Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-10-24
cop WHO KILLED
|. AUTO THIEF STILL
/. PERFORMING DUTY
Technically Charged
with Manslaughter
and ParOled.
FUGITIVE GRABBED FOR GUN
WHEN MIAUGHLIN FIRED
Youth, Captured, Confesses
That He Was Slain Mans
Accomplice in Car Thefts.

On technical charge OF manslaugh
ter. Bicycle Policeman Edward F.
Mclaughlin, of the First precinct,
was arralgned in the First Criminal
Court today, where he waived exam
ination, and when he was later taken
by Captain Ryan to the prosecutors
Office for examination, he was paroled
in the captains custody until tomor-
row.
Mclaughlin will then answer the
charge OF having killed oliver Woods,
Of Pittsburgh, an alleged automobile
thief, while the latter was fleeing
through Spruce street.
Five shots were fired, and it was
the last which took effect. just as
Woods was drawing fullyloaded
magazine revolver from his hip
pocket.
Clarence Tallmans. 10 years old, of
251 Orange street. Albany, N. Y, who
was arrested by Plainclothesman
Smith. of the First Precinct. while he
was trying to escape from the Lincoln
Park garage, and who was held as an
accomplice made full confession to
the police, in which he said that the
dead man was wanted in several
States for similar offenses and that
he travelled under many aliases.
Fifteen Autos Stolen.
The local police have been requested
to be on the lookout for about fifteen
stolen cars, and yesterday while the
officers were standing in front of the
garage someone pointed out a green
Ave passenger American car as one
of those stolen.
AS soon as Plainclothesman Smith
started toward the car. against which
Woods was leaning talking to two
companions Woods made a break
for liberty The other two men were
nabbed, but when the first shot was
fired at Woods Tallmans rushed from
the garage, and he was pointed out
as the companion of the fleeing man.
The officer turned his men free,
and after short chase overlook
Tallmans and placed him under ar
rest.
In the meantime Officer McLaugh-
lin was pumping away with his gun
at Woods, and on the fifth shot
brought him down. He was not dead,
and passing automobile picked him
up and rushed him to st. Barnabas's s |
Hospital. 1t was while being removed
from the car that the revolver. which |
was half out of his pocket. dropped |
to the floor of the automobile.
Died at the Hospital.
The injured man was taken i'm the !
hospital, where he died shortly after |
The owner of the car which re-
moved Woods is unknown to the po-
lice, and Captain Ryan is very !
anxious to ascertain his identity, be- /
lieving that the dying man might |
have made an ante-mortem state |
ment.
In statement after the shooting |
officer Mclaughlin said that when |
he saw the man running he fired |
three shots in the air and demanded !
him to halt, but which only melted |
Woods to greater speed, and he dart |
ed around the corner and up the |
steep hill into Spruce street. Nc |
Laughin, only about thirty feet from
the fugitive, fired another shot, not
intending TO strike the man, and on |
LHG IIlD SHtlt Will ibC man BOtAk
up the hill, the elevation deceived his |
aim and the man dropped mortally |
wounded. with a bullet which pene-
trated his left lung. causing his |
death fifteen minutes later.
The police of this city had |
received word from the au
thorities of Fishkill Landing, n.
Y, that automobile thieves had
been operating in that vicinity.
and descriptions of the cars were
furnished. Lieutenants Harris and
Mcconnell were assigned TO the case.
and after a search of the various
garages of the city learned that two
men answering the description of
the thieves had been seen around the
Lincoln Park garage on October 13.
Plainclothesmen Smith, Mcdonald
and King were assigned to the case
by Captain Ryan, and il was while
making their daily rounds yesterday
that WILDER G. Fenger, manager of
the garage. pointed out Woods and
said there they are now" Woods
made break, but Tallmans was
caught as he made a dash from the
building.
Signs Confession.
AT the police station Tallmans made
a statement in the presence Of Cap
tain Ryan. Chief of Prosecutors De-
tectives Weimer, Lieutenants Har-
ris, Mcconnell, Keogh. Kuhn, Plain
clothesmen King, Smith, Mcdonald,
Mcclure and Crawford. to which he
later affixed his signature
The statement has not been made
public, bnt ii is alleged that Tall
mans confessed to the robbery of a
garage in Poughkeepsie from which
$3.50 worth of tires were stolen on Oc-
tober 3; that 5000 worth of tires were
stolen from Rhinebeck q week later;
5000 worth of tires from a garage in
Fishkill Landing on October IS, and
to several minor robberies in other
parts of New York State.
Met Woods Four Weeks Ago.
Tallmans also stated that he met
Woods in Troy about four weeks ago,
where he was employed as a lineman.
After some persuasion Tallmans con-
sented to accompany Woods, and
they immediately begun their opera