The evening world., 1915-02-25
KILLS
COMRAOE AFTER
FIGHT IN STORM
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who hovered under q nearby arc light
told Charles they had seen the police
man struggling with q smaller man
In citizens clothes. and had heard the
one in uniform cry: Nov I've got
you'll" Then came the shots and the
| one not In uniform had raced down
the street toward the Holy Name
Cemetery.
'Dr. Hirschneld. who came In . City
Hospital ambulance at Charies's
summons, found that the fallen po-
liceman had been instantly killed.
Bullet holes were In each breast.
one over the heart: there were
wounds In each arm and one bullet
hole through the left cheek. Tho
body Of the murdered policeman was
taken TO the Seventh Street Station.
A. soon As the alarm reached
Police Headquarters. q half dozen
detectives were rushed to the scene
In . patrol wagon. But II was
Patrolman Charles himself who found
the single clue TO the identity Of the
slayer.
More than . block away from the
scene Of the shooting he picked up
an umbrella handle. broken from the
stick. Upon . silver band about the
handle were engraved the initials.
~. d. c." Charles recognised the
bit Of decorated wood a. belonging
to an umbrella Cash had owned.
SLAYER 10 FOUND COVERING
IN Ogo.
At nrst the search for Cash was
made through the aisles Of tonnbs In
the nearby cemetery and the report
spread through the nsighborhood
that the policeman had been shot By
. maniac who had been caught turn.
ing in false fire alarms. Z
But Information ~ 10 Cash's favor.
ito hsunts sent the seArchsrs to the
Greenvills section OF Jersey city and
finally he was found in tho Cowan
Point Athletic Club at Claremont
Avenue and tho Morris Canal.' The
slayer was feigning sleep in Q tum-
bledown bed on the second floor of
the ramshackie old building..
When dragged from bed. Cash ad-
mittsd he had shot Hill, but refused
to make any detailed statement untif'
he could be taken before Chief OF
Police Monahan. To him. later. he
made a complete statement Of the
affair.
II went to . lunch wagon on West
Side Avenue near 10 o'clock" he said.
''Hiii came in and had coffee. but he
did not speak to me. Hin went out
and ] left about ten minutes later
with McKeever. a civilian.
AT West Side Avenue and Pavonia
Avenue we passed Hill and Patrolman
DAILY. I spoke and salutcd. but Hill
did not answer me. Then. near 2
o'clock. we met Hill alone at stuy-
vesant and West Side Avenues.
"Hill called me vile name and
said ! was q stool pigeon. He put
hfs hand In my face and pushed me
and knocked mo Gown. I called.
stop. Charlie: cut 1t out
| Then called on Mckeever to
grab Hills night stick. Hill struck
me on the right hand with his night
stick. tried to hit him with my
umbrella. He backed away and
reached for his hip. pocket.
II yelled at him Cut It out. Char
lie, or I'll shoot" Then shot at
him. don't know how many times
I shot. I ran away and didn't get my
senses until I ran into q wire fence
Then ! went back and saw Hill lying
there. Ny hat was lying beside him
and I picked UP the hat and ran
away again"
M'kEEveR SAYS HILL STRUCK
CASH.
On Monahan's orders Cash accom-
panied detectives to the place In the
canal where he believed he had
thrown the revolver and an effort
was made to drag the weapon up
from tho bottom.
Cash's plea Of self defense was In
part borne out before Judge Warren
whom the slayer was arraignsd before
him.
Frank McKeever. who claimed to
have been with him at the time Of
tho fight. testified to having seen
Hill strike Cash several times with
his club before the latter fired.
Mrs. Lizzie Hasselimaier. who lives
at No. 1T Stuyvesant Avenue. and
who looked out Of the window Of her
bedroom whom the alteration started.
has substantiated McKeever's state
ment.