The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-11-02

was taken to St. Vincent's hOsI
 Two men who were with Mcdonald escaped after dashing through a show CT of bullets rained upon them by who did the shooting and are now being sought by the police. Dow, after a technical charge of man. slaughter had been entered against him, was released on his own recog- nizauce, and will appear at a. hearing before Coroner John J. Phelan at 2:3O o'clock this afternoon.
 The versions of the affair told by the police and Dow himself indicate that the three burglars welNe after some whiskey which was stored In the cellar of the Dow house. Every 3,recaution had been taken by the thieves to insure a successful break, the men going so far as to cut the telephone wines before attempting to force an entrance,
 At 4:3o o'clock the Dow household was aroused by the sound of @ bur Elar alarm, with which the nome was equipped Albert Dow seized "a a back porch, and his brother, Harold, armed htrnself with a .45 caiiber re- volver and took up his station in his bedroom window at the front Of the house
 As he stepped out on the porch, MT. Dow saw two men dart around the corner of the house, and few seconds later there came a noise which sounded if the cellar door was being pried from its hinges. Shortly after, three men came around the corner, and stood only few feet from Dow. He ordered them to throw up their hands, but after hesitating an instant the men turned as ii to run Dow fired, and brought down the man who later proved to be Mo Donald. He fired a second shot, but missed,
 Leaving their wounded companion on the ground, the other two mem A-,~ F1.,rI El he d T~l rE- way. Harold Dow opened fire on them as they crossed the yard, and continued shooting as the men dashed across the street and got into a Ford Freemont street. The car was driven into Yale street. and turned in the di- rection of Fairfield avenue. Harold Dow continued to blaze away with his revolver, but the shots failed to find their marks.
 Immediately after the shooting. the police and Emergency ambulance ar rived on the scene. While en route to St Vincent's hospital, pr. Alfred Tornb1ut found a fully loaded -S2- Caliber revolver in McDonaldS pocket and also number or letters through which identification was established Overhearing a conversation in which the physician told a detective that the man was fataly hurt, Mcdonald pleaded with Dr. korunblut to save l1is life. At the hospital 1t was found that the rifle bullei has passed cleanly through McDonald's body, entering the abdomen and passing out through the back. The man died at 5:SO o'clock.
 Upon searching the ground dn the vicinity of the place where the shoot ing occurred, the police found case Of whiskey which had evidently been removed by the burglars, a brace and bit, jimmie and other burglars tools The entire collection is now being held at Headquarters.
 Judging from letters found on Mo Donald's person, it appears that the dead man has a sister named Mrs. Peg" O'Neil. living in Med1er Mass. and also two brothers residing in the same town. The names of the two brothers are unknown to the po- lice. Mcdonald was stranger to local detectives, and Dow told the police that he had never seen the man before. He was unable to give an accurate description of McDonaldS s companions, but several clues which may lead to the establishment of their identity are now in the hands of the police.
 Medical Examiner Dr. Samuel NJ. Garlick conducted an autopsy this morning, and Dow will tell his story to Coroner Phelan this afternoon
 Albert c. Dow, the man who killed Mcdonald, is connected with the Re placement Spring company, located at 235 Cannon street, and is said to have been arrested in 1915, in connec- ton with an automobile accident. . Harold Dow. who fired on the burg lars from his bedroom window, is superintendent of the Spring Perch company, Stratford, and Albert N. Dow, father of the two young men, is secretary of the same concern.