New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-29
MOTHER AND SON
BOUND; $4,000
SAVINGS STOLEN
Three Bandits Tie Victims
in CeIIar-Take Time
TO Crack Home Safe.
ESCAPE IN AUTO:
CHAUFFEUR ARRESTED
Wife Of Construction
Foreman Says Trio Said
They We're Inspectors.

Threatened with a revolver. bound.
gayged and slowed away in the cellar
o., the. home. a, 12l 10th ST., Brooklyn.
q woman and her six-yesr-old son lay
helpless yesterday afternoon while
three safe crackers drilled the door
from a home bank and got away with
cash and jewels amounting to about
$4,000.
dozen Brooklyn and Manhattan de-
tectives were working on the case last
night. One OF them. Detective Ser
geant CarrGro. OF Manhattan. is regard
ed as an expert IN cases of Italian
crime. The best clew is the number OF
an automobile in which the trio es-
capped. Four men end a girl agree on
the number.
Working on this clew. detectives last
night arrested chauffeur at LenoX
av. and 10th ST.. the number of whose
automobile, il was said, corresponds
to the number Of the car in which the
men escaped. Inspector Faurot and
Captain Cray, after questioning the
man, said that he admitted taking four
men to the scene Of the hold-up during
the afternoon. The chauffeur, the po
lice said. was samuel Lichtenstein, Of
629 Lenox av. lie was held on a charge
of robbery.
Robbery Daring One.
The robbers worked with the utmost
daring, and apparently had no fear of
detection. They selected as their vic
tim a foreman employed by the Litch-
field Construction Company, Of Brook,
lyn. who receives a good salary and
numerous extras IN the form OF COM
missions and bonuses.
This man, John Bosso. came from
Italy fifteen years ago. For years he
carried lis savings in leather belt;
Two months ago his hoard had reached
more than $4,000, which he depleted
by 81, 700 in payments on the purchase
OF his home and adjoining lots. Ihen'
at the urging Of his wife, he bought
small safe and discarded the belt.
About three o'clock yesterday after,
noon Mrs. Clementine Bosso opened
the door 10 three men. one an Amer
ican. the others Italians. The American
said that he was war tax inspector ana
had come to make an inventory Tor the
Ievv Of a war tax. A shield impressed
Mrs Rosso and she admitted the trio.
Once inside the house the spokesman
produced a revolver and threatened 10
shoot to kill if there was any outcry.
A length of cord was produced, Dut IL
was decided that il wouldn't do; ana
one of the men went TO a store DlocA
away and spent a dollar on new
supply.
Pistol Keeps Wife Quiet.
Meanwhile the revolver preserved
quiet in the house. and apparently
there was no need for haste on the
part Of the robbers.
Tnon the return Of the third man
Mrs Bosso and the boy were securely
lied and gagged. They were dragged
10 the cellar and the work Of drilllng
the safe begun. After long time Nrs.
Bosso was able to work her gag Tree
and wriegle out Of her bonds so that
she could walk.
She knew without investiation that
the robbers must have long since de
narted with 5000 in cash. S400 in two
checks. two gold watches. a pair OF
diamond earrings and three costly dis-
mond rings. Consequently. with some
diGiculty. she got out on the stoop and
then shouted loudly for help.
Lieutenant McGovern and Patrolman
Kearns. of the Fifth av. station. heard
her cries a block away and came up on
the run. The story was soon learned
and the alarm given. The boy wes
rescued from his prison IN the cellar
and the extent Of the haul verified:
Investigation in tn. .-eighborhood
showed that the three hold-up men had
worked as if they had all the time in
the world.
Five Get License Number.
truckman reported that he had
seen three men answering the descrip--
ton given by Mrs. Bosso an hour ana
a half before they rang the bell at III
10th st. lie noticed that an automo-
bile which they had left to enter a
saloon was pounding in readiness Tor
action. Just for the fun Of 1t ne re-
membered the number.
Half an hour later young giti
passed the machine twice within NJ
toen minutes. She noticed the whirring
of the motor and the number OF the
1914 license at the rear. Three other
men later gave the police the same
number.