New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-05
PATROLMAN KILLED
BY BRONX GUNMAN
Attempts to Stop Fight Over a
Girl by Two Men, Said To
Be "White SIaverS."

Patrick Cotter, a probationary police
man AT the Bathgate avenue station
| Bronx. was shot and killed in front Of
No. 2416 Hughes avenue. near lSNth
/ street. last night. There was great
hue and cry after the murderer, several
policemen and "A crowd taking part IN
I the chase. The fugitive was run down
and positively identified by two per
sons who said they were cyewitnesses
Of the shooting. The policeman had
interfcrcd in street quarrel between
two Italians over "A woman.
The police rounded up fifty witnesses
in the first hour after the shooting
When IL was learned that Cotter had
died as he was being carried mo
Fordham Hospital. the crowd th9t 6dd
followed the prisoner 10 the Bathgate
avenue police station made an ansrF
demonstration and had to he dispersed
by the reserves
The man who was arrested ana
charged with homicide was Charlie
Don,artino. twenty-thrcc years ola,
barber. Of 40. S1f Courtlandt avenue.
The Bronx. Hc admitted that he lad
had a razor. which ne had thrown INTO
a vacant lot but refused 20 talk :urthef
about the affair.
Patrolman Cottcr was standing at
IS9th street and Belmont avenue when
10. ~ l.
rcction from which the sounds came
down Belmont avenue. and found t"'
men fighting over girl. Both men
and the girl ran as ne drew near sep
arating. and nc followed one Of the
men. The chase led 10 Hughes avenue
and lSSth street. Cottor was gaining
on the man. who turned suddenly and
fred two bullets into Cotter's breast
| Cottcr struck at the man with his club
as he fell. but was unable to draw his
| own pistol
The man who had shot the policeman
ran 10 18th street and turned cast
ward. He threw his revolver into q
basement window. and at Third avenue
discarded razor in a vacant lot on
the corner just before hc was over
| taken and seized by two men. Patrol
man Michael Fleming, Of the west
! 6sth street station. was eating dinner
| on the porch OF his home at No. 81.
East 18th street when he heard shots.
! lie Jumped up just as man dashed
bv. followed by yelling mob.
Patrolman Fleming ovcrhauled the
fugitive at Third avenue and grappled
| with him. Sergeant Mckenzie was
| close at hand and helped put on the
handouts. as did also Special Deputy
! Shori-- Theodore B. Hennenlotter OF
No. 3411 Avenue r, Flatbush' VINO was
serving papers in the ncighborhood ana
WAS one Of the first men in the chase.
Patrolman Cottcr was twcnty-SeVeh
wears old and lived with his mother AT
No. 1856 East 1Ostn street. lie served
in the 9TH United States Infantry in
the Spanish American War in the
philippinc Islands. He was appointed
| 70 the force February 10 1913. His
| term OF PROBATION "oulu HdN' 'Ap'iN"
August 10
Early this morning the police brought
| TO the BathGate avenue station Marie
Castellano twenty years old, Of No. 1873
| East Nth street, "A singer I'm motion
nicture theatre at Arthur avenue and
| 18TH street After having said thai
| She did not know anything about the
sbootinp she was shown "A photograph
! foind i'm the prisoners pocket and ad-
mitted that it represented herself and
! that she knew the prisoner. She was
questioned at great length by Assistant
District Attorney Hamill' OF the homi-
eide Bureau. Captain Price and Coro-
nrr Shongut.