Camden Courier-Post, September 7, 1974View transcription
'He Shot at Me Twice...Bang...Bang...'
Frank Engel — Engel's Cafe
FRANK ENGEL still is the proprietor of Engel's Cafe, directly across from the barber shop. He watched the walk of death from the cafe window in horror and believed to be the man who shot Unruh.
"Jeez, has it been 25 years? There were about four men in the bar. We were talking about the World Series."
"We heard some commotion and shooting. I saw him go into the barber shop and I saw most of the rest of the killings. It was so sudden. I just couldn't believe it was happening. I was glued...just couldn't get myself started."
"I knew who he was. He had never been in the bar but you would see him walk down the street, walking straight like he had a poker in his back and the kids on the corner would make some remarks at him."
"He tried to get into the grocery store and by that time I had gotten my P-38 (also a form of German Luger). I really didn't know what I was going to do with it."
"As soon as he spotted me standing in the door, he shot at me twice. Bang. Bang. . . . Just like that."
"The bullets just missed. One went right between my legs. I closed the door and ran upstairs. The other guys went out the back door. I had my wife and children up there to protect. He came into the bar but nobody was there so he walked out."
"I saw him across the street through my upstairs window. He was going into the alley. I got off one shot. It hit him in the leg. I saw him go down but he got up again and went up into his apartment."
"You know there is still a bullet hole in the bar and one bullet went into a stool. I still have the stool down in the basement."
Frank Engel, proprietor of Engel's Cafe — Camden Courier-Post, September 7, 1974Engel's Cafe, River Avenue, Cramer Hill — Camden Courier-Post, September 7, 1974
Frank Engel — Engel's Cafe
FRANK ENGEL still is the proprietor of Engel's Cafe, directly across from the barber shop. He watched the walk of death from the cafe window in horror and believed to be the man who shot Unruh.
“Jeez, has it been 25 years? There were about four men in the bar. We were talking about the World Series.”
“We heard some commotion and shooting. I saw him go into the barber shop and I saw most of the rest of the killings. It was so sudden. I just couldn’t believe it was happening. I was glued…just couldn’t get myself started.”
“I knew who he was. He had never been in the bar but you would see him walk down the street, walking straight like he had a poker in his back and the kids on the corner would make some remarks at him.”
“He tried to get into the grocery store and by that time I had gotten my P-38 (also a form of German Luger). I really didn’t know what I was going to do with it.”
“As soon as he spotted me standing in the door, he shot at me twice. Bang. Bang. . . . Just like that.”
“The bullets just missed. One went right between my legs. I closed the door and ran upstairs. The other guys went out the back door. I had my wife and children up there to protect. He came into the bar but nobody was there so he walked out.”
“I saw him across the street through my upstairs window. He was going into the alley. I got off one shot. It hit him in the leg. I saw him go down but he got up again and went up into his apartment.”
“You know there is still a bullet hole in the bar and one bullet went into a stool. I still have the stool down in the basement.”
