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New-York tribune., 1911-03-05

clumsy hand. He just waits around in
lonesome place, and when he sees man
coming alone he 'bashes' him over the
head with piece CT lead pipe or shoves
q gun up 10 his ear and tells him hell
shoot him dead if he doesn't hand over.
They'll tell you that sort OF thing doesn't
happen in New York City nowadays bht
don't you take TOO much stock In that.
These fellows that belong 10 the
Johnson family-that's the way the
'yeggs' are spoken Of nowadays--use
more science. Instead OF walking INTO
the first sailor that comes along they lie
around outside Of the wealthy clubs ana
beg OF the members as they come out
They put up n good line OF taIk' ana
they are likely 70 pick up something thac
way. but all the time they're waiting 70
pick their man. All they want Is some
one who comes out Of that club, so that
they know he's prosperous, who is pretty
drunk and is going home alone. Ihey
follow him up az a little distance, ana
when he turns down the side street they
n him
New-York tribune., 1911-03-05

ard. As he felt a hand fumbling at the
pockets on his left side he lashed out
with his feet and struck the legs OF the
man who was standing there. Instantly
something hard and blunt was jolted
against his chest with a humping blow.
Cut that" voice warned through
the mufiiing thcknesses Of the over
coat You move again an well blow
your liver out"
The 'job" was finished without any
further interruption from the man with
the overcoat. When it was over the
thieves shook the overcoat into place,
deftly holding the man blindfolded with
a woollen muffler they had found in his
pockets. Then they stripped off the
overcoat itself
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apparently dead. Physicians revived her
later. Only S5, which was in the girls
pocketbook, had been taken. There was
a crowd in front of the shop at the time
waiting for a trolley car and the girls
mother was in a room directly over the
shop. The negro escaped.
At Mamaroneck robbers broke into
house and looted the whole ground floor
Of clothing and silverware. The dead
body of the mistress of the house lay in
one of the rooms through which they
had passed in their search. No one was
awakened by their work.
Another series Of robberies, even nore
daring, was committed in the heart Of
the Fifth avenue shopping district. NJ.
B. Donchian, d rug dealer near 9th
street, was robbed OF rugs Of great value
OILY a few weeks ago. Not long after
the store Of Smith, Gray e. Co, directly
across the avenue, was also robbed. The
thief smashed the plate glass show win
dow with a steel bar and escaped with
a fur lined overcoat before the police
could get a sight of him.
In spite OF the warnings that the po-
lice had had the robberies continued.
Three weeks ago stone was thrown
through the window of the Hunter
Hoecker Company. at No. 10 West 18th
street just out OF Fifth avenue. The
thieves obtained number Of valuable
opera glasses and field glasses.
New-York tribune., 1911-03-05

midnight and pinioned the woman's
arms. she struggled. but was driven
into a corner and held with a twisting
grip on her wrists until the robber had
rified the money drawer with his free
hand. He escaped across the elevated
tracks. Two passersby and police
man. hearing the woman's screams
chased the thief and caught him after a
struggle. 1t was then that the police
said that they had captured the IL
thief"
The next evening, at 1890 o'clock, a
masked man entered one OF the Long
Island Railroad stations al Flushing.
With a revolver in his hand he lined up
the ticket agent the telegraph operator
a messenger boy and two citizens VINO
happened 10 be In the waiting room
Their Joint contributions amounted 10
SIS and . gold watch. The man backed
out al tn; door and escaped, while two
policemen were patrolling their beats
within a hundred feet Of the station
door.
Later in the same evening man was
stabbed and beaten into insensibility
and relieved of the few dollars he had
In his pocket within dozen blocks OF
the Flushing station. The day before,
within few hundred yards OF the same
spot. woman had bsen held up ~
broad daylight by robber. who threat
ened her H., end took her pochetbook.
The police have found food for thought
in the death Of Charles q. Bartsch, jr.
The young man was found lollins
against ratings in a Brooklyn street
carly In the morning lie collapsed on
New-York tribune., 1911-03-05
Many New and Daring Tricks of Perpatetc Criminals, Now
Gathered in this City, Have Brought Peril to
Citizens from this Source to Flood Tide.

" HERE seems to be just now rather
more than the usual number of
mysterious disappearances' to
puzzle the American people. Notapie
among them are those OF Dorothy
Arnold who disappeared in New YORK
December 70; Henry Lawrence Wolfe
an art student, who was lost in Rome
on February 3, just after he had drawn
money from the bank. and captain
Arthur ]. Matthews, of the marine
corps, who also had large sum OIL
money with him and failed TO return 10
duty in San Francisco on February g.
AT the same time comes the news that
the New York police. after year OF
liberation Of street beggars, have be-
gun to suppress them with an iron
hand.
Between these two facts there is
connection that does not appear on the
surface. The truth is that the criminals
who ordinarily are scattered throughout
the country. have lately focked to the
xreat cities, that they have brought with
them number Of new and daring tricks
In crime and that they have committed
one outrage after another with swift
ness and an audacity that would have
been unbelievable few months ago.
At last the police have been startled
into the realization that they are facing
q great wave OF crime. such as sweeps
over the country at irregular intervals.
How any particular Crime wave"
arises II is hard to say. 1t does not
always mean that more crimes are COM
mitted, but that they are concentrated
IN the great cities, where they are more
conspicuous. The police Of any town
are likely to become negligent after
long period Of strict and successful en-
forcement Of the law. Again, a change
Of municipal administration. political
interference with the police, violent at
tack upon some particular form OF vice.
such as gambling. even vigorous re-
form Of police abuses. which entails
reorganization Of the force-any Of
these may distract the attention of the
police from their first duty as guardians
of the peace.
New-York tribune., 1911-03-05
ADVISED TO DEPART.

Now You travel" the larger robber
commanded. tying the blindfod In a hard
knot behind the mans head, Here's
thc rail. You're travellin' south. an you
keep on travellin' south till you git there.
II YOU look around we shoot Now beat
it."
The man without the overcoat obeyed.
When he did remove the muflier five
minutes later there was nothing In
sight except the smooth stretch OF the
viaduct and IA gray patch in the east,
where day was beginning to break.
This rounding up the beggars is a
mighty good thing" said George S.
Dougherty, resident superintendent Of
the Pinkertons and one OF the leading
experts in the ways OF American "yegS-
men," "The police have restored the
old mendicancy squad to do the work,
and II was high time. Through the
year the 'yeggs' go out on the road and
hustle for what they take, but winters
they like 10 hang around in town and
do any kind of job that turns up They
can peS, anu "HeH 'iSS 9c" INC NHdhVo
they will pull on 'stick-up,' which is
the latest crooks word for a hold-up.
a beggar IL a long way on the road
10 being u thief. anyway. He knows
mighty well that the man he faces looks
down on him; that he wouldn't despise
him any more II he was an out-and-out
criminal and that he would be a long
sight more afraid OF him. So he blus-
ters and talks big when the man has a
woman with him; then he threatens him
when he is alone, then he buys him a
gun or knife TO make his big talk
sound bigger. and then he is a robber.
The fellow that turns 'stiok-up' man
here In the city Is likely TO be a pretty
New-York tribune., 1911-03-05
MAID WAS ROUGHLY USED.

Hardly had they gone when two men,
whom the maid recognized as the two
callers. came back and rang the door
bell. AS she opened the door one Of the
visitors clutched her by the throat and
shut off her breath. They carried her
into the house. hastily stuffed her mouth
with gag, carried her upstairs to her
mistress's room and there lashed her
with ropes to the foot OF the bed. The
robbers rifed a secretary and took $1,000
worth of jewelry and 260 francs In
French gold. or $50. The girl struggled
for an hour before sh. freed herself from
the ropes, and then gave the alarm.
These are only a few of the fiat and
apartment robberies which have grown
to be. literally, of daily occurrence in
Harlem and the districts to the north
and south. A similar series Of robberies
has startled the suburbs. In Burlington.
n. j., a negro entered shoe store which
was just closing and thrust revolver
into the face of the girl who was in
charge. She resisted, and he beat her
over the head with the butt Of his
weapon. The girl was found with a
handkerchief knotted about her neck.
New-York tribune., 1911-03-05
OUT OF BABES MOUTHS

Mrs. Philip Snowden, the ms, -
sulrragette, began at a dinner IN :"
York her reply 10 toast on Ms'''
with the words:
II once asked little girl X sne s"'
what leisure was. "a,
Yes she replied. Leisure q.
place where married people repent +,
New-York tribune., 1911-03-05
THE CRUDE ovERCoAT STALL" "

A "stall" OF a cruder sort has just been
tried in New York, and is said to have
been brought over from England. One
evening during the recent thaw man
was walking across the Broadway via
duct above Grants tomb. AS the even
ing was not cold, he had unbuttoned his
overcoat He passed two men who were
leaning against the rail- talking careless
", but he paid little attention to them
beyond noticing that one of them was
remarkably tall and broad-shouldered.
Suddenly he felt a tightening of his
coat, as if the wind had lifted it. Be
fore he could look around the back of
the coat had been flung over his head
and the soft fur was crushed against
his face by the grip Of powerful arm.
knee was thrust ageinst his back and
his body was bent slowly backward
over 1t.
The man in the overcoat was no COW
New-York tribune., 1911-03-05

his way to the police station, and was
locked I'D on a charge Of intoxication.
Two hours later he was found dead on
the floor OF his cOil. The Coroners
physician performed an autopsy ana an
nounced that the mans skull had been
fractured, probably by a blow. Then
the police made up their minds that ne
had been assaulted and robbed.
Just by way Of proving their versatil-
ity the Manhattan thieves made off with
an express wagon the other day. 1t
started from the Adams company's
office, at Seventh avenue and 18th street,
at 6 o'clock, with $4,000 wor h of goods
in it, It was found, empty and unat-
tended, at Cecond avenue and I'D street
at | o'clock in the morning.
Every day brings its grist of robberies.
Wednesday saw three daring hold-ups In
the metropolitan district. The Erie RAN
roads station agent at Passaic was lured
into the local armory at dinner time,
beaten down with a blow and robbed OF
$500. the days receipts from the first oi
the month sale Of commutation tickets.
In Manhattan two men followed Peter
Connors from a saloon into the hallway
Of his apartment, in Amsterdam avenue
near Hath street. attacked him there
stabbed him i'm the neck and robbed him.
They were caught after "A hot chase by
a policeman.
The Brooklyn robbers added a black
-,,arl, to their record on the same uay.
Not long after midnight Harry Zeitlin
went out from his home in East New
York TO buy some medicine at drug
store. Two men rushed upon him. They
had revolvers i'm their hands. He 8rap-
plcd with them and got bullet through
his back. They ran, frightened by his
screams. At the hospital II was said
that ne would probably die. Is the crime
ts crest"
New-York tribune., 1911-03-05
"YEGos" WOMAN GUEST AS SHE


of a gang which committed q series or
daring robberies in this city few weeks
ago. The stall" WIS not a physicai
screen to shut off the view of any one,
but sinply the bad reputation Of the
victims.
The robbers would select house or
III fame and go through it as systemat-
ically as If they had been policemen
New-York tribune., 1911-03-05
A COSTLY INDIsCRETIoN,

The woman turned the key in tn.
lock and swung the door open. Two
masked men sprang without warning
from the dark end of the corridor and
thrust into her mouth and rope was
wrapped around her body so tightly
that she could not move The men
dragged her into the room. flung her
down on the bed and lashed her fast
to the brass rail at the foot.
They rapsacked the place in search %
jewelry. Finding none. they removed
the gag and ordered her to tell where
she had hidden her valuables. Fearing
for her life, the woman stammered that
they were under the mattress" Tbs
robbers replaced the gag, tore the mat
tress from under the woman and found
the jewels. pearl necklace and some
diamond rings, worth several thousand
dollars. Leaving the woman hanging
half dead 10 the bed frame, they ran
out Of the room.
BY mere accident the hall boy hap.
pened 10 pass the door few seconds
later. He had seen the woman leave
the elevator barely two minutes be-
fore, and knew that the car had just
returned to the ground floor. II the
robbers had tried to escape they must
be still on the stairs,
The boy did not wait to release the
woman, but ran 10 the elevator. At the
second floor he found that he had over
taken the thieves. He stopped the car
and dashed az them as they came down
the stairs. The robbers overpowered
him. One held him down while the
other beat him with the butt OF re-
volver until he was unconscious. one
Gight further down, the hotel lobby was
full OF people.
The two robbers dashed down the
stairs. The night clerk. warned by the
scuffie overhead. attacked one Of them
The other. the one who had the reyol'
yer, tore the clerk away, pushed MS
comrade out through the door and then
faced about and held the guests at bay
with the revolver until, with a sudden
rush. he himself backed out into the
street and escaped
1t was an hour before the physicians
could bring the woman to herself sum
ciently TO tell how it had happened. she
said she was sure the robbers were fh'
same two men who had escorted her
home from the dance. There Is room
for two morals TO this true story hh
we'll not to make promiscuous acqualnt'
ances at dancing academies" Also
is well TO keep ones jewels IN sa''
deposit vault when pair OF rohoss
can carry their plunder through wnose
hotel full Of people in the heart OF New
York and get clean away with H.
New-York tribune., 1911-03-05
psv Robberies and Bolder Raids Are All Part of the
Days or the Nights Business with Thugs Attracted
Hither by the "Wide Open Town" Report

looking for evidence Of white slavery"
One man was stationed at The door 10
prevent any one from escaping. while
the others went through the house.
turning the contents of bureaus out on
the floor and relieving visitors OF their
valuables. The proprietor dared nc,
call the police for fear OF a raid, ami
the callers were glad enough to get Of
with a bad scare and the loss OF their
money and valuables.
No one knows how many thousands
OF dollars Of plunder this gang took. Tor
q large number of it's crimes were never
reported 20 the police. On one occasion.
however, the robbers took 5000 In cash
from the proprietor and inmates Of on.
house, S400 more from visitors and
jewelry worth perhaps 500. One dIs-
mend pin belonging to guest was
rated at $500.
For sheer audacity there are few
feats OF the Western train robbers that
can stand beside q crime that was com.
mitted few days ago In the Broadway
hotel district. II was at the Hote! Van
Cortlandt, No. 142 West 10Th street
only a short distance from Broadway and
Long Acre Square.
a woman who lived alone on the ninth
floor was returning from a dance Two
men whom she had met at the dance
escorted her as far as the door Of the
hotel. She waited in the lobby TO read
some letters; then took the elevator to
an upper floor where she stepped out
and the elevator returned to the ground
floor. She turned and followed the cor.
ridor toward her room. The hall boz
was at his place on the other side o,
the elevator shaft and hidden from her
! by a turn in the corridor.
New-York tribune., 1911-03-05

rear room. The robbers found 800 In
cash that she had concealed in her cloth
ing. and a diamond ring, which was
worth nearly $1,000.
Mrs Margaret Sevilla came home from
a walk at 4:30 o'clock in the afternoon
to her apartment at 144th street and
Broadway, only few hundred feet from
the fiat where Mrs. Natal -7as robbed
The place had been entered with skel-
eton key, plundered and left strewn with
the wreckage % a long search for valu-
ables. Some jewelry and silverware was
taken, but one thousand shares Of min
ing stock were left untouched.
One morning last week two men, who
said they were furniture repairers. called
on retired tobacco merchant who lives
in West 13Sth street. They said they
were moving from an address in Third
avenue to another in Eighth. few
minutes later the man and his wife went
out for drive in their automobile, leav-
ing the maid. Spanish girl of eighteen.
alone in the house.
New-York tribune., 1911-03-05
With Invasion York by Ygg Army Crimes OF vloence 1ooono

7 IL he does not stop the other o'e''"Ne
him and lays n hand on MS arm
! Then before he knows what has nap
noned the others have gathered arouhu
him in a group, their umbrellas 'iiah'"e
a shield about him, and re'o''e' -
thrust into his face
Don't YOU move" low voice warns
lin.
II Is all over In a few moments. Fass-
ersby see four men grouped close To-
gether, apparently talking over the LOTT
mer bribery charges or sonne''ihe
eoually interesting. The revolver is not
seen. nor the victims whtened face nor
the movements of the robbers hahus'
Those are all hidden by the three UNI
brellas. The pocketbook with the
months rent is found and taken.
Now, you walk along so the 10"
voice rasps in his ear. walk straight
If YOU turn your head or make holier
before you get to the corner you're
gCner."
Then the group breaks up. Tne
voices grow loud, for anybody to near
THAT so? Well. we'll Good night, old
man.
And with a hearty slap on the pach
the robbers dismiss their victim and
stroll down the street together NO one
watches them. for the passersby nave
suspected nothing. and the victim mas
tie picture Of that revolver muzzle fixed
firmly In his mind. At the first corner
they are gone. In the language ol
thieves. anything that Is used as
screen to keep persons from seeing the
robber is known as "stalp' or "stal
for stealin'." The three umbrellas make
the most perfect "stall' that has evei
been invented, 1t is said by the men whc
know.
New-York tribune., 1911-03-05

behind end throws il over Victims
head.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-01-06
Grange Meeting.

The Owosso township grange en-
joyed another pleasant session on
Tuesday when a large number OF its
members and a goodly number OF
visiting grangers assembled to par
take of a banquet. Following the
banquet an installation of officers
was witnessed. The work was put
on in excellent form by Brother
Fred Love and his assistants.
A committee was appointed to
represent the grange at meeting ol
farmers which will be held In Co
runna on next Wednesday, when the
telephone question will be discussed
from all its viewpoints.
1t was decided that all winter
meetings will begin promptly at l.
O'Clock in the morning and close a
3 o'clock in the afternoon thus en-
abling all to return to their respec
tive homes before nightfall. Thi
plan has met with great success II
the past.
With the remembrance of de
lightful meeting fresh in our minds
| the grange looks forward to yea
of helpfulness and prosperity.
Contributed.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-01-06
Imprisonment For Debt.

About the middle Of the last cen
fury the power OF imprisoning a debt
or for life was taken from the creditor,
and Il fills one with amazement to
think that system so ridiculous
should have continued as long as 1t
did. The three principal debtors pris-
ons in England were the Kings Bench,
the Marshalsea and the Borough
Compiler. In the year 1850 there were
10000 prisoners for debt In Great Brit
ain and Ireland The futility of the
SYSTEM was quite as great as its bar
barlty. More than half the prisoners
In some Of the prisons were kept there
solely because they could not pay the
attorneys costs. Many prisoners had
their wives and children with them
There was no infirmary, no resident
surgeon and no bath. Imagine mace
In these days containing 1880 persons
and no bath and no infirmary! We
lave indeed 'progressed."--Dundee I'D
vertiser.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-01-06
Wedding Anniversary.

Surrounded by their children, grand
children and great grandchildren, Mr..
and MIS- J. B. Willoughby of Adams
street celebrated the Goth anniversary
of their marriage at the home New
Years day. The family gathering is
an annual one The home was prettily
decorated throughout in green and
white and bountiful dinner was serv'
ed at noon.
Although MIR. and Mrs. Willoughby
are SO and 70 years of age respectively
they entered into the spirit of the coca
sion with as much zest as the younger
persons, and derived just as much pleas
ure from it. Both are in excellen
health for their advanced age. During
the afternoon, Mr. Willoughby enter
tanned the company with numerous stor
les of his early married life. The age'
couple was presented with many usefu
articles, w. j. Willoughby, their son
making the presentation speech.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-01-06
Miss Bessie Johnson went to Flint

Miss Bessie Johnson went to Flint
Wednesday for a weeks visit.
Miss Carrie Moyses of Detroit is
visiting relatives and friends In this
city.
b. j. Byrnes has returned to De-
troit after visiting relatives in this
city.
Mrs. Charles Smith has returned
from a visit with friends in Grand
Rapids.
George Miller, a sailor on the u
S. ship Missouri, is guest of his
mother, Mrs. Mary Miller, Michigan
avenue.
A. M. Grieve of Philadelphia, Pa,
is a guest, of his brother, w. A
Grieve in this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. M. Salisbury and
children have returned home from q
visit with relatives in Shelby.
Mrs. George Mix left "Wednesday
morning for Clare, called there by
the illness Of her aged mother.
John r. Shelton of Seattle, Wash.
is a guest OF his sister, Mrs. II. M
Launstein, Owosso township.