Gagged, Bound and shot
Item
- Title
- Gagged, Bound and shot
- Source
- The sun (NY)
- Date
- 1900-06-08
- page
- 1
- Identifier
- https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030272/1900-06-08/ed-1/?sp=1&q=murder&r=0.131,0.421,0.223,0.107,0
- Crime
- Murder
- Subject
- attempted murder; attempted suicide
- Gender of alleged offender
- male alleged offender
- Gender of alleged victim
- male alleged victim
- Law enforcement involved
- police
- Stage of the Legal System
- crime
- Location
- In-State
- Length of story
- 1251
- Description
- GAGGED BOUND AND SHOBAKER SHOT SHOTIAKBa SHOTRAKER BAKER IAKBa TELLS A TALK fAL OP 0 ROBBER ROBBERAND ROf ROBBERYAND rlY rlYAND AND ATTEMPTED UI prD UlRDtR UlRDtRFound MURDZRPoced fOf I IPoe Found Poe Wcaaded Weaade aad 4 Emaciated EacatI In a Vacant VacsiLet VacantLet lnt lntl Let l In Th nl Bronx Bron7 BronxSays ftayi Do D Bs Has Been It ItFlv for forPiv 1 Flv Fn Day D la I the Power of a Gang GangThievesCharged Ga 01 011lenure4 ofTbiveCbarged ThievesCharged 1lenure4 With Wll Attempted ttmpted Suicide SnlcldiThe 8ulede 8uledeTht SuicideThe The Morrlaanla Norleanla polio plO are holding hodlna as a a prlt prltoner prloner prisoner oner charged carl with Itb attempted attmpted suicide a youn younman young youngman oun ounman man whom th the theFordham Fordham Hospital HOplt1 doctors dotor believe bellevto blee bleeto believetolls to tolls be b the victim victm of ofan an attempted atempted murder Th Thmania The Theman Theman mania man t is Frank Blum 31 years rea old who ho owns ownsbakery a abker abakery bakery bker at 471 47 Brook Brok avenue aenue Ills J father fatherlam fatherlamuII Hamuel Ham Isamul uel D Blum a baker bakr of 824 Courtlnndt cur andt avenue avenuela avanuel avenueia la l a large lare property owner In The Th Bronx BronxYesterday Bronxyterdy BronxYesterday Yesterday yterdy morning morln a driver employed employe b bContractor by byCnlraotrJohn byContraotorjobn Contractor CnlraotrJohn Contraotorjobn John C Roger n erl found Blum Bum ly Irlnl lying lyingIn In InIn In a vacant ncnt lot at 15lst ust street atrlt and Mott avenue avenuiThe anueThedrlvr avenueThedriver The Thedrlvr Thedriver driver thought that Blum Dum wa Wi was dad H Hwent le lewent He Hewent lot the body and toun tounthat found foundtat foundthat went Into th thlot the to t look lok at te that tat the hands hand and feet fet were tied tiedpiece ted a apllC apiece piece pllC of a worn suspender u pnder was bound bund over th thmouth tbmouth the themouth mouth the head was We cut and badly bady battered battereand battrd battrdand batteredand and there was W n bullet bulet hole In t tleft the Ihe18ft theleft left shoulder houlde No pistol pitl was wa found founThe foundTbe foundThe The driver drivr called Policeman Lenrey Lelr wh whsummoned who wholummone whosummoned cled Iolcman summoned an ambulance ambulanc from Fordham hoe Hospttal Joe Joeplal hoepitsi lummone pttal Dr Hogan UOan found that that the man w walive WM WMallYo wasalive alive plal At the te hospital hospial 032caIlbre a 32cllbre 32calibre bullet bulet w wextracted 10 was wasextracted extracted etractd from Blums Bum shoulder and he was r rstored re reatored restored stored to consciousness cnaclou n e He UeM was badly em emdated cola emacate colaelated dated t He told the doctors this tbl story atr which whlcOn wblchter whichthey cate they belisve belisveon ter On blov June June I said Blunn the dnyof d y of th thpolice the thepoo thepolice police parade I started tart from my home hODe a at 4 poo oclock parle In the afternoon atenon with lh ISO 3 In m mrcket I omy omypocket pocket to deposit lt In the Twelfth Twelth Ward Ad Bank BanVstopped rcket 1 stopped t dep to order orde mutt 1 flour uur froi froithe tronthe the loPp Sweexy SWfz1 Flour Co a at IaMb street Srlt an anRailroad anl anU anURailroad Railroad avenue and I was detained dttalnd there thert unt untnearly unt until untilnoary nearly lllroad 6 oclock Then 1 rttttliiura rlht that tba It v wui wuitoo u utoo nearlY too late ate to go to t the te bank and I starte starteto etartel etarteato to walk wak homeward along Railroad ltlrAd ave nvenue oenue avenile nue At Hist street a peddlers wagon wagocame walon waloncae wagoncame Itlt steet came cae along alon with wlh four men In It I Three rhre c cthen of ofIhen ofthen then jumped JumDd out ou one lne covered cTe me wit wita with wllha a revolver the tbl others other rifled riled my pockets pket re The Thetook They Theytok Theylook took tok my m gold watch but when they t Py foun founthat round roundtat foundthat that my name nae watc was 18 on It I they tbe gave iae It bac bacto back backto backto tat to me They The took tok my diamond ring rna I slid m mmoney my mymOM mymoney money mOM next net to my skin but they sai saime saime law lawme sawme me do It t and andonof andoneof one of them hit me mewlh mewith with the butt c cmoney ca of ofa ofa a pistol plt I yelled elpd and the three tnl pulled pulfd me int intthe Into Intothe Intothe the wagon wlion and jumped Jumpe on me I became bame un urconscious uneonlcous unconscious conscious consciousWhen consciousWhen eonlcous When I awoke I found myself mVllf In a bark ark eel eelItr cl clla cclIsv Itr la I cried out and one on of the men ren came care am amtold and andlold andtoid told me to stop I asked Mkf for a drink drink o owater of of1ater orWater water which he brought me In a til tilcup tin tincup 1ater tn tncp cup cp The fhf drink smelted ImoUed of carbolic carbollacid crbolo crboloacid carbolicacid acid nnd I realized rtalzd that they Ihe Intended t tmurder to tomurdel tomnurdec murder me m I went wfnt to the til cellar lar door dooipounded doorpounde1 doorpounded pounded on It I and yelled elld and the man who ha habrought habrought had hadbrought brought me the water came again alaln and shot in inin rt toe toein in the left shoulder shoulderI Ihoulder IhoulderI I RUe guess that will wi keep klll yon rOIUI still he hI said saidThe AaldTbe saidThe The wound made ma unconclous uncldoIR When Whenrecovered I Irecoyered Irecovered recovered my sense Nn again a aln they thl put Pii me Into th thwagon the thewaeon thewagon wagon I Isawthatit saw that It was weelI30 8 liao 111 oclock by m mwatch my mywatch mywatch sw watch I was put into the wagon and saw a tha thaI thaI thaII 8101 I wa was at Cedar Cdar Park This Is a wnall mBI rark nn nnI n nenr nr nrIlllett I Ulst Illlett 8 street streetJ I was W8 driven drl sway Iwa and In th thwagon the thewaeon thewagon wagon was wasn so glad to find fnd myself mr el In h the open opeiair openar openairugajn air airugajn again waj that I laughed laulhod and andqried cried byturni byturniOne by byturns9ne lur ar One aian of the men then struck Itruclll18 me with wlh a club am amI and andI I knew kloW te nothing nothln rn more until unti I revived here li lithe II lit litthe the hospital The be hospitalThe hOlpltl police though thoulh they thlY found fOlnd no revolver revolvenear revolverDar revolvernear near Dar Blum Dur Joloe when n he h wan found made the charg chargof charge chargeof hnrle hnrleof of attempted sulcd against him 1dm nevertheless neverthelessLost nlertbell neverthelessLast Lost lot altDPte summer IUfmfr a nliystclan pl81lan and hU hi fiancee asnce were werassaulted wereluld wereassauited assaulted luld near the tht same 81Ie place plao A t man and i iwoman a awoman awoman woman on bicycles were also held up there i iCOL a ayear ftyear year alo aloCOL ago agoCCL
