Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-16
SHOT DOWN IN SHOP
Art Dealer Jordan Attacked by
Former Partner.
WAS SEEN TO ENTER PLACE
Shots Heard and Then Deegan Tries
to Escape.
IS CAUGHT AFTER LONG CHASE
Identified by Three Persons as
Shooter-Wounded Man in Hos
pital Will Die.
IS CAUGHT AFTER LONG CHASE

| NEW YORK. February 16.-Robert r.
Jordan. a widely known dealer in pictures
| and antiques of 10th street and Lexington
| avenue. was shot down and MORALLY
wounded in his store last night-just
| across the street from where Jeweler
Maurice Tannenholz was shot and robbed
some time ago by several men in a stolen
taxicab.
| The police have in a cell in the East
9th street station house a we'll
dressed man. small stature. reddish
| hair and a shrewd face. who says he is
John Deegan, "speculator." forty-one.
| married. OF No. 346 East 9th street. He
is accused Of the shooting
! Formerly. it is said he was a partner Of
Jordan. The latter is in the Presbyterian
Hospital with a bullet wound through the
lower part OF the abdomen and the upper
part of the leg.
Jordan was robbed Of an antique chair
which stood outside his place. on Satur-
day night. and at dark last evening he
sent his clerk. Leo WE'LL Of No. 1857 I'd
avenue. across Goth street to watch some
old carved bureaus.
ing up and down past the Goth street side
of Jordan's. The man waited until one
OF Jordan's rich customers. named kra-
mer came out. and then opened the cor
neT OOOT OIL tne antique SHOp. SIepptQ Ill
and slammed 1t behind him.
Saw Pistol Flashes.
An instant later. WE'LL says. he saw
two pistol flashes in the store, then Dee
gan came out and strolled through Goth
street toward Park avenue. his hands in
his pockets. Jeweler Tannenholz, from
his store. also heard the shots.
WE'LL ran across. peered in Jordan's.
saw the picture man lying on the floor.
then went after Deegan. He came up
with him near Park avenue, and was
about TO lay OBTAINING hand on his
shoulder when the other turned and
scowled.
Keep away" he said raising his left
coat pocket threateningly. with his hand
inside. Divining that the hand grasped
a concealed pistol. WE'LL fell back.
Marcus Singer. fourteen years old. of
No. 50 East 112th street another of Jor-
the shop at the time Of the shooting.
joined Well. and the two gave the alarm.
Many persons took up the chase.
Deegan was caught by Policemen Nc
Dode and O'Sullivan in Park avenue and
5Sth street
Meantime Jeweler Tannenholz had sum-
moned an ambulance from Presbyterian
Hospital. When Deegan was brought
back to Jordan's store the wounded man
closed his eyes resoutely and refused to
one who had shot him.
But. according to the police there pres
ent, Deegan said:
II had good reasons for doing it,
Jordan, who lives at No. $50 West 2Ith
street, whispered to WE'LL to phone to his
wife, at No. 20 7th avenue. She met
him at the hospital. whittier DR.. Waring
took him in the ambulance.
Pick Out Deegan.
Deesan. who had at first said he saw
the shooting and was asng>t the shooter
when caught, was taken to the East 9th
street station house, as were also WE'LL
and Singer and Robert ONeil of No.
$50 West 136th street. All three said
they saw Deegan swing around the corner
of 59th street and enter the store, and
that they saw the shooting through the
plate glass door in the store.
Maurice Tannenholz, still weak from
the effects of his own wound, had been
talking to O'Neil when Jordan was shot
Deegan was lined up with several report
ers at the station house, and was picked
man who did the shooting
1t was said by WE'LL and Singer that
| Deegan and Jordan were formerly asso-
| ciated in the jewelry and antique bust
| ness, but that they had had trouble and
| June.
Well had bullet which he picked up in
| the store. 1t was from .32-caliber pis-
toll, the size of the one the police said
| they found in Deegan's coat pocket with
| two of it's FIVE chambers empty.