The New York herald., 1922-01-07
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| to pieces" And when this feeling was
| hinted at in the offices of sober justice
not the slightest protest was made or
| disagreement suggested.
The tale of the murder on the side
walk was told to the Grand Jury yester-
day by witnesses who had heard its be-
ginning and seen its end. 1t was al
ready known that Detectives Miller and
Buckley were looking for the negro who
had shot negro policeman a little
while before Christmas. and with Bod
dy's notorious record In mind, record
OF three arrests for burglary and immu-
nifty after every crime. they had con-
cluded 1t might be useful to question
him. They found him in Public School
~, at Lenox avenue and 134th street as
he was about to report as a paroled man
t. the parole officer In the building, to
cffer the usual patter: i've been good
haven't done a thing" All the while
he carried in a special holster strapped
Under his left arm. close against his side.
an automatic pistol, apparently of AS
caliber. judging from the roar It made
when Miller and Buckley fell few min
utes after they had picked mp their man.
Failed to Iron Prisoner.
Why they were so careless as to walk
him between them without Handwriting
him or without firmly gripping his arms
is one Of the small puzzles that await
the Judgment day. But they didn't, and
died for their carelessness with a treach-
erous killer. Fifty feet from the police
station Boldly leaped suddenly backward
and shot as a rattlesnake strikes. too
fast for the detectives to make q move
for their own guns or even to leap aside
Then he sprinted desperately. bursting
through a forming crowd Of negroes,
slapping several Of them out Of his path,
kicking at others. cursing and mouthing.
Policeman Connolly had followed him
half block and was ready to shoot but
he got no fair chance, and then Boldly
lost himself.
While every effort was made. includ-
ing that Of blood TRANSMISSION. to save
the life Of Buckley, shot through the
intestines. the hunt for Boldly formed
systematically. with cold precision.
Chief Inspector Lahey was at the West
135th street station within two hours
after the shooting to take general conf
nland OF the search. Inspector Coughlin
and Capt. Arthur Carey. expert man
hunters. planned the details.
In vast sprawling district. mostly
hlled with tenement houses. many of
which are known to the police to have
criminal hideouts in cellars and secret
for blocks. giving access to wilderness
OF skylight getaways. 900 plain clothes
men were thrown. and every man went
into the hunt with blue barreled gun
ready In his right hand. In addition to
the special forces searching the district.
Lahey sent out the usual general alarm.
so that II 900 policemen. more or less,
In the course of the day scanned the
streets and the byways and scrutinized
passersby at the gateways OF the city
for any one at all resembling the negro
murderer.
The search, carried cut on ordered
lines. spread as circles spread from
stone thrown into the water. Within a
few minutes after the roar of the ex-
ploding AS had thrown West 135th
street into spasms of excitement and
terror. twenty houses were being
searched. and then the quest was broad
ened and widened. house by house, block
by block.
The search for Boldly turned up a
negro gunman who had been wanted
earnestly. This was William Cane,
found at 265 West 147th street. who
was accused Of killing Charles Johnson.
janitor. 1s1 West 140th street. while
Johnson was trying to protect Jacob
Belkin of II First avenue from being
robbed Of $500 by three negro holdup
men. Belkin identified Cane as one Of
the men who had shot johnson.
The negro quarter of Harlem was in
an uproar early yesterday during the
search for Boldly. The police in their
haste and anger were not always gentle
with negroes that answered slyly or
stupidity. On the whole they did the
best they could to assure the residents
OF the district that no one had any,
thing to fear who wasn't trying to pro-
tect Boldly or who was not concealing
information about him.
Twice Quickly Indicted.
The circumstances OF Boddy's indict
ment for murder in the first degrcs
are: District Attorney Banton. acting
promptly. assigned Assistant District
Attorney John r. Hennis TO the conduct
OF the case Immediately after word Of
the shooting rang over the wires last
night. After spending all night on the
investigation Mr.. Hennis was ready
yesterday to take all steps necessary IL
justice. awaiting only the arrest or
Boldly. Befor, the special Grand Jury
summoned to investigate the disclosures
OF the Lockwood committee. the two
regular grand Juiies being overwhelmed
with business. lie placed the necessary
testimony OF the double murder.
The witnesses called were DR.. Charles
Norris, Chief Medical Examiner:
Charles c. Allison. Jr.. probation Of
ficer TO whom Boldly reported: Patrick
Gordon. policeman on reserve duty ct
the time OF the shooting. and who ran
out as Boldly wss fleeing. and Sergeant
Edward f. England OF the West 135th
street station. who took Detective Buck
ley's deathbed statement. 1t was further
brought out that Detective Buckley was
to have been witness yesterday for
the prosecution against David McCue.
otherwise known as Thomas Stillman.
10. OF 626 Taylor avenue. The Bronx. In
trial for robbery. Judge Talley or
dered Buckleys police court testimony
TO be read to the jury and included n
the minutes OF the trial.
The Grand jury handed two indict-
ments to Justice Wasservogel In the
Criminal Branch OF the Supreme Court.
the case OF Buckley. and bench war
rants were issued at once
IL was Boddy's amazing record OF
escaping punishment that attracted in
slant attention yesterday. District At
torney Banton. who found four port
folios OF documents concerning the nine
teen-year-old criminal among the rec
ords OF the office, obtained from the
Police Department and his own files as
complete a record as was possible to
get. Here Il is an issued by the District
Attorney:
Luther Boldly, who shot and killed
Detective Buckley and Miller .ast night |
has this record: Plead guilty on jan
uary 10. 1919. to unlawful entry before
Judge Mcintyre In Court OF General
Sessions. Part 7. At the same time there
was taken into consideration an indct-
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