The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-14
INVITED IN AND THEN ROBBED
EEw DEALER ALSO GENTkf
STABBED THE WHILE.
LIN e ,urt re says Moment the Door Closed
Two Men with Reyelvers Paced h'n
two Ccughs Brought Four Ncre'
wns Knocked Him Down ~ onee'


Jc.n n. Russell. a dealer in precious
ston.-, in charging Charles Oo'u-'-n
18th robbery IN the West Side police court
Yesterday told Magistrate Breen an event
s,l .,orv Of how C;oldstein and six other
men robbed him Of siTs IN money ana
,ew.lry IN Goldstein's fat on the th'ru
aoor of IA West Forty third street early
Yesterday morning
According to Russell. who lives at III
wes, iaath street. Goldstein met him m the
reighhorhood Of Broadway and Forty
..cond street at midnight and invited
b,r, IN the fat for the oetsnsible purpose
nf selling him some unset gems. he had
known Goldstein some weeks and vent
TO So the stones.
Il .uspacted sonnet hing said Russell.
| when Goldstein asked me at the door
to the apartment house II had a revolver
with me had none On second Thought
I assumed that Goldstein has asked the
question merely for his own protection
! and that OF his gems so went up
-Th. door Of his apartment had hardly
cIoe~d upon rs when ] was confronted
| by two men each With two revolNerS
l~velled at me
! What - this. a plant asked. hut
! GoIdstein instead OF answering me
coughed twice significantly II was
.ignal and Immediately four other men
entered the apartment They at upon
me. demanding my money and my
! jrwelry
L was struck and knocked down while
| the two men with the revolvers kept
| fourishing them in my face. Meanwhil"
Goldstein. who seemed To he the principal
one. began stAbbing me with large knife
| hled down To stiletto proportions.
They we're only short jabS sufficient
10 enter the hesh through my clothing
All the while Goldstein kept yelling
soak IL to him and croak hun like a dog!
Then they hegan searching me for
INV money They got So IN cash. all he
money I had about me. a one and three
quarter carat diamond pm worth 500
and SIS watch.
Where's the rest Of your money?
one Of them demanded told them had
no more and begged for my life. Thew
insist.d ] had more money and took on
all nv ciothe. to make sure ! had none
concealed Then they got mad and
dragged me hack and forth across the
eoor from one end Of the apartment 70
the other
FINALLY all hut two Of them left One
NJ ,hn.. remaining was GoldsteIn He
and the other let me get my, clothes on
and told me they would let me GO II I
uromiHed tn say nothing about tho matter
| " a. ready Ia promise anything.
when I was all dressed Goldstein and
the other fellow showed me their revolVerp
and told me they would 60 With me
They got on either aid" IL me and let me
$50 them put the reVolv"rS into thair
pockets.
| third -treet to Broadway and Seventh
| nv enue and Forty second street. warning
| me all the time a. they pressed the re-
! Volverr against ma that they would shoot
| n did - much a. lift my voice
At Forty-second street they LETT me
I after a warning that they hrlong ed to
the Paul Kelly gang and that my life
v Guild never - safe II I -quaaled
! Russell said he gave them time TO get
"A way Of before he appealed to a patrol
| man II was too late to catch tho man
and the policeman brought Russell to the
West Forty-reventh street station. Whencc
| he Was sent to the Fourth branch detsc-
| tive bureau.
With Detectives Barber and Staple,on
] Russell sp~nt the rest Of the morning
| searching for some of his assailants
/ in restaurant at Seventh avenue and
| Fortieth street and he was locked up
IL. Immediately told the police who wer.
tho other half dozen and they are now
icing sought.
| While Russell was telling his story to
Magistrate Brren Golcstein sobhs.d and
finally hlurted out: Hes trying TO send
mo to the electric chair
Goldstein was held in ssOoO hail for
examination Tuesday.
Before having courf Russell went to
tho polio. lieutenant'n room and removed
hia clothing. II was said later that his
hack. arms and shoulders were coy.rrd
with small hesh wounds.
To SUN reporter GolCistein admitted
having induced Russell 20 his apArtment
two days
Goltlstein says he bad nothing against
Russell but some fricndr oI HIS wanted
TO have talk with R,ieeu and ~