The New York herald., 1922-05-19
Resented Being Hailed to
Court for Dumping Gar
bage in Street.
QUICK TRIAL is PROMISED
Too Much Of a Hero Widow
Says of Husband Hurt Stop
ping a Runaway.

Enraged by being summoned for
dumping garbage into the street, for
which offense he probably would hav.
been fined 81 or rcprimanded severely
by the Magistrate. Mike" Fradano,
4S. an assistant janitor of 1892 Third
avenue. The Bronx, shot and killed
Policeman Douglas w. Hay of tie
Bathgate avenue station yesterday
afternoon and wounded Policeman
Edmund Slater of the same precinct
in the hand during a pistol duel in
Crotona Park thai followed the slay-
ing. Fradiano finally was overpowered
and locked up on homicide charge.
Edward Glennon, District Attorney of
Bronx county, ordered the Grand Jury
to convene to-day and promised speedy
justice.
F'radiano knew Hay and said after
ward at the Bat.gate~ avenue station
that the policeman was a fine fellow"
but he thought he was going to hit
! him. He admitted having fired three
shots into Hays body, but said he did
so through fear. He could offer no
explanation, however, for his fear
since Hays back was toward F'radiano
when the first sEot was fired. The
second and third shots, which entered
the abdomen, were fired into the po-
liceman's body as Fradiano stood over
him.
Hay was walk 'ng down Third avenue
and had reached 172d street when he
saw Fradiano run out into the street
and dump a bunch of garbage into
the gutter. You'll have to pick that
up Hay shouted. There have been
a number of complaints about such
things" Fradiano shrugged his shoul-
ders and started to walk into the
candy store of Abraham Cramer The
policeman called to him again and
the janitor replied that he would not
whereupon Hay announced he would
summons him for violating the sani-
tary code.
The policeman had difficulty explain
ing to Fradiano. who although he has
been in the country sixteen years,
speaks poor English. Hay called an
other Italian to act as interpreter He
then started to walk down Third ave-
nue.. and had not gone more than a
hundred feet when Fradiano pulled a
pistol and fired at the policeman. Hay
fell on his back. and Fradiano ran up
to him and fired three more shots, only
two Of which took effect.
Third avenue in that vicinity is
crowded with men, women and children
in the afternoon. The shots were fol-
lowed by screams and Fradiano darted
up Third avenue toward the 173d street
entrance to Crotona Park. A woman
rushed up to Policeman Slater at
Washington avenue and 173d street and
told him a policeman had been shot.
Slater reached Third avenue as Fradi-
ano darted into the park. At the same
time Policemen jeremiah Clifford and
Martin Howley of Traffic b and A
respectively jumped off a southbound
Third avenuei car and started after
Fradiano.
There is steep grade at the entrance
to the park and Fradiano bolted up
this He crouched behind q tree a
hundred yards in from the top and
waited for the pursuers. Slater was
the first to reach the top Of the hill.
and as he did so there was another
shot. A bullet from Fradiano's pistol
hit him in the right hand. Clifford
and Howley fired a volley at the fugi-
tive as they crawled toward him. He
returned one shot and the policemen
fired again.
Then Fradiano threw MS weapon INTO
the air and ran toward the policemen
with his hands elevated. They grappled
with him and handcuffed his hands be-
hind his back. At the station house
Fradiano was questioned by acting Dis
trict Attorney Albert Cohn and William
Quigley. Assistant District Attorney.
Hay had been IN the department ten
years and recently had distinguished
himself by stopping a runaway in which
act he was injured and lay for time
in Fordham Hospital. He was married
and lived at I'll linton avenue Mrs.
Anne Hay the widow. was overcome
when she heard Of the Staying. Her two
little daughters. Lilly. 10 years old, and
Daisy. Z, also were grief stricken. Per-
sons tring to console Mrs. Hay said to
her that her husband had died a hero.
~ hero yes." she sobted. II often
told him he was too much of a nero" Be
sides his wife and children. Hay leaves
his mother. Mrs. Charles Weller OF SIS
Timson place.
Hay was a veteran of the Spanish
American war. Slater was "A Second
Lieutenant Of tn. Thirty fifth Machine
Gun Company during the war. His
wound proved only slight.
District Attorney Glennon hopes to
have Fradiano plead Monday and TO
begin his trial within the week.
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