The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-19
FOO7PAD GETS $4,000 BROOCH.
DoGGED COUPLE FROM SHERRY'S
-.ROBBED THEM IN BR0NX.
81 ,,ust Have some or Those Jewels" Said
Ueto Mrs. Cornish, Who Wore $4,000
WORTH shots Of Cornish and One Mt
rur,hlinr Con-SIan Minus Front Teeth

Aho,d-up man sven more desperate than
snndroc6 smith has broken loose in The
Rronx lie held up ana robbed John W
Cornish md his wife almost in front of
,bcir oyn home. 722 Fast l3Sth street, early
Yesterday morning. He had probably fol-
lowed them all the way from SheTy's in
order 10 rob them. After throttlinR Mr..
Cornish and tearing from her throat
diamond rooch valued at 5000. and firing
tuoshots AZ Mr. Cornish andone ata police
man. the ruffian made good his escape.
Although Harlem and The Bronx were
fairly svarnng with detectives yesterday
not trace of him was found.
f. was about o'clock in the morning
when the attack was made. MIR. and Mrs'
Corniah were going home after visit to the
theatre and n late supper. Mr.. Cornish IN
real estate speculator and is reputed to he
wealthy. Mrs. Cornish has number OF
diamonds, and those she wore on Friday
night in her earrings and finger ring and
In tho clasp brooch which the thief got
Mr. Cornish estimates were worth about
u5n0n II Ia the belief of the Cornishes
and the police that the robbers attention
WINS attracted by these jewels and that ne
dogped the couple all the way from the
restaurant where. the police believe, he
was lurking for the express purpose oil
trailing ANYBODY with valuable jewels In
sleht who might leave the place on foot
instead of in a carriage.
In fact. both Mr. and Mrs. Cornish are
s,ira they saw the man who robbed them
On the subway train by which they went
urt.1y,p. and in the I3s,h street crosstown
car which they took at l35th street. They
recognized him. they say. when he attack ed
them. and they have been able 10 give the
police A remarkably minute description OF
him considering the circumstances. The
one istinotive feature Of the fellow which
both Of them noted was that several Of his
UPPER front teeth were missing.
II vas between and O'Clock when Mr..
and Ml,. Cornish left Sherry's. They
walked down Fifth avenue to Forty
second street and there took Lenox
avenue subway train, on which they
rode - 1S5th street There they got on
and took n l3sth street car, which passes
their home, a three story and basement
house on the south side Of the street
md about midway in tho block between
Willis avenue and Brown place. On the
same car were Mr. and MIR. l.. Morals Of
T5l Easti 3jth street The car was crowded
md Mr.. Cornish and his wife were eepa-
rated, he sitting on one side and she on the
other. Mrs Cornishs display of dih-
nronds az she sat in the car was conspicu-
ous and both Mr. and Mrs. Morals noticed
the man who afterwBrd committed the
robbery looking intently at her
NJ. and Mrs Cornish left the car at
Brown place and started to walk back TO their
housa When they got OF the young man
who had been looking 30 intenny at hrs
Cornishs diamonds got OF also. He was
about feet inches tall, would weigh about
i4o pounds. appeared to be 27 or IS years
old was slender and smooth faced, wore
tan ooored overcoat and as 10 his upper
Jaw was conspicuously short the usual
allowance OF front teeth.
When Mr.. and Mrs Cornish started west
ward toward their home, walking on
the south side of the street, the man in the
tan overcoat followed closely at their heels.
Just us they reached the high fight OF steps
that leads up TO the front door OF their
house he overhuuled them and suddenly
darted around facing Mrs. Cornish. lie
ffted his hat politely and said:
Il beg your pardon. madame, but have
got to have some Of those jewels.
Neither Mr.. nor Mrs. Cornish had noticed
bin "a he followed them. For an instant
they we're dazed at the apparihon which
shot 50 suddenly in front of them They
had for half second vague notion that
Il was a Joke Of some kind. Mr.. Cornish,
however quickly got his presence of mind.
He saw il was not joke, but thought 1t
was some drunken person or crank he had
b. deal with.
-You're crazy" he saitl 10 the man. sect
along about your business
But before the words were out OF his
mouth tue stranger had showed him
roughly 10 one side with one hand while
with The other he made lunge for the
diamond brooch Offering at Mrs. Cornish's
throat H. dropped his Rafies mock polite
mess now.
GIVE me tnole diamonds lie said, and
be damned quick about it!T
At this he grabbed Mrs. Cornish by the
Throat Just a. she lot out one scream of
'Help' Police
The woman for an instant resisted and
then unloosened the brooch herself from
her throat and tho robber snRtched 1t out
Of her hand at the same time giving her a
show which sent her Keeling 10 the curb
stone where she fell in n heap, not hurt
In the least but naturally in tumultuous
frame 81 mind
About this time. from what can be gath
erred Mr.. Cornish seems TO have started
IN 70 do things. just what it was that Mr.,
Cornish started 10 do is not quite clear,
but whatever it was il was cut short by
two shots from the robbers revolver. one
quickly following the other. One bullet
went through Mr.. CoTnish's opera hat,
striking the steel spring therein and knock
ing the hat on. The other ploughed through
the padding in the left shoulder Of Ger
nisA's overcoat. Neither bullet harmed
Cornish.
While thin occurred Mr.. and Mrs. Morals
were at the corner Of Brook place Just
beyond Brown place. They had got on
The car there Just after Mr.. and Mrs. Cornish
lot, II at Brown place. They heard Mrs.
Cornishs scream. followed by the two
revolver shots. and ran westward along tho
street 10 see what il was all about. Just
a. hey reached the corner Of Brown place
man dashed by them holding u revolver
In his left hand They had good look at
nm under the electric light. II was tho
taEe man with the short allowance Of upper
front teeth whom they had noticed staring