The sun., 1912-07-05
STRAY
BULLETS WOUND TEN
Victims Of Careless Fourth
Shooting All in Manllat-
tan and The Bronx.
FEW OLD TIME ACCIDENTS
WagOnlOad Of Fireworks Goes
or and Roy Loses Eye
by Firccrackcr.

The significant features OF yesterdays
records as gathered al Police fleadQuar-
tcrs were the complete absence o! re-
ported cases of children or others injured
Ivy firecrackcrs or other fireworks and
the shooting Of ten persons in Man.
haitian and The Bronx by stray bullets
presumably fred In celebration. In
spite Of the Sullivan law not even children
seemed to have any great difficulty in
getting hold OF firearms and regular
cartridges with lead bullets In them
and these were used with more or less
freedom az substitute for the tabooed
iirecrackcrs.
One fourteen -vear-old boy in The
Bronx was nourishinga .3S calibre loaded
revolver on the street when he was taken
in hand by a passerby and taken 10 a
police station.
The shooting began in the early hours
Of the morning. Tony Combat, IA years
old, of 70 Roosevelt street was shot in the
left log at Roosevelt and Madison streets
and was taken TO the Hudson street hos
pital.
Louis Giordano. - years old. Of 81 I.aight
street was asleep in his bed not 40 long
after midnight when stray bullet came
in through tn" open window and grazed
his abdomen.
Jacob Iopklcy. .? years old. Of 209
East Ninety-cighth street, was stand
ing at the corner OF 1921 street and
Third avenue when bullet struck
him in the left leg. An ambulance
carried him to his home.
4 .,,, a.. ,s,,.v Ma, ,,Alv I a.
years old. of 3i1 East iorh street was shot
by passerby when standing in front Of his
home The bullet struck him in the left
thigh and the boy. falling. broke that leg.
He was taken to the Harlem Hospital.
The person with the gun escaped.
Michael Carrtonc. is years old OF
;i6 East li5th street got bullet in the
abdomen while he was standing on the
street near his home. An ambulance
took him to the Harlem Hospital. His
wound is dangerous.
Mary Costello. IA years old. living
at $50 Tenth avenue, was shot in the leg
by hoy at Tenth avenue and 7 wenty-
second street and was taken to the New
York Hospital. The boy got away.
Frank Amsterdam. 4S years old. Of
ll5 Ridge street was airing himself on
the roof Of his home in tho afternoon
when bullet hit him in the leg. An
ambulance surgeon fixed him up and he
STAYED at home.
Yetta sharpen. Is years old. Of 100
shoulder by bullet while standing in
front Of her home late in the day. She
also was cared for by an ambulance
surgeon and stayed at home.
Michael Ferrtois. IL years old. who
lives at ia6 East 10th street. wes shot
Il l.s III Il Vls
ing in front Of 81 East i07th street last
night. He was removed to the Harlem
Hospital in dying condition. The police
have been unable to find anybody who
could testify as TO the direction from
which the shot was fired.
The last report Of wounds from stray
bullets was that of the injury of tugboat
mate who was sho, by group OF men
firing from the roof Of tenenen, house.
The only injury OF the sort prevalent
under the old method Of celebrating was
sustained by John O'keclIe L. wears old.
who was playing with some powder near
his home at POS Grand street, Richmond.
and was burned about the face. Fifty
five fires were reported in Manhattan and
The Bronx. including the alarm sent in
when wagon load of fireworks exploded
at 10th street and Fifth avenue. Two
cases of heat prostration were reported.
o se sF0ns nsvJSers 1SCs Picked Sson
10 years old. of ii8 Willis avenue. was
one Of several BOYS who were firing
revolvers on the Willis avenue bridge.
Policeman O'Sullivan Of the Alexander
avenue station broke up the gathering
and caught Nelson. who had % calibre
revolver loaded with blank cartridges.
Magistrate Butts in the Morrisania court
fined the boy $40, which his father paid.
Harry Goldberger. Is years old OF 1907
Bathgate avenue was arrested oncom-
plant Of Max Bernstein OF 1854 Washing gton
avenue. Mr.. Bernstein and his wife and
gate avenue at Wendover avenue last
night when the boy Goldberger, ran out
of cigar store and putting revolver
against Mr. Bernstein's shoulder fred
The gun was loaded with blank car
tridges and the discharge burned hole
through Bernstein's closthing and singed
his skin. Bernstein grabbed the youngs-
ter Gnd turned him over to Detective
ClarS
Harrison McCord of 523 East i3sth street.
passing through l3Sth street at st. AIMS
avenue. saw Bosko Rosevitch, II years
old. Of '2s East i37th street playing with
a ..3s calibre revolver. McCord didn't
il away from the youngster. He found
it loaded with bullets and himself marched
the boy 10 the Alexander avenue police
station. The boy father says he doesn't
know where the boy got the revolver.
While Manhattan and The Bronx re-
ported no injuries from firecrackers or
fireworks Brooklyn reported no injuries
from stray bullets. but had three children
injured by iirew orks. One of these lost
an eye. The three Brooklyn injuries
came late in the day, the first one occur
ring AZ $40 O'Clock last night.
Barbara Highbie. 10 years old, Of 90
President street, was burned on the left
arm by a firecracker at Fifth avenue
and President street and was taken home
Paul Abrahamson. IL years old of 223
Van Brunt street was the next victim. A
giant firecracker exploded close to his
left eye and DR.. Dillemuth OF the Holy
Family Hospital found it necessary to
remove the eye. At II O'Clock last night
Harry Willie. 10 years old. of 7c Smith
street got his thumb in the way of an
aerial bomb and the thumb was badly
burned.