The Washington herald., 1910-01-07

Polish and Austrian quarter Of Williams
burg, where one can make deposits, get
American money exchanged for Old
World cash, buy steamship tickets. or
borrow money on security. Hyman, the
elder brother, is the proprietor. and Zigel,
the younger, a clerk and private police
man.
Zigel was fatally shot to-day in the
banking Office while struggling with a
robber There was $500 in cash on the
counters and in the safe, and the four
thieves came pretty near getting away
with H. Two Of them were run down by
crowds In the street, but the other two.
the lookout men, who stayed outside 10
watch. got away
Shortly after noon. while HyTnan was
piing up gold in neat stacks on the count
er within his cage, and Zigel was arrang-
ing heaps of Russian ruble notes and
Austrian bills. and the girl clerks were
scribbling at the books. two shabbily-
dressed men stepped IN. They were young
and apparently Poles. The smaller. q
boyish-looking fellow. motioned 20
Thomas Hollsnder. a clerk, and brought
him to q window OF the grating. The
visitor inquired in hating English how
much he would have TO pay for a steam
ship ticket to Europe He wanted the
cheapest he could get The clerk said
that ss5 was the least a ticket could be
sold for
Demands Hands Up.
The boy stepped back and whispered 20
his companion. Zigel Korn noticed sig
nihcant glances. and moved out from be-
hind the grating. Suddenly the elder Of
the men slipped q revolver out OF MS
pocket. jumped toward the window. ard
said, In very good English:
Hands up; we don't want a steamship
ticket We want this money. Give it 10
Us or ws viii XIII YOU"
The revolver was pointed al Houander.
and he put hts hands ~. but Zigel.
already close to the other man. sprang
for him, caught him around the waist
and legs. and tried 20 throw him. They
wrestled backward and forward over the
floor. Zigel trying TO grab the hand that
held the revolver. the thief trying TO jam
It against Zigels body. Finally ne got
the muzZle OF It against Korn's breast
and hred. The bullet went into the left
breast, piercing a lung spd tearing an
artery TO pieces. zigel slipped TO the
| floor and lay there unconscious
The other Of the pair uaking no at
tempt 20 shoot. thrust hts hands through
the window Of the grating and snatched
at the piles Of bank bills Hyman Korn,
who very hastily swept the pile Of gold
Re had been counting into a drawer and
locked It. sprang forward TO the grating
and grabbed the thief's hands. He did
| his best 10 hold them tight, but the man
was too strong. and broke away. He
ran for the door at the heels OF the boy
who had shot Zigel
| There had been two men outside on
guard. who, when they heard the shot
| fired, drew revolvers and started on
run toward Green street. It was just at
the time when two public schools were
turning out their pupils for the noon re-
cess The youngsters were dancing
along the sidewalks right in the course
| Of the fleeing crooks Away behind
dozen men were coming on the run, and
the pair, who had been standing guard
for their confederates within the bank
stopped, wheeled around, and began 10
pitch pGHets al InelT pufcuefS
FusiIIade In the Streets.
They shot again and again, until their
revolvers were empty Then the pair
darted into Green street. turned down
Franklin street as far as Huron street
and from Huron into West street The
pursuers lost sight Of them there and
turned their attention to the young man
who had shot Zigel Korn and his partner.
These had not been very far behind their
sentineIs and the crowd had q better
chance to nab them. By that time Po-
tUcemen Robinson and Graham were lead
ing the chase
The second pair followed the trail OF
the first until they got 70 West street.
where one Of them turned of into Eagle
street He had his revolver In his hand
but made no attempt 20 shoot when
Robinson sprinted up to him and tackled
him on the fly Both went TO the
ground hard, but Robinson had his hn-
gers wound into the crooks collar, and
the race was over. Graham chased the
other man until he nailed him farther
down in Eagle street
The two policemen stood their pris-
loners up against a wall and took posi-
tions in front Of them with their pistols
drawn. The crowd banked Up sohdly in
front, and It looked for time as IL
there might be more trouble than pair
Of policemen could handle
Ten minutes later the patrol wagon
came with Capt. Coleman and fifteen
husky policemen. They scattered the
crowd in a jiffy. dumped the prisoners
into the wagon, and took them 20 the
station house,
Young Russian identified.
Coleman questioned the prisoners He
discovered that the name Of the younger
the one who shot Zigel Korn. was Lazsns
Mados, a Russian. seventeen years old.
who said he had no home. The other said
his name was John Fisher, that he
was thirty years old, and also without a
home. Fisher seemed obviously 10 De a
Pole or a Russian. He did most of the
talking to Coleman. He said that he had
, met MadOs and two other men, whose
. names he did not know, to-day in Man
, haitian, and that the two who have es-
caped were the ones who proposed TO rob
|, the Korn Office. They told him. Fisher
said, that a great deal Of money could be
gotten easily. and then all Of them could
go to Europe and live Ike noblemen.
While the captain was interogating
them. an ambulance from the Williams
burg Hospital stopped ST the door OF the
station house, and Or. Baub. an interne.
rushed in and told the captain that Zigel
Korn was In the wagon. conscious. but
? very weak He thought It would be a
' good idea for the captain TO take the
prisoners out TO the wagon and have
Zigel identify them. 1t might be too iats
( If they waited to get Zigel to the hospital.