The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-09-19
COP KILLS YOUTH
FLEEING GUNMAN
Finds Boy in Home and Mis-
takes Him for Man Who
Shot Up Garage.
Baked MOTOR THEFT
Lad Had Been Shot at Five
Times i'm Garage While
Protecting Car.

Fetcf JeIADek, years OlO. new IOF
his life from a gunman who began to
fire at him after he had been baked In
his attempt to take an automobile out
of Hayden's Garage, 349 Flushing ave-
nue.. Brooklyn. where Jerabek had been
left in charge while Anthony Mathies.
one Of the proprietors, went to supper.
He ran to his home, almost next door,
in 341 Flushing avenue, and was fol-
lowed by Policeman Frank @. Lisa,
thinking that he was on the trail Of the
gunman. Lisa found him in his own
room and shot him dead
This is where he was killed." said
John Jerabek. Peters father, yesterday.
standing at the doorway Of the main
room, which Is parlor. bedroom and
may be dining room. and pointing at a
spot just ACROSS the threshold and in
the kitchen. On the floor at the foot
Of the kitchen table. which nearly
blocked the door, there was a damp spot,
as IL the hopping had not dried yet.
Mrs. Jerabek stood near the double
bed, which almost filled the small room.
She was darning stocking, although
there hardly seemed light enough in
the room for all the sunshine that was
outside.
II was in bed" said Mrs. Jerabek,
when he came in. 1 heard the door
close and 1 says: Are you going to
bed. Peter7 He sleeps right here with
his two brothers. And he says: Yes,
Mame-he always called me Name,
God rest his soul--he says: Yes.
Name, in a few minutes / heard
him movin' around and then the door
opened and the policeman come in. No.
my boy didn't come in In a hurry
and he wasn't on the fire escape.
He walked in Just like you'd walk In,
ordinary like. An the policeman comes
in an walks across the room an shoots
him without a word"
Right on the nose." said his father.
Boy Carried No Gun.
peter had no gum" went on Mrs.
Jerabek. He never had any of those
things. They didn't find no gun on
him. Him, with his one arm in u sling
Yes; he fell off truck" She cried
little. HE was a good boy-with all
the trouble and care we took with him
and he was big for fifteen and q half
AS big as you"
She went downstairs to have her pic
ture taken.
IAN the cops In the district knew
Peter" she said on the way to the
street. "If It had been one Of the
men on the beat It wouldn't have hap
pened. We've lived on Flushing avenue
for fifteen years. But this man was
from another precinct. He didn't know
Peter"
Next door. in Hayden's garage. the
proprietors of which. the police say. are
Anthony Mathies and Joseph and
julius Haino. the two Haino brothers
said that they knew nothing OF the
shooting until they returned that night
from trip 10 Coney Island. Mathies
was out.
Over In Capt. Richard Gray's office
in the Clymer street station house the
captain told of bits of the case as he
had picked them up on Wednesday night
and of what had been brought out at
the hearing yesterday morning before
Assistant District Attorney Goldstein in
Plaza Court, Brooklyn
There were three others in the
garage beside the Jerabek boy at the
time of the shooting by the gunman
Their names are Felix Jablo wski-don't
know how old he is-he lives at 400
Wallace street. He told a pretty good
story this morning. He was scared yet.
The other two, are Joseph Waverno.
York street and Hudson avenue, and a
fellow by the name of Freddie. don't
know his last name.
None of these lads works In the
garage. They Just hang out there
Jerabek was left IN charge of the garage
Now, according to Felix. a man came
into the garage and tried to take out
an automobile owned by John Bruck.
Brucks son had brought the car into
the garage a short time before with
six or seven passengers Well. Jerabek
told him he didn't know him and that
he could not take the car. It seems
that the man had started the engine
The argument shifted to the office. and
yes. they were all In the office-this
man said to Jerabek: If you don't
let me take that car out III break your
other arm"
Five Shots at hoy.
The captain interrupted himself to
sign two papers, and went on:
Some of the shooting that followed
must have taken place inside the office.
There's a hole in the door and the splin-
ters OF glass are on the outside. +
guess those boys were too scared to do
anything. The man fired five shots. and
Jerabek ran out and up into his house.
Lisa. the policeman, was attached
temporarily to this station for strike
duty over on the gas tanks. He was
making a tour when he heard these FIVE
shots. Now, any kind of a policeman
nearing nNo bnoIb 10 BohlB " deSutno
that some one has been hurt, and it's
his duty not to look for the person to
nnd out how badly he's hurt. but to md
out who did the shooting.
That's what Lisa thought he was
doing when he went after Jerabek- He
was hunting around in the house when
a man by the name Of William Daley.
81 Suydam avenue, told him that he had
seen q man on the fire escape of the
third floor Well. this morning Mrs
Jerabek said the boy was going out
again after he came In. She said TO
him: Where are you going?' and he
said: TN be back In few minutes
Elisa went up stairs. 1t was pretty
dark up there. No one seems to be sure
whether there was a light or not II
there was. from what can learn Il was
dim. He saw a form near the window,
and he says that he ordered him to
throw up his hands. According to the
testimony, Jerabek made a movement to
draw a weapon and raised his arm In
Lisa's direction. Lisa shot him. At the
autopsy this morning the bullet was
found lodged at the base OF the brain. II
went in through the nose. No: Jerabek
had no gun.
she didn't hear the shots outside, and
questioned her closely on this she said
she had to wake up her two sons, Charles
he's about 81. guess-and William. &
years old, who were in the room where
the shooting was done. She sent them
out to get their father who has a res
taurant at 422 Flushing avenue
Elisa was paroled in custody of Cant
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