The evening world., 1909-01-23
TAX|CAB ROBBER
IS IDENTIFIED
BY TANNENHOLz
UeWeler Shot in His Store
Recognizes Man Who Held
Up Chauffeur.
KNOWS VOICE, HE SAYS.
Prisoner Was Caught After
Driver of a Taxicab Had
Been Robbed,
KNOWS VOICE, HE SAYS.

1tlNtly luelltlHtu lo-udy III lIIe lOIhNllit !
Prison pen as one OF the desperadoe.
who In October last entered the jewelry
4 store OF Morris Tannenholz at No. 70;
4 Lexington avenue and shot the pro,
prietor after stealing a number OF
Jewels.
Mr.. Tannenholz, Mrs. Hannah Tan.
nenholz and William Goldstein, clerk
positively Identified Jamison. Lined ur
with twelve men Jamson was picked
out by each OF the !dentllers. He was
made to say Have diamonds depri-
ciated or appreciated this year?" and rs
that all the diamonds you've got?' These
. were the expressions used by the Jew.
elry store robber,
Recognized His Voice
Upon hearing the prisoners voice Nor
sis Tannenholz exclaimed, That settles
II. That is the man who shot and
robbed me-
JamIson was taken back to Police
Headquarters after Magistrate Pau
krotel had remanded him until Monday
The capture OF Jamlson was effected
after, Il Is alleged he had and con.
federate. small, thin man. had bound
and gagged Harold B. Thompson, a
taxicab chauffeur, thrown him into hi.
own cab and made of with the vehicle
This happened last night. and It Is the
theory Of the police that the despera doe,
had planned another hold-up similar to
the Tannenholz robbery. thompson
taxicab was, the police say. 10 be used
in making the getaway" after the
robbery.
Before Jamlson was arralgned In.pec.
tor McCaferty questioned him In the
presence OF newspapermen at Police
Headquarters.
II came from Denver, Col.." ne began,
"and have been In this city often. I
was born at Eureka Springs, Col. and
I've travelled some"
Accuses Him Of Robbery.
"You are the man We suspect OF hav-
ing held up and robbed jeweler Tan
renholz," said McCaTerty.
whats that name and when did It
happen?" asked Jam!son. II was at
tending the savannah races when that
thing happened" he added when the In
formation was given. so Il couldn't
have been I VINO was concerned"
When McCafferty informed the pris-
oner that the Savannah races did not
begin until date later than the hold
up. the prisoner remarked: We'll, l
guess was mistaken"
Where were you during the month Of
October asked the Inspector.
~ was working on boat during that
Month. No, am mistaken: 1t was dur
ing the month OF November had that
!, Job. think did read OF that Tan
nenhoz case, but had nothing to do
with It."
Chauffeur Thompson told the police
he was stationed at ?. NJ. In front OF
the Savoy Hotel Ffty-ninth street and
Fifth avenue, when a tall stout, well
dressed man employed him to drive to
No. o6 East Fifty-eighth street In front
Of that number they picked up a second
passenger tA!n young man, also well
dressed, who had been waiting on the
curb.
Thompson says the pair told him to
proceed with them to the Harlem Ca
sino. When about opposite Seventy
NTH street In Central Park the men
slgnalled Thompson to stop. The pair
then alghted and walked around a
while, talking together.
Then. according to Thompson, the
big man struck him on the head
\ with some blunt instrument. After
4 being struck twice more the chauffeur
became helpless. His loud cries for
4 help had been uEheeded.
Prisoner In His Own Cab.
Thompson was flung into his tax!cab,
he says, and there gagged with hand
kerchlef and his hands bound With a
rope. He was robbed. The big fellow
then got In and sat on Thompson. The
thir man, who had put on Thompson's
ov1rccat and goggles and had stuffed
his cnaufeur's license into his pocket,
mounte ed the box and started the mo-
chine on up the west drive.
Finally, Thompson says, the big tel-
low called up to the thin man on the
box that he was hungry.
well go to Joe's," said the thin one.
with that the machine went to Joe S
restaurant, No. 1888 Third avenue. near
Seventy-ffth street. There the big man
got off Thompson body and went into
the restaurant. while his companion
started of again with the machine.
Stabbed His captor.
Thompson. he says, gradually worked
one hand free o. the rope, took the gag
from his mouth and slipped his hand
into the big fellows overcoat, which
had been left In the taxicab There
according to Thompson. he found a
knife with which, crawling up behind
the bogus chauffur, he stabbed him, he
believes, three times In the back.
The man on the box, In spite OF the
stab wounds. kept on going with the
taxicab. At seventleth street and Sec.
ond avenue, Thompson told the police,
the thin man flung him of the taxicab
and speeded away.
Thompson told his story to the police,
who later found Jamlson at Joe's res
tAurant.
The cab was found early this morning
abandoned At ssventy.sixth street and
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