New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-19
WOMAN ROUNDED Up
WITH ALLEGED BANDITS
Detectives Capture Four Men,
Two at Pistol Point, Suspect
ed of Robbing Cigar Stores.
PAIR IDENTIFIED BY CLERKS
Piece of Wire Leads to Capture
and Telltale Phone Calls Send
Police Racing to Bronx, Mt.
Vernon and New Rochelle.

Four mon believed to have been con-
nected with the many cigar store rob
berries during the last few months were
arrested Yesterday by detectives one OF
the prisoners was identified by two clerks
OF the United Cigar Stores Company as
a member of the band which had heid
them up One clerk felt certain that an
other of the suspected men was his as
sailant and third clerk made partial
Identification OF another of the men under
arrest.
Charles Truax. whom two clerks pro-
fessed 70 recognize. is a former empioye
Of the United Cigar Stores Company. tie
gave his present occupation as chauffeur
and said that he lived in the Lyceum no.
tel. No 1856 West 18th street.
John Mcdonald. living at the same ho-
tel. is said by the police to have n long
criminal record They allcge that he has
been convicted of robbing postotfice safes
several times He was not Identified by
any of the CLERKS who had been held up.
Frederick II. Clark. who was sdentihed
by one man. lives at the Lyceum Hotel
and so does Joseph Duval, boxing man
four men are all about thirty years old.
Woman Held as Material Witness.
As a material witness. the police held
Dorothy Gray. telegrapher. thirty years
old. who. they say. shared the apartment
of the four men.
Mcdonald, TruaX and Clark were ar
rested by detectives from the Central
Office in a surface car in New kochehe
Yesterday morning. The men showed
fight and the detectives had to draw
their revolvers before making the arrests.
Duval and Dorothy Gray were taken AT
the hotel later in the day. AT Police Head
quarters Deputy Commissioner Dousher-
~ recognized Mcdonald as a private de-
tective He and his companions refused
N make any admissions in spite OF Viz
orous quizzing by the police.
Picture wire. which was used in tying
the hold-up victims in all the cigar store
robberies. was the clew which led to the
arrests The gags were only knotted
hand&erchiefs Of cheap quality ana
offered no clew. The wire, the police
found. was purchased in a picture store
on Seventh avenue between 5lst and ga
streets. and a close watch was put on
the store.
on Thursday night three men called
and bought wire. They then went TO
several United Cigar stores. but. obserV-
ing that they were being trailed, returned
10 the Lyceum Hotel. The detectives
waited for the men to reappear. and final
" went 10 their rooms. which were found
deserted The suspected bandits had left
the building by a fire escape in the rear.
Missed Their Prey in the Bronx.
Bafied for the time the police Kept
watch on the switchboard and answered
a call from man who said he wanted
TO speak to Miss Gray or Duval lie
said he was i'm a saloon in The Bronx
and rave the number. Two detectives
raced there in an automobile. only TO find
that the trio aad gone An hour later
the telltale telephone sent the detectives
scurrying 10 Mt. Vernon. Here they
missed their prey by only three minutes.
After several hours a message came
for Miss Gray or Duval that New Ro-
chelle was to be the meeting place. As
the police automobile flashed past d sur
face car of New Rochelle's main street
Detective Kerr recognized the men he
was looking for. The machine was halted
while the detectives jumped out and
boarded the car taking their prisoners
al the pistol point
Truax ~as held in $4,000 bail on three
charges Of robbery in the West Side
police court Yesterday by Magistrate
Kernochan. Ths-hsil Of Duval and Clark
charged with the same offence. was fixed
At 5000 each. The three will be further
examined on Monday
Mcdonald, or John T. GRAY, as he Is
also designated by the police. was dis
charged because he had not been posi-
lively identified one of the robbers.
lie was Immediately rearrested by De
tective Lieutenant Moore on another
charge.