The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-09
STRIKERS MURDERED WARNER
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o. iRTIR> IA GET INV.
20 sa,- 'snr ur rhrrr E>prr>- Helpers Ar.
rested narnrr. dressed Tor Hunting
T.ip. Ma MI>iakr for Picket AGENT
nT tha"iTrur, nion One OF n Iae,ss

-, uru ~ least three, Of whom ARE
81. "''- - cypress companies and all
Nu.'n lr" described as members Of the
I....-'"r~ Union which precipitated
recent strike Of express drivers. are
.,.! I.p a. Police Headquarters in CON
% "l'h IN" murder of John e. War.
O.. d '' Al engineer NJ Highwood. Conn.
va stabbed Ia death as he emerged
.'T Wuch room on seventh avenue
, 'mrN-sixth street on October N
.N ''' was bound for "A hunting trip
H. ms hunting clothes at the time
armed shotgun. He was ms.
Tor a strike break er and murdered
~ the PRISONERS are charged with
o.. .Ir,ier and the fourth. said TO be a
o., 49, agent Of tn" chaufeuTs' union
l. r' as material witness
|r"tS Mulligan of 8as Third avenue
ug' . he prisoners. who was an employee
O. 80" Adans Express Company before
o." 'rlke. resumed work for tho company
t.'H he trouble and was work ing for It
40 his arrest "Wednesday night told
~. detectives that he and 2Oo or ESQ other
~ruN"rs were IN rhe strike headquarters
e. Washington Hall NJ 5sl Eighth
az "un" on IN. night Of the murder and
trr telephone message was received
u te hall some one answered the
- ..phnn. and then announced. THEY'VE
~ skunk scabl with n gun AT a res. :
itHrlnr IN Seventh avenue near Thirty
"nrh street. You'd better get down
Their" Th.reupon fifteen or twenty ,
men loft the room. went through Forty
80 "uth street to Broadway and down 10
v-seventh street. They found War
nor on the restaurant and covered the
place
few minutes later. Mulhgan says.
Warner came out and four or five of the
m"". nCludi ng himself. tackled the
engineer. Mulligan himself grabbing him
a. "u' ne arms and pinioning him Some
body "i-" took the shot gun away from
Nsrr"r The latter succeeded in breaking
away from his assailants and ran up
~avru'h avenue hut when he was nearing
The corner he fell. A number of men
rmr"i on him and. MuIliyan says. Alfred
NIe pns OF the prisoners. struck him
'vlc-' IN the shoulder with "A knife aft.-
'' -fahbing the strikers. Mulligan says.
T"r' lack 10 Washington Hall. whe-. the
announcement was made. We got a gun
tonight"
Tn" detectives learne d thai il was the
habit of the strikers TO picket the affected
t>ir!et and when picket discovered =
-irlk" breakers alone or in small enough :
groups - that an attack an them promised ,
D" h- successful tha- picket telsphoncd to
strike headquarters and "A party known !
~ III" entertainment committee" was .
-.nr ont
III" first arrests ia the case were mad. :,
n .dnesday night Tn. prisoners then
we're Peter OConnor Of 322 Eas, IoSth
'tre"t. Charles Is lI-man Of 7i3 Third Z
.vsnu". James + Null gan of sps Third .
!, -nue and Henry " Morton of T,s
eleventh avenue Morton was examined :,
~ 'esiSt ant District Attorney Rubin and y
vas discharged The thre. other w-r. g
l-id without bail y'@t"rday morning by !.
oron"r h.llenstein for the inquest on 5
DECEMBER - and wer" sent To The Tomb.
, Conner and kll-nan were arrested IN ;
he harms Of the Adams Express Com. -
ANY At 3S5 Amsterdam avenue. Morton IA
% the Adams Express barn in Nesl Fort :. "a
"v"nth street and Null gan at has home i
ester day 'h. DETECTIVES aC:ded r~o "
No. r~ 10 th. list The first Of rh,.>. was
"S"ph Murphy OF 1914 West Nin.iy-nInth h
-'..t who ~ said to he. business agent u
' 'le chauneurs union. He was picked -
t AZ Forty seventh street and Eighth u
b niue and was held as "a material wit -
~ Finally last night the detectives r.
'-E'-d Alfred Mule. who Is charged by II
! I.,an with having don. th., ,tabblng
Nn.n MulIigan told his story az Police
''... quarters "Wednesday night he ad-
n'. ~ that he had held Warner, brt said n.
ta' he man who had done the stabbiHg
Va mother one u The striker who
"a known as Chuck This Chuck
J" I'D. had done a bit al Elrnira, he Ia
NJ N either for burglary or for larceny M
~" before midnight "wednesday "
-t JSe"Ilv"- kI"r. hi!fy and O'Seill az
'.si r.a-''-- and had him look over the IN
Gee. gallery here IN search - this -
%, VI !EiSln. he de;ectiye~ say N.
"t o-i rIcrure Bros without hesiIa-
'. q, NAV II 'kuck and while the de- III
r 'rr"- va-e looking for the record Of be
" al!pd hat Chuck's real nam" a
is NIT.- Then IN. polio. found that -.
'"i - Alfred Null. who had been sent III
ti.l-a R~forrnatory from Brooklyn
j'!Ir 81 1870. after being convicted "A
dramatically robbing IN. Adams r ov
- "mpgny bv which he was employed VI
wagon bov -
h'' electives got Mul. last night AT -yG
''at"- avenue, where he was worSing -
. 3D. !"al.r in painters supplies lie i AZ
-'..-y voung fellow. about ~ wears Ir
Nh, Wa married about two mont h or
H." lives at $50 Himrod street.
'S 1@ .'a,.,n-nt made by Mull,r,r TO e. e.
' trr"C'r ives regarding Mule'S part ln be
'- el.ling continues IN detail IL" laid II
a. Warner Grove Isd upon IN. -, sSLl%. oE
- pIj his hands To ward OF tn Flows IN
'lli' Nl1l'- -iltfs'tlsu IN -trlNlnE nun IL.
Do he knife twice After III. -S1BbIng ~
r"furnad TO Washington Han WIN a
. others and there MuiiIgsn say he an
Mule 70 10 the sink and wash on
tr, navy knIf. with "A long blade
''r IN" washing Mul. -aId 10 him. i
hun twice NIullIgsn later talked
-- IA" StaDbing with Mule several tune, res
] y" shot gun carried by Wlrn.-. ac- "o'
ding tn MIlligan. was taken t. the
-hlngton Hall by "a dark man who wore N
-w"ater. Mulli4an doesn't know this ant
an name. Tn. gun was left at IN. W
Ike head quarters and at one time Was
he custody II Murphy. the business PA
Int II the chaIffeur- for Nuligan s,ys pa
II he talked with Murphy about it, we
" dark man IN the black sweater told PIE
lIiRIn that Murphy would not give up All
gun until the black sweiter.-d man I
~ 49, Mulligan said that he had heard u
At b" man who got the gun and took IL knl
,'r.~. h"adquarrers was -scab- him I"~
Y and therefore Mnlligln told Murphy ""
=" i"' THIS man have u back. as h" lei
nt.'d tl- -har. 81 the proceeds II 'h. ~"
u va I'D Later MulIigan had "a talk
~ M 'fptnerin law. VINO advised hin frr'
1. A Ia - 49,