Evening journal., 1917-07-16
IS ACCUSED OF
Staying FRIEND
DObroselewSki, Peace Maker
in Fight, Gets Bullet
Through Heart
LIGHTER DENIES
SHOOTING, HELD

savva LIGHTER, aged % years. OF No.
314 Fifth avenue. is under arrest at the
police station. charged with the muir
der OF his friend, John Dobroselewskl.
aged % years. OF No. oil Wright
street. about o'clock yesterday morn
ing. nj Cedar and Coleman streets. 10
IS claimed that the dead man was at
tempting 10 prevent LIGHTER from en-
gaging in a fight with a mutual friend,
when the man, enraged at the inter
ference drew an automatic pistol from
his pocket and sent &. bullet through
the heart OF the peacemaker.
LIGHTER. who Is charged with MUIR
| der in the first degree. denies that his
was the shot that killed his friend, but
/ the police say several witnesses Will
swear they saw the prisoner FIRE the
] fatal shot
/ According to the police. there was
Saturday night party at the home
OF the brother OF the dead man, who
lives at No. 3i4 Cedar street, from
which LIGHTER, as an unlimited guest,
was ordered out as soon as he ap-
peared. This precipitated an argu-
ment between LIGHTER and Alexander
Bardek. OF No. 907 Elm street, who
was a guest at the party and be-
Tween whom and LIGHTER there had
been bad feeling OF several weeks
standing. Both went 10 the street
for the purpose Of fighting It out.
After their reached the corner. Con
stantine Grochowski. OF No. 215
Stroud street. tried 70 make peace
between them. but Alexander pushed
him to one side and renewed his argu-
ment with Savva. About this time
John appeared on the scene and he.
too. tried to bring about an amicable
settlement between tho two men, but
Alexander pushed them away.
John then turned toward Savva, ap'
! parently to try TO reason with him
q according to the witnesses but as hS
r approached Savva the witnesses say
I Savya drew an automatic pistol from
his pocket and started 10 FIRE. TIT
first bullet missed John, who, instead
4 OF retreating, started 10 rush toward
4 Savva as n he was going TO try e
/ overpower and disarm him. Sayva Il
= said to-have fired another shot. which
I also missed and when John was al
G most upon him he is alleged to hay
fired a third shot.
This took effect in Johns body
81 striking him in the left chest an
, passing through his heart, for h
5 dropped in his tracks. The Phoeni
- ambulance was called as il wa
e thought the man might still bo aliv
and IL made a hurried run to the Del
Z aware Hospital. but hero the men wa
= pronounced dead.
o In the meantime. LIGHTER had ne
n from, the scene OF the shooting an
u ran 10 the railroad yards where. h
= stated after his arrest he was stol
j. ned bv two soldiers, but who latl
d proved 70 be railroad police. He 10
8 these men that someone had be'
Il shooting at him. and they told him
l. report the trouble 10 the police. Ac
d ing as he claims. on the advice
d some OF his friends whom he m
a while on his way back 10 tho seer
Il Of the shooting he went TO his non
e and hid himself i'm a small outhou'
e I'M the yard. There the police toun
y HIM. 4,
l. After he had been taken 10 n
nolfcc station he admitted that ne ma
zone 10 the party I'm Adams house, bl
mat no had been ordered 20 leave an
ala so He said John followed M
into the street and there struck M
r. on the side of the face with ms pr
l., lie displayed a bruisc which resen
Med "A mark that would have pee
made by some kind OF blow
said that after he had been stru,
q someone started 10 shoot and then
d. he denied that he did the shoon .,.,
ay ar mat he ever owned a revolver. !
q nolice Yesterday found an automat
~. along the railroad az the very 50
I'D where savva had been talking 20 y
two railroad policemen IL mao NV
steel iacketed bullets in the magazh
Thev are holding in their cus'o.
tho eve witnesses 10 the shooting az
d. who saw they saw savva IRE the tni
n shots one of which struck John Il, y
he breast and pierced his heart Jol
he was married and leaves three sm'
children besides his wife,
an In Municipal Court THIS morhn
,st LIGHTER requested a weeks postpon
liz. n,ent Of his hearing. to enable MN
eh secure counsel and witnesses 4
,O0 request was granted and LIGHTER W
held without bail. The hearing "
m be held on July "a. ~
lin Konstanty Grobkowski. Mlune
N FOR the state. was held in $500 d
10 insure his attendance az mat ''n
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