The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-02
SPANISH LOUIE SHOT DEAD
FAD NAN roo BID EVEN FOR
THE OTHER CROOkS.
nacked by Hts RrP1tatiaH n = I.Un
Fighter. He'd been Dctnansling
share rs Robberies Hr IDisin'i IIelp In
Police SAP tie Nas Helped bS . Pull,

Lewis was shot To death IA Fast Eleventh
street early yesterday morning because
he vas had a man that hc had begun
the practice oi Matchmaking hts follow
thieves and whit" slave masters LOWS
was a spanish Jew and was known to
the police and among his kind as Span
ish Louie
The man who shot him Ia ,lsa th knew
"a we'll that spanish I.ou- waS quick
and accurate with hls gun that first he
shot him In tho right arm. then twice
through the head. The prccaution was
well taken because the police found svi-
dencs that Spanish Louie already had
his hand upon tho ivory mounted butt
of his pistol when the killers Hrst shot
shattered the right arm. \ Convulsivc
Jerk 81 the right arm threw the had man =
pistol out on the sidewalk. where Il was
found by the side OF tho shooters pistol
by the police.
This occurred at half past n o'clock
yesterday morning in front Of SOS Fast
Eleventh street. That IL between Second
and First avenues. 10 il in a block where
the incoming wave Of Italian settlers
has been stopped on iSs westerly side
by the stately old home Of the New York
Historical Society by the second Avenue
Baptist Church and old ~. Marks. where
n has stood for tho last IFS years Tho
row Of houses in which the tenement
eo8 10 located were once homes OF people
Of much social importance. but now they
swarm only with Italians. who drove nut
she Jews hut few years ago.
spanish l.ouie's own home was az ISL
@sss Sixty-siz;h Strsst. and shat he
was doing 90 far from his own quarter
81 the town was guessed at yesterday
by those who know that tho man be-
longed to the class which included VOL
orr. the man accused ~ tho death Of Ruth
Wheeler. Not far from whero the shoot
ing occurred theFe 10 a popular restaurant
WhoAe late suppinx patrons are alao
patrons Of taIicahs. Tho driver of such
q cab going to the restaurant stopped
on Second avenue when he heard three
pistol shots fred. and then when he saw
one man drop to tho sidow ak and another
disappear into the hallway 81 Sn1 he tpc;cd
his horn in an alarming manner
Patrolman Cashel. moro than a block
sNay. had heard tho shots. and running
up vas directed by tho horn footing
chauffeur to the sneno OF the killing.
walk. and by his side a revolver from
which three shots had Just been fired
and another revolver With all its car
tridges IN iis chamber This latter was a
standard make pistol Of the latest design.
- calibre. extra long barrel and with
pearl sided grip. hit Of the pearl had
broken when IL had fallen n the side
yak.
Cashel ran up the tenement stairs Ia
the roof and searched. but found no one.
for there were half dozen ov,en scuttle-
ways by which the pursued man could
have escaped. Cashel knew IL was useless
20 inquire Of the tenants. for IN that block
all the tenants have been completely tor
rori1ed by bomb throwing Nearly all
winter long two PLAIN clothes men have
been stationed there. partly 20 rcassure
the inhabitants. partly m the hope that a
bomb throweF might he caught
So Cashel proceeded with his routine
work. He rang for an ambulance and
raped for a brother officer To help MIN
watch the exits from tenen ent~ He no.
tioed that a saloon near the scene Of tn.
shooting USUALLY open at that hour was
closed, and he loOked up the proprIetors.
Michael Rodello and his son Joseph. who
live IN tenement on the opposite side ~
the street. He found them both in he'd.
an unusual lace for them at that hour.
and as he then supposed the dead man
was an Italian as a matter of precaution
he arrested them They were held by the
Coroner Yesterday as material ~ Illnesses.
The ambulance surgeon frors Brllsvus
when he arrived DECLARED Their, va
aS.r. -. - - - l.
OF the bad man was carried 20 the FIrh
street station. Many men and some
women Who might he supposed 20 know
the victim Of that kind NJ shooting vsrr
rounded I'D bv the poIirs One brought
IN for thar purpose declared that the dead
man was an Italian known 10 the neigh
borhood a. Tough Tony With this in |
formation the Italian bureau Of the Head /
quarters detectives sent several men out I
on the case, among them Frank MCGEE ]
"a. siotectiVe officer happens TO no a
90 ms name. but ne also happens To 3
know the Italian language pretty we'll I
and New YORK uncommonly well. MCGEE 4
went TO the Morgun. to which place the I
body had been removed and was satisfied /
that the dead man was John c. Lewis. OF
Bpanish Louie. This Identification was /
not accepted by some 81 the officers on .
the case. 20 MCGEE found Iewis's brother
Before telling him what he was wanted /
for az the Morgue he said to HIM:
The gun Louie carries u like mine.
isn't it?" and he showed him his revolver.
which was Of the same make and calibre 1
and also pearl handled, but shorter ~ the
barrel
Yes. just like that. only a longer bar
70, said the brother
thought 20. said McGee. i don't
know OF any other gun man in town who
has q sixteen and a half dollar pistol.
Come over to the MorgiIs and -es Il We
haven't got Louie there
The brother went and made the idsnti-
ncation positive. McGee had had several
Experiences which made him certain %
HE Identification Lass November
pickpocket named Jacob LAvins va
drinking with a woman who wa known
~ spanish Louie's
Louie entered the pla~e and obie"'InR
10 what he Saw smDhaS'z .d his obI~c-
Ton by drawing his gun and shooting
k.Avine. A. this ChaztisDu.nt was meant
merely A. a rsbuke he did not shoot TO !
Kill and I.avine recovered from The wound
l4avlne. while he might differ with spanish
Louie as 20 his right Of -O~ial intimacy
with any woman. held no difference ~
opinion whatever upon their common