New-York tribune., 1921-12-24
Two Killings
In City-Wide
Bandit Raids
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the barrel of the revolver which con.
stantly prodded his ribs, merely
grunted. The customer. who was used
TO much more lively come e-back. eyed
hm moment and then asked for y
card OF matches He said no more
but lighted cigarette and went out.
He went straight to telephone
booth. There was something wrong
with Michaels, he knew, and he didn't
like the looks of the man who stoot
beside him. AS soon as he reached
the telephone booth, he called Police
headquarters and told his experience
and his suspicious.
Police Open Battle
Hold-ups in United Cigar stores
nave been SO frequent that anything
out OF the way in connection with ono
OF them receives grave and prompt
consideration by the police. The Ire.
mont police station was notified i'm
mediately and Mccarthy and Connel
dispatched to the gore.
Michaels and his guard were still
oehlnd the counter when the detectives
got there. Invisible in the rear room
were Fryfeld and his jailer.
Inc detectives entered the store with
their reyolvers drawn and the com.
mand, Hands upl" Michaels obeyec
him to see revolver in the hands OF
some one beside the man at his side.
The bandit, however. instead of obey.
ing, fired from the hip across the coun.
ter. polntblank at the detectives. His
hrst bullet hit Connell in the jaw, anc
he dropped unconscious
Before Mccarthy could reply, the
door OF the rear room swung open anC
the man who had been standing guard
over Frytield steadied his revolver
against the jamb and fired. The bull
let went through McCarthy's left cheek
Mccarthy fired at the same mt
ms bullet spllntering the door iamt
and whistling past the head of the help.
less and invisible Fryfeld. Each re-
port reverberated like bomb in the
CONSTRUCTED space. Beneath the uproa,
sounded the crack and tnkle of river
wood and shattered glass. Smoke fillec
the store and drifted out through the
door, held aiar by Councils body.
lntruders Make Escape
Mccarthy caught momentar,
glimpse of the robber in the store as
he leaped the counter and made for the
rear room and took a snap shot at him
He thought the man staggered as h,
reached the door and vanished. but hi:
wound was weakening him and he wa.
not sure that he saw right.
There was no hesitation on his part
however. His man had vanished into
a darkened room which he knew hello
one desperate gunman, but MCCARTHY
was through the door after him befor,
he could slam it shut. He was in tim,
tn hot
door into the street. He staggered
after them.
Bullets splintered the door behinc
him as he reeled into the street, bu
steadying his right arm with his lef
hand Mccarthy threw down on the mar
running east on fremont Avenue. Tn,
other robber had jumped into a taxical
and was driving away. His companion
fell at McCarthy's shot, and the mex
moment the latter fell, too.
A motorist picked up both tn,
wounded detectives and took them te
F'ordham Hospital. The dead handit
lay in the street until an ambulanc,
was dispa etched from the hospital after
The arrival OF the detectives. BY t,lat
time thousands Of persons we re seeking
glimpse of the battlefield and the
reserves had to be called out to enable
Captain Wines of the Bronx detective
bureau and his men to start their in
vestigations.
In spite of the speed with which the
taxicab had started, several persons
rad caught a glimpse of one or more
OF the tigures on its license plate, anc
from their reports the police nope tC
trace the vehicle. 1t is thought tha
the fugitive in 1t may have beer
wounded
Mccarthy is thirty-seven years ole
and lives at Ais East 154th Street. HI
became became policeman October IT, 1907
Conneil is thirty-six years old anc
lives at rs Clinton Place, the Bronx
II was appointed to the force Febru
ary %, 1907. Both men have received
oi11clai commendation for police work
Levy, the robber who was killed. wa,
known also as Charles Williams. Harr,
Roth, Harold Rieb and Frank Leary
His record at Police Headuuarter r,
shows he was convicted of burglar,
May 20, 1918; sentence was suspended d
he following August he was convicted
something which the police record.
describe as suspicion" and sent t,
Elmira Reformatory
July 26, 1915, according to the polio,
records, he was convicted of burglar,
and sentence of five years imposed
by Judge Rosalsky, who released him
however, on parole. March 10, 1916
the police records show, he was con
ylcted again of burglary in Judge
iSosalsky's court and sentence was sus
pended again.
Long Criminal Record
In June of that year he was con.
victed of burglary and sent to sins
Sing for four years and SIX months
August Is, 1918, a charge of granc
larceny was made against him, which
, is still pending, SO far as the police
records show. September 16 1919, he
was convicted of disorderly conduc-
and sent to the workhouse for twenty
days. December 90, 1919, charge o.
robbery was made against him, which
seems to be pending still. April Is
1920, charges Of grand larceny anc
burglary were made against him anc
he is said to have jumped his bail il
both cases.
Two young men entered Sottile's
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