The evening world., 1907-07-25
BANK OFFICIALS
MUST PROSECUTE
HOLD-UP GANG
Brooklyn District t-AttorneyDe-
clares He VIII Force Them
to Take Action.

raasrsct-Attcrney Clark. Of brooklyn
eaid to-day shat ne would compel the
o<tcers of tho Meohanies' Bank at
No. BS Broadway; Brooklyn. to testify
II tire police Court against the. two
mon and enc woman. all Italians, who
attempted TO hold the bank up for
! n,0D yesterday.
n tina offieess o< tss.s Institution he
enad, were intimidSted. or did not have
backbone enough 10 80 voluntarily to
eourt. he would SEQ that thsy appear
Cd undsr subpoena. In any case 10
:a.saA= thst they shall testify Against
f2,e m.scroants and aid the pistrict-At-
tornays once. The two mon were
held to-day upon a technical charge of
carrying concealed weapons. Thsy will
be examined next week. when thss
charge W,l be raised to attempted rob
tAxy.
\ The apparent indifference OF. the bank
officials AZ to what Is apne with -ihs two
man, both OF whom are held, cannot bel
understood. unieas 1t Is that they fsar
avengers. II Ia believed these ofnoials
ali OF whom arc Americans and Amert
irun-born, have bsen tatisnidated BY thIe
stories of Black Hand out.agss co1,-
rnitted, especially on those who pro1s-
cute q member OF the society. and fct
that reason prefer TO have the men 60
free to placing their own lives And
property In danger.
The oficers OF tho bank arc ali OF the
highest regulations. They include
Charles @. Bennett secretary to the
IJr,ited States Senate. Edwin A. Rohl,
tho teller. and George Blages, book
keeper. who were Ia the bank when the
Italian appeared with bank book be-
fonginr to WiEiam Neinann, secretnr,
os ee,A II. c, Bohack Grocery Company
Prepared for Murder.
There Ia NO Doubt in the minds OF the
nollce that the Italians were ready TOT
snurdsr when they presented the book
and demanded the n.ooe 1t Is behsvso
that they would have done murder had
not Mr.. Bennett caughs-them In trap.
Bennett ordered tho monsy paid. then
SAINT for the Cashier. whQs was out 10
lunch. and 10 kot police to the scene.
The policemen searched the prisoners
ard found loaded revolver In the
socket Of the man who had demandea
tho money. A razor was found in an
other pecket-
IN the r,ockoep OF tho other man were
found . new haminerless revolver and
3 sprins dirk. with blade ave inches
The prisoners were taken 10 the ralph
Avenue Station. where they save .heai
Rosani Ponzeiio, Twenty-Five, and Mat
Hueritr peaana. nineteen. All gays the
aa1ne address, No: 70 Park avenue
which 10 n iodgtng-houEe.
Bank Books on Prisoner.
In Furmanis pockets we're found
OF raors than 500 In Pennsylvania
banks Tho largest deposit II la The |
FIRST National Bank OF Uniontown. Pa.
The nrat DEPOSIT having been made u
several checks gone and two gold
watsnsa and silver watch.
Rosani Ponzello had a. bank book
town Bank. made on June last and
debit OF so on July i5. leaving a
balance OF so. The girl also had
. Pennsylvania bank. which she said
belonged TO her aunt.
All three said they came here from
GriIdatone. PA week ago and Went
-peH+s.a said he found --Neiula lann.s-
handbook In his coat pocket and had I
no idea how II came there 49,
Jersey Avenue Court. but the uflicrL
OF the bank were 30 greatly perturbed
over tho affair and Apparently so fear.
ful OF reprisal at the hands OF friends
Of the. priaDnerp that they refused 10 l.
Suallc-a-cQ -cQrnnIaint-- Tllt.-uli lgE 1
the men with carrying concealed |
weapons. and they were held in $500 |
bali each.
The woman. against whom oharE, /
OF vagrancy had been made, Was dis.
charged. her bank deposit being nvt
denee that She IL not vngrant She
will be kcpt under surveillance. how |
ever,
I II Is believed by the police that the |
prisoners. having read the accounts 81 |
the Inability of the police to cope s.ith |
.fhs critne -waYe--rnme- hoEa- trnss. Ian!l.-t
kYiRnntn- -tn try tn-carcY out Their nlaL-