The evening world., 1913-05-23
GUNNER Wake Up
EAST SIDE, But
SCORE NO HITS
Bullets Fly in Saloon and on
Street and Only Victim
Y ] Is a Canary.
FIVE REvOLvERS BUSY.
Policeman Joins IN Fusillade
and Gets One Prisoner and
T.. Two Weapons.

1AGs was . lot Of shooting on the
est SO early to-day. but the only
ming that seemed to suffer was Jerry
osbson's canary bird. which bad two
tail feathers picked on BY bullet
Inward Klein and James J. 0ibooo--
tAs latter known - "Jsrry"-hsvs .
cafs Ut No. 10 Avenue c. between
Eleventh and iTws,fth streets. Klein
= In charge at night and Gibson In the
AAyttmA About midnight Klein IVES In
the haok room. With only his partnsrs
canary Tor company. Nothing wss
stirring.
Presently. according 10 Klein. two
men came back and asked for Gibson.
and when told he was OF at night they
drew rsvolvsrs. quietly remarked
Then you'll d. and began shooting.
One nrsd I'VE shotA and the Other
three. The canary gave . surprised
sweet" - . piece Of LEAD dsspoilsd IT.
tail. but nothing olss except the wall
was hft.
Klein went out and over the nearsSe
fence and the two gunner pushed
through the gathering crowd and board
ID q northbound street car. The con-
ductor asked for their fares.
DIDN'T MIND ABOUT FARE FOR
SHORT RIDE.
BEAT IT," ono replied. I'VE just
cleaned out . place at Twelfth street
and are only going to Seventeenth. 20
there's nothing doing In the fare line.
Have . heart and don't try to start
anything." He showed the muzxls OF .
vsvolver and the conductor subsidized.
Outside the cafe . crowd gathered.
but when Lieut.. Desrtng and Policeman
Long arrived there was no one inside.
They took charge and ran the place for
quite q whue before Klein came back
to see what was left OF It.
According to the police. Klein must
nave teiephoned his partner about the
&ussy chaps who called on him. for Il
was not long until Gibson came down
aad hit the trail toward ssvsntsenth
street.
About the time he got there . bonn
1Ardnsnt Was heard around Avenue A.
and Policeman Conlon went after two
men he saw firing revolvsrs. They ran
east. and he fred five shots to stop
them. One man crumpled up on the
sidewalk. and thinking he was disabled.
Conlon kept after the other. overtaklns
I'm In front Of No. "a Avenue b by
throwing his nightstick and tripping
han. It was Gibson. but be had no
revolver. Conlon remembered seeing
him throw something away IN front Of
No. 90 East Seventeenth street. and IN
- gutter found . revolver with two
onpty GhsilA
when he returned to the spot whore
ths other man had fallen there was no
90 there. It 10 supposed the man
wAo esu was playing 'possum." Soon
s1ooe otbson was taken 10 the station
Voa1esman Dslsc<y came In With an
oeh9 sswoivsr he had picked up> In front
q 10. 90 East Seventeenth street.,
/. ssross the street from where the dIst
was found.
oeOooN sAYs NJ WAS the ONE
HELD UP.
oDeon's story was entirely different
ten that q his partner. He declared
~ hs WIS IN the salooa alone when
tWo men came In and robbed him OF
~ He said he went up around Sew.
>uteemth StreSt to try 70 set Il back,
bot had NO revolver and knew nothing
Of - shooting. He was held on q
chaRvs Of carrying concealed weapons.
Ne police have been told that both
Klsau and Gibson belong to . taboI
organization, and that when Gibson wa
defeated not long $50 - . delegate HI
made charges Of fraud. which caused
Considerable III feeling. Two mon went