The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-18
FOUR WOUNDED IN
CITY GANG FIGHTS
Bandits Engage in Duel in
YOrkville With PrOmis-
cuous Shooting.
MAN AND WOMAN ARE HIT
Bartender Held Up, Thieves
Flee. Wreck Automobile
and Are Caught.
MAN AND WOMAN ARE HIT

and Are Caught.
The pistol operations OF gangsters and
hodup men yesterday in Manhattan
and Brooklyn resulted in the wound'r 2
Of four persons, one OF whom will die.
Eight men were arrested in connec-
ton with the crimes, three of whom
were beaten by policemen before they
would submit to arrest. Four bandits
enraged by the refusal of chauffeur
to aid them to escape smashed all the
windows OF his taxicab and otherwise
. wrecked his machine.
The most serious shooting occurred
at Second avenue and 10Sth street at
about $50 o'clock last evening, an hour
when the street was crowded with men.
women and children Four men par
ticipated in it and took UP positions
on the north and south sides of the in
tersecting street. Volley after volley
| OF shots were fired, the men apparently
using magazine pistols.
| Men and women scurried into door
ways, mothers screaming as they
! dragged their youngsters after them.
The more venturesome parents brayed
| the rain of lead to drag in young chill
dren that had been playing In the
street. or to push IA baby carriage in
which an infant was sleeping out of
/ pistol range. The firing ceased as
| quickly as IL had begun, the four men
darling off in different directions. None
! Of them seemed to have been wounded
but man and u woman, who had been
passing, lay grooming in the street, the
man shot In the abdomen and the
woman in Ihe righl thigh.
| Detectives William Quaine and w.
lam Ryan of the East 10ith stree; sSa-
ton were making an invest. alton
about two blocks away hen 20 first
volley rang out. The ra; II Sec
| ord avenue .us. as the Il e is started
10 separate. Quaine st,,;ed after two
whom ne overlook al First avenue
| They described themselves as Joseph
and Angelo Camorago, brothers. Of 2l3i
First avenue Ryan caught third man
| in Third avenue. The latter said he was
Patrick Haramgoso. ~ years old, of 40
East Seventy ninth street. The trio
were locked up on felonlous assault
charges. No pistols We're found.
James Pezza. 20. of 31s East 10Sth
street. was the most seriously wounded.
He was hurried TO City Hospital. where
physicians said there was but slight
! chance for his recovery. Mrs. Magda-
| lene Maresci. 60 years old, OF 2l0S Second
avenue was taken to Reception Hospital
by DR.. Schimps. Her condition was not
considered serious. but it was feared
that because of her age complications
might set in.
james Carroll. bartender, of lis
Amsterdam avenue was standing behind
the bar of q saloon at 2 Amsterdam ave-
niue. directly at the top of San Juan
Hill, when four men entered. They
drew pistols and directed Carroll to ele-
vate his hands and turn his face to.
ward the wall The bartender complied
and two of the thieves rushed behint
the bar. They stole $50 from the casf
Register and al. four fled to the street
John O'Rourke, chauffeur, of 49,
, West Sixty-third street, had just dis
charged a passenger at Roosevelt Hos
pitaI and was turning the corner into
| Amsterdam avenue when the four mer
ran out OF the saloon. The four jumped
into the machine and directed ORourkt
to drive them to First avenue and Six
ty-first street as quick as he could.
The chauffeur continued north in Am
sterdam avenue and at Sixty-fifth stree
one of the thieves stuck his head on
the door and demanded O'Rourke 81
faster. The latter said he could not
whereupon the four broke every window
in the automobile with their feet. Ripe,
the cushions and tore out most OF thu
upholstery. They then jumped from thu
| machine and fled west.
O'Rourke and Carroll reached the sta
ton house simultaneously and gave de
scriptions of the four. An alarm wa
| sent out and within half An hour fou
| men were brought in, three of whom hat
fought the cops. the latter of whom hat
used their nightsticks freely. The mel
described themselves as Thomas Con
molly. 81. of 513 West Fifty-secon'
street Matthew Sullivan. 81. of AT Eas
Slxty-third street; Joseph Carroll, u. .
!. 40 West t'ifty-sixth street and jane
Connors, 90, OF 772 Ninth avenue. The!
were held on complaint Of the chauffeur
! and bartender.
William Murray. so, and his son
Charles. %. of 1925 121st street. Rich
mond Hill. were shot in the leg AM
knee respectively, by a man who, the!
charge tried 10 steal the elder Mr.. Muir
rays pocketbook in front Of a saloon n
Scholes and Waterbury streets, Brook
lyn. The pistol with which the shootini
was done was the property or Mr.. MUIR
| ray. Sr, and was taken from him, so n
charged by Harry Rogers. rs, OF "a
Montrose avenue. who is being held
prisoner on a felonious assault charge
While "A dozen students OF Columbii
University sat UP stairs in the Psi UP
silon frat house, 727 West 116th stree,
singing and playing the piano last night
three men. two of them dressed In sol
diers' uniforms. held up and robbed
Charles Willgeroth. the steward. In tn
basement. Mr.. Willgeroth had been on
visiting friends and returned soon afte
o'clock He had hardly entered tn
basement when the bell rang, and golnI
to the door he saw three men.
They pushed their way into the hall
way, slammed the door and pummelle'
the steward with their fists While tw'
! OF them held Mr.. Willgeroth on the Zoo
the third went through his pockets sn'
stole $500 In cash and jewelry. Tho,
then fled In their haste they overlooked
gold watch. which, II was said. tn
late Car Of Russia had presented to tn
steward. and large sum of none!
which lay on n cupboard.