Evening star., 1935-10-24
SCHULTz|S DYING,
TWO PALS SLAIN
IN GANGSTER WAR
Two Others of Beer Baron'S
Guards Shot Down
by Racketeers.
ALBERT STERN HUNTED
AS RUTHLESS KILLER
Flegenheimer and Friends Are
Attacked While Seated in
Newark Tavern.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, October 24.-While
Arthur Dutch Schultz Flegenheimel
lay delirious and very low" in Q New
ark hospital, victim of gunmen's fire
that b tied out two of his henchmen
police {. read a frenZied search today
for a hoodlum they described as an
other Vincent Coll, mad, ruthless
killer.
Police guards patrolled the hospita,
corridors to prevent any attempt OF
the former beer barons enemies tc
finish" him
The man hunted was Albert Stern
81, alias Stein. also wanted for ques-
tioning about the hatchet killing yes
terday of Pretty Louie" Amberg
Brooklyn gangster, and the Staying
of Brooklyn policeman more than a
year ago.
Blood TRANSMISSION Necessary.
DR.. Earl Snavely, director of the
Newark City Hospital, said the con-
dition of Schultz was so critical that
another blood TRANSMISSION was nee
essary Immediately. A hospital bull
letin said he was very low"
Stern's picture was identified by
three witnesses as that of the gunman
who wounded a Schultz henchman in
a Broadway barber shop last night
in second foray against the Schultz
ring. after the former beer runner
himself, his chauffeur and two body
guards we're shot by gangsters who
invaded a Newark tavern.
The two bodyguardS, Otto Berman
46, and Leo Frank, 40, died during the
night.
The shootings were the worst out.
break of gang warfare in the New
York district since prohibition days
Another Gangster Sought.
Deputy Chief Inspector Francis J
Kear also ordered a city-wide search
for Charles LUCKY Charley Luciano
chain cabaret owner. who he alleged
was the most powerful gangstef in
Manhattan"
He said he wanted to determine
whether Luciano's associates might
have decided to wipe out the Schultz
gang in one sensational coup and seize
control Of every racket in the city.
Schultz, free under s50,0OO bail or
a charge of income tax evasion. was
shot down by two asSailants-one de-
scribed by witnesses as big guy
who escaped in black sedan.
Berman, one of the bodyguards
died Of his wounds shortly after 3 a m
Frank of Newark, who first said hi
was a bystander, died three and g
half hours after Berman. He hac
been wounded while shooting it out
with the gangsters.
Aide Shot in Manhattan.
While police sirens blared in search
! of the aSsassins, another Schultz aide
Martin Krompier was shot as he lef
the barber shop at Broadway anc
Forty-seventh street, in the heart O
Manhattan's night life district. After
the-theater crowds fled in panic.
Some witnesses said they saw fou
men flee, but colored porter in tn,
barber shop told police he saw onl,
one, later identified as Stern.
Kr0mpier had just been shaved ant
was putting on his coat, the porte
said, when a gun blazed He wa
seriously wounded in the back.
Samuel Gold, bookmaker who hat
accompanied him, was shot thre,
times but was not reported in a seriou!
condition. Police found no connec
ton between him and the Schult,
gang.
Police found .38-caliber revolver or
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