Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-22
NO REPORTS ARE HEARD
Maxim Silencer Probably Used BY
Would-Be Murderer.
NEIGHBoRHo0D Is TERRoRIzED
Victims Fall Suddenly In Street
Wounded-New York Police Mys-
titled by Occurrence.

NEW YORK, August 2c.-Secreted
somewhere within gunshot OF the eth ave-
nue. entrance 10 Central Park r. q person
who. all the circumstances indicate. is
possessed OF a mania for wholesale MUIR
der. Within an hour yesterday afternoon
he shot down four persons from his hid
ing place, one OF them a woman.
To add 10 the mystery and TO intensity
the terror OF every body In the neighbor-
hood. his weapon is OF the noiseless va
riety. Whoever the mailman may be and
wherever he may be. clever marksman-
ship Is an ally Of his murderous mania,
for he has picked or his victims with ac-
curacy.
A fifth victim OF the would-be slayer
fell to the pavement with a bullet wound
in his ankle at $3.50 o'clock Saturday
morning and was taken TO Flower Hos
ptal. from which he was able to go home
an hour later.
For a distance of nearly fifty feet the
south wall Of the park to the east OF the
9Th avenue entrance is Clipped and in
dented by bullets. some Of the marks be-
ing fresh and indicating they are but q
few hours old. while others appear as IL
they were several days old.
Sidewalk Is Indented.
The granolithic sidewalk for the same
distance is also indented by bullets some
Of the holes being a quarter OF an inch
deep and bearing the stain of the leaden
missiles.
For the hour i'm which the bull Is We +
flying yesterday afternoon there VAS COO
sternation in the New York %taleIe '1sa
house, at the southeast cor1.st % l'tE
street and 9th avenue, anu Ia a .ar
snsk hull Iswas,x arl..
The delightful weather attracted l.n3-
sands TO Central Park, and 5ytll stree.
was one Of the great arteries IRON 'i-
west side. The street was fairy We.
filled with pedestrians entering and leay
ing the pleasure ground at about 40
O'Clock, when a man suddenly threw up
his hands and sank to the pave r .ent.
lie was Frederick Petrick. twenty-five
years old, of 300 East 18th street Later
he said he had been married only few
months and that he was out OF employ
ment. He Is an electrician.
Near him at the time was Robert Dins-
dale, living at 335 East 24th street. lie
saw the bullet had pierced the fieshy part
Of Petrick's right hand between the
thumb and forefinger, and the hemor-
rhage was so free that Dinsdale made a
tourniquet with his handker thief and a
stick and took Petrick TO Roosevelt Hos
pital. where his wound was cauterized
and dressed. after which he was sent
home. He is In danger OF lockjaw from
the wound.
Two Italians Shot.
Policeman Miller Of the 51st street sta
ton made a report OF the incident, and
while he was In the police station two
more shots came from the secret barri-
cade Of the marksman, and two Italians
almost simultaneously began 60 sroan.
One of them displayed Q hole In his
shoe between the sole and the upper, and
there was evidence that he had been
slightly wounded The other man had q
hole In the knee OF his trousers, the leg
of which he pulled up and disclosed .
slight flesh wound. Both had been hit
by bullets while within the zone OF flre
OF the man with the silent gun.
|, These men had hardly disappeared
when woman, who refused to give her
name, approached several men who were
discussing the shooting and said that she
had been shot only a few moments be-
fore, but declared the wound was slight
and refused to go into details about IL.
She said that about the same time she
felt the sting OF the bullet she heard a
whistling noise beside her ear, and she
was satisfied that a second shot had been
fired at her and had missed by OILY q
few inches.