New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-01-23
raAUFFEUR HELD UP
IN HEART OF CITY
,nrSONER IN T4XIC4B FOR
SEVERAL HOURS.
c,,bs One of His Captors, and the
otber Is Arrested BeLe0ed To
Re- Tannenhol1 Robbers.

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-,,s p Thompson. twenty-one years old.
- of No. 2Of West SD street. employed
New York Taxicab Company and operat-
.,r,ohile No 47,347, was engaged by
he +be Hotel Savoy. Fifth avenue and seth
r1h +ele him 10 spot in 5Sth street last
ST. I'D as result OF Thompson accepting
nehs he says he was assaulted and robbed
,b,s automobile taken from him by TWO men,
sn0 =. .-born was arrested and lodged in the
oas e., street station. where he said he was
-. C. Janison. torty-seven years DID, an
-.-,.,sn. OF Poughkeepsie. y. Y
,-..-,,son says he was engaged by tall man
% 9s Fast 5sth street. At that address
80 end shorter man got into the taxicao'
w. go men ordered Thompson, he says. TO
ano -, -, 20 the Harlem Casino Thompson
NV - ,ook the West Drive through Central
- when opposite 18th street he says the
.-a.-ad him 20 stop. He stopped
nc. s- -ot out Of the cab. walked short dis
- end when they returned, thompson
d. +aTler Of the two men attacked MIN
~ hl,n- instrument, and after striking hl'h
va .,-,ee on the head rendered him insensloie-
,,o-,ne Thompson discovered ne was
-. warm overcoat $50 in money some
-.,,,s of value only to his employers AiS
- license and was tied hand and foot
s--,ass Then he found himself on tne oa0A
=. ~ the auto. with the tall man sltuns oh
:. .hsst while the short man was operating
me machine -o-,
.-,- arriving about for two hours. thompson
- +he men stopped over on the east sue VI
:. rity to get q. drink. and while the tah man
ri sat on his chest the other fellow went
g. -s,prning with a flask of whiskey Both
drank. 49,. .,o.i,,,,
rbs men finally decided to take turns eating
- lss one watch the prisoner The auto was
-, m Third avenue 20 No 1888, WheTe ID
- @1os,s Restaurant" Here the tall man
=. ON, throwing his big overcoat back into the
.,.o Meanwhile Thompson managed TO 1ree
i, hands and without attracting the orINei
,,,snt,on searched the overcoat pockets ana
t,r,s q knife. He opened the blade and cut tie
rords about his legs.
qhs, he crept along the running board TOWARD
,s. driver and stabbed him three times III
A-,.ted with pain, the man got up, Whlle the
-.scssne was flying down Second avenue ana
,.,isa hlow on Thompsons jaw that SEM
him into the street
when Thompson picked himself up ne sa"
III. rreen lights in front Of the East 6fth street
.,.,or ana ran TO the station house. Where ne
,,,s h,e stor1- Detectives Donnelly. Cahiil ana
Fsr ran out into Third avenue and pressed an
suto into service
scene when the four occupants Of
ii. automobile tumbled out and ran peh NEIL
iuio -1oe's" restaurant. Fifteen or sixteen men
we're seated st tables. and while one or the oe-
,sct,ves guarded the door Thompson went about
ne dining room scanning the faces OF the dlhers-
Ne s,cpued before one imperturbable man and
said:
there's the man who hired me; he hit me
that's the man
Detectives DonneIy and Cahin grabbed the
man There WIS a scufie. but it lasted only
moment. Handcuffed. the tail man assumed
.gsn his imperturbabIe deIneanor. and beyond
giving a name and occupation refused to talk
ghen searched several bills were found on him
Thompson previously described one bul-a torn
q no:e There was 2 torn s5 note found in the
possession Of the prisoner.
Al the station house the police recalled the de
tripaion of one of the assailants of Morris
Tsanerholz. 2 jeNeller. who. two months ago.
sss shot and robbed in his jewelry store. at
lexington avenue and Goth street. The descrip-
aon Of the prisoner tailed. the police say. with
nat Ct one of the men wanted in that case 1t
- recalled that the sweatband OF hat found
ths Tennenholz store was cut. though the
Fertorated initials of the owner had been cut
Ell The hat worn by the tall prisoner was
SIMILARLY cut the police say.
description Of the auto and an alarm were
sent out. In the hope that somewhere in the city
he second man will be picked I'D. as the other
nan is injured and suffering, Thompson says,
1fen three stab wounds.
me appearance Of Thompson. when he first
showed up in the East 9th street station.
f7emeo to bear cut mis- statements that he had
'7eh assaulted and robbed.
'@hiesch said he had been in this city ten
u'ss When the Tannenholz robbery was men
N0eo 10 MN he said he knew nothing about 1t
Aep' quiet revolver found on him
a. - ~ oclock this morning Patrolman Moen OF
r SeSt efh street station, found automobile No
a. 4Honpsons machine, in Fifth avenue, near
- eeeI me machine had been abandoned but
efns "ss chugging away with the power still
"hen Moen came across the machine there
ess nobody IA sight
hOspi'ais have been asked 10 keep lookout
s-lbed