The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-11-21
BLOODY CARNIVAL.
Desperate RObber at Bay Shoots
Down Five PursuerS.

night and deliberately shot down
three detectives and two other men
who were trying to place the pair
under arrest. After nearly empty
ing the II chambers Of large auto
matte revolver, reinforced by shots
from an ordinary revolver in the
hands of his woman companion and
probably fatally wounding four of
those shot down, the man shot and
killed the woman and then put a
bullet through his own head, dying
instantly.
This is the outline of one of the
most serious shooting affrays which
the detectives of this city have run
into for years, so far as the conflict
ing stories of the shooting had been
sifted late tonight.
The dead man was known by sew
eral names, having registered at the
hotel as Joseph Vogel. The police
declare that he was a Pole named
Pneres Doragieskis. The woman with
him had registered as Lottie Vogel.
Vogel was about As years old and the
woman about 25.
Suspected of Robbery.
The detectives were on the trail of
the pair, suspecting them of having
been accomplices in a diamond rob-
berry for which Sophie Beckendor, a
domestic, had been held for the grand
jury to-day. The woman who had lost
the jewels traced the girl to Vogels
house and told the detective of her
discovery. After a taxicab chase to-
day. the detectives learned that the
Vogels had sought lodging at the
Elsmere hotel, at Cortland avenue
and One Hundred and Sixty-first
street, in the Bronx. Martin F. Fay,
central office detective, and John AL
len and Louis Gerade, private detec-
tives, went to the hotel in search OF
their quarry late tonight. Louis
Moendschein, the proprietor, told of
the couple having arrived in a taxi
cab early in the evening, and ordered
William Butler, waiter, to show the
detectives to the Vogel's room.
The First Blow.
Vogel opened the door in response
to a summons and as Allen forced his
way in, declaring that the couple
were under arrest, Vogel struck the
detective over the head with black
Jack and then grasped magazine
pistol which lay on the bed. His
first bullet struck Allen in the head
and he fell probably fatally hurt. Fay
and Gerade rushed into the room, fol-
lowed by Moendschein and Butler. 1t
is declared that they did not fire a
shot, but expected to seize Aliens as
sassin. They were not quick enough.
Vogel let go one shot after another,
nearly every one taking effect. Fay
and Moendschein both received prob
ably fatal wounds in the abdomen
Gerade was shot in the leg and back
and Butler received bad wound N
the hip. The woman, also armed
had fired several shots, some of when
it is believed hit the detectives.
Kills Woman and Self.
Vogel turned on his woman and
shot. She was shot through the abdo-
men and soon expired. Vogel made
quick work of himself by putting ths
last bullet from his gun into his head
He fell dead. At the hospital to which
all of the wounded were taken it is
said probably all except Butler would
die.
At a late hour the two trunks ano
two suit cases which the couple mac
taken to the hotel were removed te
a police station but the stolen JeWel'
ry was not found.
The police say that in trailing the
Vogel pair the detectives were prop
ably running down completely or
ganized scheme for robbing resi-
dences throughout the upper Wes'
Side.
Accused of Robberies.
The indictment on which the
Breckendorf girl was held, charges
her with numerous robberies of Je"
els, amounting to several thousan;
dollars.
According to the police the CIR
broke down tonight and confessed
that the Vogels were with her, anc
it was to them she had given the
stolen articles. The plan OF opera
ton was for the girl to advertise fol
position as domestic and as soo1
as she had obtained it rob her en-
ployer's house.
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