The evening world., 1912-03-02
AUTO ROBBERS
BEATEN VICTIM
. DIES OF INJURIES
Hurts Aggravated Ailments of
!. Eorth, Despoiledo of $4,000
y. in Diamonds.
. WAS CONSTANTLY DIZZY
: Robbed and Assaulted in Up.
town Street, Thugs Escaped
Without Detection.
WAS CONSTANTLY DIZZY

George T. Horth. Sfty-two years old.
. diamond dealer. h was blach.acked
Feb. ls in T%hirty-afth stree. near sixth
z and robbed OF $4,000 worth Of
jewels. died last night at his home. No.
2l3 Third street. Union Hill. y. J.
= After the assault Mr.. IIor.h was
treated at the Terderioln station. Then
he went home and 10 bed. lie was at.
tended. as he had been besore, b. DR..
d. m justin OF West New York.
MI. Horth, even with c~irrlio.is Of the
liver and the other chronic troubles
with which he Was afflicted said DR..
justin to-day. might have lived for a
year or more. He had been III In bed
Tor nearly three weeiss before he was
struck down. When he came home
from New York THAT night ] found his
scalp badly bruised and his right hand
cut and bruised where he had used Il
TO try to ward of the blackjack. R.t
there was no evidence OF fractrrs OF
the skull.
There may have been sore con-
cnasion OF the brain. as he was con-
stanuy complaining o; dizziness. He
would get out Of bed and beccmc so
dizxy he voul1 have 10 60 r,xht back.
Day before yesterday he was so much
hotter that he went to his once -
Vow York. But he was Only able %
stay a few minutes. Tho s,ock and
the worry AMI Tho functional disturb
anoes following the assault were The
immediate cause OF his death"
The hodup occurred shortly before /,
o'clock on the evening OF FOB. 10. Mr..
1iorth wal walking along In Thi.ty.
NTH street not far from Sixth avenue
when an automobile drew I'D 20 the
curb behind h1in. He did nb. paw anv
attention to II. and the next instant
ne was struck n terrific blow on the
head. which partly stunned him..
TORE OPEN HIS COAT AND GOT
WALLET OF GEMS.
Ne felt one Of the men throw OMEN
MS coat and take his wallet, which con.
tainsd the Jewels. all unset. lie had
brought then uptown to show TO J. y.
Demarest, president OF the Sage I'oun-
dalton Homes. with Offices IN the Mar.
bridge Building. At Broadway and Thlr-
ty.fourth street. Tho appointment was
for . p. NJ, but Mr.. Demarest vas de.
tained BY a bus.ness conference and
Horth decided he would take a short
walk and return to meet his cllen,.
He went east through Thirty-fourtii
street, walked UT Fifth avenue to Thir.
ty-hfth stree: and turned toward Sixth
avenue The south side OF T%hirty-nfth
street, between Fifth and sixth avenues,
is dimiy lighted in places.
Horth did not suspect he was being
fettnurnl ,,A I,A1 No S.a, &C.,. .l.u .S...
OF his gems In his inside pocket. lie
was in the shadow OF. a store CANOPY
when the machine came up In the rear.
The irst blow struck him on the napc
Of the neck and MAS followed by q
: second. He put up his hand to protect
= his head n the third blow mashed
hls thumb. TIL attack had been 20
SWIFT he did not have q chance to see
his assailants. After the third blow
one Of the men drew mis- arms behind
him to facilitate tearing open his coats
and getting the diamonds. q.
lie thought he mad an outcry. but
probably an ~ train Vas passing at
the time and its noise drowned his
cries. The robbers released him the
moment they got the wallet and went
West In their car. turning north In
sixth avenue. lie could not say
4. whether the machine was a tax!cab o,
u private car. but thought It was dari;
, brown. He felt sure there were only
two robbers, but there may have bean
three.
lie had no theorp OF how the thieves
knew he had the diamonds. unless tlsy
saw the wallet when he pulled Il on:
. 10 show q dealer In T~wenty-third street,
Ths diamonds We're graduated IN sl1e,
from one-qua rter TO n and sevon-
elghths carats. Three-fourths OF 4,
gems belonged to Horth. The Others ho
rad get from merchants on ncmoran-
dun.
= Horth had been IN the jewelry busl'
ness IN New York for eighteen years
His ONCE was at No. Is John street.
. The police have never made any ar.
Z rests for the robbery. and what now ap'
: pears to be n murder.