The New York herald., 1922-04-08
2 ARRESTS MADE
Tire Thieves and Men
i'm Motor Give Bat
tie to Officers in
43d Street.
VICTIM SHOT IN HEART
Fifth Avenue Crowds in
Danger From Bullets
Late at Night.
PUTS BANDITS TO FLIGHT
Cigar Man Holds On to Dia-
mond: Pistol Duel as Three
Negroes Flee.
PUTS BANDITS TO FLIGHT

Harry Crone or BurSley place.
White Plains, former Assistant Cor
poration Counsel. was shot and killed
in Forty-third street, between Madi-
son and Fifth avenues, last night at
IL o'clock during a pistol battle be
tween patrolman and special po-
liceman and several men in an auto.
mobile. After the shooting Mr..
Crone's body was found lying on the
sidewalk in front of 10 East Forty
third street, with bullet wound in
his left breast.
The men at whom the policemen
were firing and who returned the fire
were in motor car, into which two
other men had just tossed tire
stolen from an automobile parked in
Madison avenue. Mr.. Crone was no;
engaged in the fight, but was killed
by stray bullet as he walked ia
Forty-third street on his way TO the
Grand Central Terminal to meet his
wife, Mrs. Edith Crone.
Mr. Crone and his wife. together
with his brother, Edward Cronc. a
coffee merchant, and his brother-in-
law. Max Michel, of 140 West Ninety
fifth street, president Of the Monroe
Clothing Company, had dined at the
home of Mr. Crones father, Max
Crone, OF 241 West 101st street. head
Of the sugar department of the Ar
buckle Coffee Company.
When the dinner party separated
Mrs Crone went directly to the Grand
Central Terminal, while her husband
went to the rooms of the Bar Asso-
cation to get some papers which he
intended to use to-day in case he
was preparing for trial. Mrs. Crone
waited at the Grand Central for half
an hour after her husband should
have been there. Then, when rumors'
began to circulate that man had
been shot by bandits near by. she be-
came alarmed, and. finally, when Mr.
Crone did not appear. she went to
the East Fifty-first street station
with woman friend from White
Plains, whom she met in the Ter
minal. At the police station she
learned that the dead man was her
husband.
The police admit that they cannot
know whether the lawyer was killed
by a bullet from the guns of the pa
trolman or the special policeman. Or
whether he was struck by one Of the
shots from the bandits in the auto
mobile. They believe, however. that
the bandits killed him, as these men
were shooting downward at such an
angle that bullet would strike a
person on the sidewalk. while the
patrolman and the special policeman
declare that their guns were aimed
at an angle that would send their
bullets above the head of any one in
the street.
Two Arrests Are Made.
The two men whose theft OF the
tire caused the shooting and TIE death
or Crone were captured by Patrolman
John Duffy Of the East Fffty-firs.
street station. Patroiman Moran of
tho Traffic Squad and Detective New
man from the Central Office.
Duffy caught Patrick McCallom OF
23a East Thirty-hf street at Fifth
avenue and Forty-third street after
chase Of a block. wtile Moran and
Newman caught McCallom's brother
John Ia an alleyway between Madison
and Fifth avenues. into which thcv
had followed him. The men In the
automobile escaped. going south on
Fifth avenue and taking with thernf
tho tire which had caused the trouble
patrolman Dlffy said late last night
that just before eleven o'clock he was
on post AZ Madison avenue and Forty
third street when he saw two men
wandering suspiciously near several
automobiles which were parked In the
avenue near tho corner. Hc watched
them. waiting for them to make some
move that would warrant their arrest.
He expected them q stcsl tire and try
a carry II of Ho did not anticipate
hat they would BE- aided by tse automo-
bile and tho men IA VI
After about fifteen minutes or an
psrcutiN ainicss wandering one of thr
two men hooked At y watch md hen y,
and the other icrkcd tire from the
back ~ roadster parked n Madison
avenue, the property oI J y. 0sbpnc