Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-12-07

A minute later the entire naiot,,,..,.
LOU was IN an uproar. Deputy Fire
S1ieI Jonn Towey. from Engine Corn
PaAy NO / at Mulberry and Iafaw-
etee streets, drove up in his autof,7o-
pital. ie NOS
A Gordon of policemen ana a....
tiVes were thrown around the fresg,,,
yaro and the cemetery of tbs ~
lrst Presbyterian Church.
Boy Scouts. who were pivin,
tertainment in the assenh,,, -. - =
tne church, and the entire aua,a.,sa
turned out
The only clue that the gunmep ,e,,
Deninu them was the good Stetson
oeroy hat that was discovered N tbs
oiu graveyard of the church.
me shooting and the thrAa nsr
we're seen by several residents ~
La1ayette street.
Mrs. Annie Wolf. of 40 Y.sf.u....
street the house nearest ths s.s,,.
rusned to the window ana shs 49,
tne shots. She saw three n,er ~. :
hing away. Then one man a.
oNercoat supposed to be Rvan
turned from the maze of freight ce~.
mrs. Beatrice Hunt and her ,5a,,.,,
Ter Miss Elizabeth Hunt. were -.
lns party at SO Lafavette strs.s
lhey dashed 10 the front windou, -
me nrst snot and saw Gaffney fan
Inc shots were so rapid 4ba+ -.
couldn't tell how many were e-a, :
salo Miss Hunt today. I'VE co,,Id =.
the flashes and the three ma, - -
were shooting ~
inneoiateiy afterward l saw =
siol' stocky man walking on tn.
oeher sioe OF the street in the dsrse-
tion OF the Lafayette Cafe. whe5,,e-
ne Went in or not I do not know
minute after he crossed to the frs.v.t
yard and disappeared.
Alma. Maud and Dolly W;nl +,..
Chinese girls, of 30 Lafayette sfrsa,
also saw the men The descrintion ~
the trio given by all these tallias wsth
that of Lieutenant RYAN
Ihat Ryan, too, was not killed !.
remarkable A bullet cut his over-
coat not two inches from his 49,.
ana another missile put hole in the
cloth. Eight holes were counted in
0anney's suit at the hospital.
Gunmen Went to stabi.
Lleutenants Harris. Kuhn and Hor-
ter OF police headquarters. diseovare,,
that TWO OF the gunner spent an honr
or more after the shooting in fhe
Nagel stable at 41 Ward street
MISS Mamie Johnson, who uven
above the stable. said that she sa !,
the men jump from the Contra, rail-
road tracks to the roof of an addition
They broke open a window In ~.
stable and climbed in.
In the f1aring splutter Of rnata,..-
tney struck while breaking In. she
saw both plainly. One was tail and
wore black sloueh hat: the other
was short and slight and wore 4
black derby.
When they searched the stable the
detectives found evidence that the
two men had lain down on some nav
and waited for some time, probably
until freight was about to pass.
The third man must have run
through the old cemetery of the Teiref
Presbyterian Church, where i,.s haf
was found by Lieutenants Harris ana
Maier shortly after the shooting.
One arrest was made today. out the
police are now convinced that the
prisoner is innocent He win be itelsl.
however. until Lieutenant Ryan re-
turns from New York.
Motive of Shooting IL Mystery.
The motive for the shooting i 4
mystery. Gafney. who is 20 Years
old. is a plainclothesnan 81
the detective bureau at police
headquarters. He joined the fofta
and was assigned to the Third rsz.
cinet as a patroiman nine wears ago.