The Washington herald., 1907-02-07

New York. Feb 6.-Infuriated by his
trouble with a number of firemen and
engineers of the New York Central road,
as he stood in lire at the pay car at
Forty-ffth street and Vanderbilt avenue
to-day, Gabriel FeTrera. former employee
of the company. now employed shoveling
snow FOR the street-cleaning department,
shot and killed two men. dangerously
wounding a third, and slightly injured ii
fourth.
The crowd. startled for moment. fell
back, and then ran after the fleeing
Italian. Several of the tremen beat him
severely, and they were hunting for a
rope with which to lynch him when
Policeman Wilson went to the rescue.
Ferreras victims were; Edward Jones,
aged twenty. fireman. shot dead; Robert
Aver. aged seventeen. fireman. died on the
way 10 Flower Hospital; Alfred Cenoty,
aged twenty. shot i'm the left arm. and
Edward Tompkins, fireman, shot in the
stomach and dangerously wounded.
Ferrera had been employed in the bag
gage-room at the Grand Central station,
but was discharged on tho Ist of The
month To-day he went back To get $40 -.
due him for his work in January lie
tried 70 break his way into the line at
the pay car instead of going 20 the end.
Pushes Man Ont of Line.
He pushed Jones out Of line. and when
Tompkins crowded aga. ST him. pushed
him out too. Tompk!ns crowded back
into line, displacing the Italian. and
Ferrera pulled out long knife and
slashed at him. Tompkins knocked him
down and took the knife away from him.
Ferrera ran TO his home at 81 East
torty-hfth street. where he lives with
MS wife and fourteen-year-old daughter
He got his revolver. and returned 20 the
pay car He no sooner got in sight of the
men in line before he pulled his pistol
and began hiring.
The hremen. who had been waiting in
line, ran in panic from the scene. They
MD in every place I'm the yard where
they thought they would be out of the
range Of the infCriated mans pistol
While the crowd was scattered. Ferrera
turned and ran toward Vanderbilt ave
nue.. BY that time the fiTemen had re-
covered their nerve and started in pur-
suit They followed the fleeing Italian
down Vanderbilt avenue and overlook
him within half a block one Of them
ground. Others appeared and trampIed
upon him
Want to lynch Him.
He was lifted to his feet and several
men reached over the heads Of the others.
who held him and struck him i'm the
face.
Get a rope and Wen string him up
right here" cried one of the men.
At once two or three started off 10 find
a rope. while the others beat and kicked
the assassin. Policeman Wilson. who
had heard the shouts and saw the com
motion, came to the rescue and was fol-
lowed by other officers attracted by the
excitement.
The patrol wagon and an ambulance
from Flower Hospital picked Up the dead
and wounded. Cenoty, Tompkins and
Ayers We're placed En- the ambulance and
started for the hospital. Ayers died lust
as the wagon started. SO that it took his
dead body TO the institution
As Jones body was being lifted into the
patrol wagon to be- removed 10 the East
Fltty-first street station. the brother OF
the dead man, F. p. Jones. "a conductor ON
the railroad, looked on the scene from a
window of the big depot building.
That looks like my brother" he said
He went down and looked in the wagon
and there identified the body
FeTrera was taken 10 the YOrkvilIe Po-
lice Court and Magistrate Moss remanded
him to the coroner.