New-York tribune., 1912-02-16


He told Donshue what had happened
and the latter saw the windows To"''
side and rear OF the taxicab spattereo
with blood. He opened door, and see
ing the two messengers almost uncoh-
scious Jumped on the seat WIN 'ne
chauffeur and had him drive 10 t"e
Greenwich street station.
There II was seen that Smith was serl-
ously hurt. and he was taken in an am
brlance 70 the Hudson Street Hospital.
The boys injuries, not so severe "eio
dressed. and he was taken to Ponce
Headquarters, with the chaufeur' Oy
Detective Wheelan.
For over four hours tho two were IN
terrogated by Mr. Dougherty, second
Deputy Police Commissioners. Ihey
looked over the Rogues Gallery, but were
unable. it was said, to pick out any OF
the hod-up men from the photographs
shown them.
In the meantime Lieutenant Faurot'
the finger print expert, examined the
taxicab doors and found scores of well
defined finger prints, which he photo
graphed Some of these were of curiosity
Seekers, who had opened the doors OF
the taxicab as it stood outside of Police
Headquarters unprotected.
Two Men See the Hold-Up.
Two eye witnesses to the holding up
of the taxicab were found late yesterday
afternoon They were Henry F. Mark
walter manager of the firm of Batter x
CO.. and John Huber, a bookkeeper IN
the same firm. They were standing out
side of their office at No. p Trinity
Place, and saw the five hOld-up men
waiting for the taxicab for nearly half
an hour before it arrived.
Mr.. Huber, whose story was corrobo-
rated by Mr.. Markwalter, said:
Il was standing in the doorway when
saw the five men. One was a tough
looking fellow, dressed in dark brown
suit and wearing a gray cap. He stood
on the curb. Thirty feet away stood
another young fellow. He, TOO, had a
gray cap, but he wore beautiful brown
raglan overcoat, which MIR. Markwalter
and ] envied.
Il spoke TO Mr. Markwalter about the
raglan. and he pointed out two other
men who were standing on the opposite
side OF The street Looking. ! saw them,
wearing no overcoats. and in the middle
Of the street was fifth man.
while we were talking taxicab came
up Trinity Place As ii came In front of
lis the hVe men closed around 1t and the
iaxicab stopped. | saw one man jump
On the scat beside the chauffeur, while
TWO others opened the doors of the taxi
cab for the other two to jump in. Then
they slammed the doors and the taXicao
started north.
This was so strange that we ran into
the middle Of the street watching the
taxicab 60 north, two of the FIVE men
running after it, until it disappeared"
Mantani. the chauffeur, lives at No. 141
West 4th street, and owns three taxi
cabs. which he keeps in q garage on
south Washington Square. His stand is
II, front cf the Broadway Central Hotel
and for over a year either he or one OF
his drivers has been engaged by the East
River National Bank when its messen-
GERS went into the financial district on
Tuesdays. Thursdays and Saturdays for
currency.
Police Hold Chauffeur.
DEPUTY Commissioner Dougherty de-
cided last night to hold Mantani on sus-
ricion that nc was implicated in the
robbery. The chauffeur will be arraigned
in the 'rombs court this morning
II was the opinion of Deputy Commits
sioner Dougherty that the robbery had
been carefully planned and had been
committed by t-of-town crooks. The
automobile. he said, answered the de-
scrip:ion of the one used in Saturday
n;chtr hold-u at Great Jones street and
the Eowery.
Describing how he felt with the re-
Nolver pressed against him, Mantani
said:
When I felt that gun sticking into
me let in some more power felt the
door nf the cab yanked open and could
4, feel the struggle that was going on I'm
the cab. but l did not look. Looking
straight ahead and feeling sort OF empty
inside, as if | was going to keel over, |
drove UP llP SNi'tt' ~ 'ii' N''i''' ~
Liberty street We whizzed by police
man. ard looking out ahead 7 saw an
other cop near the corner of Cortlandt
street. | drove right by both OF them,
too scared to make "A sound
Mantani took the route he did, he
explained, because he did not want TO
pass the Equitable ruins on Broadway.
This course he has followed ever since
the fire.
Ho is certain he could identify the man
who hello the revolver to his stomach.
lie describes him as thirty-hve years
old. five feet nine inches in height; $50
POUNDS: dark complexion and hair. and
small black mustache; dark suit, gray
Cap and no oveTcoat
Worell gave a good description Of the
Two men inside who attacked him and
Smith The latter was not in condition
last night TO be interrogated.
vincent Loeser. president of the East
River National Bank. said that he had
perfect confidence in his two employees,
Smith has worked for the bank for al
most forty years. while tho boy has been
there since he left high school, three
months ago.
In the search made in the various
garages Of the city last night an auto
mobile answering the description Of the
one used in the robbery was found In