The sun., 1919-05-02

to her apartment. Jesse, scowling and
cursing to himself, was standing in the
doorway when they entered the house.
He said nothing to him. and they paid
no attention to him. Mrs. Gaynor went
upstairs, and Breen left her and started
into the apartment house where he
lives Jesse followed him into the vesti-
bule. Nobody knows just what the men
said to each other. but the sound of
angry voices was heard. and then the
sound Of shot. The next instant per-
sons on the street saw Jesse run from
the doorway. brandishing O revolver in
his hand, and run down l30th street to-
ward Broadway Several persons who
went into the vestibule found Breen
lying on the floor with bullet In his
stomach.
A crowd started after the Italian and
I. was augmented by others as the WORD
spread that Jesse had shot Breen. w..o
was well known and popular in the
neighborhood. Before the man reached
Broadway some 200 persons were run
ming pellmelI after him, crying Lynch
him !" and HE shot a soldier |"
Driving a coal truck up Broadway was
Nicholas O'Rourke of 81 Old Broadway
He saw Jesse turn into Broadway from
130th street. He grabbed his heavy
shovel, leaped from his cart and tried to
stop the Italian. Jesse lodged him and
O'Rourke flung his heavy shovel at the
fleeing man. Jesse stopped.
You damned fool !" he yelled.
He then fired, the bullet striking
O'Rourke behind the right ear.
Sergeant John A. Devany Of the West
125th street police station was at Broad
way and 12sth street. He saw Jesse
running and then he saw the italian
shoot O'Rourke. Stopping a passing
automobile he clambered onto the run
ming board Of the car and set out after
the man. Jesse turned into 1880 street
and ran east toward Amsterdam avenue,
with the automobile and tina crowd after
him. As the machine turned the corner
the doors OF the car were Jared open
and Sergeant Devany was knocked from
the running board to the street. His
face and shoulder were cut and he was
badly shocked by the fall.
Detective Downs Fugitive.
Jesse ran through 133d street to Am
sterdam avenue and turned south. On
southbound trolley car was Detective
station. He saw the crowd and the
running Italian, and at his command the
motorman put more speed on the car
and got ahead of Jesse. Walsh then
leaped from the front door of the trolley
and grappled with the Italian, who at
that time had quit brandishing his re-
volver and was carrying 1t behind his
back. so that Walsh did not see II.
Jesse quickly wrenched away from the
detective and fired two shots. One bull
let grazed Walsh's stomach, while the
other struck him in the knee. He fell to
the ground but as he fell he grabbed
Jesse by the ankles.
Before Jesse could fire again or get
away the crowd was upon him. They
knocked him down and beat him with
their fists and kicked him and struck him
with stones and bricks and clubs. He was
almost unconscious. with his face and
lody mass OF bruises and cuts, and
several men were running toward the
crowd with ropes and yelling that they
were going TO string him up to a lamp
post, when he was rescued by Policeman
Joseph Knox. and by Walsh, who strug-
gled to his feet, took Jesso's gun away
from him and kept the man from being
killed by the crowd.
Jesse was taken to the Knickerbocker
Hospital, where his wounds were
dressed, and then, because a threaten
Ing crowd had gathered outside the hos
pital doors. he was sent down to Belle
vue under strong police guard. All OF
the other wounded men. with the excep-
ton OF Sergeant Devany. who went
home were taken to the Knickerbocker
Hospital. There 1t was eaid that Breen
and ORourke would die.