The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-05

Been RefuSed Admission
 to Inquisition, Obtained Aid of Superior Officer. Accused is Held in $15,OOC
 Bail for Shooting Light
 ning'' Fleming a Well Known Charact t e r Through the Lung -Trou-
 ble Grew Out of 'sLight-
 ning's" Threat to Carve
 Phoebe Vaughn With a
 Razor-Two Others Held
 in $2, 300 Each.
 Deputy Judge wilder in the City court this morning fixed the bonds of Luigi Franzese, charged with assault with intent to commit murder, at $15,- GOO. This undoubtedly will mean that Franzese, who is alleged to have shot streak of daylight through a negro truckman named William IF. 0ight- ning) Fleming, will have to stand trial as the sum is prohibitive to the friends of the accused man who might raise a third of the amount to furnish a bond.
 Edward and Antonio Messina, broth- CTS, who were arrested with Franzese, are held upon the same charge and bonds are fixed at s2.50O for each.
 Captain Arnold of the Police depart ment believes he has a good case against Franzese. One of the Messina brothers has made a statement that Franzese fired a revolver to scare the colored man, but had not fired at him. If this statement could be secured Tn the presence of Franzese it could be presented in court as evidence, but the members of the detective bureau were prevented from getting him to repeat it in front of the alleged user Of the gun, by. Attorney, Henry Greenstedn who gained entrance to the deteetive bureau with the assistance of Police Commissioner w. H. KerShaw. Green stein told the accused man to say nothing and thus terminated the tn- veStigation.
 Captain Arnold was indignant at the interruption of Greenstein. The latter claimed to be counsel for the accused man.
 The members of the Police depart ment were also indignant over the ac- ton of Police Commissioner KershaW, and several of the oldest members of the department said it was the first time within their memory that DO lice commissioner had 1nterfered Witn an investigation being cOnducteO py the department
 One member of the department said that if the commissioner would reao the charter he would see that the Mayor was &he>real head of the police department and that the commission CTS had no right to interfere with the inside work of the police.
 Commissioner Kershawt explained to Captain Arnold that he wished the accused to have his legal rights. He said sThe prisoners attorney should be permitted to see him"
 Captain Arnold replied that he did not see what good it would do to ar rest people if the police were not go- ing to be allowed to prepare their cases.
 The question which arose is one which has been discussed for several an accused man is entitled to nave counsel present when he is being shaken down by the police?
 Attorney Greenstein first knocked on the door of the room where the exam. am. nation was in progress and when told that he could not come in, he enlisted the services of Commissioner ker- shaw who demanded that the young attorney De aQ1n1IIeO AluOIASy Greenstein was e1ated at his success in getting into the detective bureau, as he is probably the first lawyer in Bridgeport who has been able to inter rupt the police while the third de- gree" was in progress.
 The crime which FranZese has to do with deals with the lowest strata of society in the city. Edward Mess1na one of the accused men is welded to Phoebe Vaughn, a negress. and lives %h block, in Housatonic avenue. The ne- eress sent word to her white husband about o'clock last night, that Lightning Fleming was in her apartments, waving a razor. Fleming was looking for a negress named Els ther Vaughn. When told she was not there he drew the razor and said she was there, and that he would carve her.
 Mrs. Messina sent a boy to her hus- band at Nepolitano's saloon in North Washington avenue. As nearly as the police can learn, the husband returned with his brother and Franzese, but Fleming had gone.
 The Messina. brothers then made a search for him. They saw Fleming dash from the doorway of an adjoin- ing house, where he had presumably been hiding. The Messina brothers were armed with heavy barrel slaves. With Franzese they chased the fleet footed negro as far south on Housa- tonic avenue as the Ozone Soap Works, fully a half mile. Here one of the men pulled a revolver and dropped the negro as he ran. Although the ball pierced one of his lungs Fleming made fully a 100 yards before he fell.
 John Barry, watchman at the Ozone Soap Works, saw the shot fired and saw the three men turn and run. The man who did the shooting ran beneath the railroad tracks. He thought one of the others went through East Washing gton avenue to Main street. Barry told the police that the man who did the shooting wore dark clothes and tan shoes, was of medium statue and wore a dark moustache.
 Officer Joseph Coughlin went out with the ambulance and after the in iured man was left at St. Viucent's