Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1923-02-23
ARGUMENT ENDS
IN BAT Ties AND
SHOOTING HERE
Elizabeth Police Officer Ar
rested for AtroCiouS Assault
and Battery on Man
AN IN HOSPITAL
Anthony ZuIIo, of Port Read
ing, Has Bullet in Shoulder
Mot Serious

| Anthony Zullo. Port Reading bus
/ driver, is in the local hospital with
| a bullet in his left shoulder. the re-
| suit of an occurrence on New
! Brunswick avenue. south of the az
ditorium shortly after l o'clock yes
| terday morning. Robert Lott,
! thirty-two, police chauffeur of the
Elizabeth police department was ar
rested charged with the shooting
land held in $1,000 bail for a hearing
two weeks from tonight.
4 Loft came to this city with De
tective Sergeant James A. Ward, Ct
/ 629 Franklin street, Elizabeth, to
attend a dance here. About l
o'clock they departed from the Nev
Brunswick avenue auditorium aid
! planned to take a taxicab to Gliz-
J abetn.
! They spoke to a representative Of
| the Sheath Taxi Company and it s
| said 81 was asked TO take Ware,
| Loft aud a third man to Eliza beth.
| Ward and the third man got into the
| taxi. it is said, while Loft talked
with Louis Sheath regarding the
price Zullo, who it is said, has TO
connection with the Sheath Taxi
| Company came along and entered
! into the discussion.
| Zullo, it is believed, attacked Left
| and when Ward attempted % come
| to the assistance of his fellow officer
| he was struck and sent oack into the
| cab. ZuIlu started from the scene
! and Loft, who had pulled his % au-
| tomato revolver. hred once in the
| air. The Port Reading man failed
| 20 stop ana Loft, who Tss on the
| ground, lit him with the second
I shot and missed with a third. Zullo
! did not fall, but yelled: "Oh, I am
shot" wheI. the second shot found
| it's mark on his eft ~hauldcr.
Ofcers William Peterson and
Hugh Steed we've at the corner of
State and Smith streets and hurried
TO the scene and succeeded in taking
the revolver from Loft. Officer Pet
! erson took Loft to City Physician
John V. Smith, where a cut on his
lip was cared for and the Eliza beth
officer was then booked at headquar-
ters on an atrocious assault and bat
terry charge. He was held until S
o'clock in the morning and released
by Chief Niels J. TOnnesen in $1,000
bail for a hearing last night. The
bail was continued for two weeks by
Recorder Harold L. Pickersgil last
night.
Zullo wa stakeu to DR.. Smiths Of
fee, then to Or. Edward Klein and
finally TO the hospital. His condition
is not serious. Reports that Zullo
shoe-leathered Loft and pulled 4 gun
at the same time as the Eliza beth
officer, could not be verified.
Ward and Sheath went to head
quarters with Officer William Keat-
ing following the shooting. but We're
not held. The automatic used in
the shooting was turned over to
Sergeant John Larson by Officer
Steed. Four stitches were taken in
Lofts hip by DR.. Smith. Detective
Sergeant Ward has served on the
Elizabeth force for about twenty
years, and Loft also has seen a num-
ber of years service. Lieutenant
Andrew Jensen was on duty at po-
lice headquarters when the report Of
the shooting was received,
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