The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-10-20
COWARD USES BOY
As MEANS OF SHIELD

NEW YORK.-Special.- youth with
me eyes of a wolf, glancing now craft
ily, now defiantly through narroVye,
nnoS, spent Wednesday night in a cell 3
PoIlce Headquarters. He is Adolnl
berg, nick named Pickles" who, the DO
nee nee say held up as a shield against the
weapon OF Bit Clark little Charles
Fischer, who was shot TO death Rer,
had been arrested by detectives at Fiftl
SSVen1e Stme and One Hundred and Eleventh
by Coroner Feinberg without bail on 8
charge of homicide.
Berg's quick capture was due to the
Bin" Clark-had ''peached." Both be-
Ionged to a gang that infests upper
The Tip" came to the Harlem branch
OF the Detective Bureau: Go to one
hundred and Eleventh Street and Fifth
Avenue and youn find Pickles. He,
there and has on underwear he wore
When he left prison, only a short time
ago" was the word that came to tn.
Found pickles, Easily.
detectives CurJaIRe and Brenner were
sent to the place indicated Sure
enough, they found pickles." loungine
on the corner, waiting, il is supposed
for financial aid from friends with
whIeh TO escape from the city.
Bureau, where he is said TO have ac-
knowIedged being at Madison Avenue
and One Hundred and Third Street at
the time OF the killing, he was hurried
TO the Criminal Courts Building and ar
raigned before Coroner Feinberg
Crouched low in an armchair, with a
sneering smile on his thick lips, he an
swered the coroner's questions They
ELECTED merely that the prisoners name
was Adolph Berg, age twenty-one, liv-
ing with his parents at No. 1861 Eighth
avenue; He said he was a driver when
he worked.
II don't want to make a statement"
said Berg.
Coroner Calls Him s'Dirty Dog"
Then the coroner's wrath broke forth:
of nj fN
I he said. The best that can happen to
you is that you get justice and get it
quickly words cannot express what
dog"
Papers committing Berg to the Tombs
| were made out, but on the request OF
| the detectives he was taken to Police
| Headquarters for the purpose of learn
| ing if he had ever been in the hands OF
| the police before. Lieutenant Dunn, in
| charge OF the Detective Bureau, Ques-
Toned him in the presence Of Coroner
| FeinOerg and Assistant District Attor-
| ney Henry A. Stickney.
Ever been in prison or the work
| house," Dunn asked.
| i've been in the workhOuse." Berg
| acknowledged. He said he had been
| sent there for six months from the Har
| disorderly. He said he had been dis
! charged about six months ago. All this
| according to members of his family. t.
Next Berg denied he had ever beer
/ known as Pickles" but admitted he
| knew Henry GreenWald, which is the
/ right name OF Bin" Clark, the pugi-
| list who was trying to shoot man
| when he killed little Charles Fischer
He knew one or two other men named
| by the detectives, but denied having
/ been in a poolroom, where the trouble
that led up to the shooting started.
| Police story OF the Shooting.
! According to the police, Berg haC
| gone into the poolroom and got into .
| row with "Bim' Clark, struck him OF
| the jaw and ran to the street "Bih
| was rapidly gaining on Berg when Berh
| caught hold OF the Fischer boy ans
| used him as a shield. After = chas'
| "Bim," cornered, committed suicide, bu
! his opponent escaped.
Berg's family is in good circun
stances and lives at the address h..
gave. 1851 Eighth Avenue. The fathe'
Julius Berg, has a Jewelry store ther'
and occupies roamS upstairs; He he'
spected by neighh = Neither he po'
his wife knew las "a ght OF the trouble
| AdolDh was in. other sons I'm the
| store were tryin6 D keep the mother
from learning tn ruth. Adolph was
the black sheep o he family.
ST. LOUIS, i5.-Alfred L.
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