New-York tribune., 1907-11-18
KILLS TWO THIEVES.
ELECTRICIAN DEAD SHOT.
Fires T1cice on Ran and Wings
PAR of Chicken Robbers.

Chasing two men whom he had caught near a
chicken coop in the rear of the house where he
lives. at No. 800 Broadway, Lyman Z. King
shot and killed both men shortly after l o'clock
yesterday morning
One of his victims died within less than two
hours. while the other lived until o'clock yes
terday morning. when he also succumbed to his
wound. while hiding in the Van Cortlandt rail-
way station
The first victim. later identified Bruno
Peddullo. of No. 45 Palisade avenue Yonkers,
died in the Fordham Hospital. to which nsti-
tuition he was removed when found by Patrol
man May, of the Kingsbridge station. lying in
Broadway, about one hundred feet north of the
house at which he had been caught He was
unconscious when picked up by May. There
a bullet hole in the back of his head
The second victim was found at $50 o'clock
yesterday morning in the Van Cortlandt railway
station, with bullet wound in his abdomen
He died later at the Fordham Hospital. Both
of the alleged chicken thieves were taken to the
Fordham Morgue. There the second man
identified by relatives Nicholas Larosa. of
No. 81 Albany avenue. Kingsbridge
Coroner Macdonald of The Bronx. held an
examination at the Morgue yesterday afternoon,
after which King was held over in bail of S.. 900
for further examination.
To the coroner. King. now the only living wit
ness to the double tragedy. made statement in
which he assumed the full responsibility for the
death of the two men,
King told the coroner that he had been a
hoarder at the home of Benjamin Van Tassel.
at No 500 Broadway for several years. He
gave his age as twenty-five He is an cleo
trician in the employ of the New York Telephone
Company
Recently" he said. ivan Tassel and in fact
other people all over the neighborhood have
been bothered by chicken thieves.
Being an electrician, I rugged up a burglar
system running from the door of the chicken
house to my room. and Sunday morning
shortly before L o'clock. I was awakened by
the alarm Of the burglar bell"
King told how. in his haste 70 catch the
chicken thieves. he dashed out of the house
without stopping TO awaken Mr. Van Tassel.
only pausing to grab his revolver.
In the yard he said. he saw two men Just
coming out of the chicken house, each with an
apparently full bag his shoulders, and with
a cry of Throw up your hands, he ran tow
ard them, expecting them to surrender.
Instead. King said, they ran, dropping the
bags, and turned north in Broadway.
He followed. and when he found the thieves
escaping. he fired once. One of the men stopped
suddenly, if hit. He kept on. however. and
King fired again. and this time the man who
escaped the first shot pitched forward his
face. Coming up to him. he found that he
had bullet wound in the back of his head.
Patrolnan May, who had also heard the shots.
ran up, and after summoning an ambulance
from Fordham he arrested King, the latter sur
rendering himself Immediately.
The reserves from the Kingsbridge station
and every available man from that station
We're securing that section OF the city INSIDE Of
half An hour. and at $50 o'clock Detective
Dvyer was informed that there was an Italian
hiding in the Van Cortlandt railway station.
evidently suffering from bullet wound. lie
drove over there, and after finding the man took
him 10 the Fordham Hospital
This second prisoner refused to talk or even
to admit his identity, but when King was tola
of his capture he told the police, and later the
coroner. that from their description the prironer
was his other victim