The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-19
ROBBED IN HALLWAY,
ELEVATOR BOY HELD
Police Say He Confessed in At
tack on Cashier With 1867
Payroll in Pocket.
PART OF MONEY FOUND
Alleged Accomplish Found in
Home Of Swectheart-Vic-
tim Seriously Injured

An understood italian youth who ran
and Spring streets up to the top floor a
few seconds before Edward Hefferman,
cashier for the Blair Tool Machine and
Pattern Company was assaulted In the
doorway of the building and robbed OF the
cOmpany's payroll Of 1867 about noon yes
terday, was arrested two hours later as
the one who had planned the robbery.
Following "A confession he Is said to have
made to Acting Captain Thomas Tunney,
Detectives Rtndlcs, Donohuc and Murphy
arrested one OF the alleged accumplices
last evening IN the home OF Lena Sab
b1tini at 1871 West Houston street where
the elevator operator. Dominlck Casentino
lived too, and later recovered s232 of the
stolen money wrapped In "A newspaper in
q bureau In the an rtment The prisoner
was Charles Romeo. 10 years old, OF 80
Downing street, Lena was his sweet
heart whom he expected to marry, he told
the detectives
Romeo Is said TO have welded the
five pound iron holt which felcd the
cashier while two footpads rn,d his
pockets \ curly headed youngster OF 5
playing In Greenwich street saw the ele-
vator operator shoot the lift up the shaft
after he had seen the two robbers trailing
/ Heffcrnan as he rounded the Spring street
corner. While Henernan waited for Il
| to come down and stood In the small
| hallway ringing the bell he was knocked
down by three blows on the head and
| robbed
The cashier. who Is 10 years old. with
| n wife and eight children living at $40
| West 177th street was removed to st.
| Nircents Hospital in serious condition.
His scalp had a deep seven inch cut from
the top OF his forehead to the back of his
| head. lie had been employed by the
! company. President T. II. Pctcrman said
only five weeks and had been cashier only
three.
II was his custom to go to the Coal
! and Iron National Bank at 143 Liberty
! street in the forenoon on Saturdays for
/ the payroll money which was mostly In
small bills. carried in an envelope In
| his inside coat pocket The two men who
assaulted him had trailed him 10 and
/ from the building yesterday morning and
knew he had tn mony They had beer
seen in the nclchborhood talking with
Cascutlno several times during the las
three weeks.
After the robbery tho two men escaped
up Greenwich street. They left behint
the weapon. about fifteen inches long
wrapped in an Italian newspaper Th'
police suspected il WAS IAN inside Job
and questioned Cas-, ntino. He held GU
al first but finally. according TO the police
confessed to planning the holdup three
weeks ago with two men. II was to have
taken place two weeks ago, but a hitci
put II on until Yesterday.
on Information he is said to have Civer
the police found Romeo. He also Is sal,
by the police to have confessed an,
brought them to his share OF the none,
in the Sabbatini apartment. The polio
expected to arrest the third man at tn
meeting place which the three had ar
ranged for last night 20 divide the spells
Another man wa arrested IN connection
with the robbery soon after II was com
mitted. but he will probably be freed th
morning