New-York tribune., 1912-02-17

| tective was there. Single n1err ana gro'p'
OF men were mysteriously shunteo ~
| Deputy Commissioner Doughterty ol"NI
/ or the sanctum OF Inspector Hughes ~"
/ they came out they wore thouen'i 90,
| mystery shTOuded expressions, ana ldu''
| away into the streets as II on some P''
| tentous mission
| All day long tho officials whispered 'o-
| cether Then they would tell reporters
that there was nothing new just yet n"'
come around at O'Clock and we will have
some big stuff for you" 1t was even said
that Commissioner Waldo vas taking an
! interest IN the matter.
| Ats O'Clock in the evening DOugherty ana
| Hughes held All audience in the former
office. They apparently had been rehears-
ing carefully just what they would say
but they both were obviously III at ease.
You do the talking, Inspector Dough-
erty said to his subordinate. you know
| more than I do"
We'll as you know" Hughes said 10 IN"
reporters, spreading piece of paper oo'
before him, "a man by the name OF Charies
Rossi was arrested last night in the raid OF
O. poolroom at No. 5ss Seventh avenue. lie
was identified in jefferson Market court
this morning by Irving Breckerman as one
O., the men who robbed him"
Breckerman was the man who was as
saulted on the Rowery last Saturday. when
tho street vas crowded and robbed of 1900
by two mon. who then made their escape
in a black automobile.
But did you know that Rreckerman later
in court refused to stick 10 his identihca-
tion?' Hughes was asked.
The inspector turned and began to get
| confused.
'T'll explain that" he said. This morn
ing Ross was brough; before Magistrate
O'Connor. The police asked that he be re-
manded for forty-e'ght hours. But when
no demanded an immediate hearing the
| magistrate set his casd for this afternoon.
Well this afternoon he was placed In
among the spectators in the court. Breck-
ernan was brought in. lie was told 20
walk among the persons in court and see
II he saw anybody he knew He did So
but did not pick out anybody. Then Lieu
tenant Farley asked the magistrate to order
| all the men In court TO stand up ana pnt
on their hats. The magistrate did So and
when RreckerrTan passed among them this
| time ne picked out Rossi and said he was
one OF the men that assaulted and robbed
! him. Afterward. when he went into me
| complaint room 10 make a formal COM
| plant against Rossi he backed down
"As a matter Of fact, inspector" he was
asked. didn't Breckerman back down be-
cause he said he could only identify Rossl
as the man whose picture Lieutenant Far
ley showed him in the hospital
L don't know Hughes said. shifting on
his feet.
II don't know whether Farley over had a
picture Of Rossi or not, 10 show Brecker-
man." Dousherty said. did he, Inspector
'I guess he must have had" Hughes said
We'll. as a matter Of fact he must have
had" confessed Dougherty.
Then your connection of Rossi with the
robbery so far is Breckerman's Identified
tion Of a picture lieutenant showed him
of a man."
we have things developing can't say
now lust what--but have things develop
ing" Doueherty said
I'll give YOU Rossi's record said
Hughes as il nothing hod happened 10
mar Rossis standing as real suspect
According 10 the record given by Hughes,
Rossi under the alias Charles Scheff'io, was
arrested and sent to the workhouse from
Brooklyn in 1908 for disorderly conduct.
On August 6, 1911 he ives arrested on
charge Of grand larceny made by Mabel
Wilson who asserted that he had stolen
$3.50 worth of diamonds from her. When the
case was called for hearing Mabel was not
TO be found and the charge was dropped.
on the day Of his discharge he was ar
rested on another charge Of grand larceny
the contention Of the police being this time
that ne had acted in completely with
"Humpty'' jackson In rohbing the Ameri-
can Express OF s5o,cpO worth ~ goods. Jack
son was convicted and sentenced to ten
wears, but on January q, 1912, Rossi was
discharged by Judge RosaIsEy. =. - g.
In addition 10 this record Hughes said
that Rossi was a notorious gun man
around town, and had been wounded in sew.
ersI saloon brawls At the completion of
this narrative Dougherty called Hughes
into another room When he came back
Dousherty had determined face.
"I have something that Will interest you
he said. Tonight, at about o'clock near
his home, No. Is Sheriff street, We arrested
the chauffeur Of the car in which tho men
who robbed Breckerman, made their es-
cape lie is Abram sobel. Russian, aged
twenty-three. He IS charged with acting In
concert With Rossi That Is all can tell
YOU now. We have something developing
which we cannot announce ill later"
But you can tell what led up 10 Sobel s
arrest-or did your men just go out and ar
rest the first chauffeur they saw"
"Oh. no." he replied. "On the day Of the
robbery a man furnished IFS with informa-
ton concerning the identity OF tho chauf-
feur Of that car This arrest Is the result.
That Is all ] can tell you"
Breckermar did not sec Sobcl at Police
Headquarters last night. but he and three
witnesses will confront him in Jefferson
Market Court this evening. None Of the
witnesses in the Rector street robbery have
seen SObel yet.
The third man under arrest Is Montani,
the man who drove tho car in which the
bank messengers were robbed OF So, 900
He consented TO being held while his knowl-
edge OF the case was being investigated,
saying that he was anxious 90 help in
every way. Rossi Will have another hear
ing to-day.