The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-16
SLAYER KILLED BY
HIS PAR7NER, who
pI7IED GIRL VICTIM
rourh Mike Shoots After Beg
ring That the Innocent
One BE Spared.
.rrST THING EVER
DID" HE TELLS COPS

.~ome,h.-. IN the hill country OF
re,,syIvsn,a there Is a little Eri whose
,~ss,hra-t. the handsome. dashing fell
TO- ~ the big city who won her love
WITH tales Of gilded life. will never come
.. hs, again. In front Of q saloon
= coney Island he lay dead last night
,y,.h three bullets IN his body while
ro,,sn Mike. whose unlovely exterior
,,v.red a heart into which had flashed
a protecting pity for the girl, stood over
,,,r. a smoking revolver In his hand. and
uuttered
IT'S a good JOB; the best I've ever
cone"
tn. three policemen across the dim
graz, had jus. thrown on tho indec!sdon
-s,ch The suddennsss OF the thing caused
a. Mike walked slowly toward them. One
., them ruled the dead man over and
,Aid. "Deler,o. white SLAYER" and then
e. tho squads OF official inquirers began
q. led back 70 the nameless girl in the
uan.lsss town, for Mikes chivalry, OF
IN instinct Of his kind. would not let
rim even hin, at who she II. Rut tho
men who have watched and waited for
year. 10 trap Delcro gathered enough
10 OH. together the outlines OF the story.
Told Girl lie Would Marry.
Las, spring there went to a small
Village In Pennsylvania Il dapper young
nan, whose clothes attracted attention
and whose talk was of gay times that
Inc Young folks of the village had never
trea med OF. He was known as Jack
Eoss, this same man who was shot last
,ight, and the scowling. somewhat reu-
cen, person who accompanied him was
.fchael Regozzino.
For Mike II was n dreary time. The
,lls and streams of the countrywide did
rot appeal to him. He longed for the
Tyways OF the city and the companion
sa.p OF his sort, but for Ross IL was a
hunting expedition. Many times the 20.
Ice nearly shared him as the results Of
these trips OF his. but each time he had
escaped. SO he staggered and ensnared
.earts, and TO one. u light flowery little
Girl whom Mike. sometimes pitied from
Gfar. made violent love.
When he came back IL was with the
promise that he would marry her, and
recently they had made arrangements
fr her 10 ONE here and be married
t!terward. But the girls parents woukl
DOT permit that and Delerlo. or Ross az
Gre knew him. was getting ready to ga
Tor her. That Is what ne told Mike last
nigh, a. they sat in the back room ~ a
aloon on West Fifteenth street. Coney
Island.
TIE picture Of the slender girl with
% trusting eyes. as ne had seen he
months before, came to Mike as they
cat there and he thought Of what would
b. her portion IL she came. He had
known Of other girls that Delerio had
caught, but in an impersonal sort of way.
And the bartender remembered later that
be pleaded. He could have broken
Delerio with his hands, but he pleaded
md De!erio laughed in his face.
II Amused the SLAYER.
"Aw. say. Joe. don't do L." he wins
pred earnestly. "Air't you got no heart
- al, She's a mighty decent little kid.
Leave her alone"
Delerio was amused. lie laughed
Louder and ordered another drink, and
Mike vent back TO his task. pleading.
begging that this time Delerio would
no. 90.
Why, you poor fool" Joe said, "think
in gong To give up now? I'm going In
. day or so and that's all there IS to II.
Oct me"
Nike got" him. He didn't say much
moro, hut sat looking into his glass.
Boon the two men went out to the street
and started walking up coward where
policeman DAILY stood talking with two
OTHER unholders OF the law that Delerio
vss gong out 10 break. Appeal TO them
never entered Mikes head. His was the
world NJ force. BY his hands In the
prize ring and in stree: fights no had
earned his nickname.
The policemen glanced at the two
men casually as they stopped for Il
moment and began 10 talk. And as they
Looked. while one seemed to be laugh
Ing To other pulled out a revolver and
VIII i've quick shots ,opplcd his man
" ths gutter. Tough Mike after look
ing down Al the huddled heap walked
10 'he policeman and handed ove his
psrol
81 Oh H." he said; ITS tho best
IN ing ever done"