The New York herald., 1921-09-07
Man SLAIN IN GUN
BATTLE in SALOON
One Suspect Arrested in Death
of H0bOken Man in Colum-
bus Avenue.
MOTOR GUNMEN SHOOT
Fire Volley in Crowd Of Youths
in Tenth Avenue and
Escape.
MOTOR GUNMEN SHOOT

A pistol duel in a saloon at Colum-
bus avenue and 109th street. in which
one man was killed and another in
jured, and an attack by gunmen or
fifteen members Of the old Owney
Madden gang at Tenth avenue and
Thirty-fourth street brought a score
OF detectives from Police Headquar-
ters last night in an effort to run down
the fighters before they could leave
the city.
ne victim OF the murder, Walter
Vogle, 81, Of Hoboken, was shot tc
death as he was emptying his CUR
at his assailant. Following a chase
from the saloon to tenement on
10Sth street near Manhattan avenue
a man who said he was Frank Devlin
OF 1876 West Eighty-fourth street was
arrested. He was locked up pend
ing an investigation Of vogle's leath.
During the duel the saloon was
wrecked, glasses and mirrors and
other bar fixtures being splinterec
with bullets
The shooting at Tenth avenue and
Thirty-fourth street, according to per-
sons in the neighborhood. was the out
growth of craps game year ago. a
pair OF loaded dice was introduced by q
man known as kid" Hooker. 1t was
said. Hooker received beating that
sent him to the hospital, but the mem
bers of the Madden gang, with Madden
In Sing Sing to read the newspaper ac-
counts are said to have confessed NOR
tification that the Kid was not sent
to the morgue.
kid" Hooker. the police were told
was recognized an one of the six or sever
men in big black taxicab that rolled
west In Thirty-fourth street at 9:3t
o'clock and made half turn into Tentf
avenue At the moment the stoop of the
house at 474 West Thirty-fourth street
was being used as loafing place by the
remnants OF the Madden gang.
Hundreds Dodge Shots.
One OF the youths on the stoop evi
IDENTIFY recognized one or the men in the
taxicab The next instant the hundred;
Of women and children on the street
near by became panic stricken a his
shout Of alarm.
Duck fellows - they're going &c
shoot" he yelled.
The men on the stoop ducksd as fai
as they could At the same moment the
taxi picked up speed. The men riding
in 1t stood up and pointed revolvers al
the crowd on the stoop.
Here's couple Of presents for you
u.
the cab fairly blazed with the flashes
of revolvers. Fully twenty shots were
fired and the bullets struck all around
the men on the stoop.
The taxi rounded the corner and stood
for an instant pointed north in Tenth
avenue. Once more the men In 1t stood
and fired. Again the men on the stoop
escaped injury. The chauffeur of the
cab put on a burst OF speed and 1t shot
up Tenth avenue and disappeared.
Witnesses---there weren't many will
ing to admit they heard the firing-satd
the tail light Of the taxi was not turned
on and that the license number could
not be distinguished.
Policemen Martin Delano and Mahon
and McCurder of the West Thirtieth
street station running up few minutes
after the cab disappeared. found the
street corner III pdnuctnOnluHi. scNcfdi
women had tainted and we're on the
sidewalk In front of the stoop that had
been the target for the fire. Children
were running around shrieking with
fright and the men of the tenemcns were
beginning to appear from the cellars
into which they rushed at the first sign
OF trouble.
Gangsters In Panic.
On the Thirty fourth street stoop. ac-
cording 70 Policeman Delano. sat the
men who had been attacked. Delanos
opinion was that they were too fright
ened to- move. Presently they volun-
teered the information that they hadn't
the slightest idea why the taxi gunmen
fired at them.
The scene OF the attack on the Madden
gang IL only Ave blocke from the vacant
lot in which Policeman Neville OF the
West Thirtieth street station was mur-
dered two weeks ago.
According to the police OF the Yves,
Tooth street station the killing OF vogle
In the Columbus avenue saloon was the
outcome OF another gang fight. Early
In the afternoon. II was said. he beat ur
man known as John Hagan. Hagan
whore age In SO years. was led from the
saloon by two friends.
Two hours later the two who had
taken charge of Hagan returned with
another Of their gang. vogle was still
at the bar drinking and serving him was
William c. Heineman. one OF the pro.
prIetors. Heineman dropped to the floor
back of the bar when he saw the new
ccmers draw revolvers. vogle drew with
them and fred first. II was said. His
gun wac empty when he received the
wound that killed him. He dropped IN
front CT the bar and his nssailants. one
o, them shot through the neck. raced ou,
OF the door.
DevIIn was the only one arrested
although two policemen were close be-
hind the wounded man when he dodged
into a tenement and disappeared.
sCH0OLBOY SHOOTS HIMSELF.
Sioux FALLS. s. d.. Sept. 6.--Alonzo
Gray, IL, newsboy. shot himself through
the head yesterday while on fishing