The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-29
COP SHOT 3 TIMES
ARRESTS ASSAILANT
second United Cigar store
HOldup Man Escapes
With $3.50.
BATTLE STAGED on ROOF

ponc.msr john Bune. was III me
az: Of reporting go the Mulberry street
station ut $50 o'clock last night from
a signal box opposite the Houston street
entrance to q United cigar Store ai
tina street and the Bowery. h.
noticed a man pointing cAC'tcdly MO
the store. Beuner looked 10 and saw
y man covering the cierk with q te-
%volver. while another man. e,olvcr az
hand. was slowing a wud of bills INFO
his pocket.
Benner dropped tine receiver H1d
dashed to ;ho ,,oor. u" found II locked
two holdup men rish Tor III" other
doo-. lie dashed around the corner to
head them Of. hut they were already
running down and across ~. Bowcry.
Benn"r NIed IN ia" ar once. and one
% the men turned around aud returned
tie shot. Brennan replied with Two
shots and one o' the pursued also fired
the second and third time.
Policeman Jouu Nccarr'u heard no
shots ~ he s.ood a. HOVER % frst
street. and came .uuuiIg 10 Bcruer's
ard enc Of tho fleeing men ran INFO 10
stanton street ard the other mic No. II
white Penn.r went after the hrst man
McCa.rcu climbed the h.shts o. stairs
fra No !. until U" reached the to- 'onr
lie wdS Jus, n line 80 hea" the . Ittlc
cover slide su>p.e3Ous,l.
\. AIcCarrrn reached for h4s teNo.Noy
the ,euttie opened an .nch or two. There
was = Nash and h. felt the sting % a
bullet ~ p tipped through the flesh -:
rs left cheek. Then he oouched IL .
corner II watched the scuttle. When
opened q trim, wider he blazed away
q. the opening The man on the roof
fired again and again. one bullet tore
through the sku 81 the po,iceman's le:t
sNoIldcJ. Another truck him on the
sh' .,d. OF the abdomen. but was de-
f-ct,d hy a notebook, and made only a
uru!se.
When the stuttlc opened wide and
til" man or the roof climbed down Me-
ra~r"u had one castgidsr left in his
revnis.r. a Gun in each hand. lie said
af;erNa-d thlt he thought the policeman
had -mniied his -uu and that he could
hlum ME way - the stairs and So make
the street. RIt Dee was wrong ST.
,a.re1 mad mis- one .eclous hull; Jet
He fired. aud tie W,N throw up Ms
hands a. the suot to-" him IN the r-ut
leg
ny 'h.s ..me y. ,cerlr Beuuer and
p..".t'v, Joseph Hemo, having failed
go dui tn. other man .u 10. Were coming
20 I'D McCArren. Who did me-; ,eed any
UP ~ - At.AAf sla~ E.Nfs.fa q -
meek - q lamb Wn,r they reached .'c
-: oct SerSt. Nike Wal and The rc-
series from ;h- MULBERRY street station
Wy, c.i'E - through every lpoE a"o
rll.us 20: the block. They dIlu'; md
IN" gJ.ntr's companion. II, also = ,
away with $3.50 from the cigar store.
sam Levy. IN. clerk who was held up.
identified IN. prisoner a. one ~ the Two
men. He said he had seen him there
before
Vt the Mulberry street station he man
90 - tn, uaIu, of OTTO Kruger For the
l,-' ..ghj u.ghls Ne llas been ~sleepiug
iu park, No record OF him could hr
found ~ police headquarters. 81 OTTO
obliged with - Ions account Of his own
TIL scheme "a rob "A cigar store Wa
Nstanrd iu ah Eighth avenue. saloon and
l.> ,u.Ii.. Is'. supplied Most of 81,
sDh.u" % 90 of the firearms. ,couri-
.ue ;u kIug'' nr Iallaa Of = VIZ
.,r.~ ilnsp.tl dressed h~ wound aud
-,v-tul abrasion. Of the '1,- and scalp.