The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-04
POLICEMAN'S BULLET KILLS
ILIIING THIEF SHOT DOWN
~ BROOhLIN STREET.
H,urdcd Prisoner Mes . FcW Hears
Later O,her shSis ThAt Csp says ne
FIRED IN the AR RepoFied to Have
tome IIOse 10 hitting rive Psrsons.

b. rClceman IN plain clothes and
b. - At midnight In 81. John .
F-su'aL Tho shooting was sscn by
r,av PERSONS. three u whom said
rat they meant 10 go that thu
he,, we're laid before the Mayor. Il
,as .ui that shots fired by the police
mar fore tho thief vas hit came near
striking other persons in the street.
he police 81 the Gates avenue station
have had many complaints recently
TN persons Who have had bicycles
ar,sr The thefts began about Sx
veess ago. whoa the good weather
tr-qEpt ont the spring crop. and for the
at no weeks an average Of three persons
. Nv have gone 10 the station house to
icrcr' this sor' d thisvirg. In almost
s,-rv "s'o tho story was that a bicycle
80 ~ outside a hank or a shop while
jss Trsr went inside A brief stay out
q ssl, IVES long enough 70 give the
'A,cf nipple opportunity TO get away.
AounE CapsNin Gsorge r. Harrington
vent 70 Gates avenue sutton a month
ago srd when he heard about the bicycle
sulang he dst1ilod two plain cloths,
men 70 latch the thief Tina men assigned
% the work vere Robert B. Ferris Of the
Gates avenue station and his partner.
Gleason
The two policemen laid a plant yes
. tefdar afternoon. Ferris borrowed a
ticv,e worth about so. he SAYS. from q
f-e-d They lelned the machine against
he ircE' q the Brevoort Savings Bank Al
NcstraTd venue and Macon street and
thea sent INTO Ambush. Gleason stood
urcer the shadow Of the Fulton street
ss'a led line. a block away. and Ferris
rs,.ret % the bootblsok s;sr4 s-Toss sae
s''sa' THIS WAg At about 23p 0clock.
ru' - ne doors of the Girls High school.
-h.-H evteads from Macon - Halssy
'-'s' wce onsn,aR for the pupils 10 como
,g'
Ferris noticed almost Immediately that
t..,s~ r'dng men crusssd over 10 re hank
Ai'sr moments taking two ~ them
-s'kel toward ths elevated ruad. They
b.. hardly reached Fulton street before
'ssg stopped exchanged q few words
al started % sight Instantly the people
oa that block gathered around them.
ssv7g ne corner by the bark prart.-
cs',y deserted Ferris watched the thru
~'Ingstsr A. soon az interest was cen
trai IN rs street row be thrss himself on
ths bicycle and headed away from the
govd toward Halasy street
tg-'s ran into ths street and called 20
ne thief ~ stop 'rha youth on the whsel
psisllad az the hsrisr sill running.
th' nplicen,n pulled ne revolver aud
fred Ne ssi sst nigh, that he fred
r'' the Gis Thy acre passing the steps
~ the high school yhsr, number Of
me girls stall a-r. lingering Two more
.nots lett FER - revolver and stiH the
thiei kept gong Then hs front tire
caught IN the trolley tracts lud he mad 20
pat a foot 10 the pavement % keep from
suriviinE lrs'Ia..r ia dr.upei the
i'ovcle sCroys the tracks and took No hs
hghi on foot Ne r1mdeI the corner 81
hl.sHy street w. rs rIeT- wrr, many
per'oEs waiting 'I- car, Turning a. The
rgn' and cr1-s'lg 90. asphalt. h. h.atind
east under tlr trees
''r-Is vaf ROT more ihaI thirty feet
-rri M" fleeing youth. arr1r ling 10
Dc own story. wran h. Grrl again ant
r.e o. q! felI The bui'ut ha! Daush, MIN
..,- -a" hpYDno st vas drH-rt...i
..auNari on tho sAl .ti-
'IIrg the u-rzIl> ryhu surruul T.
's '.'-l man Vas q aunay vuO declared
nH ~. shooting "a Outrageous She IA
%" w. ~ a man Who - .l business in
N'-hs''a1 She said she " shel 10 keep
Per rln~ out ~ print in order that her
sfr-fs % ir.1g the matte, ~ tie MavOT
.'n""pn might he the more effective.
N'' g raIci Ferris until he told her
sari hack 10 the crowd and aFterWari
"a 70 the authorities ehatavsr she
Rough. Two men imme lately ,ame fcr-
'ar and asked that she lake their names
.. Illnesses n the event that the MAYOR
'..ii ns INTERESTED They we're John
Mann of l1s Macon street and LOUIS
Nhsri'an - 5ta Haley street
no crowd surgsd up quickly aud there
rara many reports Of narrow escapes
'0~ ne Dcliceman's stray bullets ! J
'.-o whose drug store IL A. Nos,rand
4 o. and Halssy street "a thar hoy
Tspans from a car that was passing
a. - time ha1 been very nearly shot
To 7oInRstsr's necktie hal been
a"a.ei IN two by the BIT OF lead said the
'~lzust A woman said that she had
'-' outlet vhiszinG past her shoulder
e. sns stood on the corner where the run
IRA Youth had turned
A. ma wounded thief lay on the side
so p oolored maid from = nearby house
p .gh' him a glass % water The pris-
Ter vas tAkan 70 s. johns Hospital.
'hsrs he said hs vas Morris Brownheld
o ysa-s Old. a Russian. Of - Cannon
'trsN Manhattan. Ne was almost - big
- Ferris. who is tall and broad ahoul-
o'r'd 70 Inspector Harkins who talked
'- nm m the hospital, he said that he
''" no de- the policeman would shoot.
Re as.d hs thought he was going 10 be-
.'s-'s sen 10 further statement was
@ser from him. bscsuss tho doctors
F'n'~t N get after the bull~t. They
4 IN ask him WHISTLER hs was responsible
'.r'he other theits u similar character
ari Harrington said he believed
Ferns thought that tho prisoner was
s'ng away from him. Ferris was not
-"rtsd The young policeman seemed
s-@l.v distressed when he learned that
H-rvnfsd vas not liksly 20 recover.
{ rntFaI pnrk u.,rfa $1,000 and Ayeumrd