Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-01-24 | Page 3 | Rival Mobs Stage Gun Fight in Club

RIVAL MOBS S STAGE GUN FIGHT 11 IN ClUB NEW YORK Jan 24 Associated d Press In Press In the velvet curtained Club Abbey one of the hot spots of ot Broadways Broadway's Broadways Broadway's Broad Broad- ways way's night life Ute two TO rival mobs of or gunmen shot it IL out before dawn this morn morning In Police who got to the place after Charles Sherman night club owner and reputed gambler had been taken to a hospital by the clubs club's girl found the place a deserted shambles Sherman had many bruises and several wounds believed to have been caused by bullets but his most serious serious seri seri- erIous ous injuries were stab wounds The interior of oC the club was vas a spattered wreck Broken chairs splintered tables bullet pierced walls wall and many bloodstains led police to the he belief belle that two gangs had trans trans- their enmity into a free-for-all free battle with revolvers knives and fists WAS GUINAN'S CLUB Th The club has engaged the at attention atten- atten n- n ion tion of police before Several fights have occurred there and one gangster gangster gangster gang gang- ster was shot in hi the street near by Before it became the Club Abbey it was Texas Guinan's salon alon o of all- all night ga gayety ety Because it is housed in a hotel hotel- the Hotel Harding in FJ fourth Fifty street street street-it it has not been compelled to observe the 3 a. a m. m curfew rule and andt It t had been regarded along Broadway Broadway Broadway Broad Broad- way as one of the few clubs which was prospering in a season which has been the leanest In years in the night club Industry The club is managed by Louis and Artie and the master of ceremonies is Jean Maim Malm a female impersonator formerly employed by bythe bythe the he Club a Greenwich Village VII Vil lage resort closed by the police FRIEND OF ROTHSTEIN Sherman who was taken to Polyclinic Polyclinic Poly Poly- clinic hospital was said to have b been cri engaged In the night club business at one time with Frankie Frankle Marlow slain racketeer and Larry Fay Regarded Regarded Regarded Re Re- as a gambler o of the plunger type he was said by police to have been a close friend of the late Arnold Rothstein whose killing remains one of New Yorks York's unsolved mysteries Mavis King girl who said she found Sherman in front of the Club Abbey and took him to a hospital hos- hos pital altal in a taxicab was detained Pollee Po- Po lice Ice regarded with suspicion her de denial denial de- de nial that she said anything to Sherman Sherman Sher Slier man durin during the ride The cab driver said he heard her mutter to the unconscious unconscious un un- conscious man Well get set them yet Well We'll get them Indent Indentations in the heavy crimson rug indicated to detectives that at least east two persons were Viere hurt A watch was set on all hospitals Questioned at the hospital Sherman Sherman Sherman Sher Sher- man insisted he was attacked by two men outside the club He said he was standing on the sidewalk awaiting the arrival al of his girl cirl Lorraine when the men came along drew knives and gave him the works Wor