New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-13
STUDENT Of CRIME
MUST GO TO CHAIR
"Kid" MuehIfeIdt. Who Shot
Bronx SaIoOnkeeper, Con-
viCted of Murder.
TWO MUST PAY PENALTY
Expelled Member of Gar Barn
Gang" Found Working as
Attendant in Home for
Feeble Minded.

Frank Muehlfeldt, known To his fel-
lows in the "car barn gang" as The
Kid" was convicted Of murder in the
| first degree last night in Judge Malone
! part of General Sessions. The jury was
out only fifteen minutes. Muehlfeld,
and his cousin. Big Bill Lingley shot
! Patrick Burns. Bronx saloonkeeper, in
an attempt 10 rob his saloon on Febru'
ary / I last. Lingley was convicted last
week and was sentenced yesterday to
die during the week beginning July I'.
| Muehlfeldt had relied on his reputa-
| tion as devout attendant at the Col
| legiate Reformed Church Of Harlem ana
his work i'm the Young Mems Christian
! Association to free him of the charge OF
murder. and was overcome when the at
| tendants led him back over the Bridge
of Sighs" Relying on his reputation AS
church worker and his assertion that
Big BIZ Linglcy had fired the sho;
that killed Burns, he had believed that
/ he would be acquitted. When the YER
dict was announced his mouth puckered
into lines little tighter than usual and
he staggered a little as he stood. tie
answered the questions put by the clerk
of the court I'm a voice which was low
| but did not tremble.
| Don't tell my mother" he whispered
to George Simpson, his counsel, as nc
vas being led away. His mother now
over. was in the corridor and had al
readv heard the verdict She was being
led away by friends as he spoke
/ In spite of his religious work, which
,od his former pastor, DR.. Charles n.
Clist. TO testify that MuehlfeIdt was one
of the brightest and most earnest young
mon he had in is congregation, and i'll
snite of his young wife, to whom he had
heen married only eight months, Muehl-
,oldt's spirit Of bravadO led him finally
| to muI Ter.
According to the evidence found by
Cantain Price and by Frank Moss and
John NJ Minton. j.. the assistant dis
, .r;ct attorneys who prosecuted Lingley
d Nuehlf ,ldt. The Kid was the
Leader of the two The police said that
"I,mrnv the Crab" an oldtime burglar.
| need to lower Inc hlu ~ oPeH Hdt-
house windows Later both Muehlfeldt
ord Iingley became known as members
of the "car barn gang.
Poth were e.. sllcd, Lingley because OF
bis unmis.akable features and THE
Kid" because of his youth. AS bit of
hravado they began a series of raids on
saIoon keepers III Harlem and The
, pronx which eliminated in the death of
po,rick Burns in his saloon at No. $50
| norest avenue, The Bronx, on February
I, Muehlfeldt shot Burns while Ling
,oy dubbed the bartender with his pis-
,oI They got So from the cash drawer.
Iingley was picked up for another rob-
herv. of which ne has since been con-
,,t,tod THE Kid was found in the
No,y Jersey Training School for Feeble
minded Boys and Girls, at Vineland.
uo was acting as an attendant there
nd was studying criminology
Thev were indicted for the murder Of
,,,r,s on May 16 Lingley came to trial
srs, His trial lasted only three days.
rbe Jury was out twenty-five minutes.
Muehlfelat followed Immediately. His