The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-02-12
SHOT DEAD IN FIGHT
WITH HOLOUP MEN
Sunday Morning Drinkers In Bronx
Saloon Attacked Burns and
His Bartender.
TWO THUGS GOT ONLY $3.50
Capt. sam Price Says This Plan of Sa-
loon lloldup Is Getting Very
Common.
TWO THUGS GOT ONLY $3.50

Burns. a former chief of police in Findlav.
Ohio. at $50 Forest avenue. The Bronx,
in the small hours of yesterday morning
drinking short beers. and when every
other customer had gone they held up
the bartender. Frank Neuburger, with
revolvers and killed Burns and got away
with s. 80. the telephone receipts for the
night. for their pains. after overlooking
roll of $40 in Burnss pocket.
Burns was chief of police at Findlay,
OHIO seven years ago and had been on
the police force of Toledo for two years.
Six years ago he became a United States
marshal in Alaska. where he stayed for a
year. going from there to Lancaster, Pa,
where he was policeman on the Lam
caster force and also ran "A hotel in Bare
willie, near Lancaster.
Will" in Lancaster he married Mrs.
Amy Gegg. a willow. They came to New
York six years ago and started "A saloon
at :? East 18th street. They didn make
II go, 80 they returned to Lancaster.
whore Mrs Burns had property. They
cam" to New York again and opened up
the samSAaloon on 18th street and when
II didn't succeed they established Neu-
burger who wa- friend. IN a saloon on
East Eighty ninth street and went back
To lancast y again
year ago Burns came to New York
once more and opened the saloon at $50
Forest avenue. The Bronx. Besides run
ming this place. for which Neuburger
tended bar, Burns managed local prize
fighters. Saturday night one of his
fighters. Biz Mackey, fought ten rounds
n NO nj 'I,,h
Fi'zsimmons Burns went to the club al
about O'Clock, and when the fight was
over, at II o'clock. he came back To the
saloon AMI found a good crowd there.
Al quarter of > o'clock the crowd had
dwindled down to two parties OF two.
Two OF these men We're George Fitz-
gibbons of 3Ss East li5th street and
Robert Helhring of 1911 Webster avenu.
They arose to go aud as they did SO they
heard one of the other two sitting across
the back room from them say:
Il don't feel like taking ont a car this
morning to which III. other replied
We'll. II she should call for the car I'll
have To take it OH, Mr. Burns was serv-
ing them drinks. and on. Of them said
To him: Il va had hard luck to-day |
was ont with machln. and som. on.
stole nv far coat %
A. half past Burns Went behind the
bar To make up his receipts for the night
Fit2gIphous and Helbring got ,Ip 10 go.
and aS they put on their coats Fitzgibbons
asked one Of the two strangers II they
were chau'Teurs and they said yes. and
that they worked in "A private garage on
a'hgate avenu.
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room az the same time with Burns now
came in and said that they wanted 10 close
M shop. The two men. who had baen
drinking short beers ordered two more
N"lihurgsr went out 10 get the drinks
Burns took $50 out of the cash register,
took a roll Of bills containing SGU and put
them together in on. of his trousers
pockets. He put MS bunch Of keys in
tn" sam" pocket and followed \euburger
into the back room TO lock up. He walked
10 the bark part of the room to side
door when he heard Neuhurg.r cry
hat this"
Burns turned around sharply and saw
ON" of the men, who was described by
/ tltHglhbOns and the bartender a. he taller
u' IT." two. sticking \euburg.r up against
II" wall with a revolver As Burn,
| turned the short man stuck gun into
his stomach and IN. two explained tna'
| they meant business While the tall man
covered Burn, and N.,Iburc.r ia. short
one Went out into the saloon and searched
for a wnls. and then cam. back and
asked Burns Tor his KEYS Burns said he
DIDN'T have them and that th. nigh, :
receipts wer. locked rlp upstairs.
/ without much ceremony IN. little man
! showed uu-of hishand. in Burns. pock.rs
while h" prudd.d m. .tloonk-.p.r'- ribs
wI'h his revolver and grabbed "a. bunch
Of keys brushing m" raIl uf bills with
ou' feeling them With IA. KEYS hr sen,
n"hlud th. har and started 10 ol.n the
cash drawer Ih.iall.r man k.,, Ku,rs
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| ' ~ room ny "dN'TlhS ms gun p"in'
| back and forth, nUt Burns watched his
chance and all of a sudden made n dive
into -h,. a,l,or and h.h,,d ,b,Ia, u,b.,,
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Nv S''iP'" WIN me man WIZ 'h" KEYS
| hlrns weighed 2N pounds and was
about SIX fee' high, and he threw the
smaller man bu, in doing 81 he lost his
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,"'"f N'o' "'o' 'r"'ii "h"r" II" laV' 'he
bullet striking burns IN the l-f' side of