The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-04
TWO ARE SHOT IN
SUBWAY H0LD-UP
OF FRANKS AGENTS
Unarmed Messenger At
tacks Robber Who Had
Wounded Companion.

New York, Dec. 4-One man,
bank messenger, was shot mortally
and his assailant wounded perhaps
MORALLY, two other men narrowly
missed death by shooting and thous-.
ands of persons were terrorized by an
attempted hold-up in the Fourte enth
street subway station at o'clock yes
terday afternoon, and by a chase
which s11irted Union Square, continued
| through a theatre arcade and ended
blocks away.
That more deaths did not result is
due chiefly to Walter F. Orleman, 80,
one of the two bank messengers who
were carrying $4,000 ia sealed pack
ages from the Bank of the Metropolis
Sixteenth street and Union Square, to
the Adams Express Office. No. So
Broadway. Orleman, unarmed, attack
ed the man who had shot his fellow
messenger, wrested from him the sto1-
en- satchel and the gun from which
the shot had been fired and wounded
him so severely that his capture soon
resulted.
Messenger Believed to Be Dying.
Orleman and Allan Gardner, 1S
the other rnesseng ger, who was at ST.
Vincent's hospital late last night with
death believed to be a matter of hours
only, entered the Fifteenth street en-
trance to the southbound ticket office
of the subway at Union Square. While
al dozen feet from the ticket booth,
with both holding the satche1 contain
fngs the money, OrIeman heard a pistol
report behind him. AS he did sos
Gardner sank to the floor: shot
shot through the brain, and relaxed
his grip on the satcheI Before Or
leman had taken in the Situation the
bag was given a tug, the handle to
which he held broke loose, and he
saw a man running back to the en-
trance stairs with the money. A re-
volver lay beside Gardner.
Pushing aside those who had not al
ready fed, Orleman overlook the man
with the bag, George DeBrosa, a
Greek, 80 years old, squat and wiry
at the first ascending step. He wrench
ed the bag from DeBrosa and stag
gered back as the Greek shot at him.
Bullet Grazes Neck.
The bullets penetrated the collars
of Or1eman's overcoat and undercoat,
missing his neck by the thic1 less of
his shirt. Before the Greek could
spring to the next step Orleman had
wrenched the gun from him.
Then the messenger saw the Greek,
now on the top step, taking aim over
his shoulder with a second guh. OrIe-
man shot first. The man above
clutched his hip, hesitated a; moment
and then turned east. AS Or1eman
reached the top of the stairs, he fired
at the fleeing man, but missed. 9.
DeBrosa then s1zirted swiftly the
temporary subway Construction build
ings to the east of the square, lodged
out into Fourteenth street, while
thousands of persons above and be-
meath ground were in almost a panic,
reached the south side of the street
and turned into a penny arcade just
west of Broadway.
Shoots Three Times at Pursuer.
Orelman, pursuing, once more pull
ed the trigger of the captured gun,
but the cartridge missed fire. The
Greek fred, at the messenger three
times.
OF the hundreds running on Four
tenth street, Broadway and Union
Square East, one was not making for
shelter. Patrolnan Denis Graney of
Traffic Squad B was close behind the
fugitive and followed him through the
arcade, as slot machine spectators
lodged behind shooting galleries and
booths, into Thirteenth street. By the
time the two had turned east on Thir-
tenth to Broadway, Or1ernan had also
passed through. the arcade.
Tries to Murder Policeman.
Starting south on Broadway. De
Brosa saw Patro1man Tim othyz Mona
han coming north. He doubled back,
weakened and was cornered in front
of a doorway at No. 832 Broadway
AS Graney rushed up De Brosa lean
ed against Monahan, pressed the re-
voIver in his hand against the po-
Iicenan's abdomen, and pulled the
trigger twice. Both cartridges miss
ed fire.
Orleman, coming up, gun in hand,
as a crowd closed around the police
man and De Brosa, was taken for an
accomplish and was attacked before
Ta q a
Brosa, who had to be carried, back to
a shed between Fourteenth and I%f-
teenth streets, on the east side of the
square. All Orleman had to say was
to ask for his glasses, which he had
lost.
De Brosa was taken to Bellevue
hospital, where he regained con-
seriousness late last night and under
went operation to remove the bull
let, which had entered his thigh and
pierced his intestines. His condition
is critical.
In his pockets wAre found los car
trtdges and a loose black powder the
nature of which is not known.
That De Brosa had made some plans
of escape was evidenced by the light
suit he wore beneath a rougher dark
suit and by a. gray cap carried in his
coat pocket. He wore a black hat.
While the chase through the fright
eIIeo cTOWuS Was gong on subway
passengers had rushed to the aid of
Gardner. He was taken to ST. Vim
cents hospital. In his pockets were
a dollar bill and a few pennies. He
had been in the employ of the bank
for three months only, but according
to A. G. Evans, an officer OF the bank,
had become one Of its most trusted
messengers. He lives at Amityvil1e,
L. l., with his parents who were noti-
fed of his coRdition last night.
Police Round Up Witnesses.
Police and detectives under Deputy
Commissioner Guy SculI, Inspector
Crap and Captain Gildea were busy for
half an hour after the shooting keep
ing the crowds from searching out
bullet marks in the thing of the SUBJ