The sun., 1908-05-15
TWO MEN MURDERED AT CONEY
SINGERS COMPANIONS SHOT
PROBABLY 4 GANG FIGHT.
The Woman Gets = Bullet TOO-The MUIR
derer, Louie the Lump, Escapes Through
BIg Crowd One Dead Man Thought
10 He Md Twlster. = Gang Leader.

derer. Louie the Lump, Escapes Through
a Big CrOyd-One Dead Man Thought
TO he Kid TwIster, = Gang Leader.
Louis Poggi, known az Louie the Lump
along the Bowery Of Manhattan in the
winter aud the Bowery Of Coney Island
in the summer, killed two men in Oceanic
walk near Stauchs at Coney Island last
night At first 1t was believed that he did
il because his girl had thrown him down
! 10 take supper with them but later the
police were convinced that the shooting
was a result Of an East Side gang fight,
probably the old Monk Eastman gang.
Pogg put ball into the girls left shoulder
and got away Every policeman in the
greater city was looking for him within an
hour.
The leading figure in the affair is Carroll
Terry, twenty-three-year-o girl, who
was singing in the chorus at Connors I'm
perial Music Hall, at the corner OF the Bow
cry and Thompson's walk. She left her
home in St. GATHERINGS, Ontario, three
years ago, she told the police, and has
| been working in the concert halls OF Man
haitian, Coney Island and other places ever
since She left home under the impress
sion, she said, that she had a great voice
and could not fail with hard work to make
a hit in opera. She soon ran out Of money
here. however, took to singing in Broad
way chorus and finally in Bowery music
hall in New York.
There she met Poggi. who was one Of the
male ornaments Of the street. and took to
living with him. He stayed by her whether
she was in Manhattan or at Coney, and
though he sometimes did little work az
barber he never did enough to hurt himself
Last winter Carroll Terry got Job sing
ing in a hall in Rochester and left Poggi,
promising TO return to him when she got
back to New York. She arrived here a
week ago with the opening Of the Coney
Island resorts and got job in the Imperial.
PogR bearing Of her return, came around
and asked her to take up with him again.
She refused.
At the end Of the afternoon session
yesterday Carroll Terry saw a couple OF
we'll dressed men enter the place and cit
down at a table near the stage. They
seemed to take a liking to her. and when
they sent up an invitation to her to come
down and have a drink she didn't hesitate
long. They got along rapidly, and 10 re-
sponse TO their invitation Carroll Terry
got friend named Mabel Leon, and the four
went out TO supper.
The Terry girl had no idea that Poggi
was anywhere in the vicinity. She told
the police that the four went TO a little
Italian cafe in Oceanic walk, near Stauoh's.
The men, she said. set everything up in
first rate style About s o'clock she and
her girl friend rose to return to the concert
hall and the four walked ont each girl
with her arm in mans.
Suddenly, she said shs saw Poggi stand
ing in doorway not six feet away. Before
she could speak Of him or turn her com
panion away Poggi lifted his arm aud fred
several times with revolver One Of the
men got siy bullets in his hedd and body.
The other got one in the back Of his head.
Another bullet pierced Carroll TerTy's
shoulder IL is not a dangerous wound.
The two men who had been shot managed
to get as far as the door to the South Brook
lyn Hotel. which was all decorated with
bunting and flowers in honor Of it's opening
under new management One man dropped
at the door. The other staggered on and
fell beneath the floral horseshoe which
was the chief ornament OF the room. Poggi
and Mamie Leon made their escape in differ
ent directions.
The two men, who died before the hos
he
without recovering consciousness, were
taken TO the Coney Island morgue On
one OF them we're found papers which in
dicated that he was Max Zwebach Of 255
sackman street, Williamsburg He is a
man Of about 25. loaded so cslibre re-
volver was found in his pocket
The other man was identified later as
Sam Tietch. a wrestler in Coney Island
| under the name OF Vach Lewis. He had
six bullet wounds. Capt. Kelly Of the
Coney Island station said he knew all
the men were gangsters. He thought It
was another Of the vengeance fights for
which several East Side gangs have been
| notorious Poggis address is said to be
10 City Hall place, Manhattan.
Zwerbach, the police say, was the no.
torious character Kid Twister, who was
member OF the Monk Eastman gang,
After Eastman and his associate leader,
Joe Brown, were sent to Sing Sing and the
gang broken up. Kid Twister got together
a remnant Of the gang and was the boss
Of IT, At various times he ran saloon
in Clinton street and candy store in Ridge
which were the headquarters Of young
thieves and crooks. When the Manhattan
| police iast heard Of him he was running a
saloon in Williamsburg.
Kid Tyster hung out for several years
around the foot Of Delancey steret and was
mixed up in several shooting scrapes. He
was accused in connection with the death
Of Dick Fitzgerald in saloon row several
years ago and was thought TO have had
hand in the killing Of Crazy Butch, a mem
Der Of Lhe gang, in 1919. Although he
has been arrested many times he has never
been convicted, for the reason, the police
say that he had strong political influence.
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