Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-09-11
Federico FLEES
AFTER SHOOTING
IN EAST ORANGE
Charge of Attempted Murder
Preferred Against Bloomfield
Professional Bondsman.
NEWARKER WOUNDED
AFTER LEAVING CAR
Girl Companion Held as Wit
ness Claims Missing Man
Hounded Her.

Charles Burr, twenty-one years old
of 1853 South Fifteenth street. this
city, is in Memorial Hospital
Orange, with two bullet wounds. one
in his left arm and the other in his
left side. He was shot last night
after he had alighted from a trolley
car at Central and Hollywood ave-
nues, East Orange. by Antonio Fed
erici, professional bondsman, of %
Berkeley place. The physicians at
the hospital do not regard Burr's In
juries as serious. Federico disap-
peared on a bicycle after the shoot
ing and has not been seen since. At
the time of the shooting Burr was In
the company of Miss Nora De Puy,
nineteen years old, of 1870 Hollywood
avenue. She is being detained at the
East Orange police station.
Chief of Police William II. O'Neil
preferred a charge of attempted muir
der against Federico before Recorder
Mott in the East Orange Police Court
today. Miss De Puy was held as q
material witness.
1t was about IL o'clock that Burr
and Miss De Puy, who had been to
a theatre in this city, got off the car
at Hollywood avenue. So far as can
be learned the car went ahead and
as the couple stepped forward, Fed
erici, who had been leaning on a BIZ
cycle, came toward them and engeged
Burr in conversation.
Miss De Puy claims she did not
hear what passed between the two
men. 1t was of moments duration,
when Federico pulled out revolver
and fired two shots at Burr. The lat
ter sank to the ground and his assail-
ant mounting his wheel, rode away
The shots aroused the neighbor-
hood and by the time the police ar
rived a large crowd had collected.
Burr was Immediately removed to
the hospital and Miss De Puy was
taken to the police station.
Chief of Police William H. O'Neill
had talk with Miss De Puy. She
broke down and sobbingly told how
| for more than a year she had lived in
! fear of Federico She came to East
| orange from the country three years
| ago, she said, and secured a position
as stenographer In the Office of Irv-
/ ing w. Teeple, a lawyer. at 81 Clin
ton street, this city, where Federico
was employed. He forced his atten-
tions on her, she claimed, and she
was finally compelled to leave her
place of employment.
She secured other positions, she
said, and lost them because Federico
had bounded her. AS long as Burr
was not seriously hurt, she declared
she was glad the shooting had oc-
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Federici's annoyance.
She claimed she was afraid to tell
the police of what was going on, as
she had been impressed that Federico
had lots of influence and would make
1t bad for her. She had no relatives
or friends to take it up for her, she
said.
Wherever she secured employment,
She said, Federico Sent letters defaIn-
ing her character to her employers. In
variably 1t resulted in her discharge,
she said. She Is at present employed
as a stenographer with the firm of
Hedges & Brother, plumbers, at 10
Railroad place, this city. Three weeks
ago, she told Chief O'Neill, Federico
called up her employers and asked for
her. When told she was not in that
day owing to illness he made slur-
ring remark.
She succeeded In e1uding him for a
short time and to get track of her he
inserted an advertisement in the
newspapers for a stenographer. He
offered an attractive salary, figuring,
she says, that she would apply for
the. position and that he would then
be able to resume his attentions The
ruse succeeded, she said, as she ap-
piled for the position.
Chief O'Neill was impressed with
the girls story and said 1t had 8 ring
of truth In 1t.
Chief O'Neill went to Federicfs
house after the shooting expecting he
would show up there. His wife and
daughter said he had left about 10
o'clock on his bicycle. Chief O'Neill
learned Federico telephoned twice to
the house in which Miss De Puy
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