The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-28
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The trial % Kid Regain for the murder
Of Roy Walter Joyce prOceeted Gar enough
before Judge Foster yesterday 90 reveal
a sketch Of the life behind the scens- In
TsndsrlOin dives which tbs trial 10 expected
20 paint before its close. The principal
witness Of the day was q man referred
to by all the other witnesses ~ Eddie
Weston. He 10 one Of the men stabbed
IN the rough house NJ 81 West Thirty first
>, rect.
Weston at that time vas employed
n a waiter and singer i'm the Barrel.
bat on the night Joyce was killed Nes-
ton was not on duty. He went frOm
another rathskellsr To the Barrel. sat
down alone at a table and ordered sOfa
drink. intellectually IL was revealed
that not until several years after the
murder had the witness ever drunk in
toxicating liquors.
Weston said that although he was not on
duty that night he. &C the request OF q
patron. sang q song and at its conclusion
was baptized with q glass Of beer by one
Of party seated at a nearby table. This
first called his attention TO the company
at that table. and he recalled that in u
were tho defendant. his brother. John
Rsgan. alias John Clark: English Harry.
Harry Davis. Bag MoGee, Red Gray and
a woman known as Minnie Nanny. They
made pretty tough crowd. some Of them
had a spite against Weston because he
hal interfered some nights previously
when they were pursuing their calling OF
robbing patrons Therefore be did not
resent the baptism OF beer.
About an hour after he entered the
crowd Of thieves and strong arm men
became disOrdeTly and Barney Doyle.
one 81 the prOprietors OF the place, or
dered a waiter 10 clear the table and
serve NO more drinks there. Red Gray
resented tins Interference noislly aud
Regan remarked. according 90 the wit
ness. that he would cut the heart ont
Of any one who lntsrfered. No one utter
Tered further.
shortly after that a woman ~ the
TenderlOin. Florence Stirling. entered
the dive and the defendants brother
pointed her out as a woman who had
insultsd him The crowd az the Regain
table beat her. but she escaped TO q olUeet
The defendant. Regain. then told his
brother to bring the woman out and
he. Kid Rsgan. would stand by him.
Employees attempted TO get tho woman
out safely and then ths fatal row began.
Big Mc3es struck Barney Doyle on the
head with q black jack. Joyce went 90
Doyls's assistance and he was knocked
under a table by McCee's black jack.
Weston picked up a chair. intending 10
20 20 his employers aid. but reoeived
blow in his side. The blow waa de-
Ia cred 10y Kid Rsgan. and Weston thought
he had only b-en struck with q fat. AZ
by that time a general and terrific rough
house was IN progress Weston, who was
unarmed. thought he needed something
more effective than q chair to help his
employer and ran out Of the place and
To his lodgings, three or four blocks away.
To get his pistol. He could not md u
and ran hack When he returned TO the
place for the first time he felt q sharp
pain in has side. put his hand under his
clothing and found that he was bleeding
from a stab wound.
In cru~s examination Weston said
that he had seen no knife ia Kid Reean' .
hand. He was positive. however, that
ReRan had stabbed him because he had
been struck by no one else and could
not have be-n a. he did not gyt into
the whirlt oOl Of the fight. Mr.. Levy was
eager TO learn Why Weston had gone 80
far IN search 81 a pistol. Why had he
not picked uT, a bottle or a bungstarterg
Weston said that all those articles avail
able were IN Use before his hasty exit