The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-03
SHOT TO DEATH AS
HE STAYS DETECTIVE
Gangster's Father Fires From
Lair on Police Sent to
Arrest Him.
HAD SHOT SONS ACCUSER
Story to Grand Jury About
Bold Theft Leads to
Triple Tragedy.

The father OF PIGGY Horgan OF the
car barn gang went gu, last night tt
get saloon keeper named Charles
Moser. because M.Ser had testified
agsihs. PIGGY Before the last OF many
shots had been fred Prggy Horgan's
father had shot and probably mortailv
w unded the saloon keepe.' then XIII, I
detective and finally was killed him.
self by lieutenant OF police.
Moser was about to enter his saloon
at 1891 First avenue at 6 o'clock when
William Horgan. Puggy's father. began
the night Of bloodsi.ed. Only a few DAYS
ago Moser had told his sister that friends
Of young Puggy Morgan had warned him
that II would be well for Moser. when
called TO testify In a grand larceny charge
lodged against PIGGY. to forget anything
he might know against Puggy. Moser
testified against young Morgan yesterday.
wherefore Puggys father waited by the
door Of the saloon until Moscr came along.
shoots 60 AvenEe Son.
Moser was at his saloon door when
Puggy& father Jumped toward him and
opened IRE. Two OF the bullets entered
Moser's lungs and ken Puggy's father
turned and ran. With blood staining his
shirt front and gasptlg for breath. Moser
tried to pursue Puggy's father and was
Die TO Rlnpy In ha
trail for block The dying saloon
Keeper had to give up the chase then. but
he still had strength left TO stumble into
the East lo4th stree: station house 10 cry
out that he had been shot
As "a result Of the immediate despatch.
Ing Of policemen to fnd Pukgy's father
there was soon list OF dead. injured
AID prisoners TO be made out
The Dead.
JOSEPH GUARNIERI. 80 years old. q Dc.
tecuve o: the East 10th street station
Shot In the forehead
WILLIAM MORGAN. 30 years old, father
OF PuEgy HosGsn. OF SIS East Eishty,eixhth
street. sho. IN head and breast b, Lieu,
George Hesrle after he had killed Detective
Guarnieri
The Injured.
CHARLES MOSES IS years old. q saloon
keeper OF 1891 FRS. avenue, who testified
against PIGGY Horssn. shot through lungs
by William Horgan: IN Harlem Hospital;
condition serious
When Moser staggered into the police
station 10 toil Lieut.. O'Connor that Pug
sy's father had shot him the lieutenant
hurried Lieut.. Hearie and Detectives
Guarnieri. Cassetti and Mancini GU.
through the district to round up Puggy's
father. A friend OF the detectives named
Joe Moser knew that Puggy's father
sometimes might he found in the nat OF
Richard Fitzgerald on the fourth floor OF
1850 Second avenue. Detective Mancini
quietly climbed TO the roof over the TItz-
gerald Hat. Cassetti watched the stree:
door and Lieut. Hearle and Guarnier,
with Joe Moser trailing behind them.
crept up the stairs toward Fitzgerala's
door.
The detectives knocked upon hearing
voices within. Mrs. Margaret Fitzgerald.
who had been drinking beer in the Hat
with her husband. opened the door.
You're not going to search this fiat"
cried Mrs. Fitzgerald. Anyway, there's
nobody here except US"
Fires At Detective.
IIearle and Cuarnieri pushed the woman
aside and entered the fiat with drawn re-
volvers. Behind a pair Of curtains hang
ing at the end of long hall opening
into the Fitzgeralds' parlor Horgan sat
In the dark silently watching the police
men coming toward him. When Hearle
and Guarnier were almost upon MIN Hor-
gan Kicked the curtain aside and fired
point blank at Guarn!eri
The bullet struck the detective squarely
In the forehead. He Iunged forward be-
tween the flaps of the curtain and fell
dead ut the murderers feet. And at the
same moment. before Horgan could fire
again. Lieut. Hearle blazed away at
Horgan. Puggy's father crumpled to the
floor and lay there dead with two bull
let's In his brain. The shooting brought
Ca ssctti. Mancini and Moser into the fiat
OH the run
HE shot Joe and 40 ! killed him"
Lieut. Heare told them. as the detectives
ran through the hall toward him.
He sat down at a table then and COW
cred his face with his hands. On the
ble beside him lay the revolver that had
killed Pugsy's father, Young Moser said
later that he grabbed the revolver In time
to prevent one occupant OF the building
whose hand was reaching toward the re-
yolver from getting 1t.
Two Are Arrested.
The police took Richard Fitzgerald to
the station house on a charge Of com
a felony. HIS wife also was
arrested.
Detective Guarnieri was shot four
times one night three years ago when
he and Lieut.. Hearle and the other po-
lcemcn with Guarnicri last night went
after a man. on that occasion also.
Iiearlo, while Guarnlcri lay unconscious. |
shot Guarneris assailant. who died
abdut Il week later Guarnieri was in
Il hospital three months because OF his