The New York herald., 1921-12-27
SHOT AFTER FIGHT
IN GRAND CENTRAL
Former Private Detective Is
Badly Wounded by Man
He Had Thrashed.

Michael J. Higgins, 26. formerly a pri-
vate detective OF Auburn, N. Y, was
shot while standing at the Vanderbilt
avenue entrance of the Grand Central
Terminal yesterday by a man whom
Higgins had previously attacked for the
alleged grievance of friend. One Of
the shots went through fiigginss lungs
and is likely to prove fatal. In all four
shots were fired. three of which struck
the ex-detective in the hands.
Higgins told police in Bellevue Hospital
that man. Greek. had been an
noying a young man ne knew as zoe"
and that Joe" complained to him about
1t. Higgins watched for the man yesterday
and when he appeared at the station
Higgins thrashed him. he said, according
to the police. The man ran away, re-
turning in few minutes with a pistol
and opening fire. Higgins tried to get
the weapon after the first shot but could
not. After the shooting both the Greek
and Joe" disappeared.
A robber entered the store of David
Buck, grocer. of Isl Oakland ave-
nue., Jersey City, and struck Buck on
the head with blackjack, knocking
him down. A customer entered the store
Just then, however. and the robber fled
without getting anything. Buck was
not seriously hurt.
Feud Feared by Police.
Brooklyn police said they expect a
feud to develop from the shooting affray
of Saturday night at 225 North Eighth
street. Williamsburgh. in which four
men were wounded. Two prisoners were
arraigned in Bridge Plaza court and
held without bail for examination, and
fifteen-year-old boy, who Is alleged
to have welded two pistols during the
battle, was held for the Children's
court. The police were unable to learn
the cause of the shooting
More than 100 persons went to Ford
ham Hospital to pay tribute to the two
policemen who were wounded in a gun
fight with cigar store bandits Friday
night, in which one bandit was killed
and the other wounded. The callers
included District Attorney Edward J..
Glennon of Bronx county, Inspector
Dominick Henry and other police and
county officials. The two policemen.
Detectives Randall ]. Mccarthy and
Timothy Connell of the Bathgate ave-
nue. station. were reported as improv-
ing rapidly. They were showered with
congratulations and gifts, which seemed
to raise their spirits considerably.
Record i'm Homicidex.
The homicide calendar for the Bronx
Grand Jury for the closing week Of the
year is the heaviest on record II in
cludes the murder of Carol Mollar.
jeweler, by Alric J. Westlng. robber
the shooting of Mrs. Marion Z. Korn-
dorfer by her brother-in-law, Henry, in
what is claimed to be an accident, and
the death of a saloon keeper In Morris
avenue at the hands Of three men be-
lieved to be booueggers. The Grand
Jury will also consider the shooting In
which Mccarthy and Connell were
wounded. for which Joseph Oats is a
prisoner at Englewood, N. j.
Mrs. Ursuline Mollar wife OF the dead
jeweler, was reported improved, though
not out Of danger. in Fordham Hospital.
James Johnson. negro, arrested Sun
day night for an alleged burglary at
145th street and Broadway, was held
without bail for examination to-day
when arraigned before Magistrate Marsh
in Washington Heights court
While Juan Ramirez of 207 West
] 1wenty-first street was dining in a res
taurant at 255 Yves. Twenty-seventh
street yesterday he saw three men walk
up to his car standing outside and at
tempt to crank II.
Ramirez dashed out and caught one
n an who. he says, was attempting to
start the motor. The other two ran.
Patrolman John Hcinold Joined in the
cf ase and after firing couple of shots
halted Thomas DAILY. 20 years old, a
laborer, Of 233 West Eighteenth street.
The man whom Ramirez was holding
said he was Anthony La Sale. %, for
r,erly an orderly for Major Tom Reilly
OF the old Sixty-ninth Regiment.
Magistrate Corrigan In Jefferson Mar
ket Court held the two men in bail Of
$4,000 each for the Grand Jury on a
charge of grand larceny.