The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-11-18
WOUNDED, BUT KILLS HIS MAN
WiTCHN STAYS INTRi DER
~ PTSTOL FTGHT.
junk Dealer Sho, Through the Heart
AFTER Empt,ing Gun AZ His Encm,
Two Bullets Take Eject victor
SurrcndcrS and Refuses Medical AID

Ntcr EmDtNing Gun NJ HIS Enemy
Two Bullets Take Eject victor
SurrcndcrS and Refuses Medical AID
Word of the shooting and killing Of n
man on one of the Hudson River wharyes
came in over the telephone to the
West Forty-seventh street polio" sta
tion last evening about g o'clock. Lieut..
Ross on the desk was busy over the blotter
couple Of minutes later when man
Who had noisrlcsslv entered the door
and walked over in front Of the desk said
quietly:
Officer"
The lieutenant Glanced up.
Officer" continued the man in All easy
/ nonchalaut way. "a fellow down at the
! Forty eighth street pier walked up to
mo little while ago when was standing
there doing watch and said to me. Say,
| you know where there's some rope around
here that's been stolen. You bettcr tell
mo where yer got il. And l'll Croak you
good if you don't give ii up to mo. |
! told him | didn't know anything about
any rope didn't know what he was talkin
about. Then he shot me"
| The lirutenant's eyes wid"ued al this
! last short sentence. He laid down the
pen he had been holding and w"ht bolt
! upright
The man ia front of the desk was
stoCky, we'll built young fellow dressed
| in dark clothes and better than the aver
age man alung-horc He was not in the
least excited and talked ia an even tone
as if recting a simple story To u friend q.
His face showed no evidence of pain, and
the recital seemed to be more or less Of
a bore to him that h, wanted to get TN
lshcd and uf his mind as quietly as he
/ cuuld without causing any tu-du about it.
He shot you. you say asked the
! lieutenant. Where
3 Here, said the man, pointing To his
left shoulder, and here, pointing To his
right hip. The doOrman slid mp To- where
/ the visitor was standing ana the man
pointed ont the holes in his clothing made
10y the bullets. The lieutenant called
detec tive to examine the man and mean
while sent for an ambulance. they found
the bullet hole in his shoulder and the
. mark of the one on his hlp
He shot me and shot him. continued
/ the man laconically while they were
| looking at his wound II vas the first
intimation the police he'd that this might
be the man who had killed the other whose
/ death was reported
! Is the other fellow dead asked the
/ lieutenant.
Don't know" came the answer. Il
left him ON the dock
We'll. what was Ms name, do you re-
member"
Scott
Hes the dead man, all righl said the
/ lieutenant SO Won shot him And
while the man win the bullet holes IN him
! perslstently refused TO hav" them at
tended To. saying that they We're of no
! Con-o luonce, he told his story, The
! ambulance had been s,"t for.
Il was standin IN front of the shanty
at the street end of the pier when this
! fellow come along" he said He looked
| like one Of those river junk collecting
guys and when told him didn't know
I anything about any rop" he pulls out
revolver and fired was strnding like
where you are. about five feet away,
| maybe less. but his first shot went into
! the shanty | got into the shFnty too
! AnG found a revolver there don't know
who's" = was. but picked u up and went
! out to hu: lie shot agan at me and
shot at him We both kept shooting at
| each other for "a while out in the open
along the dock llcn he fell. pose !
shot him No there wasn't any barrels
or things around to get behind There
wasn't any dodgn' posslbl" when thoS"
bullets w2s a-fvin' II VS. plain out in
the open \ Coupl" of fellows waS on down
~ thu, other end of the per wh, y it began
tn" way white II w1s a-Eoin ON When
h" k""lrd over walked up here Don't
know whether he WIS dead or not There
was u crowd around 80 | got OUT My
pistol ltpn't know what did with il
Dr Miller ot Flower Hospital arrived
and had a look at the bullet wounds. He
found the bullet that had passed through
the shoulder had lodged IN the arm. The
hip wound was graI". The watchman,
who was also Scott, Walter I. Scott.
but no relation to the dead man, refused
/ to go To- the hospital or 10 have the surgeon
care for his wounds and went To "A eel!
without medical attention. Tie was
| charged with homicide.
! The police found IN" revolver If the dead
man a 3? Calihr" weapon, lying beside
, him on the wharf with all six chambers
empty. In the coat pocket Of the dead
man was also box of cartridges. Wit
nes-eS 10 the duel said tha, the surviving
Scott threw his gun away.
/ William Scott. the dead man. was a
/ river iunkman who lived ~ 1863 81.
Nicholas avenue. lie was shot over the
hear; and had died instantly. Walter 7.
B Scott. tn" watChmdu, said he IL 20 years
old. living AT tl5 West Forty eighth street.
| He had been a chauffeur, but was en-
! plOved on the pier as Waterman 10y Lennon
! Bros. Canal boats and harges unload
/ there.
Three men We're arreSred a. material
witnesses lhey hal seen me shooting
from distance All three said thGt the
dead Scott shot first ~ the wRtchman
William o O'Brien. i50 West Forty-eighth
street, one Of the trio. is q junkman,
partner of the dead man He had
bandaged arm whore he had been shot
two months ago. the police think. in
feud for which the district is noted Al
the time the wound was inflicted he would
not tell who had shot him The two
others held were Thomas Lennon Of SOL
West Fiftieth street. chauffeur and
Joseph Logan, j8l West Fiftie;h street u
watchman