Evening journal., 1916-12-29

late homes oer would save them from
other toll. they thought
Nearly twenty hold-ups were com
mitted in the district in a short time.
sometimes as many as four in night.
The police could not catch the ma
RAIDERS. although the robberies were
thorns that ruined the sleep Of John
Coughln. acting captain 10 charge of
the Brooklyn detective bureau.
Finally came the murder a. 3 a. m.
December %. which redoubled the sc-
tivity Of the detective bureau and as
tho result OF clever work by Detec-
tives Michael Meal Glare and Asp,
the Two Young men we're arrested and
signed confession.
Killed When He Reslsted.
The murdered man was Helmuth
Christy. who for more than twenty
years bad owned prosperous saloon
in 4o3 Smith street He lived in y
Fourth place. and when be was muir
dered he was walking home from his
saloon with his days receipts, 1923.
in his pocket
In Third place. near Smith. the two
youths Jumped az him and ordered
II m 10 throw mp his hands One OF
them Kelly. it was learned yester-
day-had gum Christy crllpled
with him. but Cantwell raped him
on the wrist with a blackjack and
Chrlstys hand fell TO his side Kelly
/ fired once. the bullet entered Chris
/ ty's heart. he fell As he l0y there,
Kelly fired again, the bulle. passed
through Christy's brain so the con
/ fession runs.
The two youths ran away without
waiting 10 take the money from the
dead saloonkeeper's pockets.
An hour before this they held up
Salvatore MonzL Of 1874 Conoyer
street an Italian merchant. in front
Of M Carroll street He ran. and
one Of them hit him on the head with
a blackjack Monzi escaped in spite
Of this. although a bullet whistled
past his ear as he fled.
Two nights before they had held up
Salvatore De Luca. Of III Carroll
street. at President and Henry streets
They blackiacked him, possibly in an
ger because all he gave them was
SO. which was all he had
Had a Busy Night.
The night they held UP De Luca
was a busy ono for them. for they
held up three other men. They caught
John Lannigan. so years old. OF ala
Degraw street, walking through Car
roll street They knocked him off his
feet with the ever ready blackjack
but he begged them not TO kill him
as he had no money. so after they hao
searched him and found his story
true, they let him go. They also held
up Martin Kuntsan. Of 572 Henry
street at First place and Clinton
street. and Olica Kland. GOA Henry
street. getting small sums from each
These and a long list Of previous
crimes they recounted to Assistant
District Attorney Conway.
After the murder Detectives Meal
and Glare began to spend lot o.
time IN saloons of South Brooklyn
making friends with bartenders and
"buzzing Them about those who
spent money there Good descriptions
of the hold-up youths had been OBJ
tanned.
Finally Meall found a bartender
who not only recognized the dcscrip
tons but said that on December p
the youths had been In the place anc
after few strong drinks had dis
played q revolver and said they were
going out to get something
After that n was easy Meali en-
| tered Cantwell's home yesterda,
J morning and found the youth in bed
I He was locked up, and the detective
went to Kelly's home, trailed Kell.
10 the Steamship Monterey. on whicl
he bad got a job. and there arreste'
him
The confessions came quickly afte
the application Of a little modern
third degree by Captain Coughlin an
, the detectives. and after Monz an
De Luca had identified the prisoner
as the men who had held them up.