The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-09-29
GUNNER NABBED
AS VICTIMS FALL
IN GRAND Street
'Dopey Bennys' Wound Two
PasSers-By Through Mis-
take in Identity.
LEADER NOT AROUND.
bAlready Under Sio,8oO Bail,
but Police Sure He lncited
To-Day's affair"
LEADER NOT AROUND.

0y HhoAhs
~ aetsr midnight thas morning an
B>emobtls pulled UP h front Of the
on2ssy and restaurant. No. ~ orand
oesst discharged nz men upon the curb
- disappsarsd BY . side street. A
0smsnt later two policemen bound 90
~ station house on an sastbound car,
bard fusillads Of shots and saw from
~ windows two men pumping lead"
= the direction Of two passsrs-by. who
0Iopped to the sidewalk.
The policemen. Patrolman Frank J.
ousrgan and Detective Michael Ii
INA Jumped from the car. Lonerean
~ one man Ore several shots. then.
- ~ sighted the policeman. drop 4
esveavsr and start to run. Before he
- gone ten feet. Loners.n had him
u che collar and on the way to Clinton
Dtrsst station. taking with him . q
eAlybrs magazine revolver. six chamber
Ueu warm from exploded cartridges.
ehrss with the bullets remaining In
6Asm. Aaothsr revolver was picked up
osas ~.
Il orua chased the second shooter
- Clinton. then TO Hester street Po-
oosman Bsrtram. from . peg post near
~. Joined In the chase. firing his 70.
UUfvsf - ne ran. and at Hester street
~ quarry surrendered.
A. the station house Lonsrgan's pr1s-
oasr gave the name Harry Lewis. TWEEN.
=. ~
vas . tailor out Of . Job. The other
prisoner declared he was Henry weiss-
katt. nineteen. . clerk living at No. IS
Ridge street. Both were Identified by
the two policemen and other witnesses
A. the shooters.
GOT THE WRONG MEN. THE Po-
LICE BELIEVE.
In the mean time a crowd had gath.
cred around the two victims. They
were Harry Kern. twenty-six. No. 1ss
Orchard street, shot In the left foot, and
Jacob Jacobs. forty-four. No. 100 Ed
ridge street. shot In the risht Les. Both
were attended BY Dr.. Patchs nof 0ou-
verneur Hospital. Perm was able to 70
home. Jacobs was taken 70 the hos
pital.
Samuel Bejin. twenty mine. porter. No.
100 Maiiosn street. escaped. though q
bullet glanced OF . button Of his coat.
william Jones. twenty-six. salesman.
No. 50 Delaney street. was arrested on
. charge Of disordsrly conduct when he
refused TO move on when ordered from
the scene of battle.
The police regard he shooting a. an
Gp!sods In the war which merchants of
he lower east side are wastns against
~ "Dopsy Benny gang. Of which Rem
3nnin Fein 10 leader. Either by mis-
ne or bad marksmanship the gunner
wounded the wrong men. the police say.
6hsir Information . that the ganss,ers
we're sent TO get Q merchant who
haA refused to ''coms across" for tickets
! - dance to Be given BY the Fly Leaf
Cub. . social branch Of the "Dopey
0snnys."
Funds ere required Just now By the
OAngstsrs to hire . lawyer for Moe Hor-
SHts, or Howard. brought back from
0stroit. charged with the murder Of
MAJ Levine on April H. Howard. L.e-
Olns And another committed burglary.
~ after . quarrel over the loot L.
Stns "snitchsd" to ne police He was
oatsr lurcd to . room In East Four
eesnth street and SHOT.
NGED MONEY FOR DEFENSE or
e HoRoWiTZ.
Howard. or Horowitz. being. az his
Friends say. I'm bad" tho east side has
ben ssdulously worked by blackmaal to
~ for his defense. Merchants who
kav~ refused to come through" have
BEEN siuSged or robbed. and. as in this
oass. "shot up" by the gangstern. The
mSrchants have been forced to organize
b defend themselves against "Dopey
Benny" and have had the active CO.
operation Of the police. The result Ia
nat "Dopey." though At large. IL under
q load of s1o.s0O bail In three recent
casos. On the night OF Aug. Benny
undertook to beat Police Sergt. Sheri
dan, and after a surgeon had put nine
stitches In his scalp he was arralgned
Nand held In 5000 bail.
On Sept 10 a Philadelphia magistrate
held Benny In $500 to answer a charge
OF dsorderly conduct, The gangster had
gone to that city to help break up a
strike,
On Sept. IL Detective Miller Of Brook
i'm, having been assigned to Benny's
territory in the crusade against black
: NAL, had personal encounter with
u the garEstcr Benny went to Gouver-
= ueur Hospital as result, but spurned
the services OF the surgeons there and
y sent on, FOR his own medical man. who
= put hftc,n stitches in his scalp. Then on
a charge Of carrying concealed weap-
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