New-York tribune., 1911-04-02

tion and took them to Police Headquarters.
Herman said they had attacked him as he
was leaving his Ecme. They only got u
from the baker.
When arraigned In the Essex Marker
court the men were held without bail by
Magistrate kernochan.
The police of the East 5th street station
were called upon again to bestir themselves
into activity when Frederick Smith. OF No.
6o) East 18th street. who said he was
sailor. bctook IT upon himself to enter the
tailoring establishment Of /. Gordon. at
Nos i2l and le3 st. Marks Place.
Hooker and Ransberg. who earlier In the
morning had arrested the four highway
men. met Smith coming down the street.
with q bundle under his arm. They asked
him where he got the bundle. and arrested
him Then they discovered that Gordon's
place had been entered.
kid" Curey. who runs a gambling place
In No. g. East 9TH street. says a man named
Blake, who acts as treasurer OF the resort,
was held up by three masked men on FRI
day evening as he was coming down the
steps of the place. The men got 500 IN
cash from Blake and escaped.
In Little Italy" over in Brooklyn. last
evening. a man was shot and killed and
another wounded by Giuseppe Spiezzano In
his cigar store. at No. 81 Union street. The
shooting followed a dispute over the price
Of a package Of cigarettes. The dead man,
who was shot In the neck was Antonio
COcso twenty-seven years DID, whose ad-
dress could not be learned Domenico
Nicolo. twenty four. years old. Of No. ls2
9Th street, South Brooklyn. was shot
In the right thigh. Dr. Blaber took him TO
the Long Island College Hospital Spiez-
Zano. who Is thirty-six years old, lives IN
No. 43 Sackett street, Brooklyn.
Spiezzano told Detectives Ryan and Man
ming. who arrested him, that COcso and
Nicolo had refused to pay him what he
asked for the cigarettes. and that they had
become engaged in a fight. When he re-
allied that he was getting the worst OF 1t
Re had drawn his gun.
John OLoughlin. of No. 927 Courtlandt
avenue, The Bronx. an errand boy, en-
ployed by A. ID. Wilson. butcher OF No
so Walton avenue, The Bronx. was sent out
last night to make collections. OLoughlin
had made one collection OF s. O2 and was on
his way to another customers house to
get some more. Being cautious. he took
the two cents and put it in another pocket
from the bill. putting Is cents Of his own
In a waistcoat pocket
AS he reached the corner Of Walton ave-
nue. and l57th street a voice commanded: ::
Throw up your hands. O'Loughlin obeyed.
and the next thing lie knew colored boy
was holding a revolver at his head while
white boy went through his pockets.
Luckily enough. the first pocket the bold
highwayman tackled WAS the one contain
ing the two cents. When O'LOughlin saw
this he gave one loud scream and started
full speed down the street while the young
highwaymen took TO their heels.
O'Loughlln rushed into the shop OF his
employer who telephoned the Alexander
avenue police station, and Detectives Cur
ley. Gildea, Tierney and ONeil were sent
10 the butcher store. O'Loughlin gave them
a description Of the boys who held him up
and the detectives took into custody near
the scene Of the attempted hold-up Thomas
Kenney, of No. $50 River avenue, white
and fifteen years old. and James Ferguson,