Evening star., 1949-04-21
Burglar Fleeing
Cafe Shot Dead
By Policeman
Coueht Fother OF }
Coryine Cose OF
Beer. Officer Soys
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father al ,hree eh!larea was .hca
10 death ey . policeman eaFty To-
day while atsnptlns .o Gre frnEs
a restaurant he had aeen lacs1ns..
The dead man Is Richard A.
Cooper. Of The zoo block et SEVEN
ieensh street Sc who vas
wounded fatally when Pvt 0eorgs
II sydnof. -. nt the taIh precinct.
AIRED through = SwlnE1ng aoar IA
the kitchen n' the restaurant At
aol upshur stree, NV
Cooper's brother -ln-law. Carl J.
AkoaSkey. -, also a earpengsr. n
being questioned by police in con-
nection with the burglary accord
ing 10 Detective SerGt, c. /. Tenn
eieton. acting chief Of the senersl
assignment squad.
Pvt Sydnor said he came lipon
Cooper rs the man walked out ef
the closed restaurant carrying q
case o! beer When the policeman
asked what he waS doing the man
dropped the beer and ran back
into the restaurant
f,red Twice Through Dear.
On setting inside, he slammed
The door IN Pvt Sydnor face ana
fed 10 the rear Of The building.
Pvt, Sydnor kicked open the door
and drew his revolver. ordering
The man 70 stop Instead. he ran
through a rear swinging door into
q Kitchen.
Pvt. sydnor said he nred I've
shots throuah the door. but did
not believe he had hit the suspect.
Through an open panel IN ths
door. he saw the man disappear.
One bullet went through an upper
door panel and the other struck
Cooper IN the back,
Pvt sydnor said the man had
called 70 someone when he en-
tered the restaurant. and ths
policeman at that time heard q
loud noise ai the rear Of the
place, But he did not see q
second person.
Bedy Found In Front Of Hemss.
Pvt. sydnor then sent 10 o
police cau box and reported shs
shooting On arrival OF ether on
GERS the body Of Cooper was found
In front Of 4ai4 Second street
NV. about half block from th~
rear OF the restaurant lie later
vas pronounced dead hy DR..
Thomas Edison of 0alilnser Hos-
pitai. An autopsy was 10 be held
today and an inquest is scheduled
for tomorrow,
Police said the rear door ap-
parently had been opened prior
10 Coopers dash through Il. A
rear gate was broken from ns
hinges by either another man o.
Cooper as II was forced open.
The restaurant had been en-
tered by jimmyina the front door.
An iron pinch bar was found In
a stolen car In front OF the place.
Also in the car waa approximately
$500 worth Of meats cigarettes and
other goods from the place. A
radio taken from the restaurant
also was found in the car. and
small amount OF change from Q
tuke box was discovered.
Auto Was stoleu.
The automobile had been stolen
near the home OF It's owner. NJ. y.
Berkowitz, at i24 Webster street
NV. Mr. Berkowiig aaid he had
PARKED the auto there about Ills
y m. and had left II unlocked.
Cooper lived with his wife. Mira.
Louise Cooper. and family NJ ths
Seventeenth street address. police
said
Cooper had q police record. BE-
ginning with an arrest for grand
larceny in April. 1887. when he wss
given a sentence Of from one year
TO Is months. In September. is$2.
he forfeited so for being disor-
deriy In q house and on August
10. 1913, was arrested far ipveasi-
Cation He forfeited 80 on an In
toxication charge In February.
ie47. and In June Of that pear was
turned over 10 Arlington authori-
ties a. a fugitive. Two ottsr ar
rests for Investigation appear on
his record. police said, one 10 Au-
gust, iss7. and another In Feb
rtlafy Of iKxt wear