New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-15
THRONC HIDING PLACE.
Crowds Fill Streets Around
House Where Gunner Hid.
NOTE OF REGRET APPARENT
All Express Disappointment at
Failure to Get Reward That
Was in Their Grasp.

All Express OiodPP0
Failure to Get Reward That
Was in Their Grasp.
| Hundreds OF persons surrounded the
house at No. 758 Woodward avenue,
| Ridgowood. last night. where LEFTY
| Louie, or Louis Rosenberg. and "Gyp the
Blood, or Harry Horowitz, had maze
their home since August 10 The house is
two-story brick building. the grouhc
floor OF which is occupied By owen fltz-
patrick. who runs a grocery store Inc
two much wanted prisoners lived on the
| first floor. while Mrs. Rose Schwartz her
husband, Bernard. and their 1--WE ehiidreh
occupy the top story.
IL is entirely isolated. the nearest mouse
being q hundred or more feet away Inc
house abuts the tracks of the Rldge"oou
a." line, and easy access can De h'o
from two large windows on the Cover
avenue side Of the buAding. II the men
had had any chance of making their es-
cape after they had been cornered' TINS
! would have been the place to have trieu
1t. II Is only short drop, and there
was plenty Of rubbish TO prevent theif
being injured
The house is located in Woodward ave-
nue. between Covert avenue and Palmetto
street, and these thoroughfares. as well
as those for FIVE or six blocks further
north. we're TANNED with curious spec
tators. The words, II we had only
known" apparently referring to the re-
ward that they would have received haa
they given the information. seemed to be
the sole topic OF conversation.
Reserves from several precincts we're
necessary TO keep the crowd In order, but
they had their hands full in trying 10
accomplish IL. No one seemed to kno"
where they all came from, but 1t was
Only Il few minutes after the prisoners
had been taken out OF the house before
n started to congregate. and as late as
- O'clock last night there seemed to be
no let-up.
Police in High Spirits.
The police appeared 10 be In hne Splits
They were ever ready to answer hh'
question except the one as to how iohs
"Gyp" and Lefty" had lived In the mousse
without the police knowing of II up 10
last 1ight. However. they assured IN
ouirers that they had no idea and surely
would be glad 10 furnish the necessary
data IL they knew
Rosenberg and HoTowitZ moved into
the house on August IL. Ii Is understoou
that for several days they had been DICK
eripg with the landlord. Jacob Sax, me
amount OF rent they would have TO pay
Finally they decided 10 rent the place Al
80 a month. providing they would 'Isah
the halls and take the garbage out them
selves This was agreed 10, and then
they moved In.
Rosenberg was the one who reached
the Woodward street address on That
dav He inquired OF Mrs. Schwartz
vhere the landlord was. but on being IN
formed that she knew nothing about him
or his whereabouts he then asked her II
she had any KEYS 10 the premises. She
assured him that she had no Keys.
Furnished Rooms Lavishly.
with that according 10 Mrs, schwartz
Rosenberg then dug down into his MP
pocket. and, after trying half dozen
kevs. finally found one that opened the
apartment lie took a hasty look ABOUT
the place. and then hurried out. MIS-
Schwartz said he was very gentleman!
I'm his actions and was forever apolos,z-
ing. That was the last she saw or MIN
until about o'clock OF that evening"
when q big wagon. fully loaded with new
furniture. arrived.
The furniture was apparently OF the
best quality. and there was everything
I'm IL. even including a babys CRIB. More
than an hour elapsed before the furniture
was taken of the wagon. Then Rosen-
borg went downstairs and inserted In the
letter box the name Morris Goldstein y
Nra Schwartz said that was the first
lime she learned the name OF her neigh
bors
Ida Schwartz, twelve years old, daush-
fer Of Mrs. r. Schwartz, who attends
Public School 81, Is shrewd for her age
and is seldom without newspaper. II
she had her way the chances are that
Rosenberg AMI Horowitz would have been
caught long before this. on several oc-
"a sions she remarked to her mother that
there was some resemblance in the feat
ure. Of one OF the men who lived down
stairs TO Lefty" which she had seen In
the paper. but her mother told her she
was only guessing. and TO get II out OF
her mind.
When seen last night by Tribune re
porter she said she often thought OF tell
! ing some policeman OF her suspicious, but
she was afraid her mother would scold
nor II she took any action.
"Thc chances are" she said. that /
would have done go, but for some reason
the man never gave me chance to get
a good look at him. In walking he would
always twist his face from one side to
another. and it was hard for me TO get a
| good look at It,
Then she added III had only done It,
OF course. | have always been brought up
to obey my parents, and / couldn't dis
| regard her wishes. But then again IT
often occurred to me that he was the
man the police were anxious 10 get hold
Of and but for the fact that my mother
interfered I might Just as we'll have got
the s., 900 reward as any one else.
| Ernest Becker runs a grocery store at
| No ISL Woodward avenue. and this Is me
place where Rosenberg and HorowiB DID
all their trading. Although Becker on
several occasions had asked them II they
hadn't rather have their things brought
over. the men declined with thanks. say
I Ing that they would rather come for the
! things themselves. They told Becker they