowd from
taking the negro from his captors.
As Vesey street and West Broadway was
reached the negro tried to break away. Know
ing that he could only fall into the hands of an
angry mob If he succeeded. the policemen chose
the lesser of two evils and hit him on the head
with their nightsticks. At the station ambu-
lance was summoned from Hudson Street Hos
ptal and Dr. Leslie dressed several cuts on the
negros head.
When stein fell cabman and several others
picked him up. put him into a hanson and took
him to Hudson Street Hospital DIR. Beeuwkes
and DR.. Kibbe had not yet dressed the wound
when OBrady was brought in.
The surgeons found the bullet had passed out
OF OBrady's back. Striking rib. it ploughed
It's way under the skin until 1t came out Both
man and boy resting qGietly. They identiffeI
the negro as their assallant.
At the police station thirty cartridges for his
revolver found in PoInsette's hip pocket
lie also had brass check which showed he had
been employed on the North German Lloyd pier
in Hoboken. He had $50 in a purse
When asked why he had made the attarl, he
saulted him when the ferryboat Binghamton had
pulled out OF the Jersey side and attacked him
three times on the way over. He said he was
being assaulted the bridge OF the ferry slip
when he shot the boy. He lived he said at No
l52 Church street, Charleston. s c. With him
at the time of the shooting was another strike
breaker David Sommers also OF Charleston.
They got here on Friday
The policemen who arrested Poinsette place
little credence In his assault story
Earlier in the day a company OF striking long
shoremen from Hoboken marched TO the pier Of
the New York and Continental Steamship Com
pany Jersey City. and induced $50 of the lSO
Iongshoremen employed in unloading the steam
ship Trojan To quit work. squad of police
men was sent to the pier TO check any demon
stration against the thirty men who staid at
work The Trojan expected 10 sail early this
charge of the cargo brought from Rotterdam
There was no trouble.
More. trouble developed on the Manhattan side
last uIght when two strikebreakers on their