New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-17
BULLY Stays BARTENDER.
Also MOrtaIIy Wounds Waiter
When Thrown Out of Saloon.
PISTOL HOLDS OFF TEN MEN
Desperate, Known Only as vel
low" Breaks Through Gordon
of Police and Vanishes.

yellow" was a bad man to cross. lie
had the temper of a demon and was as
intractable as a Digger Indian. known
by no other appellatiOn than the NICK
name his saturnine face had earned, TINS
short, swarthy thick-necked man shot
barkeeper to death and MORALLY wounded a
waiter yesterday morning because he was
thrown out of a saloon at No. 222 LeXihs
ton avenue after trying to rough II.
After his cold blooded crime the des-
perado held ten men at bay while he maze
his escape. lie was soon surrounded by
police, but broke through the Gordon ana
disappeared. The detectives say. now
ever his arrest is a matter only of hours.
The man killed was Joseph O'Donnell'
twenty-seven years old. bartender In
Thomas McClatcheys saloon. Albert Cou-
drier is the waiter who was mortally IN
iured.
It was toward o'clock in the morning
when, staggering under the influence OF
drink, yellow" entered and asked for
whiskey. After he was served he became
noisy and quarrelsome and after vio-
lent argument with O'Donnell the bartend-
er and Coudrier threw him out into the
street.
4 half hour later yellow" came back,
quiet, but with sulen look on his face.
He sat down at a table and again ordered
whiskey, putting down 10 cents. Coudrler
took the money and walked TO the bar.
Suddenly a shot was fired. Then another
followed Coudrer fell to the floor with
a bullet through his left lung. ODonnel
with a yell rushed upon Yellow who
had jumped up from his table and stood at
the entrance from the rear room to the
bar.
Throw me out, will you?" cried yell
low" sneerng at ODonnell. Thereupon
he fired two shots at the bartender. KILL
ing him on the spot.
The ten men IN the place stood horror
stricken and huddled in corner. "fel-
low" faced them and. raising his revolver.
told them that there were still few
bullets left in it. The men did not stir
until yellow" disappeared through the
door.
Patrolman Giba reached the place too
late to intercept the murderer. He called
an ambulance from Harlem Hospital. Or.
Baxter. who answered the summons. found
Coudrier in very critical condition, and
he told Robert Dorand, his driver, to go
fast. Dorand raced through 123d street
and at Madison avenue the ambulance
smashed into d southbound streetcar, DR..
Baxter being knocked backward to the
street and the driver pitched forward on
top of The horse
Although badly bruised and bleeding
from several cuts, both men picked them
selves up quickly, hastily repaired dam
ages To wagon and harness and continued
to the hospital. There it was said Cou
drier would not live twentyfour hours.
Meantime Patrolman Giba had started
search for the murderer. lie ran toward
Lexington avenue. and when he passed
No 2OlO some one called out that flee
ing man had gone through that house TO
the yard The policeman rang for assist
ance and Sergeant Hawthorne with a
squad Of men rushed 10 his aid
\ Gordon was formed around the entire
block and policemen went through the
yards, only to be informed by one OF the
tenants that "A man had leaped over the
rear fence and made his way into Park
avenue. All further search was fruitess
and the case was turned over TO detec-
uves