New-York tribune., 1921-04-04
Crowd i'm Panic
AS Man Is Shot
Dead in Street
Hundreds of Women and
Children Flee 10 Safety
as Cherry Hill Duelists
Fire Six Times in Fight
Another Found Wounded
Police Question Youth Who
Says That Bullet Hit Him
While Walking With Girl

Salvatore Lavallc. of 125 Roosevelt
Street, was instantly killed and John
Reynolds, of 1872 Franklin Avenue,
Brooklyn, was seriously wounded in q
mysterious shooting affray in the
Cherry Hill district last night. six
shots being fired in duel that drove
hundreds of women and children in
the Italian colony from doorsteps and
sidewalks to shelter.
Detectives Howard OLeary. Jesse
Joseph and Thomas Rowan were stand
ing on the steps of the Oak Street po-
lice station, near the corner of Roose-
welt Street. when a fusillade of shots
was heard in Roosevelt Street, and the
officers ram to the spot. but were un-
able to discover for some minutes what
had happened, owing to the panic into
which mothers of the screaming chill
dren had been thrown.
Bullet Entered Heart
Det "ctive O'Leary, who began explor-
ing the Railways, stumbled over ,he
po~Y OF young Lavalle in the hallway
-nf 10 Roosevelt Street. At first it was
thought the bov had died Of fright. as
no wounds were found on a cursory
examination
A more careful examination made at
the police station by Deputy Chief
Medical Examiner Dr. Benjamin
been shot in the right arm and that the
bullet had passed through the arm into
the chest. penetrating lne heart La
vale was said to have been killed in
stantly.
Detective George Busbv. in charge
Of the district. joined the hallway
search and obtained information of a
wounded man at SO Cherry Street and
there Reynolds was found suffering
from, bullet wound in his right hip.
Reynolds was at the apartment of
Elizabeth Fox. with whom he said ne
had been walking whcn struck by a
stray bullet He told the police that
he had not seen the men who were
shooting, but that he had been told
they were not Italians or residents of
the district. Reynolds was removed
to the Volunteer Hospital. where an
operation was performed for the re-
moval OF the bullet. He is being held
for further Investigation of his state
ment as to how he came TO be shot
Detective Rowan said that not more
than half q minute elapsed between
the firing of the first shot and the ar
va u lieRi- II upLtH pOlICS lCtlS OIi
The spot, but no sign of the duelsts
was then visible Rumors that several
children had been shot and that two
we're dead hampered the detectives in
their investigation, dozens of excited
women testifying to the truth of the
rumors, but all giving different ad-
dresses for the supposedly dead.
Reynolds Denies Part in Fray
Reynolds, the wounded man, told the
officers that he was walking with Miss
Fox when he heard several shots close
at hand. but did not see whence they
came. Just as he turned round, he
said q bullet struck him and he fell
He was assisted by Miss Fox to hen
apartment, which was only short dis
tance away, and was having his wound
dressed when the police entered. He
disclaimed all knowledge of the affair
and declared he did not see any one
shooting.
Information that came into the hand:
OF the police later is said to have cas-
doubts on Reynolds's statement ant
the investigation is proceeding.
Bullet Holes in Pocket
Assistant District Attorney Marrol
and Captain Busby subjected Revnold
and Miss Fox to a searching examina
tion late last night as a result of tn
discovery that Reynolds's coat. which
he had worn when shot, had been pene
trated by four bullets and was powde
scorched, indicating, they said, that h'
had been engaged in the shooting affra,
and had fired through his pocket.
Reynolds is said to have admitted
that he attended party given at tn
apartment of Miss Fox one night las
week, which was broken up by youn;
men of the neighborhood who at tina
time engaged in a fight with him. Th
police theory is that Reynolds was sho
at by some of the same men while ou
walking with Miss Fox last nirht am