New-York tribune., 1896-10-30
BOLD WORK OF HIGHW4YNEN.
A CLOTHING CONTRACTOR ASSAULTED AND
ROBBED IN A POPULOUS EAST SIDE
STREET-STABBED IN HIS

One Of the most crowded parts of the city at /
o'clock in the evening is at Allen and Division SITS.
Yet at that hour last night Nathan Hector. cloth
ing contractor, OF No. loo Watkns-st., Brownsville.
Brooklyn. held up by two highway robbers.
and $50 in bills was taken from him. The thieves
escaped Hector throttled and his clothing
torn in half dozen places. The money he had
to have been used in paying off the hands en-
ployed in his shop at No SO Monroe-st. Hector.
who is about thirty years DID, works for the cloak
manufacturing firm Of 5. Rothschd Bro.
of Broadway and Howard-st. The week. with this
firm. ends Thursday and they pay off all bills on
that day. Hector collects on the same day, and
also pays his own hands Thursday. He took "A
large order of finished work to the Rothschilds last
night and received for the weeks work check
for 1868 SO.
Hector has been In the habit. since he entered
into business relations with the cloak firm. of cash
ing the check he receives every payday at the
saloon of Henry Won Minden. No. l25 Grand-st.
He did not depart from his custom last night. and
while in the saloon drank two glasses OF beer and
ate sandwich. lie positively asserts that he did
not drink any more than this. For the check h.
got $3.50 In bills of small denominations. and S3 80 in
silver. lie says he placed the bills I'm his right
nand pocket and the silver the opposite side lie
does not remember that there any one in the
saloon at the same time az himself. When nc left.
after remaining there only short time he started
for his shop In Monroe-st
He walked through Grand and Allen SITS 10
Division. and had reached the corner of that thor
oughfare and Allen-st when he seized from be-
hind by two men. one Of the fellows caught him
hy the throat and squeezed II hard that he says
he almost swooned. The other man caught hold
Of his coat Hector tried TO fight of the robbers,
but, thinking OF the money in his pocket. he let 60
with one hand and covered the pocket, continuing
10 struggle with the thieves. who tore the lapel OF
his coat In their endeavors to overcome him. lie
would have shouted. he says, but one OF the men
covered his mouth with his hand
Not being able to get Hector's hand away from
his pocket by dragging at IT, one of the men drew
"a knife, which h. stuck into the hand This blow
was effective. and the man with the knife ripped
open the unprotected pocket, and, drawing out the
roll of bills threw the victim against a railing
Then both robbers fed into Divison-si and disap p
peared.
Hector had shouted for help the hand
on his mouth removed. and several people
helped him to his feet He excitedy shouted that
he had been robbed and down the street. fol-
lowed by the people. who had been attracted by his
shouts No trace OF the robbers could be found
hewcver, and Policeman Harrison. OF the Eldridge-
st station, who was post by had seen no
one running In a suspicious manner.
Hector reported tho robbery at the Eldrdge- st
police station. The police said last night that they
did not wholly credit his story. but he had given a
minute description OF his assailants and they had
detectives working on the case. No arrests had
been made AZ a late hour.