The New York herald., 1922-04-08

and George Scott. Princeton University
students. who were IN the Biitmore
Hotel az the time.
Al almost the same instant a iarge
touring car with the top down and with
several men In IT, was driven south Ia
Madison avenue. The two thieves threw
the tire into II and the car went forward
before Duffy could reach IL. The
potrolnan started toward II. however,
drawing his gun and shouting for the
motor and the two men TO stop.
Bandit Fires First Ballet.
The two men turned the corner into
Forty-third street and ran toward Fifth
avenue. The automobile also went into
Forty-third street and turned west As
ID slowed around the corner from Nadi-
son avenue a man leaned from the back
seat and fired a shot at the policeman.
The bullet was low and Clipped the
pavement at Duffy's feet
The patrolman fired three shots into
the air and Dennis Ryan. a special po-
liceman who patrols the neighborhood,
also began shooting lie had heard
Duffy's shouts and had run up 70 be OF
help.
Duffy and Ryan ran around the corner
into Forty-third street. still firing into
the air The automobile by this time
was almost TO Fifth avenue, but before
IL turned the corner and vanished TWO
men leared from 80 back seat and
fred several shots at Duffy and Ryan.
The shooting attracted the attention OF
Patrolman Moran, on traffic duty at
Fifth avenue and Forty-third street, and
also Detective Newman. who was walk
ing north in Fifth avenue. Newman
ran into Forty third street and Moran
started for the scene just as the automo-
bile plunged out Of Forty-third street
and Strengthened out TO go south In tne
avenue He tried 70 stop the vehicle and
one OF the men in the back seat shot az
him, the bullet going so close to Morans
head that he fell the wind II raised He
did not return tho fire, because fifth
avenue was 80 crowded with trafnc ara
the crowd that had begun 10 gather was
so great .hat he would almost certainly
have hit Il bystander
Duffy, seeing that the automobile had
escaped, chased one of the two tire
thieves. and caught him at Fifth ave-
nue.. Newman and Moran. running
down Forty-third street TO help Duffy,
saw the other man dodge into an ailey-'
wav and went after him, capturing him
without difficulty. Then Duffy went
back down Forty-third street with his
prisoner. and in front Of - East Forty
third street he found the body or Mr..
erode.
be was unconscious, and was dead by
the time the policemen had got him to
Bellevue Hospital. The surgeons there
found that he had been shot through
the heart. He was not able to talk be-
fore he died.
The Mccallom brothers were taken
to the East Fifty-first street station and
questioned for some time by detectives.
They denied that they were the two men
seen by Duffy to throw the tire into the
automobile: they denied any connection
With the trouble. They said that they
had been passing, they had heard shots
fired and they ran because they were
afraid they might get hurt and they
wanted to get away.
The police are confident. however
that they are the men who took the tire,
and the detectives believe that with con-
tinued questioning they will eventually
be in humor to give some information
regarding the men In the automobile.