ELEVEN MURDERS IN GANG FEUD.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 144, 19 June 1926, Page 27

ELEVEN MURDERS IN GANG FEUD.

— I " KID DKOrPERS " AXD " LITTLE I AUGIES." | The appalling crime problem of the United States has received yet another dramatic illustration in a series of 11 murders arising out of a feud between two gangs known in the underworld of Xew York as " Kid Droppers " and " Little Augies." The feud had its origin in the " theft " I of Kid Dropper's sweetheart, Edna Churgin, by Louis Schwartzman, nicknamed "the Midget." Three days after the theft j " the Midget." ns he sat with Edna on a j doorstep, was shot dead. I Dropper, whose real name is Jack Kaplan, was charged with the murder, but was. acquitted. As he left the courthouse he was in turn shot dead. For this crime Louis Cohen, of Little Augie's. gang, is now serving a life sentence. ! The nest to fall was Meyer, Albert, who, after the incarceration of Cohen, aspired to the leadership of Little Augie's men. i Morris Grossman was indicted for shoot- ' ing Albert, but was' acquitted. The sequel to his acquittal was the discovery of his body in a burning motor car a few days later. The corpse contained five bullets. | Another man named David Braii was found dead shortly after this in a. motor! car which apparently had collided with another car while Bran's body was being carried to' the river. The deaths of Bran and Albert were preceded' by that of Charles Rosenhaus, of Kid Dropper's gang. A man named Goldberg was indicted for shooting Rosenhaus, but was acquitted. In similar fashion four members of the rival gang all met their deaths at the hands of assassins whom justice has failed to overtake. . Now. Goldberg has been lured to hip death by an unknown woman whose telephone call caused him to turn back towards Waiting assassini. . - j