Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-08-30

had taken a fancy to was Cuban.
She had formerly been the sweetheart
of a Spanish cigar maker in Alien
street, and these were a few 1acts
which picked up which directed sus-
picion toward him. did not lind the
girl or where Chris lived until the day
of his funeral, which took place from
his sisters home in Delaney street:
"The girl attended the funeral and
followed Chris body to the grave.
After the burial was over, l Ioiioweo
her to her home and sweated her ror
information which would throw some
light on the case. She didn't know
anything of Importance. She told me
where her Spanish lover lived. and
said that Chris had settled all trouble
with him by giving him little money
and getting him a place to work IN
gambling Joint in the Bowery.
"she said that Chris left home
about noon on the day he was killed.
saying he probably wouldn't return
until the next evening. but ne gave
her no hint as to where he was going
or whom he was to meet. went
after the Spanish lover to satisfy my
self that her story was straight.
found him working in Butch Ellis.
gambling house, and convinced myself
beyond doubt that on the night OF the
murder, at the time 1t must have oc-
Cured, he was spinning a roulette
wheel.
"This ended that feature Of the
case, but while working 1t out l got
a tip from Butch Ellis that Chris had
been In game early in the evening
of the day he was killed, at which bad
blood had arisen, few blows had
been struck, some pistol shots fired
and some pretty wild threats made.
Butch wouldn't give me the loca-
tion of the joint where the trouble oc-
Cured. but found 1t in about haif an
hour from another source and got
what looked like start in the right
direction. 1t was In Ed Kelley's, ana
among the half-dozen card sharps who
had been in the game was AL Living
stone, who was something of a high
roller from Virginia. He was every
inch a sport of the gentleman order.
and very sensitive on the question OF
insnlts. which he was always ready
to resent.
"Chris and Livingston got into dis
pute over the amount of money theTo
should be in a certain pot, and they
called each other liars across the ta-
bic. That was the fighting word on
the Bowery in those days. Livingston
had plenty Of friends. and 30 had
ingston were having 1t out on the
floor, rough-and-tumble. but the
friends were in 1t. too. Knives and re-
volvers were pulled, and 1T looked as
If there was going to be some killing
in Kelly's. Kelly stopped the row
himself by yelling: 'Police! which
| brought the men to their senses.
"The row didn't stop any too quick
for Livingston. for when 1t was called
of Chris had grip on his throat
which would have sent him to the
cemetery II 1t hadn't been stopped
Just about that time. This had oc-
Cured about nine o'clock in the even
ing, and 1t broke up the game. as
matter of course. Livingston was In
a very ugly mood. and mentioned sew
| eral times, in the hearing OF some OF
| Chris friends, that he'd have his life
before daylight.
About ten minutes after nine
Chris left Kelly's place alone. The
gambling house was at the corner OF
First street and the Bowery. About
a minute after Chris left several per-
sons saw Livingston take bowie
knife from his hip pocket and drop
1t in his outside coat pocket, then he
started out quickly, muttering
threat that he would kill Chris when
he found him. No one followed the
men, as Chris was able to take care
of himself, and Livingston. 1t was
thought, was only putting up bit OF
southern blum.
1.-THE finding of the body, as near
as could be fixed, was at a quarter
past nine, which would have given
Livingston just about time to have
caught up to Chris without running,
as Chris had about blocks start.
The wound in the chest. which split
the heart in two, physicians said, was
made by a bowie-knife. Livingston
had not been seen around his old
haunts by any one since he left kel-
ly's with the threat to kill Chris. and
all these facts certainly pointed to
Livingston as the murderer beyond
doubt.
"I got on to Livingston's track
through a woman he had sent for.
and arrested him in a house in First
avenue. He had sent for this woman
to have her pawn his diamonds to
raise money to get out Of the city.
He did not seem at all startled at be-
ing arrested. and when / accused him
of killing Chris Berry, he replied very
coolly that he had been expecting to
hear something of the kind, and said