The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-11-19
RECOGNIZED AS CROOK
Nogel Fires at Young Woman
as She Leaves by
Window.
SOUGHT FOR THEFTS HERE
surety Company Started After
Him After Woman Prison
er'S Confession.

Two persons are dead and Ave men,
Including two private detectives and a
city detective. are shot SO badly that
three will probably die as result Of a
raid made by the detectives last night
at the Elsmere Wine and Liquor House.
licensed hotel at Ss4 Courtlandt ave-
nue., at the corner of 161st street, The
! Bronx.
The man who did the shooting the
one whom the police were after. killed
his girl companion and committed sui
eide.
The dead:
LOTT1E. known only by that name
shot in the temple and left breast
NOGEL. HENRY. 4S years; shot him.
self In the temple and right breast after
shooting all the others
The wounded. all Of whom are in
Lebanon Hospital and all of whom will
die. according to the surgeons:
ALLEN. JOHN. 81 years old. known as
Spider Allen: former detective, now en-
ploycd by the National Surety Company;
shot in the right side of the head, sus-
tanning a fractured skull from the force
Of the bullet.
bt W ll.llAM, a waiter enl-
! ployed at the hotel lives at 1910 Sinp-
| son street, The Bronx. shot in the abdo.
men.
FAY. MARTIN, l4l4 Bryant avenue a
detective stationed at the West lO0;h
street station: shot In the abdomen
LOClGl. GERARD, 1908 Crotona ave-
nue. private detective employed by the
National Surety Company shot several
times In the lower part OF the body and
the legs.
MONDSCHEIN. LOUIS. Ss years old,
1871 Hoe avenue. proprietor Of the hotel
shot In the abdomen.
The shooting occurred as the result
OF an effort that city and National
Surety Company detectives have bee. :.
making to discover the burglars '.
have made several downtown hal
lately.
Allen and Mondschein were placed IN
the operating table at o'clock this
morning. hut despite all the surgeons
can do their death is expected before
long.
Allen was shot three times in the
abdomen and has fractured skull from
Vogers black jack
Mcndschein is shot twice In tho abdo-
men. Fay Is also in n dying condition.
The two others. Luigi and Butler, may
recover.
dishonest Servant Game.
The police picked mp Nogel Yesterday
a. the result of close watch they
have kept on a fiat at so West lJlst
street since November I. when they ar
rested Sophie Beckcndorf This girl,
who has been in the country two years.
managed in that time to get the repu-
tat!on of being one OF the sharpest
crooks In the country at ihe dishonest
servant girl game.
Her method was simply to apply for a
position as cook, do work which
would lead family to believe that
they had at last obtained a real jewel OF
servant. When suspicion was luled
Sophie would take anything she could
find and skip out.
This woman was arrested by Detec-
tives Donnelly and Quinn and was in
dicted yesterday. She was positively
Identified by DR., Augustus Rosenbloom
of 2l4 West Ninety second street as
the servant who stole $1,000 in jewelry
and 500 from him; by Mrs. Stella
Emanuel. SIG West 18th street, as the
servant who robbed her Of Sl.s54 in
jewelry; by Mrs. Richard g. Steinhart,
$40 West Eightieth street. as the girl
who robbed her Of $500 in jewelry. and
by Mrs. Solomon H. CAM, 25l West
Eighty-ninth street. as the maid who
stole $3.50 worth Of jeweiry from her
house.
These four made positive identiflca-
tions Of her. and the police say that the
woman Is also wanted in GloversviIle,
Buffalo and Schenectady for working
the same game.
Aftetr the detectives arrested her they
examined the contents Of her nat and
found two trunks full Of loot. The police.
had Information which led them TO be-
lieve that Sophie had been giving the
proceeds Of her robberies to some man,
and It was decided to leave the trunks
In tho house and wait for the man to
appear and claim them.
The Plant Bears Fruit.
DetectivSs Fay. Donnelly and Quinn
have beon planted near the house in
which Sophie's nat was ever since then.
Allen and Luigi. working for the Ma
tionai Surety Company. which lost
money In insuring some OF the persons
who were robbed BY tho servant,
Joined them. and yesterday afternoon
Vogel appeared ct the nat.
He was in taxicab. With the taxi
cab driver he carried the trunks down.
sairs and drove away with them. Fay,
Allen and Luigi followed In another
taxicab. .l.s l..n
Vogel drove over to The Bronx ana