Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1910-09-30
ELIZABETH MAN
HELD BY POLICE
FOR CAR MURDER
Charles II. Wright, Well Known,
Alleged to Have Killed
ExaCOnvict.

NEW YORK, Sept 80 Following the
fatal shooting of Louis Bruno, an eX-
convict, 20 years old, on subway
train early today, Charles Fl. Wright
80 years old, of 10 Sayre street, Eliza
beth. in whose hand was found
smoking revolver, is held at police
headquarters here, charged with the
killing. Wright is we'll and favoraoly
known in Elizabeth, where the news of
his arrest has caused a big stir. He IS
prominent in fraternal circles there,
and his father is an official OF the
Iackawanna railroad. with home in
Scranton. Pa
The southbounG subway express
train. on which the shooting occurred,
was filled with people, many of whom
were women returning from the thea
tire. and a panic followed the shoot
ing. With Wright the police gathered
in as witnesses George Stewart Smith,
Of 122 Jefferson street. Elizabeth, sec
retarv of the Fifth Avenue Literary
Association, with offices at 251 Fifth
avenue; Richard Keenan,, Sheepshead
Bay road and Fifth street, Coney
Island and Thomas Sullivan, of Nep-
tune avenue. Coney Island. keenan,
and Sullivan are employed as scene
shifters in the TIippodrome.
Smith. who declares that he met
Wright for the first time last night at
the Hotel Walcott, West Thirty-nrst
street. told the police the following
story of the shooting;
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from Elizabeth, when Wright came in
and was recognized as an Ellzapeth
man. 1 was introduced to him and IN
sisted that he join our party. This ne
did.
"About 10 o'clock we walked UP
broadway to Times square station and
+ooL local train to Grand Central
denot where we caught an express
train This train was crowded. All my
friends got seats, but l had to hang TO
a strap.
"I saw Wright talking with a man
across the car. He seemed angry and
tbe man stood up as if to attack him
7 interfered and pushed both men to
their seats, remarking that / would
take a hand If there was to be fight.
Then I went to the front of thes car,
"1,he train was about Eighteenth
street when l heard a shot. saw the
man across the way from Wright crum-
ple I'D and fall to the floor. Wright
was standing on his feet and in his
right hand / saw revolver. l snatched
the revolver out Of his hand just as
Sullivan and Keenan, ran up. They
demanded the revolver, but l would not
give 1t to them and put 1t into my
pocket. Then | jerked 1t out quickly
and said II don't want to be pinched
for this thing Then there was rush
for both doors of the car. Men and
women fell over each other in their
hurry to escape injury. Wright also
disappeared"
Policeman Grady, of the traffic squad.
who was on the train, ordered that
guards hold all persons on the train at
Fourteenth street. When the train
stopped there was a rush at the gates,
but passengers We're held back and the
panic among men and women In
creased.
Police scour Train.
Other policemen came from all direc-
tions. Smith told his story. and
search was made for Wright. He was
found on the rear platform of the last
car ana was arrested.
A fourth man who said he had seen
Wright do the shooting was asked for
his name, He was in high state of
excitement and wrote something on a
piece of paper which cannot be deciph
cred. All that was made out was the
address, which read Twelfth ave-
nue., Brooklyn"
Wright, Smith, Keenen and Sullivan
4aIr ctr
station. There the last three named
made positive statements regarding
Wright doing the Shooting, and Wright
was equally positive ii his denials. He
said that after the shot was fired some
person showed the revolver into his
hand.
Victim Dies In Hospital.
Bruno was taken to the hospital. An
effort was made to remove the bullet
from the brain, but it was not success
full and death followed.
In attempting to trace Bruno's move
ments the police learned that he and
four companions boarded a local sub
way train bound south at Sixty-sixth
street. They also alighted at the Grand
Central station and got on board the
train with Wright, Smith and the lat
ter's companions They disappeared
after Bruno was shot
In December. 1907 Bruno, then II
years old and living at 42S East 117th
street, was shot through the back At
that time he told story of having
been threatened by the Black Hand.
Wright was formerly in the United
States army and did service at the
San Francisco earthquake and in the