The evening world., 1908-10-23
Description Fits Desperate
Who Held UP and Shot
Tannenholz.
ESCAPED IN RED TAM.
Chauffeur in Chase Until Hit
With Revolver and Threat
ened With Death.

None of the deeds of outlawry of the
Jesse James gang exceeds in daring the
automobile robbery of the jewelry store
of II. Tannenholz & Son, at No. 755 Lex
ington avenue, between Fifty-ninth and
Sixtieth streets. yesterday evening.
In the height of the evening rush hour,
half block from one of the busiest
street car transfer points in the city,
and in the shadow of an immense de-
partment store. highwayman entered
the Tannenholz establishment, grabbed
a pair of diamond earrings, ran to the
street with them, shot Maurice Tannen-
holz. who had pursued him, and es-
capped in an automobile which was in
waiting around the corner OF SiXtieth
street.
Tannenholz's life was saved by the fact
that one OF the three bullets fred at
him by the rohher struck his watch ana
was DETECTED Another bullet missed
him altogether, and the third penetrated
his abdomen, but did not puncture the
intestines.
The only clue to the possible identity
of the thief was picked up While de-
tectives were trying to run down the
automobile, They learned that among
the strike breakers brought on here from
the West by Waddell q Aahon, firm
of private detectives, was man whose
description exactly fits that of the man
who entered the jewelry store and Shot
Tannenholz This man was discharged
bx,U ol e, Ia
after he went to work.
He. Is known to have a bad record.
The police have his name, they know
where he lived while he was in the city
and are looking him up.
Says It Was a Taxi.
The police are puzzled about the auto
mobile used by the thieves. Some wit
nesses say it was red taxicab. Others
say it was a black automobile. built
like a taxicab from which the number
had been removed.
William Mclaughlin. chauffeur for
Edward Murphy. Superintendent of
Buildings, an important witness, says
the automobile was a red ytaxicab. He
figured prominently in the pursuit and
the police give his statements weight.
He was waiting with his car outside
the residence of =. J. Conway, No. 1853
East Sixtieth street, for Mr.. Murphy.
who was on his way home, when he
heard three shots behind him. He turn
ed and saw a crowd at the corner of
Lexington avenue, and then car shot
past him, belching smoke in clouds from
the exhaust. Some one yelled to him
that a murder had been committed by
man in the car, and he gave chase
Stopped by Revolver.
Mclaughlin says he pursued the taxi
cab to Second avenue. between Fifty
eighth and Fifty-ninth streets. where it
ran against the curb and one wheel rest
ed on the sidewalk. He drew up along
side, when tall man reached out from
the chauffeur's seat and hit him over the
right side of the head with revolver
He shows bump TO prove his state
ment.
This fellow told me-" Mclaughlin in
formed Capt. Cooney, of the East Sixty
seventh street station to-day, that II
] followed him any further he would
shoot me. The blow on my head con-
WINGED me that he meant business, there
was no policeman in sight and re-
manned where l was, The taNicab dis
appeared down Second avenue.
Il am certain the automobile used by
the robbers was a taXicab The chauf-
feur was running all excessive amount
of oil in his cab and the smoke was
something terrible. l could not see
whether there was a number on the
rear or not because of the smoke, and
IL appeared to me that tie smoke was
purpOsely made 10 hide the number Il
there was one.
81 saw none OF the men in the car
but the man who hit me with the re.
volver. His description TALES with that
of the man who robbed the tewelry
stotre and shot TanneEE2lz."
There were only forty red taxica b:
out between 5,S and O'Clock yesterday
evening. These cabs were from thu
stands al the Plaza, Anson!s, Metro
pole and Imperial Hotels Detectives are
looking nm the cha uffeurs Of these ca rs