New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-23
Six Highwaymen Hold Up En-.
pIoyes of Provision Firm in
West 36th Street and
Get $500 from Till.
PISTOLS IN CLERKS FACES
Warned Not to Make Outcry IN
Peril of Death-Thief Climbs
Cashiers Cage and Empties
Cash Drawer-Escape
in Darkness.

Defying possible police interference
six men leaped from taxicab that
drew up last evening in front of No.
so7 IN SCI West S6th street, entered the
building. occupied by Robe & Brothers,
wholesale provision dealers, and, with
q revolver in each hand, held up four
men employed in the place.
While two of the men levelled their
,evolvers AT Charles Fink, collector for
tho firm. and William Bornemann. route
foreman. another highwayman climbed
tho high wire fence surrounding the
cashiers Office and took between seoo
and 500 from the cash drawer. Ihe
neo then backed out. covering the EN- .
n,oves with their revolvers. and leaped
VITO the waiting taxicab, which maze
off at furious pace.
Nthough the police of the West Sfh
.treet station we're told OF the hold-uo
ord we're on the scene within fe"
minutes. they were unable to obtain any
,lev az TO the men who made the maui
Fink and Bornemann were engaged
!, going over the company books AT lhe
time Of the hold-up. The wire cage
surrounding the office is about seven
foot in height, and the door was iocheu
an the inside. Rlak Srloske, car
-;sqe washer, and Edward Miller the
s,ahle boss. were in the east side Oh
the building.
v-irk,s attention was suddenly drawn
from his books by the SOUND OF rae
ing motor outside. When he eiahceu
nm onlv few moments later, IL was 10
find himself facing two revolver muz-
z,es Bornemann found himself In the
same predicament, and before el'her o'
them could make move the sharp
command. "Throw up your hahus'
,,,os bissed through the wire netting
With the odds against them the TWO
mon in the cage, caught like rats IN
tran hoisted their hands high ABOVE
their heads.
Then one OF the hold-up men c!impeu
.be wire netting. lowered himseh U"
tho inside and ran to the cash drawer
which had not yet been locked
while the man was doing this FINK
,.o,,,,, 20 wonder what fate had betalleh
the carriage washer ana 'he s'"o'e
boss His curiosity was satisneu set,
ond later. when he saw Srioshe 'h0
,I,,,er standing in strained attituueS
- tho carriage entrance. Both were
..o revolVers held one on
each side of their heads'
After taking the cash from INC
drawer. the sixth man let hifiiseii o''
49, door al the same time warning
1T, ard Rornemann not to make an
outcrv under pain of death linen nc
and his confederates backed cdu''ousis
o,,, of the entrance, covering tne iour
o,,loveS with their reNolNers until
,bev reached the curo.
with a swift movement the SIX men
-;,od into the taXicab, the engine III
,,bich had been kept racing. WI" d
from its exhaust. the taXlcap
,.,,od cast through 36th street ana
u.a. lost TO sight in the gloom.
when Charles Rohe. president OF ''e
comnanv. who lives at No. IL West 81 III
street was told Of the robbery an'
ho,d.un he said Fink had been IN hls
aun,ho,, for a number of years ana was
reliable. trusted man. ,,,, uoro
detectives Moriarity ard Muna3 We're atn
,ssiynad ia tho case. and alter OBTAIN
ing descriptions Of the men int, started
ont 70 round them up. Up to midnight
however they we're still baffied by the
lack of tangible clews.