The New York herald., 1922-08-09
FLEEING MEN SHOOT
SIN STREET CROWD
Continued from First Page.


Either unbelievable luck or Masseria's :
knowledge of how to act under fire
saved the intended victim from the mex
two shots The first gunman having
missed the other took a shot But just
as he fired Masseria's knees sagged and
the second bullet passed through his
straw hat. Seeing their man crumple,
the young men must have thought they
had hit him. Just to make sure the
first assassin fired again. The third
shot pierced Masseria's hat again. re-
ducing 1t to unsalvageable wreckage.
Masseria was squatted on the pave
ment. All three bullets had gone
through the plate glass window and
more of the Heiney stock suffered. A
crowd came running and the gunmen
fled. AS they did Masseria leaped to
his feet and ran into the Matilda milli-
merry shop, s4 Second avenue.
The strangers raced to the car and
vaulted into it. Less than a block west
the street was filled with the striking
tailors. who had heard the shots AMI
were surging east to investigate.
Step on it, Step on it," yelled one OF
the gangsters to the chauffeur pillow
through 'em,'
stand Guard on Running Boards.
But the chauffeur's nerve failed him.
The mob of garment makers seeing the
car coming only became more confused
and blocked the street all the more ef-
fectively. The chauffeur slowed down.
From Second avenue came a crowd yell
ing Murder! :" and stop that car |" In
several languages. One Of the three men
In the rear of the car stepped out to
the running board nearest him. drawing
his gun as he did. A second took the
other running board. He too pulled his
automatic. The third stood straight up
In the car and he had a pistol in either
hand.
The confused tailors In the street now
became paric stricken. They ran
blindly. collding with each other and
here and there knocking each other
down. They were willing enough that
the car should get through, but panic
was on them. As coldly as they fired
on Masseria the gunner opened up on
the scrambling tailors.
Day Nursery Babies Escape.
They shot until the way was clear,
calmly cramming filled clips OF car
tridges into their guns when the maga-
zines were exhausted. Just east of Bee
thoven Hall is the Day Nursery of the
Daughters of Israel Two hundred ba-
bies were In the kindergarten classes and
dormitories. Not one of the bullets
broke the windows OF this refuge,
A tired white and bay pony attached
to lemonade cart stood at the curb in
front of Beethoven Hall. One of the
bullets hit the little beast in the mouth.
The blue motor car with it's four occu-
pants saw the way clear and off II sped
up the Bowery. 1t left behind II a
scene that the police said was almost
unprecedented. At least fifty men lay
on the ground. eight OF them shot and all
OF them screaming.
Added to their screams were those of
their terror stricken comrades and of
the neighborhood in general. The
wounded men. in addition to Goldstein.
who was shot under the heart, and
Bittner. who got 1t through the jaws.
were:
Hyman Youngberg. 1867 Brook avenue.
The Bronx: shot in the left hand.
Motifs Faderman. Ill Ridge street,
Manhattan: slight wound on left leg.
Felix Stump. lTester street. Manhat-
tan; slight wound on left side of his
chest. 4r
Davis Haltman. 70s Belmont avenue.
Brooklyn. shot In the right leg
Max Grossfeld. $40 jennings street.
The Bronx; shot In the chin
Isadorde Zaskof. 1850 Washington ave-
nue., The Bronx; shot in the right leg.
IL was hard to tell whether Faderman
and stump had been grazed by bullets
or. like others. trampled All got first
aid in Finkelstein's drug store. III FIFTH
street and Second avenue, and then.
with the exception of Faderman and
stump. who went home. were taken %
Bellevue.
chnse Through Union Square.
The blue car went up Third avenue.
taking no chances on the crowded Bow
cry. For few minutes the crowd
chased IT, and here and there motor
cars. not knowing what had happened
Joined pursuit.
AT 81. Marks place and Third avenue
Detective Lieut.. Cook and two detec-
yves were waiting for southbound
car. They commandeered a taxicab and
chased after the flying blue automobila
The automobile turned west into Four
teenth street and north i'm Fourth ave.
nue.snarrowly avcrting a collision with
a truck at Union Square. AT Madison
shed.
From Mercer street station and Police
Headquarters went twenty detectives to
assist those operating from the Fifth
street station. Francis II. Mario. As
sistant District Attorney. anneared "a
question the lucky Masseria who had
returned home and was found In his
room sitting on the bed He appeared
somewhat dazed when the detectives ar
rived 70 tell him he was wanted for
examination. But he was utterly com
posed.
At Third avenue and 81. Mark :
place Detectives Smythe La Battaglia
and Rosenberg stopped a touring car
containing five men and because a black
Jack was found In the possession of one
they were taken 10 the Fifth street sta
tlon. But Masseria could not identify
them. Nevertheless they were locked
UP on the charge OF having a weapon
The tailors were members of the
International Cloakmakers Union. ac-
cordlng to Hyman Bushel, 1886 Broad
way. who said he was the orpanization's =
counsel lie said. further. that he Of
fered a reward of $1,000 for the appre-
hension OF the men who did the shooting.
Max Grossfeld, one OF the wounded
men, told typical story OF the affair.
II was standing In n crowd of about
300 In front of Beethoven Hall when
suddenly around into Fifth street from
Second avenue the men came. They
looked like buns. We had heard the
shots and were looking. They jumped
into the automobile and came up iowa d
Third avenue The crowd tried to stop
them and we sursed around them. Then
they began firing and got hit In the
chin"