The evening world., 1908-11-05
TWO MORE SHOT
IN FEUD BATTLE
OF RIVAL GANGS
Both Victims Dying After
Fight With Revolver>
on East Side.

Following the feud between rival gangs
on the lower east side, which began with
the shooting OF Jimmy" Kelly outside
Tammany Hall Monday morning. and
which resulted in the murder OF an out
slider" Yesterday morning at Seventeenth
street and Avenue A, and the injuring of
a score OF others, two more men We're
shot at A. NJ. to-day, and both are In
st. Gregorys Hospital dying.
Whether these two were shot In a
hand to hand battle with revolvers, or
whether they were marked for death by
members OF the rival gangs, the police
are unable to say. The belief is, how
ever. that they belonged to rival gangs
and met and fought until both received
mortal hurts.
One OF the men Is Charles Harrington.
twenty-nine years old. of No. SiS East
Twenty-frst street. and the other is
Jacob silver, twenty-five, OF No. 50 Sec
ond street.
Friend of Kelly.
Warrington is an intimate friend o.
Jimmie" Kelly. and enc OF the men
who swore vengeance on the 'liumpty
Jackson gang when the leader was shot
on Monday. Just what gang Silver De-
longs to the police cannot say, but II IL
thought he Is a member OF the Jacksons
uarrinrtons wife is young woman
NJ twenty, who is known in BowerY re-
sorts as Sadie Cohen. She and har
rington had an engagement TO meet a.
Canal street and the Bowery at
,.c,oct this morning, but harrington
was late.
The wife waited until o'clock on th'
corner Then she saw Harrington
swinging on the platform OF north
hound Third avenue car. Just as th'
nv cot to Canal street Harrington
,..aped to the street and fell uncon
scious. When his wife reached him sht
found him shot through the BACK an'
through the right arm She gave al
alarm, and Harrington was carried u
\ cafe and pool-room at No. 4? Bower!
~ several friends. This house wa!
used for a polling place few days ago
efforts We're made TO hide Harrington
rom the police. but his wife was fright
med and hurried to the EldridSe stree
etation.
When an ambulance came from th'
,ospital the surgeon said Harrington
vas near death. and the Rev. Father
,'urry, of 81. James's Church was called
At the hospital it was found one bulle
lad gone almost through Harrington
eft shoulder blade near the heart.
You are going to die" Harrington
vas told. Who shot you? And WI
were you shot
Answered with Curse,
Harrington began a string of oaths
He cursed doctors. nurses and ponce
and then yelled in his fury;
Il tell nothing, I'll attend to my ow
: !ghts,"
Hardly had Harrington been got Int
the hospital before the police receive
word that silver was shot through III
stomach and was in drug stree !
Chatham Square. Again the Re-
y Father Curry was called, after 1t wa
seen that Silver's wound was mortal.
The police found that Silver had bee
shot with revolver pressed clo'
d. against his body, as was shown t
e powder burns on his clothes and flesh,
e WHO shot you?" Silver was aske
t. Then Silver began to curse and abu
ir the doctors. nurses and police. II
d police believe the two men met and hi
r A duel, but they believe also that oth
IS men took part in the fight,
so George Shuh, of No. 81 Rodney stree
Brooklyn, who told the police he WI
d. in the Emerald Cafe, No. Bower
=, when silver approached him and sal
-. Il have been shot," was arrested
suspicion.
f., The police also arrested Frank Ba
." se,t, of No. 2ll East Thirteenth stree
and Jacob Costa. same address. on 81
- pic!on The last two were caught RI
ming away from the Bowery short
after Harrington was found,
&c Later the police put charges of bell
'e suspicious persons against both OF I
p" injured men. The charges against Ba
y. sett and Costa were dismissed a
NJ they were he'd as material witness
l. Mrs. Harrington. Harngton's BROTH
1T George Schun, Bassett and Costa We
- beld In Essex Market Court by Mag
trate Harris in 800 bail as witnesses