Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-29
) shot, I BEATEN,
. IN NIGHT H0LD-UPS.
Sailor Proves Tartar When At
tackled by Footpads and
Wounds Two
MANY SUSPECTS ARRESTED

Two alleged highwaymen were pr6ba
bIy fatally shot by ships cook, a vic
tim was wounded and another victim
was beaten unconscious in the city early
yesterday morning and last night
Four other hold ups were reported.
The two men who are said TO have
held up John Anagerrent, n cook of the
stcamship Jackson, and who are be
lieved dying at the Methodist Hospi
tai. said they arc John Dougherty, OF
Sixteenth street near Skunk. and John
OMallcy. American street near Skunk,
Anagcrrcnt was walking along Snyder
avenuc. early yesterday morning, ac-
cording to his story. when the two men
Jumped Mt him from doorway. near
Diworth street, and demanded his
money.
Beaten With Blackjack
He declared that when he refused to
give up his money. one of the men struck
At him with blackjack. He turned on
the men and in the fight all three went
to the ground.
Anagerrcnt got to his feet after n
struggle and fred two shots, wounding
both men. Dougherty was struck in
the right breast and O'Maley's left
lung was pierced.
Police of the Fourth street and
Snyder avenue station found Anagcrrent
bending over tho wounded men.
Magistrate Baker. of the Fourth
street and Snyder avenue station. held
Anagcrrent without bail for a further
hearing December ).
Several. pedestrians approached n
highwayman who was in the act of
holding up George G.. Iessinger near
his home at 1913 Poplar street last
night.
Chats With Victims
The robber shielded the revolver
pressed against Tcssinger's stomach,
and in friendly voice asked the victim
how al! the folks were back home.
Don't forget to tell them to come IN
and see us sometime" the highwaymnn
admonlSheh, and as the pedestrians
passed he stripped Iessinger of his
watch, chain and money and oscaped
Lee Callahan. of st. Louis Is ho,d
by police here charged with having held
up and shot Harry Everett, of Hazle-
ton. near Hutchinson and Quarry
streets last night. Everett is in Hahn
emann Hospital with a bullet wound in
the back. His condition is not serious
p Callahan. according to police, when
he found his victim had only TWENTY
seven cents in his pocket. drew a re-
volvcr and shot him. He was held with
out bail for n further hearing next
Monday by Magistrate Grelis in the
Eleventh and Winter streets station.
charged with highway robbery and as.
saut and battery with intent to kill.
Lacked Funds, Is Beaten
Shortly after midnight yesterday two
men held up James Lewis of 712 South
Seventeenth street, as he was about to
enter his home. After he refused TO
give his money to the men he was
struck on the head with a blackjack.
Dazed from the effects of the blow. he
fell to the ground. The men then took
$40 from his pockets and escaped.
The hold-up was reported to the
police of the Twentieth and Fitzwater
streets station. From the description
given by Lewis, two men were ar
rested. They said they were Joseph
Miles. Eighth street near Lombard
and James Johnson. Ellsworth street
nitted Yesterday to the county prison
for court by Magistrate Rcnshaw. =
While in the act. according to the
police, of beating a victim following his
refusal to give up his money, an alleged
hod-up man was arrested early Sunday
morning. At the Dauphin street and
Trenton avenue station, where he was
held for court yesterday by Magistrate
Detz, he gave his name as J. Il.
Hyland, and his address as New York.
At the hearing Maurice O'Connor,
Sergeant street near Twentieth, testified /,
that while on his way home shortly after
midnight Hyland accostcd him at Ken
sington avenue and Adams street and
ordered him to give up his money. When
he refused, ,O'Connor said Hyland struck
him with a club. O'Connor's shouting
attracted Policeman Rosenstein, who |
arrested IIyland
Five Suspects Arrested
Police of the Fourth and York streets
station arrested five men yesterday as
sccompliccs in the hold.up of Howard
I,nring. 3O6 Roosevelt boulevard. on last
Thursday night. at Lehigh avenue and |
American street. The men were held
without bail by Magistrate Glenn for |
further hearing.
. According to the police. During was |
forced into a freight car by the men.
who took his hat, overcoat, suit and |
shoes. After passing an hour in the |
freight car, he was discovered by a |
0atchman who notified the police.
The men arrested gave their names !