The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-12
8 DEAD, MANY HURT
IN CELEBRATIONS
Man and Boy Shot Dead and
Twelve Persons Are Hit
by Stray Bullets. ~
SCORES MORE INJURED
Innocent Participants in JOY
Gus Revels Chief Victims
of Accidents.

A man aid a boy were. shot dead.
twelve persons were wounded by bullets.
a third death was caused by an automo-
bile truck. and scores Of persons suf-
fered minor injuries yesterday in and
near New York in the course OF the cele.
bratlon that marked the signing Of the
armistice.
Especially in the foreign colonies In
Harlem and the lower East and West
sides revolvers were brought into play
almost as soon as the huge police sirens
aad factory whistles announced the dawL
Oh peace before day light had broken, and
stray bullets that struck Innocent ga g.
ers by accounted for most OF the acci-
dents OF that character that occurred
here.
Tho first fatality occurred at Patsr-
son, ". j., when Assld Bourasamara, 30,
tried to shoot off a discarded shotgun.
The weapon exploded and when Tie po-
lice reached the scene Of the accident
! Bourasamara was dead and three OF his
fellow ceiebrators were wounded. They
were taken to st. Joseph's Hospital, but
will recover.
Slain in Target Practice.
A little later Edward Cummings, ID,
of 468 Wayne street, Jersey City. and
Howard Scho.r. II, Of 10 Gray street
Jersey City, went to a railroad yard In
Waldo avenue and started firing with
revolver at a tin can set UP as target
Cummings knocked the can over. passed
the revolver to Schorr and then went 10
replace the ta-get. AS he Strengthened
up the revolver was accidentally dis
charged by Schorr and the bullet pierced
Cummings heat Schorr was locked
up on a technical charge Of mu: der
The third death was that Of an I'M
| identified boy about years old. who
| Il led to climb aboard an automobile
truck at Ocean and Kearny avenues
Jersey City. The truck was filled with
celebrators. The boy slipped under the
| wheels and was dead when he reached
the CITY Hospital.
Sidney Hecht, 8. Of $50 81. AIMS ave.
nue., The Bronx. was shot in the aldo
| men last night while playing In the street
| in front Of his hqpne. The police ar
| rested Henry Epsteln IL, of the same
address, who, they said had fastened q
revolver to the seat OF his BICYCLE so that
string attached to the trigger would
| discharge the weapon at each revolution
| of the wheel. The wounded boy was
| taken to Lincoln Hospital. where the
surgeons bdlu ne tctoNct'
A neighborhood celebration was goins
| on In Carmine street early yesterday
morning when a stray bullet struck
John Curtis. so, a laborer, Of 1913 East
| Twelfth street, in the neck. He was
| taken to st. v!ncent's Hospital.
Two Youths Arc Wounded.
Another stray bullet sent Samuel UNI.
per. IS. OF 327 East Tooth street. to
| Mount Sinai Hospital. He was shot
| In the arm. Gordo Carmiella. 1s. of EOS
| Sullivan street, was shot In the left hip
| while standing in front of his home
, The police said the bullet was fired by
one OF a band Of celebratcrs who drove
| by in motor truck. Carniella was re-
| moved TO New York Hospital.
Anra Eordinitz, 3S. OF $40 East Thir-
, teenth street. was shot IN the right leg
while standing on the stoop of her home
| and taken to Bellevue Hospital. Will
| lam Young ~. OF geo East IL It'll street
| got In the path OF a stray bullet while
blowing a horn i'm the middle OF the
street at Lexington averue and 117th
street. He was taken to Harlem Hos
pital.
Fred and Harry Britton. brothers. OF
| 566 Hamburg avenue, BROOKLYN, tried
! to celebrate by firing shotgun In q
vacant lot at Knickerbo2ker avenue ard
| Decatur street. The gun back fired a-d
they were both badly wounded about
the face.