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"Off Duty Cop Does Duty, Kills Gunman Who Tries Stickup. The boys were playing a little pool and cards in the Spring Arrow Social and Athletic Club, 344 Broome St., near the Bowery last night. Patrolman Eligio Sarro, off duty, went in for a pack of cigarets [sic]. Four men entered. 'This is a stick-up,' the leader muttered. Sarro was a little slow getting his hands out of his overcoat pockets. 'Get 'em up,' ordered the leader. Sarro did. One hand held a gun. When he got done firing, the leader was dead. " February 3, 1942.
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