New-York tribune., 1922-06-27
Police i'm Clash
With i. S. Men
Over Shooting
Boy Wounded in Fusillade
Between Federal Agents
and Alleged Drug Vend-
crs; Former Disarmcd
Raid Spoiled by Fight
Question of Authority Will
BE Thashed Out in
Magistrates Court To-day

clashcd last night following the acei.
dental shooting OF Tony Rcy, ten
ycar-cld boy Of 309 East i09th Street,
during a revolver batter in congested
street between six narcotic agents and
seven alleged drug vcnders. Narcotic
Detective James Moog. charged by the
police with shooting the boy, was In
jured in an encounter with Joe Harris,
one OF his prisoners, who IS also
charged with the shooting
Assistant United States District At
torncy William J. Millard and Deputy
Police Commissioners DR.. Carleton
Simon we're summoned by the govern.
ment agents when Detective Emil
Kochman. Of the l0lth Street station,
insisted of stripping the government
agents Of their revolyers and placing
Mooe under arrest. Moog charges that
the action Of Kochman was unwarrant-
ed and that he intorfcrcd with GOV.
crnment agents In the discharge OF
their duty, permitting three OK their
prisoners 10 escape. and preventing the
roycrnmcnt men from seizing a ton 81
opium. heroin and other drugs. Spir-
ited talk was exchanged between De.
teetivo Koehman and Agents Moog and
Coleman Manning. Kochman had at
first placed Manning under arrest, too
but later told Manning he could so
when he was found 70 be unarmed.
Agent Charged With Assault
The Rey boy was removed 10 Re.
cco,ion Hospital. where II was found
bullet had plowcd across his right
chest. The wound was made with
9g.caliber revolver, il was said at the
boSnital. while the revolver carried BY
Woog is Of 80 caliber. The boy will
recover.
Moog was taken 10 mems night
court and arraigned on a charge OF
felonious assault. The record entered
nv Magistrate Nolan shows that Moog
was remanded 20 the precinct IN wnicn
he was arrested, but Mr.. Millard took
Moog away with him in his automoole
20 appear this morning in the court OF
tho precinct where the arrest was
made.
The four narcotic prisoners were
taken TO Police Headquarters and
locked up on charges OF ending drugs
The revolver battle was ono of the
widest seen on New York streets IN
some time, and il scattered peaestr,-
ans and children playing AZ lloth
Street and Second Avenue. ,
John predanero, Of 22b East l'sth
Street. one OF the narcotic prisoners,
had been recently released from sing
Sing. where he served nine years OF
nineteen-year sentence on enarse OF
nurder. He is described as the leader
Of the narcotic yenders. with Vin-
cenzo Anerdtha, OF the Lenox Batns'
ii5th Street and Lenox Avenue, Pre-
danero had been arrested in a white
slave case by Narcotic Agent William
Nellen. who also figured m last nights
battle. The government men had oeen
warned that II they came into the DIS
,rlct they would be killed.
How the Fight Started
Acting Government Narcotic Director
Connolly went into the district WIN
Agents Mellcn, Moog, Manning ana
Hebron. Agents Joseph Pseetta ana
Pasausle Napolitano had been sent Oh
ahead with instructions to purcnase
forty ounces of heron from Anerdtha
with marked bills. The two Italian
detectives we're taken in an automo-
bile by seven alleged drug venders
several blocks down the street. whorc
tho money was passed, and then were
brought back 20 the point where thc
shootine occurred and where the drug
wos delivered. The other agents had
bcen following in another car ana
whom the drug deal had been COM
pleted a signal brought all the detec'
t;ves together. Moog was holdin Jo-
scph Harris. OF the Lenor Baths, when
the latter whipped out blackjack anu
struck him on the arm, knocking MN
down. Harris then ran, but turned ana
6rod AZ Moog. The agent fred one
shot in the air, Director Connolly says
and then shooting in the crowd became
general.
Nooo succeeded in recapturing har-
-is ard three others alleged 20 be
part of the gang were oeing pursueu
when Detective Koehman appeared;
The wounded boy was carried forwatu
and Kochman insisted on stripping the
government men OF their revolvers'
The word battle Of the police ana
agents then began and was continued
10 the iOlth Street station and TO men 5
night court.
Negroes Attack Detectives
Beeatrice Motari. thirty-one years
old. Of 234 West Sixty-second street,
and lillian Green, twenty-eight, Of 2os
West Sixty-second Street, negroes
were arrested last night on the SUD
wav station platform at l26th street
and Lexington Avenue by Detectives
Schmucker and Kruger, Of the narcotic
squad, after spectacular nght IN
which six negroes, who were await
ing an uptown train, aided the women
Schmucker and Kruger we're sent 70
the station after some elephoneed 10
East l26th Street station tnat tne
women we're selling drugs. when IN
formed that she was under arrest, the
Motari woman, who is giantess,
rushed at Detective Smucker ana bore
him TO the platform. The detective
and his prnisoner rolled 10 the tracks
and escaped being crushed by a north
hound train only because the motor
man stopped IL within ten feet OF
where they lay.
Meanwhile Kruger was engaged in
struggle with the Green woman, who
belabored him with an umbrella, sup
ported By several negroes, who threat
ened the policeman with razors. kru-
ger was aided By Charles Coplan, of
i22 East Thirteenth Street, who kicked
a razor from the hand Of negro who
was attempting TO reach Kruger. Other
passengers aided Sshmueker, and the
attempted rescue was abandoned. Both
women were locked up Of the 18th
Street police station charged with pos
sessing drugs.