The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-21
Four Apparently Friends.

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~ their class had spent the afternoon In
the rear room Of the Tub Of Blood. Some
one had touched n purse and the beer was
slowing free They had been there all
afternoon and were apparently friends.
Al other tables sat several women, usu-
ally with drunken men. Joe Meara, the
bartender, was busy. AT one table sat
GRACE Quintell OF 2S Second street and
Mary Gilen Of "a Third street having a
drink
1--WE only had six cents said Grace
later, but Mr.. Chilly was kind TO us, ana
trusted us for the other four cents ME-
Chilly is a lovely man"
Then came a verbal battle at the tapie
where Murphy. Gyp and the other men
sat, There were three quick shots. Men
and women screamed and ran onto the
street. Murphy fell with bullet In his
brain ,..
sheriff. was on the other side of the Bow
~. He ran over and saw a man In red
sweater hurry out. stoop to the gutter
as II hiding something and run east on
second street. Housley followed but LOST
him. Then came Policemen MCGOWAN ana
uuell. attracted by the shots. They got
the two women, but d1d not see any "ieA
running away.
Lieut. Hennessy. with corps OF de-
tectiyes. was summoned. From the lavatory
was trail Of blood Hennessy ana MS
men followed Il TO the street. There was
a huge blotch Ave feet east of the door
and a plain trail eastward. HennessS
sen. 10 the station for reserves and cleo
tric light flashes.
He sen, the uniformed men TO kfeI
every one out Of the street IA far a. Firs'
avenue. He stationed others behlnd MN
self and the detectives with thirty ZOO
rome, with which they kept the cSowt
back.
At first the trail was easy 70 dis
tinRuish Then AS they neared' FRS
avenue the detectives would find a spot
drop on their hands and knees anI
identity II as blood. and travel eight o.
ten feet to find another mark. The awe'
crowd followed close.
At Second avenue tho trail was lost
Traffic was suspended up and down tina
thoroughfare while tho detectives, will
the flashlights. searched the paving for I
fresh mark. At last II was found between
the car tracks.
They then followed the trail aloni
Second street. over toward First avenue
past the Marble Cemetery. East o
Second avenue the trail was hard I
follow and the detectives spent most o
their time on their hands and knees
vanishes in Tiny Spots.
Al First avenue they found a larg
blotch as IL the man had stopped. The
the trail was lost till two or three tin
spots, the last, were found around tn
corner.
The women. Jack Crilly. the owner @
the Tub, and Joe Meara, his bartender
we're taken to the Fifth stree
station and put through an examinatio
by Coroner Healey and Assistant Distrie
Attorney Skinner After the lies In IN
first stories of the women had been cor
rected and the testimony had been rs
simulated these appeared to be the event
which preceded the shooting:
The first loud words remembered wer
directed at Murphy by one of the tw
unidentified men: you dirty -! Yo
squeaed on Soandso tho one could re
member the name for the Coroner). 20
cheap roller Of drunks.'
Then came the three shots like DO
from heaven" said Grace Quintell. An
that is all the police know about II
murder. The women were locked mp
their hedraggled fur coats as witnesse
Crilly and his bartender were held