New-York tribune., 1922-01-07
Police Scour City and NJ.
for Negro Murderer
OF Detectives Released
From Prison by Wound
Fugitive Is Bandit
And Drug Fiend
Mates in Department Pay
Tribute 10 = Members
Who CaveL on Duty

Through the negro belt Of Harlem
host Of detectives arc searching tire
lcssly for Luther Boldly. the nineteen.
year old negro desperate who muir
dcrcd Acting Detective Sergcants Will
liam A. Miller and Francis j. Buckley
on Thursday night The searchcrs arc
determined to land their quarry. and
arc convinced they will succeed because
OF the llvid scar which distigures tho
left side of his face from ear TO chin.
BY a strange twist of fate Boldly was
released from Blackwclls Island BY
the parole board in order that this dis
figuring mark might he reopened and
treated. 1t Will now in all probability
lead to his being speedily brought to
justice The scar is the result of an
alteration between Boldly and an Ital-
ian prisoner on Blackwell's Island The
latter IN the midst of the argument
struck the negro on the face with the
sharp edge Of hrs shovel Boldly was
serving sentence for burglary COM
",
Murder Indictment Returned
The entire machinery Of punitive GOV
erument was turned loose against the
fugitive negro yesterday. Within twenty
hours after he had shot the two de-
tec'1ves and made his escape the grand
jury returned two indictments charging
murder in tho first degree. The indict-
rs IN yro Is r.
Justice Wasservogel, who imm cdiatclv
issued bench warrants for the norro's
arrest
District Attorney Joab H. Banton in
lotter to Police Commissioner En-
right declared that his entire staff
would be placed at ms disposal to as
sist in bringing the fugitive to proper
punishment. A large number of po-
licemcn and detectives are spending
their ffduty hours aiding in the hunt
for the murderer.
che Police Department who arc not
actually engaged in the search arc
making. the funeral arrangements for
their slain comrades and trying to as
suage as much as possible the grief Of
tho stricken families Of the two dead
officers.
At the home of Detective Buckley,
269 West 136th Street. his widow yes
tcrday tcarfully described the last mo-
ments OF her husband in Harlem Hos
pital, while her three children stood
about her.
Gle was in grcas pain she said,
"but although he was suffering very
much he kept saying to nc, They got
me; they got NC at last. tried to
get him, but he got me- That was all
could get from him; he was in too
great pain to say anything more"
Every effort will be made to provide
for tho large families of the two dead
officers. Detective Miller. who lived
a wife and eight children the oldest
eleven years and the youngest seven
months In this connection Commits
sioner Enright yesterday issued the
following statement:
"The police Of the City Of New York
have lost two brave and efficient Off
rers in the tragic deaths of Detective
Sergcants Buckley and Miller. Both Of
these officers have rendered faithful
and efficient service to the people of
the city for almost a score of years,
and their names will now be added to
the long roll of honor men who have
forcement Of law and order and the
protection Of life and property in the
City of New York.
Law Enforcement Urged
"Thcir tragic deaths again demon
strate the necessity for rigorous and
uncompromising enforcement of the
penal laws Of this state. Our criminal
laws, such as they arc, must be made
stronger and the penalties more yigor
ously enforced. and many we'll meaning
but misugided people must remove their
sheltering hands from the criminal Gle
mcnt and the powers that prey.
"Thc department will extend every
relief to the dependents of these mon
who have laid down their lives that
life and property may be safeguardcd
in this city.
"The pension provision by law is en-
tircly INADEQUATE. and the Legislature
should grant further relief.
"Thc Police Relief Fund also will cx-
tend the fullest measure Of protection
to the dependents of these officers.
This is the least we may do, and it is,
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