New-York tribune., 1911-12-12
DRIVER KILLED BY
MISSILE FROM ROOF
Police Have Two Prisoners. One
of Whom Went Out with the
Striking Street Cleaners.
FINGER PRINTS MAY HELP
Police Say 25-Pound Piece of
Flagging, Which Hit Base of
Victims Skull, Re-
tains Marks.

Violence is not all done With in the
street cleaning drivers strike. Yester-
day another man was killed in a das-
tardly fashion in the lower East Side
He was driver, and while he stopped
to shovel rubbish i'm his cart man
standing on top of a five-story tene-
ment house in Third street hurled down
a 25-pound piece of tagging. killing the
driver instantly. The murdered man is
thought to be William Sveezey, Of
louisville. Long Island
Detectives arrested man named
Joseph Vince. Of No. 241 Third street
the house next door TO the one from
which the stone was thrown. He was in
bed. apparently asleep. and disclaimed
all knowledge of the affair. even after
he had seen the body. The detectives
sav that when he viewed IT he shook
like an aspen. IT may be that finger
prints will lead to the detection of the
guilty man. for the stone was newly
torn from a courtyard. and not only
dusty but moist enough to retain i'm
pressions.
Later George Hendrich. Of No. Is
Avenue b. formerly I'm the employ OF the
Department Of street Cleaning. was
locked up i'm the Union Market station.
charged with being a suspicious person
The police say Vince gave them the in
formation on which the arrest was made,
declaring that Hendrich knew some
thing about the case
The driver left one Of the department
stables at No. 80 Rivington street
about | o'clock in the afternoon. and
went about his task of cleaning up the
garbage and rubbish In Third street.
He was driving cart No. l}21 and was
accompanied by Foreman sullivan ana
Patrolman Manning, of the Firth
street station. who was assigned to
strike duty. Sveezey-if it was Sveezey
who was kiIled-had about finished up
and was on his way to the department
dock with "A cart Of rubbish when Fore
man Sullivan. seeing that the cart had
not been quite filled, ordered the driver
to remove two small piles of garbage III
front az No. 239 Third street. Sullivan
and Manning were standing near the
man when he bent over TO pick up some
Of the refuse with his shovel
Without any warming a piece of stone
tagging. foot square and several
inches thick. came whizzing from the
roof of the tenement house and struck
Sveezev i'm the back Of the neck. lie
fell lifeless ON the rile Of rubbish
The pa,rolman whipped out his whls-
uc and Patrolman Maloney. OF the
Fifth street station, who was at Second
etrcet and Avenue &. came running mp.
The two began their search, Maloney
rushing 10 the roof of the building and
crossine, to other housctops, while Man
uinc hurried from fiat To flat In the
house asking questions of the tenants
Ito got little satisfaction at best bul
Manning did something valuable, the
nolice say. when he wrapped the piece
If tagging carefully in q newspaper
and took il 10 the station
The body was removed to the 'to
.,,..t station. and Detective Lieutenant
r,rri,r and Detectives Lubers, Kemp
and peaster started 10 work on the case
ona of the fir. things they found out
-on,lp "A On nth pn.s