New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-03
| TAXI OWNERS HELD
FOR JEWEL ROBBERY
Prisoners Deny Completely IN
Affair, but Police Say They
Told Conflicting Stories.
ONE ARRESTED IN BED
Detectives Sure They Are on
! Right Track-Ammonia Used
to Blind Jeweller Was
Purchased in Newark.


used by the bapd that robbed Nose
iiaoh ~ 500" worth ~ jewelry a. n"
Was closing lis store SATURDAY AZ mid
night acy. held without bail for further
examination Tomorrow morning bf
Magistrate Butts. in the West sid" Court
yesterday. They we're accused OF hav-
iu., bceu implicated IN tn" city's latest
taNicab robbery
Both prisoners deny any completely. but
Acting CAPTAIN 7 romas TunncN. IN
charge %. the detectives working ON the
case and his assistant. Lieutenant
Daniel A. Kerr. both believe they have
the case nearly solved.
1T was one of the bo.dest ro3bcries
that Las so far come Ia my attention.
said Deputy Police Commiss oncr Dough-
erty. who assumed personal charge OF
But | reel very confident that ~" Al"
on IA. right track
The prisoners arc George g. Ferguson.
81 No 1890 Lexington avcnbe. who dr"v"
IN" taNicab. and hi- partner. william
Arder.S. Of No. - East l2sth street
Ferguson. IL * said. gave a false adj
dress wien arrested.
IT,. tw" men toid conflicting stories. tc-
cordiug 20 the police and this taken
together with tie apparent Disgusting ~
the license numbers on the taxicab caused
the police to bclicv. that their prisoners
are not telling all they know.
Bach declared that Ferguson looked
very much like one OF the three robb' -
who entered his store Just as he was
closing up SATURDAY. night. and Andercs.
who has not Vet been seen By Bach. an
swora tho description given by the
icv.ller of another of the three robbers.
Ferguson insists Their, w,r. only two
robbers. and that they engaged his taxi
orb ~ tie Harlem depot ~ tn" New
York Genital Railroad al alJ O'Clock Sat
urday night ami told him 10 drive Z"
is'h street and Broadway. He denied u"
was working with the robbers. 81 that
he thought Il at an s'rang" when his
fares dumped q ulyfUl II diamonds ana
watches and -inss and otnor bits OF
i.V,liv into the taNicab. lie also main
tains 10 did not see one Of tn" robbers
are TWO Shots AZ Bach. and further ie-
,ates he heard no shots.
tnlctes. accordiug To- th, police. was
FOO bed. fully dressed ~ - o'clock yes
to-day morning when They arrested HIM
i'm his home he pleads total ignoranc"
of On" CRIME
Ferguson. tie rolicc aiie-e. told q storN
with many weak spots in II. ana his own
admissions. they believe. viii 20 long
way toward holding him. II appears that
when the prisoner first described his
movements 10 thcm 10 said b" had be'n
twice IN mont of Bach's store. No. 1893
Broadway. earlier in the GAY. hnt he
failed 10 mention that hc had been ~
Newark. y. !
81, changed his original story when
Acting Captain Turney slowed him q
bottle Of concentrated ammonia. which
bad been purchased from Newark drug
ssr This was FOUND IN the tsNicah.
slor@ witt q s,eoi hack saw ard the
jrwclry. lie denied purchasing tho am
nonla. which vas found TO BE- identical
with the nuld used by ono of the robbers
70 bl.rd Bach when they stoi" the ira"
&c diamonds.
Another part Of Ferguson story tiat
cxciicd tho suspicious Of the police was
his declaration that ne permitted the two
strangers who hired him to leave his taXi-
cab at 18Th street ana Broadway. juet
around tho corner from Bachs store.
without their paving him cent. although
thcr then owed him several dollars
4 tough th"y Were swell albright
fellows. Ferguson explained 10 tie p'-
lice. and ] trusted them.
Another hole that the police see in Fer
suSon's story was that concerning the
time NJ left his stand. az 18th street and
Park avenue. He said h. was there from
. to 91j D. m His partner. Anderes.
said he vert TO relieve Ferguson az the
station at r. m. and wdited there thre.
houIS. but oid not see Ferguson there.
F,.e ison u wholly unable To- account
be said. for the two pieces 81 paper tina.
we're pasted across the nIst and last
numbers rn both his license TAGS, 20 tina
instead OF r"adinE 3 - they read -!
Nor could b." account for ,hr hits OF
cardboard that hsd been carefully H.
serted behind the puzzle hack liceps"
numbers on bis lamps. making them
wholly l'gibl..