The sun., 1918-08-01
GET GAFFNEY'
POLICE EDICT, NO
MEANS BARRED
Harlem Swarms With Gun
Laden Detectives in Hunt
for Fugitive.
WITH SISTER ALL DAY
Fearing Escaped Murderer,
Woman Gave Him Shelter
and Clothing.

Into Harlem. already harboring more
detectives than have been seen there
since the Cruger case investigation, went
two of the Police Departments cham
pion revolver shots last night with the
order, Get Vincent Gaffney; II doesn't
matter how"
'Get Gaffney; no excuses accepted
was the substance of an order flashed
90 all detective bureaus and police sta
lions yesterday. following the escape OF
the murderer and Tombs fugitive from
the midst OF at least twenty policemen
who thought they had him trapped In
tenement house at SO7 west llSth street
early in the morning.
Gaffney fed in the rain with no pro-
tsctlon save his underc!othes from 1t and
police bullets that few every way but
his as he dropped down three fights or
Ere escape, vaulted hack yard fences.
ducked through cellar and went out
into the night without scratch.
Headquarters. doubly exasperated be-
cause this is the same Gafrney who after
jumping out Of the Tombs June IL shook
of two OF New York's niftiest detectives
in a pistol tight along the upper West
side, started an investigation Of the
Harlem escape, which. took place be-
tween 1 and o'clock yesterday morn
ins.
News Breaks Up Outs.
The detectives and uniformed men
who thad figured In the attempted cap
ture were hailed before Inspector Cray,
Chief Of the Detective Bureau. at Head
quarters The questioning began at
p. NJ. 1t was hastily adjourned little
otter 40 for this reason:
Hunters OF Gaffney in Harlem had
just learned that their quarry had been
hiding all day in the home Of his SIS
ter, Mrs. Agnes lyman. at 800 West
Jc0th street, only two blocks from the
11sth street tenement where he had
escaped from twenty policemen in
,ainstorm.
This news moved Deputy Commits
sioner Lahey. acting head of the de-
partment while Mr.. Enright is in Wash
ington. and Inspector Cray to suspend
the inquisition until 8 o'clock this after
noon and to speed all the men who
had been ordered on the carpet at Head
quarters, back to Harlem to keep after
Gaffney until they get him.
They were followed by Stanley Cor
man and Steve Birmingham. detectives.
members OF the team that won second
the national contest at Peekskil last
year. Their Job Is to hunt Gaffney
and shoot him on the wing II ne doesn't
' etop.
Called on Sister at $3.50.
II was about 80 in the afternoon,
and the spectral GafYney had been miss
ing from police vision for about eleven
hours when acting Capt. McKenna of
xlA II vla 1Ata tts-A I,,,po ~
called on Gaffney's sister. Mrs. lyman.
al the 10th street address. The young
woman, much frightened. said that her
brother had knocked at her door and
demanded adm.ttance about~6 30 A. NJ.
He had added a pair OF trousers and a
pair of shoes to his night attire and was
drenched.
He compelled her. she said. ts outfit
him with odds and ends from her hug
bands wardrobe. She gave him d brown
coat. a jacket. n white shirt striped with
purple. with collar attached. and a rough
straw hat. She said she harbored and
outftted Gaffney because she was afraid
OF harm to her two small children and
herself.
Her husband was already under ar
rest suspected of being one of those who
helped Gaffney to escape June IL or hav-
ing had knowledge OF him since then.
Locked Him in Basement.
Mrs. lyman said she was anxious to
get rid Of her brother, but he stayed In
her fiat until a little after p. NJ. She
took him to the basement and padlocked
the door when she went upstairs. she
said. But there Is a long court back OF
the tenement house and through this
reached 18th street. Later he Is said
10 have visited the barber shop a,
\ Eighth avenue and 116th street OF one
Mascal, father Of Alfred Mascal. also a
barber. in whose nat at 307 West 1lStf
street Gaffney had been surprised early
in the morning.
Mrs. lyman was taken to the Yves
123d street station house by Capt. Nc
Kenna. She was the eighth person ar
rested yesterday on suspicion of having
aided the escape.
The police now have a hot trail
knowing as we'll as anybody that theil
reputation Is at stake they are following
II swiftly and the next time the dare
devil, gun In hand. attempts to keep tn,
hunters away they will not repeat theil
mistake Of shooting merely to scare hin
into submission.
Under IS Year Sentence.
Gaffney was sentenced to Sing Sins
for eighteen years last spring for homi
eide, on a charge Of having killed
Charles Tucker in a Gopher gang row II
March. Brought back to the Tombs OF
q technicality. he leaped from a window
OF the seventh tier OF the prison and by
series OF jumps reached the street
Detectives Flood and Whitney saw hin
in West Forty-seventh street later In tn,
day. He was In an automobile. He anC
the detectives blazed away with re
rolvers. and two children in the stree
were slightly wounded. Gaffney escaped
by running through tenement houses ant
over roofs
Since then the police have been trail
Ing him. They figured that a gang ste
would stick to New York They hav,
Kept watch of all the movements of hi
sweetheart. Catherine Coyle. Catherin,
waA-coy. Apparently she kept ava.
from Gaffney. But early yesterda.
morning came a tip that she was will
him In the fiat OF Alfred Mascal at 80
West llsth street.
Rnid Is HurridIy Planned.
The word was the pair would not b
there long, The raid was planned In
hurry Detective Sergeant Peter Don
dero had with him Detectives Dillon
Whalen. McGrath and Manning. Four
to q.