The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-03-01
BLAZED AWAY AT POLICEMAN
ALREADY THEIR REvOLvERS
HAD HELD Up SALOON TWICE.

HAD HELD Up SALOON TWICE.
Second Attempt at Pistol Point Robbery
Followed ny . Lively Chase-Y oung
Policeman whsse Cap Was Set Afire
Excusably Thought He'd been Killed.
The usual number Of Cherry Hills
Italian younger se. were loafing around
the pool tables in Francesca Zagarino's q
saloon At IS Cherry street early last night
waiting for some one to buy when big
Irishman. followed by a smaller man.
shouldered his way in and after knocking
the balls about the pool table for while
ordered a drink He waved his hand In
an all encompassing gesture as he did 40.
and Emanuel Infant. the bartender. in
quired politely IL the order included his
friends.
Sure" said the Irishman "Set en- up
all around
But Infanti noticed that the custom Of
placing your money on the bar when
ordering had not been followed and in
auired about payment He found him
self looking into the muzzles of two busi-
nesslike revolvers which the Irishman held
as he said again set 'em up"
Infant set 'em up and while the crowd
drank the man with the revolvers told
his companion to go behind the bar and
get the bartender's revolver. which lay
behind the cash register. Louis di Primi.
one OF the regulars. who had finished his
drink. quickly tried to slide out the front
door at this point. but the man with the
revolvers brought him back hastily with
q shot that shipped bit of Di Primi's S
coat Then his companion having So
cured the bsrtenders gun. the big Irish
man backed out and went on his way.
His order that everybody in the saloon
keep there for time was obeyed. and a
minute or SO later when lnfanti looked
out no one was TO he seen.
Infanu sent his sistc,-in-law. Concetta
Infant. to carry the news to the Oak
street police station and went back to
tending bar. Concctta says she went
and Infant says that a policeman in uni
form and one in plain clothes came back
with her and abused him for sending out
a false alarm. But at the police station
t'ss; say they don't remember seeing
&C ncetta. which. il she went there. is
strange. since she has the most beautiful
Titan hair and didn't stop for a hat.
At any rate things soon settled back to
normal at is Cherry street and remained
30 until little before 8 O'Clock. when the
big Irishman walked quietly in again and
ordered all hands to line up. At the same
time his companion Of the first visit ap-
peared at the back door armed with the
bartender's revolver aud helped lend
dignity TO the holdup. A third man came
in behind the Irishman, walked around
the bsr and leiN,rek riied ths cash reg .
ter. He took out SIS. selected two bottles
Of whiskey and went away The big
Irishman and the man with the bar
tenders revolver waited a short time and
then they too disappeared.
Infauti with more nerve than his fell
lows jumped for the street as soon as the
Irishman got through the door. He saw
his man running down Cherry street
toward Roosevelt and made after him.
yelling for help. The big man turned and
fred once. the bullet creasing the back of
Infants right hand Then he turned
and ran on.
Meanwhile an excited small boy had
stumbled into the Oak street police station
just a. the outgoing platoon was on the
floor and painted out that -They's sticking
up de Dago's place again"
Capt. Toole told the three men nearest
the door to jump around and see what
the trouble was. and 80 it happened that
as the big Irishman turned into Roose-
welt street after shooting at lnfanti he
almost ran into the cops. He turned
sharply to the right and raced for Water
street. turning the corner few yards
in advance OF Jones' Carmody and Nc
Ellget. the three policemen. They
rounded the corner in time to see their
man dodge into the hallway at 342 Water
street.
Policeman Jones. a long legged young
cop, was in the lead and 80 was first at
the hallway. As he jumped up the steps
the Irishman's revolver spat fire almos,
in his face and bullet tore through his
cap. The shot was fred at such close
QudItcIS Nuht was IDIhIutu IoI II
moment and fell back thinking himself
shot His cap was set afire. Police.
man Collins. who was close behind
Jones. was the target for two more
shots. both OF which went wild and when
the smoke cleared the hallway was empty
save for the police, The three police.
men climbed to the roof and crossed
over &c 34A Water street. where a sky
light stood suggestingly open. They
went through all the rooms in the place
and in a furnished room on the second
floor found Joseph Connolly lying IN
bed fully clothed and so they say. very
short Of breath.
Connolly got out OF bed as they came
in and before they convinced him that
he'd have To go to the Oak street police
station proved himself very good &c
as you please fighter. At the station
house Infanti said that Connolly was the
big Irishrnan who had held up the saloon
Connolly said he wasn't. but they locked
him up,