Evening star., 1952-03-09
Tipster in Willie Sutton Arrest
Found Murdered in BROOKLYN
Bullets Riddle Body
Of Salesman in Street
Close to His Home
BY The Associated Press

no reward for pointing out the
Nations most wanted bank robber
and jail-breaker, was shot four
times.
A bullet was fired into each eye.
Another slug tore through his
back.
i A fourth shot pierced his abdo-
men.
The curly-haired Coast Guard
veteran was found lying on side
walk in the Borough Park section
of Brooklyn.
He was shot down barely 100
feet from his home.
Sutton was arrested on February
18 near his rooming house a few
blocks from Brooklyn police head
quarters.
Recognition Jagged.
While three policemen were
given instant promotions for Seiz-
ing Sutton. no recognition was
given Mr.. Schuster until two days
later when his lawyer insisted
upon it.
At the time of tonight's shoot
ing, Sutton was reported asleep in
Queens County jail, Long Island
City, where he is awaiting trial
for $64. 900 Queens bank robbery.
'This sinks me-" he was quoted
as saying later when informed of
Mr.. SchuSter's death.
Police said Mr.. Schuster had
$83 and wrist watch on his person
when his body was found, SO rob-
berry. they said, was not the mo-
tive.
Authorities, however, declined to
theorize on the killing until they
learned more about Mr.. Schuster's
background.
OF this. they said, they knew
little.
Threats Are Disclosed.
But Mr.. Schuster received
threatening telephone calls and
letters after his part in the Sutton
arrest became public, said Assis-
tant District Attorney Louis An
dreozzi.
Police began questioning six
young men who planned to meet
Mr.. Schuster for a party tonight
after he finished work at his ia
theirs clothing store.
DR.. Solomon Fialka, a neighbor-
hood physician for many years,
heard the shots outside his cor
ner home.
There was another sound, too,
the doctor said, something like
car driving away.
/ A moment later a woman
knocked at the doctors door.
There's someone on the side
walk" she said. II don't think he's
drunk"
Family Rushes Out.
The doctor hurried out, rounded
the corner and almost stumbled
on the body at the rear Of his
property.
II found he was dead with a
bullet in each eye and one in the
abdomen and one in the back of
the head" the doctor reported.
The streets, he said. was de-
serted.
DR.. Fialka called the police.
Mr.. Schuster's father, mother
and brother were watching tele-
vision at the time.
When the announcer broke into
the program to announce shoot
ling in their own neighborhood,
they rushed out to see what was
happening.
Schuster's brother, Wallace.
identified the body.
Police Commissioner George p
Monaghan, who publicly congrat-
ulated Mr.. Schuster on February
20 for his part in the Sutton ar
rest, went to the scene.
officials Are Reticent.
Neither he, District Attorney
Miles Mcdonald. nor chief of De-
ltectives George Loures would COM
ment.
Sutton had a 20-year record a.
a big-time bank robber. jewel thiei
land prison breaker.
Three policemen who shared In
1.-THE Sutton arrest were given spot
promotions and Mr.. Schuster's
part in the sensational seizure
WAS not made known until two
days later.
Then Commissioner Monaghan
Isaid Mr.. Schuster had recognized
Sutton on a subway train from
wanted" posters.
Trailed to Filling Station.
The young man trailed Sutton
from the train to a filling station
4 Nearby he saw a police car with
1.-TWO patrolmen.
You'll probably think Tn
crazy" MIR. Schuster told them
"but / just saw Willie Sutton"
The police questioned Sutton
lbut he showed an automobile L.
Icense bearing another name.
The patrolmen returned to theil
station house, told a detective, anc
1.-THE three returned Is minute.
later and took Sutton in custody
The bank robber denied he wa!
Sutton during questioning, bu'
when confronted with his finger.
print record, he gave in.
Mr.. Schuster, a Coast Guare
veteran, worked for his father VIII.
runs a clothing store at Fifty -fiftl
street and Fifth avenue. Brooklyn
Hired Lawyer in Case.
Mr.. Schuster, himself, did no
learn of Sutton's arrest until h'
heard radio newscaSt. He ex'
lpressed himself as astoniShed b.
1.-THE police version. which was tina