This Day in History: 1927-02-06

An argument between a Mahwah landlady and her tenant ended with her being shot and the tenant being killed in a shootout in Paterson three days later.  Arthur Mann, 40, a foundry worker at the Brake Shoe in Mahwah got into an argument with his landlady Lillian Davis after her husband had left for work.  Neighbors heard angry shouting and a pistol shot.  When police arrived Mrs. Davi was gravely wounded and Mann had fled.  Acting on anonymous tip police cornered Mann in a house in Paterson.  Mann had reportedly said that he would not be taken alive and was true to his word.  In a gun battle with police he was struck in the temple and killed.  His empty pistol was found at his side.

(Bristow)