Complex sentence: He was awarded it in 1923 after he suffered five gunshot wounds (three of them from another cop) when he stumbled into a Manhattan cigar store robbery, and again in 1927 for his work in solving the kidnapping of real estate tycoon Abe Scharlin.
Split into simpler sentences: He was awarded it first in 1923 after he suffered five gunshot wounds (three of them from another policeman) when he stumbled into a Manhattan cigar store robbery. His second Medal of Honor was awarded in 1927 for his work in solving the kidnapping of real estate tycoon Abe Scharlin.