The New York herald., 1921-10-03
POLICE IN TWO CHASES
KILL ONE, SHOOT ONE
Another Gun Victim Tells of
Wounding in Dice Game.


were wounded in shootings in Manhattan
Yesterday. In two cases policemen fired
shots III chases following attempts at
robbery. The increased pistol activity
OF policemen Is said to be due largely to
new policy in the department of not
taking chances with suspected crimints
Michael Deeney, 20, of 500 East Fiji y
fifth street, was accused of being one
OF four men who tried to steal the auto
mobile OF Martin Doolan OF 425 East
SiXty-third street. brother of Policeman
Doolan of the East Twenty street
station. The policeman and his brother
were sitting In the latters parlor when
they heard some one tanpering with the
automobile motor outside. They ran to
the street in time to see the machine
dart east. The policeman ordered the
men to halt and then fired. The bullet
penetrated Deeney's back. He died in
Bellevue Hospital.
Archibald Hadibode. 81. of 437 East
Sixty-sixth street, and Matthew Nc
Carthy, 21. OF 1852 First avenue. who
the police charge also were in the ma
chine. were held in $1,000 bail each by
Magistrate rockingham in Yorkville
court. st. John Gavin, %, of 341 East
Sixty-fifth street. was discharged for
t~tN oL SNlueuCe.
Edward Gaffney, 25, a longshoreman,
ct 3o1 First avenue. walked into Belle
vue Hospital at night and said he had
been shot while playing craps in rear
yard in East Eighteenth street. He was
suffering from bullet wounds In the right
hand and side. He told detectives he did
not know the man who shot him.
Fred Noble, 4 s, OF 258 West Fifteenth
street, was shot In the throat by Police
man Michael J. Ward of the West Twen-
tieth street station in a chase in West
Fourteenth street. The plant of the
Monroe Lamp and Equipment Company
ct 314 West Fourteenth street was
broken into and robbed of stamps and
money, the police say. Detective Nc
Gregor OF the West Forty-seventh street
station was on his way home when he
discovered two men standing in front Of
the plant acting as though they were
''lookouis' for thieves. The detective
approached them and asked what they
we're doing st that hour OF the morning
They started to run east.
Policeman Ward joined in the chase
md grabbed John Clark. 90, also of 25S
West Fifteenth street. whom he turned
over to the detective and continued after
Noble. The latter turned as the police
man was gaining on him as though to
measure his chances for escape Ward
fired his pistol and Noble staggered into
his arms. The two were arraigned later
before Magistrate Hating in jefferson
Market court and were held in $1,000
bail each.
Patrolmen Harry Mccormick and
Thomas Burns had TO draw their re-
volvcrs and threaten to shoot last night
before they could drive back a crowd
that wanted to lynch George Callas. 36
years old, a Greek laborer of 3i7 East
Thirty-hrst street, after he had been ar
rested on charges OF attacking Annie
Rotchford, years old, Of the same ad-
dress
When Mccormick came out of the
building alone with the prisoner sew
eral hundred persons rushed toward Cal
las and shouted that they wanted to kill
him. Mccormick beat back the first
rush with his nightstick but when the
crowd began pressing close again he
blew his whistle and raped for help.
Burns answered, and after they had
drawn their guns the crowd fell back
and CalIas was taken 10 the East Thirty
fifth street police station.
The crowd followed the patrolnen and
Callas TO the station and tried to get in
stsc' 1'he police closed the door. and
when the crowd began battering at the
doors and stood outside yelling Tor the
officers 10 turn Callas over to thon, the
reserves were sent into the street and
drove the crowd away.
Caiias. his wife and their child live
on the third floor OF tho apartment
house. and the attack ~ alleged TO have
taken place while Mrs Callas and her
baby were In an adjoining room. The
little girl managed TO fight away from
Calias and told her mother what had
happened Mrs Rotchford called Po-
licenan Mccormick.