The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1921-08-18
WITNESS DECLARES
BRONX DETECTIVE
SHOT At LAZARRO
FIaggerty Held Without Bali
and Suspended From Police
Force by Enright.
VICTIM IN HOSPITAL.
PalazZO, COmrade of Wounded
Man, Tells of Attempt to
Exact a Bribe.

Detective jeremiah Huggerty Of
the Seventh District, assigned to the
Wakefield Station. was to- day locked
up in the Bronx County Jail without
bail after being identined by Joseph
Palaz2o of No 32i East 18th street
as having shot and probably mortally
wounded Joseph Laz1aro Of No. 929
East l4th street last Tuesday morn
ing after representing himself as a
revenue officer and failing to obtain
demanded bribe OF $500 Hagcerty
has been suspended by Commissioner
Enright
l.azzaro is in Fordham Hospital with
a bullet wound completely through his
abdomen Haggerty was taken he
fore MIN at o'clock this morning by
Capt. Wines and Detective William J.
Fallon and lined up with several other
detectives, but the wounded man
failed to identify Haggerty as his as
SaIldnt.
When Haggerty vas arraigned this
forenoo before Magistrate Simms in
West Farms Court Assistant District
Attorney Dobbs informed the court
that he had known the detective for
eighteen years and that his record
was without blemish, but added that
witness had been found who stated
that he too knew Haggerty and that
he had seen him walk away from the
scene OF the shooting Immediately
after the firing of the shot Fallon
stated that this witness had said that
the police should not have much diff
Guilty in discovering who did the
shooting as he saw Haggcrty walking
! away from it.
Haggerty has made a complete de-
NAL of know ledge of the shooting, say
/ ing that he was a victim of false idan-
tficaton. His attorney, Samuel Geld
stein, said that he would talk with
his client about getting out "A writ of
habeas corpus between now and Satur-
day. when the case viii be called again
in the West Farms Court At the
hospital it was said that La2zaro had
! scarcely a chance TO survive
The story of the shooting as told
by Palazzo is that he and LaZZaro
attended a party at the home of the
latter's father law, Joseph Pesallo,
No. 9O6 East 213th Street, on Mon
day night and when they left they
brought away "A gallon can of red
wine AT the Gun Hill station of the
White Plains extension "A man rep
rosenting himself as a revenue Off
, Ger and displaying n shield uucs-
toned them about the contents Of the
can and after they boarded "a train
arrested them
While they were on their way TO
White Plains station Palazzo said,
that the Officer trlcd t. open tho can
md falling - do TINS tirNl a pistol
shot through H. A little later ne Of
fcred 70 settle the matter Tor $500,
but I.azzaro replied that he didn't
have any moncy, whereupon the Of
ficcr turned to Palazzo and asked how
much he had. ralaz2o had s. ant
this, he said, the oiuccr took.
The next thing Pdlazzo said he knew
was that he saw Lazzaro bending over
the can: there was a shot and his
friend crumpled up on the ground
Then the officer walked away.
Haggerty has been eighteen years
on the force and is twentieth on the
hist awaiting promotion to the grade
OF ~rgeant. He is married, has four
children, is forty three years old and
Lives at No. 45l6 Park Avenue, the
Bronx.