Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1912-02-17
Great Demand
For Revolvers
WILD WEST CONDITIONS. PRE.
VAlLlNG IN NEW YORK.
NOBODY SAFE WITH MONEY
Highway Robberiss Almost an HsurIy
oceurrsnce-Many Applications to
Police for Permits to Carry Weapons

New York. Feb. 16-The series Of
highway rohAerics lately in crowded
New York streets, of which yester-
days pundering of $4,000 in cash
from two bank messengers in q taxi
cab was the most sensational in years.
was followed TO-DAY end tonight by ?
other hOldups almost as amazing. In
the latest of these, reported tonight.
George Horth, dealer in diamonds
with offices in the Maiden Lane jewel
" district was relieved of a wallet
containing $4,000 worth of gems by
two meE who jumped from taxicaD
at the corner of Thirty -Gfth street and
Fifth avenue.
Beat Victim Over Head.
Scores of vehicles were passing up
and down the brilliantly lighted ave
nue. at the time and within q block
Of the scene stood the Waldorf Astoria
hotel Horrh was beaten over the
head by one Of the men while the
other snatched the wallet from his
inside coat pocket. The men then
leaped back into the taXicab and ii
disappeared in the maze of Fifth ave
nue. traffic. Horth, with his head
showing severe contusions, reported
his loss at the West Thtrtieth street
police station.
Messenger Robbed Of $34o.
The earlier robbery occurred in the
Bronx. but likewise in broad daylight
/ William Dougherty, messenger for a
business firm, was attacked by a
youth OF Is, it is said, and robbed of
S340, his firms payroll, which he was
bringing from q branch Of the Corn
Exchange bank The robbery took
place in vacant lot and Dougherty's
assailant escaped. ..'
Armed c. ards with Messengers.
No clues lad been obtained, today
| to the perpetrators Of yesterdays taxi
CAP robbery which, because it took
! place in the heart of the financial dis
| trict, caused financial institutions to
| send armed se4ards With their messen-
gers, many of whom are accustomed
TO carry small fortunes on their per
sons.
Police Make an Arrest.
The police arrested Charles Rossi
| for the robbery on a downtown street
a few days ago OF a payroll Of 1900
from Irving BeclSermsn. This crime
| the police connect with the ts5liCRb
robbery, bdt Beckerm9n was unable
! to identify Rossi Rossi was held
however, by the police.
Applications to Go Armed.
! Scores of business men and bankers
made application at police headquar-
ters today for permits to carry rev0l-
| vers, expressing the fear their lives
were not safe on the streets with val
| Uables in their keeping. Directly at
| tributed to- the public uneasinesS over
the safety of life and property which
] the remarkable boldness Of the rob-
/ berries has created. was a run today
! on the private bank Of Adolph Mendel
on the East Side.
| Needless Hun on Bank.
The recent installation in the bank
of a burglarproof safe was followed,
| oddly. today, by reports that the bank
had been robbed and that depositors
had lost everything. The result was
that the bank was besieged by scores
| Of depositors who began excitedly to
| draw out their money.
An Unusual Sight.
The appearance in the Wall street
district today of messengers accom-
panied by guards was an unusual
sight, for in recent years crooks
have seldom attempted robberies be-
yond the imaginary dead line fixed
by the police al Fulton street. Arrest
on sight was the portion Of any Grim
inaI known to the police If seen below
| that street