New-York tribune., 1922-01-06
Negro Prisoner Turns OH
Policemen 200 Ft.From
Station. WrencI,es Free.
Sends Shot Into Each
llarlcn Crowd Sees
Murder and Escape
Blood TRANSMISSION Fails
to Save Second Victim {:
Suspect Taken in Hunt

Acting Detective Sorgcarts William
A. Miller ard frarcis J. Buckley. of
+he West lS5th Street rolice station.
xcro sho, last night by negro pris-
oner on probation loss than 200 feet
row the station. Miller died en- reach
.r Harlem Hospital. Buckley died at
4. m. without rcgaining conscious
pcss.
The negro. whose namc IS withheld
~ police orders. had been sought dur
ing the last three days on charge Of
assault. ast night =! O'Clock Fro
hation Officer Ellison. with hcadouar-
isrs n Public School sol. two block.
rom the police station. notified the
desk officer tha. the missing prisoner
was there 10 report. and was being
hid for srrcst
Prisoner Breaks Loose
Miller and Bdck'oy we're detailed Ia
e after the man. Probation Oficcr
Ellison turned his ward over TO tho dc
tectivea, who started with him for the
station. According to a brief state
ment ny Buckley. they had proceedcd ID
hut d short distance in l35th Street
when the prisoner suddenly broke loose
from their grasp.
Roth detectives made p rush to re-
capture the negro, who fred one shot
through the pocket Of his coat The
bullet struck Detective Miller in tho
cheek and passed downward. shatter.
ing his Jaw. The wounded officer fell
to the street, and Buckley. revolver in
hand started aftcr his assailant. Be
fore Buckley could fire shot he re-
ceived d bullet wound IN his abdor IN
and Immediately collapsed Miller re
NAMED uncoN scious from the time he
Was shot until he died. fifteen minutes
later. Buckley told his story briefly
and lapsod INTO unconsciousness
Detective Sergeant Michael Golden,
Of the same station. was fifty feet sway
Vher the shooting took place. He ssu,
the negro running and pursued him
south in Seventh Avenue to l3gd Street ,
where he disappeared IN a doorway.
More than City persons witnessed the
shootinG. I crowd pursued the negro
With detective Golden Tho shooting
r'tracted several h'n ,ed nc 2
serves Of three districts were Dis
patched TO the scene.
Slain Man Had Family
Miller vas married and the father Of
nine children lie had been attached
to the police force twenty Years and
had served most of that time with the
Detective Bureau. Buckley is also mar
lied and has four children. The wives
of both men were notified al once and
aided to reach the hospital. Miller died
before Mrs. Miller could reach his side
Captain Louis Haupt, in charge Of
the Fifth Detective Division. was at
l25th Street when the shooting oc-
CURED. He took Immediate charge.
detectives were assigned to scour
regro tenements covering an area Of
several blocks. Information obta med
from rVo negro women gave the police
clew to the probable whereabouts. Of
the man sought. Fifteen persons were
taken to the police station for oues-
toning and information IS expected
70 be obtained from some of these
Three are said 10 be relatives Of the
missing negro.
Chief Inspector William j. Lahey,
lnsrector John D. Coughlin. Of the De
tective Bureau. and Captain Arthur
'arey, Of the Homicide Squad. reached
'3oth Street station within half an
hour Of the affair. Inspector Lahcy
gave orders for q Gordon covering an
area OF several blocks and directed the
arrest OF al who might be supposed to
snoy the hiding place of the man
Murderer Had Record
he negro who shot the policeman
Is we'll known police character with
long record. He has been in nu-
merous gang fights and shooting
ARRAYS. Twenty houses under sus-
piclon in the district were searched
within half an hour
The nearest approach to police iden-
tihcation of Milers slayer came when
captain Iisupt admitted general
aiarm had been sent out for the arrest
o. Luther Body. negro. Hsupt said
BODY. had been arrested by Miller and
Buckley in connection with the shoot
ing OF Patrolman Caspar Rhodes. The
satte- IS now in Harlem HospltaI
3e" rooms away from that in which
hucsley is making his fight for life;
later the police admitted a negro had
oeen placed under arrest and taken to