Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-01-08
SUSPECTS TELL OF
BROOKLYN BANDITS
As VICTIM DIES
Declare One OF Accused MUIR
derers Lived with Them
in Jones Street.
SUPERINTENDENT SAYS
FUGITIVE IS ROBBER
Also Identifies Man Held for
Shooting as One of
Hold-Up Trio.

The coil of cumulative evidence is
slowly but surely strengthening against
John Lantis, alias Lajina Mados, and
John Fisher. whose right name is Vic
tor Sobiesbi, both OF whom were cap
tured by the Brooklyn police as a re-
suit of their attempting to hold up the
bank of Hyman korn, in the Williams
burg district of Brooklyn on Thursday.
In the assault on the bank. Selig Korn.
a brother of the banker was shot and
died today.
The four suspects arrested hy Ser
gsants Tliite. Horter, Quinn and Kuhn.
of tho local detective bureau. acting
under the orders Of Acting Captain
Connell were today slated at police
Headquarters on suspicion of being
connected with the hold-ups of both
the Hooten Chocolate and Cocoa Com.
pany and the Thirteenth Ward Build
ing and Loan Association, in West
street Three of them were paroled
later They know the Brooklyn pris-
oners we'll, and two of them. Leon
Brozewieclti, 20 years old, of l6 Charl-
ton street. and Kazinierz Soczenski. 10
years old OF 9S Belmont avenue, ad-
nit having slept with Lantis. or
Mados, no further time back than last
Monday night. They both lived with
Lantls when the latter lived in Jones
street
The two men still missing in the
round up of those concerned in the
local hold-ups are John Petrosoff, for
mer employee of the Hooten Company.
who is alleged to have been the one
who actually took the money, and
man named Ivanhoff, who was one of
the INSIDE workers in the same rob-
berry I.antis, or Mados, is also said TO
have been recognized by John Pfeiffer,
of the building and Loan Association,
at Brooklyn headquarters, yesterday, as
one Of the men who held him UP.
Lantis's connection with all of the
recent hold-ups in this city Is made
tGbsolutely certain, and in each case his
mode of operation was the same. He
was the outside man. or STALL" and
/ was always sent before to see how the
land lay. Moreover, he is thought by
John Klaus. the aloon-keeper in whose
rooms the Building and Loan Associa-
ton met, to be the man who first came
in to buy drink, and with whom he
Klaus, grappled with on the floor OF the
saloon.
Another Identifies Lantis.
Superintendent s. p Newman, of the
Hooten Company, was also caller al
headquarters today and recognized the
photograph of Lantis, Immediately say
Ing that he had called for "a days pay
Just before the robbery took place
waiting until he was sure that all hands
except the office employees had left the
factory. AS for Fisher. or Sobieski
Superintendent Newman declared thai
| he was positive that he had been the
man to stick a revolver in his face
while Petrosoff took the money Mr.
Newman will accompany Sergeant Hor-
| ter to Brooklyn today to make the
identification complete.
The pictures of three OF the foul
suspects were taken today and for
warded 80 the Brooklyn and New 4orl
authorities, by whom 1t is said the,
may be connected with many hold-upi
in those cities Besides the two men
who admitted having slept with Lantii
| last Monday, John Muruscerowski, 2
years old of 9S Belmont avenue, alss
was "mugged," the other man arrested
Charles Borchard, 20 years old, of i
Charlton street not having been con
nected with the cases so far.
All four local suspects, as well al
Fisher and Lantis in New York, wer'
habitues of an organization known al
the "IIrueger Club" which meets il
the rear of a saloon In Belmont avenue
instructions have been given to Cap
tain -rogel, of the Fourth Precinct, t.
! \ "a, chic f,1pef plopp
Fisher or Sobiesk, was one OF tn
men whom the local detectives wer
searching for in the case of Fathe
Ansion, the priest who was murders
/ in this city on March 10, 1909. He wa
also thought TO be the writer of man.
"black hand" lett.rs to Father l<la
bosld. the Pnssaic priest and wa
sought by the Passaic authorities a
tltat time.
Though superintendent Newman
sure that Petrosoff the missing man
4 I,antis and Ivanhoff were employed b.
the Hooten Company, Soezensbi an
Brozewiecki today admitted that the
also had worked in the factory for
short time.
4 Apeercd ~ Prisoner.
All the local prisoners seemed an
b gered at Petrosoff and say that he go
them all into this trouble He wa
unpopular with them for many rea
sons, one being that he constantly bor
rowed money from them which II
/ never repaid. Their desire for reveng
is made very evident.
Lantfs told the Brooklyn police tina
he had been in America but thre
weeks, but 1t is known that he has rC
sided on Jones street and Belmon
avenue for over year. He speak
good English and is 50 curiously bull
being almost as broad as he Is lon;
that once seen he is easily remem
bered
All these men have under police SUI
yeillance since December 10 the dat
of the r. Il L.. hold-up. and If the
had not been arrested for the Brookly
robbery 1t would have been q matte
OF hours before Lantis and Fisher &
least. would have landed ID the locs
police net.
A curious feature Of Inc case ~ ths
the four men who called sier, Er9ckis-
: Iass night to identify the men arrcste
here seemed afraid that II they made
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