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Show HE TRIED TO BE DECENT. An Ex-Uang King Slain by HI Former Comrades. The best lighter on Elizabeth street is no more. The toughs of Xew York city heard this announcement the other day with mingled sorrow and joy, for while they admired ad-mired Dave Dillon's Dil-lon's prowess they dreaded the trip hammer action of his mighty fists. When lie married, mar-ried, a few years ago, Dillon, "the terror," quit drinking and flighting and be-;came be-;came an exemplary exem-plary husband. He even moved ViXlO WLLOK. BW(ty from KUza. lieth street, where he h:ul ruled as ''king of do Rung," so that he might not be tempted to break his good resolutions. On meeting some of his old companions oue afternoon recently, however, they picked a quitrrel with him under the belief be-lief thiit Dillon hail "got too pious ter scrap." But when D:ivo raised his brawny arms and mode nn old time rush they scattered scat-tered like sluvp. At close range oue of the "gang," Edward Tittertou by name, fired a shot, and tuo big workman, who was tho solo support of a wife, two children, chil-dren, two younger brothers an! an aged father, fell doad. The assassin and his companions com-panions wero soon afterward arrested. |