Alex Burton arrest for robbing for Joseph Freidner
- Title of event
- Alex Burton arrest for robbing for Joseph Freidner
- Type of event
- Robbery_individual
- Address of event
- Alex Burton arrest for robbing for Joseph Freidner Happened Primarily at W 120th St & Morningside Ave
- Report on event
- Alex Burton arrest for robbing for Joseph Freidner Main report referencing event Joseph Freidner against Alex Burton
- Start date / time
- October 17, 1935
- Start (general time of day)
- Night (Any Time)
- Description
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While walking through Morningside Park, the deponent [Freidner, a police officer] was
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While walking through Morningside Park, the deponent [Freidner, a police officer] was “attacked from the rear by the defendant [Burton],” who stole a fountain pen, “police papers,” and some keys. After breaking free of the defendant, the deponent fired two shots in his direction, to which the defendant fled toward Morningside Drive – where he was apprehended at the corner of West 120th Street.