New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-26
DRUG-MAD BOY
SHOOTS 3 ON TRAIN


reach into MS pocket. get some car:
ridges and load il IN again.
he was holding the door all the
time so that We could not get after
min. Holding Us Off, he reached Up
and nulled the Emergency cord. and of
the train slowed down ne jumped OF
and disappeared.
Il got off the train and went back 20
flag any train behind US. and that Is all
know about il. From the lads looks
, think he was a dope mend.
WYNN Nanwaring, the conductor,
was in the head end Of the train when
ne trouble began. The first he knew
of arv trouble. he said. was when The
.rai, came 20 sudden stop in answer
n the emergency signal He ran back
20 see what was the matter and found
the wounded.
Shea and Dyer were taken later 20
Harlem Hospital. while Mrs. Thoresen
Mas brought on 70 the emergency nos
pital in the Grand Central Terminal,
where she was treated by Dr. Gillespie
John /. Rooney. OF 2o6 Reservoir
Place. The Bronx. night station agent
az williamsburg was the nrSi man,
other than those on the train. 10 Nno"
that something was amiss. ne eN-
press il due 10 pass his station az
about s:25. and as he looked up the
track he saw that she was booming
along on time.
Suddenly the momentum slackened,
until within a hundred feet Of the
little station u was scarcely moving.
Rooney fastened toward the express.
for he realized that only something
iuportant could stop that train near
his post. A. he ran UP the track a
man appeared from the train brandisn-
ing revolver.
Rooney stood his ground as the thin.
undersized. unshaved and generally III
kenpt person Rooney said ne looked
ike one addicted 70 the use Of drugs
threatened 20 shoot u molested. The
agent made a lunge for the weapon. bu'
ran into the mans elbow and was
hurled aside. The threat 70 shoot was
not made good. but the man continued
rignt on I'D the rise % Gun Hlll Road
and on toward the swamps OF the Bronx
River section.
Rooney. stopping only 20 notfy the
police and Fordham Hospital b. tele-
phone. started after the man as eN-
cited passengers poured out OF tho
train and lined the southbound pla'-
form OF the Williamsbrldge station.
As the agent fastened along the tran
taken By the man. the pursued. secure
in the belief that he would escape ana
proceeding slowly, suddenly realized
that he was being followed. quick
turn and d shot hred before ne couId
take accurate aim whizzed BY Rooney.
+, attracted the attention Of Detective
Burberg. Of Inspector Dooley stan
Who Joined the chase.
Approaching cottage al Bron% Park
av and cloth St. the fugitive fright
ened a Young woman into s"oon as
he prepared 20 make a last stand 'here.
Gunman at Bay.
In short time Detectives Szermer
and FAY. Of the Bronx Park station.
vere added TO the pursuing party and
Can,ain Ivers. warned b. Rooney iele-
nhone call. had swung "A Gordon OF his
men around the swamp 10 prevent am
chance Of escape.
The Young man who the station
agent had seen jump from the tram
began 10 see the light and when
warned that il he fired one snot AZ
least two would 90 his way, and three
II ne missed fir, he dropped the muzzIe
OF his revolver toward the ground,
walked toward the detectives ana gave
himself up.
AZ the emergency hospital in the
Grand Central Terminal Mrs. Tnoresen
and her husband told what had hap
pened on the train. and after the lat
ter had been assured that the wife's
iniurv was not in any danger OF prov
ing fatal he took their two children
and went 20 Staten Island.
The doctors found that the woman
,.as suffering from bullet wound
under the right ear. The lead. after
hitting the flesh, ploughed along the
law. carrying away five teeth. and
came out OF the mouth.
The couple said that they were re-
turning from their vacation near pam
field. Conn. and Mrs. Thoresen was
sitting IT, the fourth seat from the rear
of the car just ahead Of the smoker
when two shots rang out from the
platform behind her. Both she and,