The New York herald., 1922-06-05
CHURCHCOERS SEE
TWO shot in FIGHT
IN new ROCHELLE
Police and Strangers Keep
Up Fusillade in the
Street.
TWO LANDED IN JAIL
New York Motor Racer and
Pal Resent Being
Questioned.
FATHER AND son KILLED
Another Son Sought After
Brooklyn Tragedy Result
ing From Quarrel.
FATHER AND son KILLED

Rochelle police force and Harvey
Nash, an automobile race driver of
260 West 125th street, were shot yes,
terday morning during pistol battle
in the streets of New Rochelle with
in block Of three churches into
which pariskioners were entering TO
attend services. Another man was
with Nash, Henry Zoelnek of 301
West 150th street. but he had no gun
and was caught after a short chase
by John MCGOWAN, chief of detectives.
Chief MCGOWAN and Detective Blume
were walking along Locust street
when they saw Nash and Zoelnek
standing near fine touring car which
the owner had just parked while he
went into a church. Detective Blume
asked them what they were doing.
."Looking for couple of girls said
Nash.
Blume and Chief MCGOWAN started
toward them, but Nash drew revolver
and fred shot. The bullet struck
Blume's watch, was detected and lodged
in his right thigh.
Detective Returns Fire.
The detective returned the fire. and
Nash fell to the sidewalk with a bullet
in his right leg. But he was up and
running before Blume could get TO him.
while Zoelnek ran in the opposite direc-
ton, pursued by Chief MCGOWAN.
Blume chased Nash through Locust
street to Church street and then to Cen
TOR ~ filing i,,a
shot three times at the detective during
the chase. but finally surrendered just
as Sergeant Chenoweth appeared around
a corner to head him off. Both Blume
and Nash were sent to the New Rochelle
Hospital, where it was said their in
jures were not serious.
Other shooting and stabbing affrays
in the metropolitan district cost the lives
of a father and his son and the wound
ing of several other men. The dead men
were killed in circumstances that led
the police to believe that their deaths
may have been the result of family
row over money.
Find Coat Cut by Dagger.
Two men were killed in Brooklyn.
They were Mutchence Ruizzetto Of
431 Marcy avenue. Brooklyn. and his
son Giuseppi. They lived with their
son and brother. Pasquale. for whom a
general alarm has been sent out. Neigh
bors said that they heard the three men
quarreling during the morning, and
shortly after noon the three were seen
to come downstairs and go into the
street. The shootins< occurred within
half block of their homes Giuseppi
Ruizzetto falling dead at the first shot.
His father grappled with the murderer.
There was another shot. and Ruizzetto
cartr ell hat he ta6
later In the Cumberland Street Hos
rital
The man who had done the shooting
then ran back into the Marcy avenue
house. 1t Is believed that during the
struggle ne was stabbed in the back. as
the police found in the Ruizzetto apart
rnent a coat which had been cut and
which was stained with blood. Neigh
rors said that the Ruizzettos had been
residents of the house for less than two
months. and little was known about
them. They seemed prosperous. but ap-
;.l-sntly did not work, as they were
about the house almost all day. The
police learned that they had recently
been quarreling over the disposition of
some money which was in a joint bank
account.
In the Hell's Kitchen section early
yesterday morning Timothy w McEner-
by one of two men who got out of r
taxicab at Thirty-ninth street and
Eleventh avenue. This man fired
but one shot. and McEnernay fell.
He was not hurt seriously. The shot
hit the thigh. He was able TO go home
after surgeons at the French Hospital
had removed the bullet. The police are
Investigating the case on three theories
one that McEnerney was shot because
"a frctfnad N fne ot tbn Iot
trial. another that he was shot because
he prevented several freight car rob-
berries and still another that he was shot
because he had interfered with the ac-
tIvities OF a dope peddler Mrs. Me-
Enernex said that her husband had been
threa tened several times. both by Hoey's
gangs and by the friends OF the car
thieves and the peddler.
Dead Man In Taxicab.
The police have begun an investigation
into the death of man who was fourd
dead in a taxicab driven by James
Smith Of 139 Edgecombe avenue after
the machine had struck an elevated rail-
road pillar at Third avenue and Forty
seventh street early Saturday. Smith
told the police that the man was his
brother. Harry, but yesterday the body
was identified as that of Alexander An
ueIson. painter, OF l43S Amsterdam
avenue. Mrs. Irene Anderson the dead
mans wife, told the police that her hus-
band had left home Friday morning to
60 to work. The Medical Examiner was
not able TO find any bruises or marks of
violence on his body, and the police be-
lieve that Anderson was dead when he
was put into the taxicab. Smith. the
chauffeur, was arrested and will be ar
raigned in the Yorkville court to-day.
1t was believed probable that death
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