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HE MAY SOON END
F ON WAITERS' COMPROMISE
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I 'Executive Chairman Is Sus,
pended for Wanting Strikers'
Return "Without Recognition.
DOWNTOWN WALK-OUT
Haan Employees Quit, but
M.ouquin Throws Waiters
Out and Closes Restaurant.
Signs that the strike of tl:e hotel
tad restaurant waiters Is approaching
a setUement were not wanting to-day.
Distensions among the officers of the
Union came to the surface and result
ed In the suspension of the chairman
bf the exocuUve committee, W. P.
Mueller, and his denounclatlon at a
mass meeting of union waiters at
Bryant Hall. Mueller has many fol
lowers In the union, however, who are
la favor of a nlan he has advanced
,lbr the ending of the strike. '
Tha head waiters, who employ and
.discharge all the waiters, have taken a
hand In the situation. They have of--farad
to step In and aid In Retting
around the question of union recogni
tion, but agreeing to employ nono but
Union waiters, but with the provlilon
that the hotel owners and managers
Shall not be asked to mako any such an
agreement. A conference between a
fcommltteo of striker.! and the hotel men
will bo heM on this point. "Many of the
head waiters predict the settlement of
the strike within twenty-four hours
The strike extended to the downtown
restaurants to-day. Mouuuln's In Ann
atreet was closed by the proprietors
aftr all the union waiters hud been
brdered out of the place. Fifty watt-
bra and a few cooks struck at Haan'a
In the Park now Building.
(Henri Mououln knew that the union
leaders had planned to order a strike In
this niica at noon. At o'clock he
WaMmbled 16S waiters In tho main res
taurant and asked them If they had any
grievances.
"We want the union to be recognlrcd,
bald one ot the men.
"I'll so out of business before I reens-
nlse a union pf waiters," sad tho pro
prietor. "All you men wno ueion
to
the union consider yourselves
dla
Charged and get out In a hutry,
Mini vnn around the place."
I don't
Only eighteen waiters remained loyal.
(The other 160 hunted Into their street
clothes and marched out of the restnu
talL Albert, the head bartonder, taunt-
ad some of the older employees about
leaving good Jobs, and one of them hit
him on the bridge of the nose to such
rood sffeot that he exhibited a fine pilr
of black ayes to patrons ot the bar In
teas than an hour.
Lines of chairs wero placed ncross the
open doors on the Fulton and Ann streot
aides of tho restaurant, and Louis Mou
ouln was kept busy cxpwnins
to old
batrons that the restaurant
would be
closed
until further notice.
The Mou
(Continued on Bccond Page.)
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
AT NEW YORK.
ST. L0U1S-
0 0 0
GIANTS
0 0 7
AT ETvOOKLYN.
CINCINNATI
2 0 0 0
BROOKLYN
10 0 0
AT BOSTON.
10 0 1
CHICAGO
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BOSTON-
0 0 '0 0 0 0
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
AT DETROIT.
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SPLIT IN
STRIKERS IN RIOT
Firemen of Kearny, N. J., As
sist Officers in Ending Seri
ous Labor Disturbance.
CHILDREN SEE BATTLE.
Police Chief, Felled by Missile,
Scatters 500 Rioters by Well
Directed Pistol Shots.
The worst riot ot a long aeries ot dls
turtancos that have attended the strike
of the ditch diggers and foundation
workers In New Jersey occurreJ in
Kearny to.dayi'ana'bafore seren com
panics of firemen and the entire local
police department had succeeded In
scattering the strikers two of their num.
bcr wero ehot and probably mortally In
jured by Chief of Police William Tulen.
The scene of the riot was a block
away from the Kearny High School,
from which the riot call was sent that
set all the alarm bells In the town toll
Ins. The rioters, five hundred strong,
marched upon an excavation for a new
building at No. Xi Kearny avenue, for
the purpose ot driving a Rang of labor'
era from their work. Chief Tulen and
Policeman Hell were posted at the ex
cavation to protect the workmen.
The five hundred strikers were armed
with stones and clubs, and as they sur
rounded the excavation tr.iy let go i
shower of brickbat. Chief Tulen or
dered Policeman 13ell to run to tho high
soliool nearby and send in a riot call
Then ho drew his gun and faced the
strll'.'rs. They closed In on him, hurling
missiles. A paving s.ono bowled the
Kearny Chief uver, und as he lay on
his back lie opened lire. Llsador Caro
and Vltn Marl, both ot No. Co Monroe
street, Newark, were shot In thi side
and fell unconscious. A few minutes
Inter the tiro bells sounded and tho
seven companies ot the town's apparatus
dasryd to the resouu of tho wounded
Police Chief.
The shooting of two of their number
and, the tolling of the alarm bell took all
the battle out of the strikers and they
scattered in every direction. The fire
companies headed them off at different
bridges In the town ana nineteen arrests
wero made. About fifty citizens of the
town Joined In the chao In their auto
mobiles.
An ambulance was summoned from
at. Michael's Hospital In Newark to talio
caic of the two wonded men, and f'hle
Tulen wns homo to the home of a physi
clan, whero Ills Injuries wero attendee
to. The tlvo hundred pupils of the hlKh
school had witnessed the rioting from
tho wludnWB ot tholr classrooms nn
for a tthllu both teachers and pupil
were in a etate of pHnlc.
U. S. SENDS ARMS TO CUBA
TO PUT DOWN REBELLION
Gomez Short, He Is Sold 3,000
Krasj Carbines anil Amnuini
Huii by War Department.
WASHINGTON, .lune 3.-The Ameri
can Government will supply arms and
ammunition to President Gomez of Cuba
to put down the negro revolution. Aol
ing on the request of the Htate Depart
ment th War Department this after
noon ordered ti,t) K rag carbines and
ono million rounds of ammunition
shlpp"d to Cuba Immediately,
Theiiy rllles aro part of a supply of
tfv),0o) which tho Government holds In
repervo for war and they will cost
Cuba about IS apiece. Cuba Is unable to
purchaso any arms In this country be
cauro neirly all the rifles ot this kind
are manufacture! for the United States
Government, and to avoid the dolay of
sending to Euros for them, Unols Sam
has Mrteg to $c,gmmatw aomta,
UN ON
STONE POLICEMEN
2 MEN SHOT DOWN
The Iress fuMlihln
York Murld).
HORSE'S MAD DASH
AMONG CHILDREN
BOY BADLY HURT
Four-Year-Old Child Struck
by Maddened Animal's Hoof
in Front of School.
OLICEMAN RISKS LIFE.
Grabs at Reins as Three Thou
sand Pupils Flee From Run
away in Williamsburg.
A boy was mortally injured and a
dozen persona were bowled over and
more or less cut and bruised this after
noon In the course of the plunging Might
along lloerum street, Williamsburg, of
horse attached to a dilapidated de
livery wason.
Three thousand children were pour
ing out ot Public School No. 143 at
Leonard and Doerum streets Just as the
horse bolted from In front of a shop
about a block from the school. The
first person to suffer from the runaway
.was Samuel Goldstein of No. US Mc
Klbbon street, who was delivering a
dozen crates ot eggs at No. 1SI Doerum
atreet. He was on his wagon when the
galloping horse swung the vehicle be
hind him against his wagon and smashed
Its wheel base. Goldstein was pitched
oft on his head and almost smothered In
a yellow flood of erps and gholls. Ifls
head was badly cut and he lay un
conscious until picked up and carried
Into a drug store.
Ano.her butter and egg wagon came to
grief a few doors further on and tho
driver of tl.ls vehicle, William Mc
Kenzle, was spilled oft amid the same
oozy wreckage and almost drowned In
an omelet ot his own eggs.
When the runaway plunged toward
the swarm of school children 'Who wero
scattering In every direction, four-year
old Abraham Descant stumbled almost
under tho heels or tho horse, wns
struck by a wheel and suffered a frao
turn ot tho skull and Internal Injuries
Two women who rushed out to rescuo
tl.i child were overthrown but escaped
serious hurt.
POLICEMAN'S BRAVE EFFORT
TO STOP ANIMAL.
The first effort to check the runaway
was made by Policeman i;Jvard Hupple
of tho .Slang ftrcet station, who was
stationed at the school crosrflnt:. Shoo
Ing the children back to lhj pavements
ho leaped for the hor.-ic'.i head and
caught the bridle. The next 'inilant he
was Hung off his feet and dmgscd along
tho asphalt for a block, When he let
go he managed to bounce up uu ills fret
pursue the wagon und Jump up behind
Then he climbed out on the horse's back
und got a strangle hold of tho bit. ll
was assisted In pulling loAn the horse
by Policeman Carroll.
During tho last blocks ot the fright
ened anlmals's dash, It ran Into a con
geition of push carts, wreaked half
dozen and brushed the owners Into the
gutters.
uy tne time tno captured norse wan
taken to the Ktagg street station, th
Injured boy had been removed to 8t
Catherine's Hospital, where It was s.il
he wns likely to die.
mere was no name on the wagon,
and after the excitement had subside
no one came to claim It. The police
think the owner will not call for It
fearing to accept the responsibility
damage uuits.
BROOKLYN BRIDGE
"L" TIIJD UP BY
RUNAWAY HORSE
A runaway horse caused a hlocknd
of elevated traltn on tho lira dtlyn
Hridgo to-day, tying up tratilo for
neirly an hour, duiing which tlm
Mailed trains extended along the trifk
from lirooki.-n to M.'nhitttn and b.ic
to ,15:ool l) ! aaaln, 'lim accident oc
curred at :ie llrooklyn end when th
ftcnzlcd runaway, at whoso lines tw
strong young men pulled vainly, leape
upun the Incline used as a "silp over'
for trolley cars, on the samu crude with
the elevated train tracks, and dashed
along the trestle. At the first Jump
upon the ties the hore was freed from
the restraining harness, but nut until
It had dragged tho peddlers' wagon
was hauling, part way up he trestle,
Tho iwo men, Patrick Connor of No
Sixteenth street, Hiooklyn, and hi
helper, Edward Drennsu of the sarn
addresss, were catapulted from thel
seat, clear out on the roadway, lloth
were knocked senseless.
vTh runaway hors galloped up the
r
u aaa law, u a onai aaj,i&a
NEW YORK, MONDAY, JUNE 3, 1912.
00MFORGAYN0R
SAID TO BE BACKED
BY (20,000 FUND
Member of Mayor's Cabinet
Admits That a Strong Com
mittee Is at Work.
MANY VOTES CLAIMED.
Delegates From New England
Slates Expected to Rally
Round the Mayor.
It was said to-day by a member of
Mayor Qaynor' cabinet that a furd
of m : s than X2O,O0O had been raised In
Now York to promote the cause of the
Mayor In the race for the nomination
for President. Several lieutenants are
at work In other States In the Interest
ot the Sago of St. James.
It was stated with equal emphasis
and equal poaltlveness that the Mayor
has not been Informed of the activity
In his behalf.
According to thU commissioner, wliu
asked an Evening World reporter not
to mention his name, there Is tn exist
ence a Uaynor Presidential committee,
comprised chiefly ot m ambers of his
municipal cabinet. Added to this com
mittee are the names of several New
Tork financiers. Men like John D.
Crlmmlna, It la stated, are heartily tn
favor of the Mayor's nomination, and
several have said that hta personality
and ability represent the only com
promise possible at Baltimore.
The work of the committee thus far
has been to send representatives Into
such States as Massachusetts, Connectl
cut, Indiana, North Dakota, Alabann
and such States as are favorable to a
favorite son. The delegates In the
States are being Impressed with the
availability of the Mayor as a compro
mlse candidate.
ALL OF NEW ENOLAND IS
CLAIMED FOR OAYNOR.
It was stated to-day the Mayor wi
reasonably assured ot the entire New
England delegation. In Alabama u
tremendous sentiment In favor ot New
York's Mayor has been awakened since
tho return to tho South of Gov. Emmet
O'Neal, who was the Mayor's guest here
the day of the police parade.
The Evening World's Informant also
referral to the visit of Commissioner
Joe Johnson to his old home in Georgia
where tho former Acoin went to settle
his father's estate. It was nald that
members o( tho New York delegation to
Ualtlmore of the type of Morgan J
O'llrlen, Alton II. Parker, William !
Kheehan and John II. Stiinclilleld are
strongly In favor of Mayor Gaynor.
They believe he can carry New ork,
New Jeriev and Connecticut, wnicn
would be half the battle.
The nominee la certain to be Oaynor
It not Bryan," said Aeaemblyman Jo,"
Gelder of Drooklyn, who returned to
day from a Western trip. "You recall
that the last time the Commoner w
here he and the Mayor met at least
three limes. Their friendship Is well
known and as far as I am able to Judge
Mr. Ilryan would support New- York'
Mayor. Wherever I haw been In the
West I have found much Gaynor senti
ment."
Various heads of the city government
when asked to-diy what had been done
In tho Mayor's behalf, answered that
any information would bo 'I'.eiiiaiiire
ed upon tliu tracks used by the elevated
trains, running parallel, Do.a between
thu openings In tho ties wtnt the an:
mal's legs, tho third tall nelng but
few inches distant. Lying directly In
tho path of all Incoming Brooklyn ele
vated trains crossing -he bridge, this
branch of the brldgn traffic was tied
up effectually by f-o body of tho iiorsi
Hopes, planks, pulleys and an emer
irency durrltl: weru qui kly applied In
tho effort to remove Lie aiiitiial, but the
struggles of the horsi ptnventv! effee
tlve vork. It was finally decided to
shoot the anlmil and relieve It of
Its agonies. Then tho body wns hauled
to the roadway and carted away.
In tho meantime, the Hev, V. A. M.
Mortensen, President of the Society of
Inner Mission and Hescue Work, at No.
SO lino street, hurried to the prostrate
men, offering relief, lloth Connor and
llrennan were carried to the Emergency
Hospital on the Brooklyn side and treat
ed by Ambulanco Surgeon Hetfleld of
the Brooklyn Hospital, Connor was sent
to the hospital.
World Building. Turkish Ualhs..
Jirars etn. UIU srUu Prt'aU reeisjd !.
TWO SCORE DETECTIVES
GUARD CAPTIVE GUNMEN
Kid Elopers for Whom Dad
Is Tuning Up Birch Rod Fiddle
affsaaEt Jt' . ,
MflHMHHM j " 'taaa
BBsaaaaaaaaaflHaBsaaaaaaaaaa'r' 'V''
"SPINK, SPANK!"
THAT'S POP'S WIUSII
FOR "KID ELOPERS"
He's Timing Up His Fiddle
and They've Got to Face It
When They Are Found.
Love's young diesm, whlfh led pretty,
blonde, vlvai loos Paula . in -nun, Ilf
teen years oil, of Wox"ittin, I,. I, to
elope on Meinuilul D.'y with her "soul's
desire," Milton llahn. who l a wholo
month nldir tba i sin . is lint tu be
shattered, ir t . fu.-ceful Aurds und
ominous our.' n n. '" of the ilopers
parents mean nuMhlng,
Last u:ght .Midi. H.ihn, father of
the youlhlul l,ocnln jr, re rived a telo
gram which un ani the 'la'iy sweet
heart! aro probably wandering beside
some babbling brook In New England,
figuring out what they will do when
thu time comes to lace the music Thu
tolegrnm, dated Bntton, rend.
"Dear Mom and Pop Paula and
I are married. Don't worty,
"Mllro.V."
But Mr. Hahn Is worrying and In
tends to make his son worry soma, too,
for Milton dipped Into the Hahn ram.
Uy exchequer for 1175, which annoya
Papa Huhn more than a little. Be.
sldeo, he warned Milton he was too
joung to think ot marrying for some
time, und that, ullhough Paula was a
nice little girl mid years from now he
might msutlon tlm subject again If he
hadn't (ot over ft by this, ;hr wei
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SHIRT AND G0OD-BY NOTE
IS FOUND NEAR RIVER.
A No, ID shirt with a piper bag
pinned to It, n i ii which was penciled
a r.iH iwM inesige, was found to-day
Ln Hie went (imk of the llarlen Itlver,
bct.w-en one Hundred and Klfty-thlrd
and Gnu Hundred ami Flfty-foiii'tli
stieetH, by Putiulman C r. Itellly. (Jn
one side of tho paper hug was written:
Death Is butter than this life
nntlfy M. Donovan, HI Gteeu-
wh'li St.
On the other aide wns scrawled;
Gnixlhyi! iill-mid to you, Billy
Burke, although I lo owe (iu
money, I leave this world to
Tlllle. JOK STKVKNS.
Tlhe police of the West Ono Hundred
and Klfty-second atreet station believe
some one committed suicide or that a
practical Joker bad planted the shirt
there. The garment has a pale stripe
running through the cloth. The bag was
Bached with a safety pin. I.ord was
sent to thu Greenwich street address,
but no one there seemed to know any
thing about the matter.
TAFT FORCES CONTROL
OHIO CENTRAL COMMITTEE
COI.l'MHrS. O., Juno J.-Thn T.ift
forces will control tlm new Statu Cn-
tr.il t'oinmlttee. They won .n clovit
districts J" I th.i Ituosuvelt mui won n
Un of tho tewonty-one d sir: t meetings
preliminary to thf .S".l' t juventloti ti jr.
late this afternoon.
absolutely nothing doing at the oies.
nit time.
The early scenes of the little age-old
drama Ho In U oodliuvm. bver slncu
tnsy oiii ren cure', I'aui.t und Milton
wero In love, Ho .arrlrd her books to
cli'iol and she molt- swert nothings on
Ittlo klips uf lupur and paired tneiii
down I ho aisle o him, It v. in sot
llrd, at thu age of ten, that iney wen
go.ng to be nurilnl. Just hov didn't
imitK'l. so lonj ai It was done. Their
parents smiled at lirst .itid ulloned them
tu bo constantly in each otliei's com
pany, for they lived o.ily a block apart.
Then Mr. Unterm.in t ink Paula to llu
rope and kept her away (rum Milton,
who prufewed Indifference until she re
turned, when they were seen together
ajalli. Lately, Milton had been In the
habit of running up In the evening to
en Mrs, Oktrrman, beeausu Paula was
lunely und Papa Ostcrmau Is In Kurope.
"It's better this way than If they were
running around on the street at night,"
thought Mrs. Oitermsn and she let him
ICMtlauid on fiteond Pag,)
PRICE
Three Prisoners Accused of Firing on
"Big Jack" Zelig, Gang Leader, as
He Left Criminal Courts, Are
Watched to Foil Rescue Attempt.
SENSATIONAL ATTACK IS
SEQUEL TO EARLY BATTLE
Fight Over Chinatown Queen Is F0I7
lowed by Shooting of Feudist in ;
Midst of Noonday Crowd.
The terrorism of the gangsters, which began with a wholesale pistol
I fusillade on the fringe of Chinatown in the dark hotiis of the morning
J and dared even to the point of shooting to kill "Nig Jack" Zelig, one of
the gang leatlcrs, as lie was leaving
ilo-day, caused Police Headquarters to
would almost fit a city in rebllion1.
No less than forty detectives, "strong-arms" and uniformed police
men surrounded three men arrested in connection wlh the shooting qf
Zelig when they were taken to the Centre Street Court for arraignment.
llwy were conducted irom Headquarters to the court in a police automo
bile which was a moving arsenal.
When Charles Tortl. l.ouls Dull and i the street was filled with lamn '
Victor Marrlno. three of the toughest I
members of the fflrocco gang, were be
Ing rxnmlned at Hradiiuartors after the
shooting Inspector Hughes got the tip
from some of his men that iilher mem-
urn (ft the gang had declared the three
would never get to court. Therefore the
Inspector laid his plans of prcautlon.
)li hid the three, each liandcurtcd to
a dctei-tlve, bundled Into the nutu pa
trol wagon. Flvii detectives, each Willi
his gun In mi outside piM&rt and 'ills
light hstid slipped Into that pooket, sat
beside the prisoners In the van. UK or
seven mores detectives, their guns handy,
walked on either side of the slow mov
ing vehicle down I'entfe street tn the
Criminal Courts Building. Tho ma
chine moved so slowly tlm detectives
afoot could keep up with It.
ORAY AUTO OF GANGSTERS
FOLLOWS POLICE.
In the neighborhood of th 'rlmlnil
Courts Building n gray automobile, con
taining several gang members whom the
detectives recognlied, hovered In mo
iwako of tlm Hcxl'iiiHrlera van, dodg
ing .hark olid forth, ahead and behind
II. Since nonu of the sii'peeteil Ulen In
the until mnde u move to Interfere, the
detectives had no es"llse for arrestlne,
them.
Kully thirty more policemen and de
tectives In plain clothes weio ranked
about the door of Magistrate McAdoo's
court, and ull Idlers In the corridor were
pushed asldo until the thren prisoners
wero rushed to the court room. Then
their arraignment on charges of at
tempted murder followed without Inci
dent. The shooting of Zelig occurred when
SAY HE CHAINED
UP DAUGHTER Ai
HEAT HER WITH STRAP
fourteen-venr-old Jennie Itamponl
nf No. nil llist One Hundred and
Klg'ith stret mieared In tho Harlem
Court to-day before Magistral" Herr
man ns complainant acalnst her father,
V illlam Itamponl, who la charged with
unmercifully beating her. The girl ex
hibit) d her right und left arm bruised,
and lucnti for the Children's Society
said there were s-nrs on her holy. For
HCernl days nelnliliors of the Bam
pools have heard the girl's ulco raised
In entreaty when her father was beat.
Ing her. List night the fathir. who Is
.1 widower, came home for supper, but
lid not llnd Jennie there. The girl
came In about 0 30 and refused to tell
where she had been.
Then her father, It Is alleged, chained
her un and heat her with a belt having
a heavy buckle. She remained chained
until da.!it, when she escaped ami
went up four flights on tho (Ire escape
to Mrs. Chilli's Hat, whero she was
takon caro of.
MaBlalrato Herrman held Bamponl In
VM ball tor trial In th Court ot Spacial
8MjW .. Lu. -4ajft
ONE CENT.
Hie Centre Street Court near noon
adopt measures this afternoon that
tectlves ami others leaving the Criminal
courts at the noon rrriss. Thre slots
gang naaer rrom a
point midway between the bottom at
the long fll'iht of steps, at th Central
street entrance to the court hulMI .
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and tho middle, of the atreet. Tha
wound, through the mistold bone undeii
tho left ear, ul'.l not prove fatal, ao tkt.
doctors friwn Hudson Street Hospital,
who nttrnded the wounded man, sasfJ
clareil. ,
tfcllg was shot Just after h had left the
Centre Hired Court, where he waa held
In Jl.ooo ball, together with three other
gun nghters. for his part In a wild
fualllndo oi( tho fringe of Chinatown,
at o'clock this morning.
Charles Tortl, alias Frank Caputo. th'
mm believed to Imve shot J5ellg, Vlcttjr'
Marrlno and a thlnl man. who give hbj'
namo to the police as John Dot. bsjt
who was sulHeUently Identified aa
louls Bull, were arrested by Iloadqtlar.
ters detectives Immediately after tai
shooting of 7.1' 1 1 g. .
.eg, who gavo his name as John Al
bert. Jacob Miller and Baker itarrta
were held by .Magistrals McAdoo on tha
graver charg.i of attempted assault, x
groiv'ng out of the Chinatown ahootlafvi,
and Charles Murphy, called "CM,
Trigger," und James Montcllo had hsill
fixed at M aplrco on tho leasar crhjaf
of dlsonlerly coniluct. When ZeUa
lawyer, Louis Htlegel, appeared wMk
the ncressary bond, Zelig was rlaas4
and started for Sllegel'i office In Mm
lawyer'a company.
TAKES REFUGE IN LAWYIftt
OFFICE AFTER SHOTS. ,
The courtroom had bttn filled
memoers or tne rival gangs.
ZelU left the court roocn several
were seen to follow him. He descended
the steps at the Centro street sntraaaa,
crossed and paused in front of th doat.
way leading to (he stairs to the seooad
floor of the building at No. 11 Htleoli
office.
T e lawyer had Just stepped Into tk
doorway when tho threo shots souadad
behln I the gang leader. Clapping hta
hard to his iivcl:. Zelig plunged throath
t'.e door and up the stairs. Three lassa
wero seen to pursue them.
In Ktlegel's ortb'0 Zelig collapsed aa)s),
tho lawyer uanlcaded the door wMfe
book cites mid other oftlco f urnltiMi..'
Tli" three who had started up tha stair i
dropped n pistol, with tlireo chambera
ixpluded, turned nr 1 tried tu duck out ,
Into thu crowd. But l-ea Jquarter' da
tectlves ItU-l.ard Oliver and Jasiefl.t
Nolan, who had witnessed the shoottntT
frtm the steps. nahVe I them and rushad
them around t.: (he Lllzabeth street ata
Hon. Dr McGulre, the prison phystoUsj
from thu Tombs, had also aesn th.
s' noting and h hurrlnl up to StUftl'lt
ofllcu to give first aid,
He had dllllculty persuaillng StlegaL
who was In great terror, tu rimov tfc
itarrlcades from tho door,
"Doc, I guess they got n.o that tlm,''.
whispered Zelig, as tho physician bant '
over him. "But I don't do no squealing-.
I'll got hunk In my own way, If I
don't kick off."
Further than this Zelig refused to
mako any statement to the deUoUvea,,
when they questioned him,
"I don't know who ahot m ad,X:
don't car." h addad.
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