The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-07-30
HOLDUP Man SHOOTS
TWO IN THEIR STORES
Gangster Kills East Side
Jcwellcr and Then Wounds
Cigar Clerk.
WANTED MONEY FOR DRUG
Caught After Chase and Found
to BE Flatbush Murder
Suspect.

An undersized man. desperate for
money with which to buy cocaine. shot
and killed one man and seriously wounded
another in attempts to rob two stores on
the East Side yesterday afternoon. The
two attempts we're made within three
hours.
He was caught after the second shoot
ing, and when taken to Police Headquar-
ters turned out to be Reynolds Frosbrey,
wanted for the murder Of William Mese-
ritz. who was shot down in his haber-
dashery at TO Flatbush avenue. Brook
lyn, on February "a.
Frosbrey. who is a gang man and
thief. made his first attempt at holdup
in the noon hour, when Delaney street
is filed with workers from the neighbor-
ing sweatshops Schwartzkopfs shop is
up a short fight OF steps from the street.
high enough 80 that what passes inside
cannot be seen from the street. although
! the shot was heard and drew tremendous
| crowd i'm which Frosbrsy quietly walked
away.
He had called at the shop TO get the
watch which he had left there earlier in
! the day with Mrs. Schwartzkopf. The
/ jewellers wife went upstairs just before
! he entered and 40 there was no one 10
zee what actually took place. But just
before the jeweller was taken to the hos
pital he said that Frosbrey had quar-
relied with him over the price to be paid
for repairing the watch.
After shooting the jeweller Frosbrey
walked down the steps and brushed aside
a boy Jacob Berlar. who lived next door
at 8 Delaney street. Berlar had heard
the shot and ran up to see what was the
matter just AZ Frosbrey came out. tuck
ing the revolver in his hip pocket
Get ont of the way!" he growled at
the boy and ran toward Delaney street
and the Bowery.
| He ducked into the side entrance OF
the Puritan Hotel. strolled nonchalantly
past the bar and went out into the Bowery.
to be swallowed up In the crowd.
Beslar ran around excitedly and found
Traffic Policeman Hennessy at Delaney
street and the Bowery. but there was nc
sign of Frosbrey by the time the two got
back to the Puritan.
While detectives with Berlars descrip.
ton of Frosbrey were scurrying around
the East Side looking for him he walked
into the United Cigar store at 30 Cooper
Square about 2:30 O'Clock and bought o
package of cigarettes. Then he began
TO fuss with the telephone book. When ht
had an opportunity Katz asked him wha'
he was looking for.
"The number OF man named Peter
son. answered the crook,
WELL III find it for you. Give me the
book" said Katz. and walked around
from behind his counter. reaching for the
, telephone book as he came.
: Frosbrey drew back and reached fol
} his revolver. He met the clerks rusf
, with three bullets, which smashed through
Katz's head under his left eye and through
his mouth. the third reaching his lef
arm. which was thrown up. The clerl
staggered bit. but wound an arm arounc
Vrosbrey and pulled him to the hoor by
his fall!
Then the thief broke away and rar
, out into the street and down to the Eagl'
. Hotel. two doors below. His revolver
was swung around at those who hat
heard the shots and chased him. HI
= clucked into the side door Of the Eagle
. repeating his getaway which had en-
I abled him to escape through the Puritan
= and went scurrying through the bar
2 room.
He went out another door. threw
glance AT the crowd chasing him. whicl
was headed by Policemen William Mas
nussen and Kutner. and ran through
Hall place to Seventh street. In Seventh
o street Frosbrey ran into a crowd an
lost his nerve. He made for the basemen
of 1920 Seventh street. where he foun'
U coalbin full of darkness and rags, int
" which he crawled
: There was still one shot left in tn
> revolver but for some reason Frosbre
. didn't use it as Magnussen went in afte
. him and yanked him out into the ligh
II of the street.
Both Katz and SchwartZkopf identifie
i Frosbrey as the man who had shot then
e Then Frosbrey was taken to Police Head
!. quarters, where tho most dramatic iden
Is tification of all was made. After Inspecto
e Hughes and Deputy Commissione
II Dougherty had questioned Frosbrey 10
some time in the inspectors privat
Office he was led into the rogues' ga
lery room to have his flngerprints takel
Capt. Faurot, the Identification exper
fished around in the records until h
found some flngerprints which matche
and turned to the prisoner with lon
c record in his hand, to which a pictuI
was attached
well Reynolds Frosbrey, ! gue'
e we've got you right this time, he said
's Then like a shot came an exclanatio
IN from a Brooklyn detective who ha
q worked on the Flatbush murder.
NJ INV God, what q man, ho cried. "He
W the one we want for the murder Of Me
eritH in Brooklyn.
Frosbrey never flinchod. Later
re admitted to Inspector Hughes that
4. was in the Flatbush murder
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