The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-04
FLAGS AT HALF MAST
HONOR POLICE HERO
Murder Of Guarnieri Eighth
Tragedy in Department
in Year.
YOUNG WIDOW IN NEED
Commission to Hurry Pension
Other Man Shot by Gun
man May Live.
YOUNG WIDOW IN NEED

The name Of Detective Joseph Guar.
nieri. who was shot and killed on Thurs
day night while trying TO capture a mar
who had Just attempted to commit murder
will be the eighth to be added within n
year to the marble slab in tho hall a,
Police Headquarters. which contains tn,
names of the men who have died In IN,
performance OF their duty and is the rea
honor roll Of the police force.
Within the past fourteen yeas twenty.
four names have been put on this list
OF the eight added during the past yea,
Teare. Heaney, Cotter. McNierney. Muir
tina, VIM and Guarnieri were killed by
men they were trying to arrest. and
ORourke was killed while trying TO STOP
~ runaway team.
Before last year the ro, OF honor grew
more slowly. In the period between Octo-
Der ~. 1907. and June II. 1919. or four
years and nine months. the criminals OF
New York killed eight policemen. Before
that In tho period between November 30,
1900. and October 20. 1907. or six years
and eleven months. the names of eight
other policemen were added TO tho marble
slab.
Commissioner Mckay ordered tho flags
on all police stations at half staff as a
sign Of honor to Guarnieri The Commits
sioner said that the detective would be
buried with all police honors and an
nounced his intention Of doing everything
in his power to arrange for the pension.
Ing Of Guarnier.'s young widow and his
three children a. expeditiously as possible
The widow needs money Every cent
that her husband had been able to save
out OF his earnings went 20 paw
physicians for four operations they had
performed on him. Police work made
these oNprationa IL. 81
tried to arrest saloon porter who had
Just struck Q man with a blackjack The
porter shot him four times That was on
July 4. 1911. The detective spent long
time In the hospital. After he was dis
missed as cured the bullets kept working
toward points where they had TO be cut
out. The surgeons removed the last only
month ago. GuarnierI paid the sur
geon for his work the day before he was
killed. and It exhausted his resources.
His wife had the body sent TO her
mothers house at 81 Sullivan street The
funeral will be held at ST. Anthony |,
Church. near there, on Monday morning
at 10 o'clock
Charles Moser. who was sho. by Will
lam Horgan because he had testified
against Horgan's son In a grand larceny
case. has chance OF recovery, IL was
said at Harlem Hospital last night. al
though he was shot through the lungs
us6N ilolkuI. INC sun. WAS drfdlgTed
before Judge Rosalsky yesterday morning
TO answer the indictment His lawyer
asked that bail Re reduced so that the boy
could attend his fathers funeral.
II see no reason for that" said Judge
Rosalsky. II am familiar with the neigh
borhood In which this man lived. and
have sent many members OF the Bosco
Lynch. sometimes called the Car Barn,
gang TO Jail"
The lawyer then asked TO have PIGGY
paroled In the custody OF a policeman 20
attend the fathers funeral Judge Ro-
salsky granted this request. The boy j.
10 years old and has been arrested many
times
Richard Fitzgerald and his wife, in
whose Nat Horgsn shot Guarnleri. and
was himself killed BY Lieut.. Haerle. who
was right behind Guarnieri, were ar
raigned before Coroner Feinberg and held
In $500 bail as witnesses. \ technical
charge OF homicide was made AGAINST
Haerle Coroner Fe!nberg then paroled
him.