Busy School Students Help Catch Fugitive as Shots Fly

A fleeing 17-year-old reform school parolee, with two Metropolitan District policemen firing in the air a few yards behind him, broke up Business School tranquility at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon, climaxing a three-mile auto and foot pursuit in front of Chase Hall.

Fugitive Nunzio LoPresti of Waban, characterized by police officials as "working his way up to Sing Sing," was spotted by a patrol car two miles west of Anderson Bridge in a vehicle reported stolen from Watertown.

Running Fight

After a 75 mile per hour flight on Soldiers Field Road, the patrol car blocked the youth at Anderson Bridge. Deserting the auto, the driver struck out through Business School grounds, cutting across the grass area in front of Baker Memorial Library.

At Chase Hall, a group of students heard the shots and shouts of the patrolmen and stopped the youth, one of them hitting him with a large notebook. Handcuffed, he was beaten by the police officer and collapsed from exhaustion.