The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1922-01-14
SCOUR EAST
FOR man WHO
KILLED TWO
New York's Tommy O'Connor
Sets Police Force On
Ears.

NEW YORK CITY, Jan. 1.-The
entire east IS agog Ii determined
search Tor Luther Boldly. a desperate
gunmau, who last week killed two de
tectives and made his getaway IN the
heart OF Harlem.
Boldly. who has a long criminal rec
ord also seems TO have remarkable
immunity record, aud word has been
sent out to bring him IN, dead or alive,
preferably dead
Many false clues have been given
the police, bnt as yet the search has
been in vain.
a taxlcab chauffeur IN New Jersey
reported to the police that Boldly
dressed in woman clothing stopped
MS car. saying, = m Boldly, the gum
man" and demanded TO be driven
away through the woods. At the end
OF the drive Boldly leaped 10 the
ground and disappeared in the woods.
The tale OF the murder on the side
walk was told to the Grand jury BY
witnesses who had heard ITS begin
ning and seen its end. II was already
known that Detectives Miller and
Buckley were looking for the man
who had shot policeman a little
while before Christmas, and with Bod
dy's notorious record in mind, a rec
ord OF three arrests for burglary and
immunity after every crime, they had
concluded it might be useful TO ques-
ton HIM. They found him in Public
School SO, at LenoN Avenue and l34th
Street as he was about to report as a
parolcd man 10 the parole officer IN
the building, to offer the usual pat
Ter: I've been good-hayen done a
thing" All the while he carried IN a
special holster strapped under his lett
arm. close against his side, an auto
matte pistol, apparently OF IS calibcr,
Judging from the roar II made when
Miller and Buckley fell a few minutes
aftcr they had picked up their man.
Failed to Iron Prisoner.
Why they were so careless as 10
.alk INN between them without hand
Hnhng him or without firmly grip
ping his arms is one OF the small puz
lie, that await the judgment day. Bun
fhcv didn't. and died Tor their careless
pa>. Fifty feet from the police sta
tion Boldly leaped suddenly backward
and shot as a rattlesnake strikes, too
Fast or the detectives to make a move
f3r their own guns or even 10 leap
s.iir Then he sprinted desperately.
bursting through a forming crowd,
4laopIng several OF them out nt his
path. kicking at others, cursing aud
'6outhing. Policeman Connolly had
followed him half a block and was
ready to shoot. but he got no fair
,Hance. and then Boldly lost himself.
A. hilc every effort was made, iu-
ending that Of blood TRANSMISSION. K
ave the life of Buckley shot through
the inte,tucs. the hunt for Boldly
formed Systematically with cold pre-
ri.ion. Chief Inspector Eahey Wa, al
thc West l35th Street Station within
tao hours after the shooting 10 take
general command OF the search. ln-
spcctor Coughlin and Capt. Arthur
Carey expert man hunters. planned
the details.
In a vast sprawling district, mostly
filled with tenement houses, many OF
which are known to the police TO have
criminal hidcouts IN cellars and secret
passageways, and where roofs connect
Tor blocks, giving access to a wilder
ness OF skylight getaway, 800 PLAIN
clothes men were thrown, and every
man went into the hunt with blue
barreled gun ready in his right hand
In addition to the special forces
searching the district Lahcy sent>ou
the usual general alarm, so that l00t
nolicemen, more or less, in the course
OF the day scanned the streets and tn,
byways and scrutinizing passersby a
the gateways of the city tor any on,
at all resembling the murderer.
Harlem was in an uproar early dur
ing the search for Boldly. The polio,
IN their haste and anger were not al
ways gentle with those that answered
sIyly or stupidity. On the whole the,
did the best they could TO assure tn,
residents OF the district that no on,
Hhad anything to fear who wasn't tryinj
TO protect Boldly or who was not con
cealing information about him.
1t was Boddy's amazing record o
escaping punishment that attracted in
slant attention District ATTORNEY
Banton. who found four portfolios o
docnments concerning the nineteen
vcar-old criminal among the record
II the Office, obtained from the Polio,
Department and his own files as com