The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-08
furnished apartment just off River

|, | furnished apartment just off River . side drive.
 Crowiey's surrender came after gun battle. With two revolvers il his hands. weapons which author ities say he took from victims of hi nasty trigger action, the youth hell off the blue coated beseigers for al hour while 10000 persons looked or Only after he had been wounde three times and his supply of am intuition had become exhausted di he quit.
 When Nassau County authoritie were informed Crowleys wound were not serious and that he ha, taken nourishment, they immediate fly ordered an ambulance prepared t, remove him from Bellevue hospi tai in Manhattan, to Mineola, Mas sau County seat. They said they wer prepared to place his case befor, the grand jury to-day and move fo a speedy trial.
 The gunman's girl already was il Mineola jail where she was held a! a material witness in the staying O. Hirsch, and Durniger was to appear in the police lineup in Manhattan Hirsch's brutal murder, which police said followed his recognition of the fugitive Crowley in a parked Automobile, started one of the mosl thorough manhunts ever instituted ihere.
 The beginning of the end of Crow. ley's freedom came when two de- tectives received tip that the youth and his companions were living ir Ia top floor apartment on West 90tf istreet. The detectives went to tht address and tip-toed carefully up the stairs. As they near the top one oi the steps creaked under the weigh lof the officers.
 "Cops!" came 8 voice from a room land a second later a shot crashed through the door and whistled b! lthe detectives. Two Gun" Crowle! had gone into action.
 One of the detectives stood guard on the stairs while the other hurried Ito summon endorsements.
 Police surrounded the building from all sides. A score of riot squad men took up positions on house top! opposite the building where Crowley and his companions were hiding, anC opened fire with machine guns.
 Others were stationed in doorway. and rooms opposite the apartmen, and in railways of the building Traffic in the entire block was cut of and pedestrians and residents were ordered off the street. Spectators swarmed Riverside Drive, Broadway and surrounding streets.
 Tear bombs were hurled into the apartment and a steady rain of bull. . late no,trod in, hro,soh xutpdnWa dnnr, and roofs. Crowley and Durniger armed with six revolvers, returned the fire, sniping from windows al police. Their woman companion kept the weapons loaded and in spare moments penned notes about hel life with Crowley and described tho staying of Hirsch. She believed thal she would never be taken from the apartment alive.
 Members of the emergency squad succeeded in making their way tt the roof above the apartment where the fugitives were trapped and chop. ped a hole over a bedroom. They were met by a volley of shots, but drove the trio from the room with machine guns.
 Following up their advantage, the emergency squad men cut a hole through the roof to the second bed. room. 1.-TWO Gun" Crowley emptied two revolvers at them. but his fire went wild.
 Using a chair for shield as he lay across the bed, Crowley emptied an. other brace of pistols. Policemen returned the fire and wounded him He fled to the kitchen.
 There he made his last stand against the tremendous odds. He and Durniger, urged on by the girl continued to snipe until their las, bullet was gone. When the shooting subsided from inside the apartment police hurled tear bombs through the windows and the holes in the roof. Another group ascended tho fire escape and hurled bombs through the roof and shouted.
 Will you give up or will we come down and kill you"
 we give up." Two Gun Crowle, replied. We're through. We have no more bullets. We're coming ou now-for Gods sake don't shoot"
 Three detectives dropped through one of the breaks in the roof ant seized the fugitive. They found ont pistol still strapped to his waist ant COHCcdlcu DGHSdtu tIOdo CTS. They also found revolver which Crowley had taken from Hirsch after staying him.
 Crowley was carried to an ambul ance on a stretcher. On the way tt the hospital he boastfully told O shooting Hirsch when the policeman interrupted betting party. He als, boastde of wounding Detective George Schaedel when the latter at tempted to arrest him in centra office building for the shooting O two men at the Bronx headquarters of the American Legion in February and admitted he was with Durnigel when Miss Brannen was killed. Durniger confessed to police tn staying of Miss Brannen, whose bull let pierced body was found behin, a stone wall of St Joseph's Roman Catholic Seminary in Yonkers las week. He told them he had kille, the girl with one of Crowley's pis tols following an all night drinkinl party because he was jealous of her Police Commissioner Mulrooney who personally led the seize. wa slightly gassed when one of the tea gas bombs exploded near him. Joh Sullivan. assistant chief inspecto and Detective John Brodcrick. wh was the first to lay hands on Crow ley, also was gassed. Frederick col llapsed after he aided in bringing tn