The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-11-27
Nathan Garon, South
End Store Keeper Sue
cumbs at St. Vincent's
Hospital w if e s
Scream Evoked Fatal
Shot, Detectives Be-
lieve.
Superintendent of Police
Issues Orders for Ar
rest of All Suspicious
Characters Lettering
in City-Three More
Held.

Tive series of daring hold
ups, perpetrated by three gun
1nen in various parts Of the
city, during the past 10 days,
in which storekeepers have
been robbed at the muzzle of
revolvers, has eliminated in a
murder. Nathan Garon, 33
years old, who conducted a
clothing store at 246 Warren
street, died in St. Vincent's
hospital at 3 o'clock this morn
ing.
Garon was fatally shot by
one of the three gunner, who
entered his store Saturday
night to rob him, and who
placed a gun in the pit of his
stomach and discharged the
weapon, when his wife,
thrown into a state Of hysteria
by the scene, screamed. The
three men escaped and efforts
of the entire detective bureau
to apprehend them thus far
have proved futile. l.
The desperate character of the
highwaymen, the boldness of their
| method Of operation and the inability
Of the police, to catch them, has
struck terror to the hearts of mer-
chants in this city. The only clue
to their identity the police possess is
a blue overcoat which one of them
dropped running from the scene Of
the killing
At $3.50 Saturday night. the gum
men, whom all described as about 21
years of age, and 5 feet inches to
feet Z inches in height, made their
fifth appearance of the week. They
entered Garon's store. one carrying
a club, while the other two gripped
revolvers.
The storekeepers wife and daugh-
ter, who live in the rear of the store,
were in their home at the time.
Don't you move" cautioned the
robber carrying the club. walking
over to Garon.
eff you make the slightest noise,
or attempt to escape TIL beat your
brains OUT he warned the storekeep-
er. One of the men with gun in
one hand then walked over to Garon.
thrust his revolver in the pit Of his
stomach and gruffly demanded, 1--WE
want your money"
Unfortunately for Garon, his wife at
this juncture appeared on the scene,
coming through the door which leads
to their apartments, and she screamed
in terror The next instant the muf-
fed report of the gun, the muzzle or
which was held firmly against Garon's
clothing, was heard, there was a flash
Of fire, and Garon screaming with
pain dropped in his tracks, the front
of his clothing ignited by the dis
charge.
The gunmen fed from the store.
running south in Warren street and
were lost to sight in the darkness.
Startled by the discharge Of the
weapon and the screams Of the dying
Istorekeeper, pedestrians and residents
near the scene rushed to the store.
Harry Kelly, a young man living at
252 Warren street, with Daniel Maho-
ney, a truckmafn and a former alder
man, were the first to reach the pros
trate mans side. The police were no.
titled and the emergency hospital am
bulance corps summoned. Kelly
smothered Garons burning clothing
but neither he nor the police could
get any coherent statement of the oc-
currence from the injured man.
Garon was taken to st. Vincent's
hospital and his condition last night
became SO critical that IT was decided
only an operation could save hfs life.
The operation was performed but tho
injured man failed to survive, grad
ually growing weaker. Despite heroic
efforts of the physicians to keep him
alive he died at o'clock this morn
ing,
A squad Of policemen and detect
ives was rushed to the scene and the
entire district eembed, but no trace
of the men could be found, The fact
that they are believed to have chang
ed their clothing and hats, donning
soft felt headgear fer the caps which
they wore when entering the store,
and that their victims are SO greatly
frightened as to be unable to give the
police any accurate description of the
robbers, has greatly hampered the
police in their hunt for the trio.
Those who witnessed the escape of
the men agree they are young fell
lows, about 81 years of age, and that
they deffed the caps which they were
on entering the store, for dark color
ed felt hats, as they fed the scene
of the killing. Since the affair Mrs,
Garan has been in such a state Of
hySteria that she eould make no