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ceeded In keeping them apart for the re-.
mainder Of the day, but Shaw would not
forget.
Out Of this fight. and perhaps with the
aid OF some OF Smiths other enemies
among the beef handlers who wanted to
upon Shaw's grudge, came the shooting
In the Marginal Club on Eighth avenue
near Fourteenth street.
That Lefty" Curry participated In
the affair is borne out by story to the
effect that he went to a doctor shortly
afterward to have n bullet wound In his
right leg attended TO. The doctor Is said
TO be one who practices extensively
among gangsters and who neglects to
report such suspicious circumstances to
tho police. The bullet wound was in
flicted by Tanner" who while dying
fred several times at his fleeing assail-
ants.
In similar manner, by questioning Of
innumerable persons have the authori-
ties been able to pieoe out the story of
the killing Of Shaw and the wounding OF
Lewis. and to arrive at the conclusion
as to Mike Costello's part
brothers Held ss witnesses.
with the issuance of general alarms
for the arrest of both men II was an
nounoed that Curry Is % years old, 8
feet in height, of light complexion. with
scar behind his left ear. Mike Cos
tello has worked as boss chicken
handler in tho railroad yards at Hobo
ken. He is n brother OF Jim and Pete
Costello, who are being held by the
Jersey authorities as material witnesses
Link Mitchell mentioned among
those whose presence at the District At
torney's Office is earnestly desired. is
the young man for whom Tanner"
Smith posted $4,000 bail q few weeks
ago after his arrest In connection with
theft Of $4,000 worth Of Liberty
Bonds which were found in West Side
chimney Mr.. Joyce has been unable to
find anyone who admits having seen
"Linl1'' since the Hoboken killing
The hat which the authorities wish to
try on the head OF "Link'' Is a split SEN
net straw OF 6% size. 1t bears the
mark Of a store on Eighth avenue In the
vicinity where Tanner Smiths follow
ers make their headquarters.
Police Capt. Thomas Garrick of Ho-
boken spent much time questioning Joe
Virgins concerning his whereabouts on
the night Of Shaw's demise. but Joe
was insistent that he wasn't no where
around" where 1t occurred.
Joe wouldn't have been around to be
questioned yesterday had not West Ho-
boken police found him standing serene
ly in front OF a garage while the prem
ises were being stripped by burglars.
He is 20 years old and has spent one
fifth Of his life behind the bars
The affairs OF the last week have set
the whole West Side on the alert and
an automobile cannot emit q suspicious
report without police appearing around
the corner and certain persons looking
about for sheltering doorways.
That the friends OF Tanner are out
to get more Of the Shaw gang Is we'll
known from Twelfth street to Forty
second and In Hoboken. where the gangs
also make themselves at home. The resi-
dents are equally well aware that the
friends of Shaw and that bunch that
famed the flames OF his grievances
against Smith ara themselves itching for
further leaden argument.
To many clubs and cafes the gang ter
ror has extended and ears are pricked
up for the sounds of fray. Persona In
the neighborhood of Fourteenth street,
where Smiths followers are thickest,
and those about Nineteenth street,
where the Shaw crowd Turk, are won
dering just when the itching trigger
fingers will again cut loose.