The evening world., 1911-03-28
ROBBERS VICTIMS
IDENTIFY FOUR AS
WEST SIDE GANG
Young Men Picked From Po-
lice Line by Merchants Who
Were Held UP.
ACCUSED OF 50 JOBS.
Many Shopkeepers Badly Beat
en- After Young Bandits
Rifled Their rills.

When four victims OF roSberies on the
wsst side to-dsy picked from the daily
lineup at Police Headquarters four
young men who are charged with rob-
berry the police o~fioisls fslt sure that
they had broken up the gang that for
months had tarror1zsd ths rest eide. All
OF the business Associations OF the Sec
tion he'd lodged comptaincs against the
operations OF . real jesse James outht
that had gone armed from shop " shop
roboing and beating small merchants.
Not n Of the young men arrested
has As yet seen twenty years OF !ife-
Yet they were all armed with b4S re-
voivers and prepared to take oare Of
themselves In any sort Of emergency.
AZ 10 O'Clock last night Detecuvss Kerr,
Barber. Redmond and y1tzpauAk ar
rested at the corner Of wsst Forv-xx:h
street and Tenth avenue JnsAph MsH-
han Of No. <6 West Torty-six,h atrsss
and Frank Finnin OF No. sol Wes, Fifty
seventh street Tho man were searched
and huge pistols were taken from them.
More Arrests Follow lnquistion.
Then the pair went to Police Head
quarters with the detectives. In whi'h
pace there followed one OF those in.
sis,snt in%auhIrons known as the "tbi>d
-egrse-" 1t was getting along toward
moruing when the detectives left ehS
pair and went to the homes OF Edward
:heney. No. AIS West Forty-eigh'a
street. and Edward Dwyer Of No. S'S
West Fifty-dt.n street. where both II
tho men were placed under arrest
While no talking was done by the de-
iectives, the trend Of events Indicated
that the heart to heart conversation
with the first pair had resulted in the
subsequent arrests.
r,-day the four were placed IN line
with nins,een other prisoners and the
representatives. OF the Allied Robbery
Victims Association Of h West SIDE
same IN with their stitched heads and
excava,ed pockets to take a look At uhs
line. Iador Gustav OF No. ~ Nnth
avenue came first. and he picked out
-he four Young fellows e. the men WHO
"a ne 10 his place on the night of March
IL. held him UP with pistols and relieve
him OF s27. Gustav's sense OF humor
saved him a boating because, when he
s.w the funny side Of life suongly
enough 30 crack Jokes with his visitors
,,ey lat him off without the customary
matchmaking.
He's a good game sport and can take
a Joke. so don't peat him." said one Of
tho men, and Gustav los: only money
and business dignity.
Recognized by Victim Of Smuggling
Thcn came Robert Toporoski. whC
na, a laundry at No. +2 West Forty
fourth street. He was held up or
March 10, robbed Of what little the foul
could find and then given a terrible
beating. He stili remembered the beat
ing and tried to punch Markham II
the station. but detectives remove
l,.n from the neigh5orhood Of the &C
cused man.
Robert Merz Of No. 7a Ninth avenue
came along next Will a tale of losinI
$50 as the result of q visit from tn
Sour on the night Of March l6, and SAT-
that in return for the money he got
split head that was still sewed some
what after the fashion Of u baseball
Harry Gerlock of No. s< Ninth avenue
also added his Identification. and sal
that he received the four youngsters q
his place OF business. added his owl
means to their cash account and wa
handled SO roughly that 1t required tn
services OF a surgeon In order to pu
aim on his feet.
Half a hundred robbery complaint
from the same section are said to hav
been due 10 the poerations OF this pal
ticular gang. and the police think tina
the ganG has now been e~fectually pu
out OF business. .
When the boys We're arraigned in IN
West Side Court upon the charge @
robting and beating the merchants G
the west side section they pleaded guilt,
and were sent to prison without bail.