The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-22
DRUG cRAZED YOUTH IS HELD FOR TRIAL Fired Shot at GhInaman Whose
 Place Ha Tried to Rob @ Resident Of Brunkiyn He Has
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ThoxzK4ats to have 'bsen made des- perate .threhEh elack Suf aennpa paqyment and the tse--o Of drugs. &Afexander Reilly. 21 years old. formerly of Brooklyn, Y. but recently residing g st Cottage street, yesterday. enter cd the laundry of Sing Lee, 361 Main street. pointed a arevoIver st the pro- prietor's head and after his demands for money lad been ignored opened fire on Sing Iee'and wong Cow: But one shot, was discharg ged ana tnis went wild Before Reilly could fire a second time he had been restrained a foreman in the Warner Brothers factory, who was. attracted by the shot as he passed the laundry. ss-s
 The young sgun-nan was inlnnedi- ately placed under arrest by Special Officer Harris Rahn- Before Judge Carl Foster in City Court this morn ing charged with assault with intent he was rernanded to the county jail under sz. 500 bonds to await trial be- fore the Superior Court.
 It was about 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon when Reilly was observed to enter the laundry on lower Main street In the place at the time were Sing Lee and Wong Cow, who were ironing collars and cllffsg- ! Lee step ped behind a small counter and as he did so Reilly pointed to- a. shelf behind the celestial saying That Is my package. As Lee again looked towards his customer he faced the nauzz1e of .SS caliber revolver which was closely pressed against his head. He heard the demand for such money as he had in the shop, but so crafty or scared did he become that his body sank below the protecting shelf of the counter. Hardly had he done and Cow ran through the door of a partition towards the back yard. The bullet penetrated the wooden parti- ton just above the spot where Lee stood sbue a moment before.
 Richard Kunse, q glazier, living at 3S9 Broad sstret. was at the time en- gagged in putting in a light of glass in the rear ofs shop and. the bull let lodged iHs the easing a. few inches from his head sszcsEs seTs1 sgzs asszI E Kunse jumped for the front door ia time to see Reilly stepping s4o- wards the door and grappIe r. with Murray He assisted in wrestling. the gun from the enraged youth ss grasp and was aided by I47Ft. Shaw. of 865 Of pedestrians who had been attract ed by the noise Officer Kahn, also heard the shot from his nearby resi- dence and rushed to the scene in time to participate in subduing Reilly, whom he placed under arrest. The officer found the youth apparently eFci1tS1 s1 1iti1or rF9m nntsceabie. oe put no s"e' In court today Reilly refused Ito i,fvulee much of his past other than to say he had come to Bridgeport two weeks ago from Brooklyn. He had worked for the Locomob1le Com nanv in the esscrew-threading depart ment, on night work. Deciding to en- ter the employ of the Graphophonel Com u-sriy syesterday he laid s3off but could; 5rf1e tao account Of the manner In which the revolver cameS into his possessfs5ra. s~Sg 15sw .5sssi T ;1
 TO 16 -feporterss fer SThe Farmer h e. --afeI r,fiA lived on Water street, in brooklyn, and had been employed in zl7e IL, Sternau Manufacturing plant. Tdvine with a widowed n1other,aae -efd 6e wae active in politics in the f5fth ward. and hoped that some of his associates might come to Bridge port to assist him.