Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-01-02
NUTLEY YOUTH
SHOT TO DEATH
BY POLICEMAN
Herman Schuman, on Newark
Force 13 Months, Held on
Manslaughter Charge.

Herman Schuman, a policeman con-
nected with the First precinct, shot to
death Joseph Buhl twenty-one years
old, OF 81 Stager street, NutIey, on
High street, yesterday. Schuman
seys he fired at Ruhl, who was run
ming away, in the belief that he had
committed a crime. He did ms an
tend 70 ieili hiue he declares. charges
Of nsnslssfghter x-e-a entered asstrst
the officer today. He was held
for the grand jury In 81 200 BAN.
Bunicke. the slain mans COMPANION.
was held In $500 bail as a material
witness. Onofiro Conzeliosi. who fred
shots from his window, was held I'm
81 600 bail on the charge OF shooting
with intent TO XIII.
Buhl and Alfred Bunicke. OF fos
Harrison street. Nutley, were ceie-
bratirg the New Year. A short tine
after midnight Thursday they called
at the home Of Onofiro Conxeliosi
who lives at 141 Academy street
When they could not get in. both
men are said to have tried to force
an entrance. ConzeIiosi, believing
they were strangers. opened a bed
room window and fired two shots
from revolver. intending to scare
the men. Buhl and Bunicke started
to run.
schuman Hears Shots Fired.
Patro'man Schuman was In the
neighborhood and. hearing shots
started IN the direction from which
the pistol reports came. He spied the
Two men as they were turning into
High street from Academy. ans or-
dered them to halt. They refusad
and Schuman kept after them Both
men were In front of Weingsrten
Corset Company's factory. at 40f High
street, when Schuman raised his re-
volver and fred. One bullet struck
Buhl TN the back. passing through the
lung and piercing the heart. Bull
dropped dead.
Bunicke stopped to assist hts conn
panion. Sehuman took charge nf
both. The pistol shots had aroused
the neighborhcod and soon a crowd
OF persons had collected. Word was
telephoned to the police. who respond
ed When an examination showed
Buhl was dead. Sehunlan and Bunicke
were sent to police headquarters
The body was removed to Mullins
morgue.
First Denied the Shooting
At FIRST schuman denied he had
done the shooting. In his effort IN
prove his contention he exhibited his
revolver. which showed no bullets
had been discharged. Then the DO
lice who were investigating the case
found a revolver. This sfterward
proved to have been the property OF
BuniclSe. Under questioning, Schu-
man is said TO have admitted his
guilt.
| County Detective-sergeant Godfrey
made an investigation of the circum.
| stances surrounding the SHOOTING and
efterward announced that charges Of
manslaughter would be preferred
against Schuman. Both Bunicke and
| CoRzellosi were slated az witnesses
| Police Chief Michael T. Long ex-
| crsed Schuman today and declared
the policeman did what any other Of
ficer would have done under the cir
4 cumstances. M
"Schuman fired those pistol shots
believing the two men who were run
ming away had committed crime, .
said Chief Long. He had heard two
shots fired and then saw the men
running. What else was he to do:
He called upon them to halt, and
when they did not. he opened fre
OF course. he didn't intend to kill
either of them. am convinced he
thought he was firing In the air. But
what he did yesterday is the duty OF
a police officer. and l consider be did
good police work. ? Chief Long said
5chuman Greatly Upset.
Schuman was greatly upset yester-
day as the result of the shooting He
was in a highly nervous state and as
result OF his condition was excused
from doing duty last night by Chief
Long.
Although Schuman has been on the
police force only thirteen months. his
record during that time has been ex-
cellent. His superior officers always
spoke In terms OF praise of his work
| The shots he fired yesterday, and
which resulted in the death of Buhl
we're the first he had occasion to frs
since he has been on the Dpitce fpTcq