The sun., 1897-09-07
SHOT DEAD AS HE FLED.
,DpoI1R BRoUGHT down IN HIS
TRACKS ny A P0LICEMAN

a1NF y
Gao o'clock In the MorninE-nis Ac-
..mr,,ce, CauEht-Paddy Cohen's Services.
,,0 hartman OF 80 Avenue c. this city, was
~, dsod as he fed from throo policemen in
,.o,,r.ril,o at $50 o'clock yesterday morning.
T.no ~ his companions wcro captured and locked
~ nv burglary. A third. Dorfman's brother.
~. ov.y hut was arrested In this city yoster-
day morning.
rho Rrownsville part Of Brooklyn Is out
,.-,rd East New York, and includes some Of
,hc Eastern Parkway. 1t is settled almost
LILLY nv Russian Jews who make clothing.
Tho nlaco is full OF clothing shops, which supply
~. Wholesale dealers OF this city. These shops.
Iii, their largo stores Of clothing. have long
h,cn sought as plunder by burglars, whose
,vori,e method has been TO drive UP to shop
In wagon late at night, and, breaking open the
door. carry the clothing off by tho cartload. Do
,j,e tho efforts Of the police and despite numer-
aus arrests. the burglarics have recurrod at
,hout the samo rate, one or two week, until
tho police concluded that there were several
oronnized gangs at work. The gang caught
.,s,erday morning is supposed to have been the
an, in control Of most recent operations in tho
peghborhood.
IN, gang was brought up at a sharp turn by
-psddy" Cohen OF 297 Watkins street. from
uhose father they hired a wagon and harness
nth which, aided by q stolen horse. they in.
landed to haul away a great quantity OF cloth
,ng from the shop OF Cellar s. Abrawov In Wat.
tns street, near Livonia avenue Cohen isa
n.ddler and owns a horse and wagon. At about
,15 Yesterday morning his father Philip was
aroused by a noise in the yard at the back Of his
house. Thinking that burglars were about, he
pcked up pistol and went to the window. In
The darkness he saw dimly the forms Of two
men.
what are you doing therei" he asked.
.Don't mako so much noise" answered ono
man I'VE want a horse and wagon. Amt
Sou an e1pressmanf
"No replied Cohen. I'm peddler."
.WeIl." said the man outside, Eve want to
hire your horse and wagon for while. Wen
rive you $40 for 1t.
"Wait q minute and I'll como out" replied
the peddler.
He woke up his son Paddy and the two went
out together and met the men, Cohen senior at
erst refused to let the men have his horse and
wagon, although they pleaded hard, saying they
had big job on hand. Paddy suspected some.
Thing was wrong and he told his father to let
them have what they wanted.
"Then give us the wagon and harness and
we'll give you 81 for the use Of it, said one OF
the Strangers
"Oh there's lots Of horses In Brownsville.'
answered the mrn.
"Give him the wagon and harness" said
Paddy 10 his father "and get the 81
An Arrangement was effected on this basis.
and Paddy brought out a harness that was SO
badly broken that it would require long time
70 mend il. The man who had done the talking
went of TO get a horse. and Paddy went over
police station, short distance away. Sergeant
Blaney was at the desk when Cohen came In and
told him what had happened. VI
They're going 70 rob some clothing shop. I'm
sure. and il you want to catch them you've got
The police at first doubted Cohen's story, but
finally Blaney sent Roundsman William Gaugh-
ran and Policemen Coffcy and Payton out with
Cohen. They went TO Cohens house and found
had 81 Po 5anSe The ehsr three gosspsn S zen
street and Paddy went back to the men.
WHAT'S the motteri" he asked. "Cantyou
No" replied one Of. them. II wish you'd
"All right" said Cohen. but instead OF work.
Ing with the old harness be went in and got
Itwas Just about IN hour after tho Cohens
Aad been aroused when the two men were ready
10 start. Before they went one OF them turned
Are there any police about herei"
this time OF night"
That's good. Well be able to do our job;'
Cohen warned the policemen, and the four fol-
lowed the wagon. The tyo men drove along
..i Watkins street almost to Livo!ia avenue and
Woy. The two jumped out OF the wagon and
entered the shop. calling out to some one inside
ute they rtapDeared with a bird man who car
red large bundle which he threw into the
wagon .nd ne was cosel! followed by fourth
climbed into the wagon. the man who had done
the talking and the one who carried out the
lrst bundle sitting In front on the seat and the
other two sitting on the bundles in the back OF
ne wagon They started to drive back toward
sarAto;a avenue. Then the policemen, came
out OF their hiding places GauGhran shouted
Stop or I'll shoot" he called. holding his
revolver In his hand.
The men whipped up their horse. and tried to
getaway. The policemen ran after them. and
began to gain on them. The two men on the
Font seat jumped, one on each side OF the
wagon
and he pointed his revolver ahead and fired low
sithoqt taxing alm. One OF the men jumped
i hio the air and fell in heap; Gaughran, not
and imagining that he WAS shsmming. shouted
70 me other two policemen to look out for him
and the other two, who had slid down from the
wagon and crawled under 1t. while he went
aiLer the fourth. lie failed to eaten the fourth
nan: nan. and when he came back he found that
rest and that the other man was dead / n tho
Th TAG with bullet hole in the back Of his head.
1y Ine BODY was put In the wagon. and tho whole
parry started for the station house. An ambu-
anGe Vas called from st. Johns hospital, and
hiIi.sance hhmod.ance SURGEON Graves was soon on hand.
ulhe Two prisoners said they were Henry
Eertz, "A, salesman. OF Christopher street and
Slmont avenue, and Henry Zox. 10. tailor. OF
watkins street an Dumont avenue. The po-
Gce recognized Dorfman rs Il former resident of
tsFownsvilic who had been arrested several
oa nnes once for larceny. once for swindling. and
onee for Drunkenness.
Hertz denied AL knowledge OF tho affair, say
w mat he had been attracted by tho pistol shot.
IoA' however, made confession to Capt. Vel
~. ~. he said he lived at so Norfolk street, this
Ty; on Sunday night he said, he met Abe
tDonlhaIi at 81 NORFOLK street, and Dorfman
sg'soposci the Job TO nm, At Norfolk and Hester
sLeets they met Hertz, whom Zox had never
fseh before. The three of them went out TO
bsownsVille and ho and Hertz were told to get a
s,'n and wagon and bring 1t to the shop which
coh!po cSsp DC broker into. Hertz and ZoX went to
Hash g. 10 take his horse and wagon. and when
s%Vy ~ coIt not get Cohon's horse Hertz went
Gy anG stole "A horse belonging to Solomon
Suuaiop niikman, who lives in ThAtfOrd ave.
Le' near Rtyerdale. Then they went over To
sV sshop. HoS said that he had never seen tho
IStGh IN. man. who escaped. until no saw him at
,nd rom . coat and shirt found in the wagon,
Ia rom from inc fact that IL man with II glass eye
~ plel 70 borrow IA coat from Abram Gold
stts,, u tailor in Blake avenue, at about 3
H,v Yesterday morning. tho police believed
tba,, shG fourth man who had escaped was
fthlpies ftlnpti Doriman, brother of the man who was
s-nSu. Inc cast side Malice n. this fit " werc