New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-18
Masked Bandit,
Got $4,000 IN
Hotel Crap C.>|
Western cunman se,al
by Police for Raid -
the St. Franci,
Noted SportsmenI..]
Arnold Rothstein, MilIs...
plunger, Among Dist,
guished Victim.
Noted Sportsmen La.

Al Johnson, a Westerns
Cincinnati for rOboing q ..v.T
now being sought as the l,sS..
MASKED land watch .eld nm ~
gu.shed party OF crap sbos,. W,
wednesday morning IN a. 3. ~
els Hotel, West Forty-sey,,H M
and escaped with $4,000 i, @x
Jeweiry. His pals are beli.,. "
minor erooks-"purke," the ns''. \
them. Vae a
Arnold Roths.ein, mill;on,;.
nan, VINO lives az the PHI, .'%
enjoys the reputation Of s.v ~ "
nerve than the late Pittsburr 3 ~
the complainant to the pa'.. q
tod Lieutenant John DaIy - ~
I'd Branch Detective Burss, y
day, that the bandits took 10 \! ne
MIN and g pearl pin, valued :, : =, !.
more: The cash does not va,,. -
but ne grieyes-oyer the loss !.
pin. y
The man with the real -
however, is a Chicago sport',s =
known as "Nick. she Cre.ss'
lost about $4,000, bu. m.,. "a
portant, from his viewpoint !.
tie interruption came wb,, "a
winning, and spoiled his cham. :,
coupling. $4,000 previously len \. : !,
Rothstein. ~" Y
Nick Is Big Loser
The big game has been IA. hi, =,
Broadway since the Greek a.,,a '
came East two weeks ago. N..,'s'
Rothstein and few other ,s,s..
spirits, he remarked that 4 vas =
evening. To relieve his e.,r'
small game OF craps. for vb;I I,
confessed a weakness. wa, bs~r. !
I. hotel room 10 which the p,r,, /.
adjourned. Gradually il d.y.n,'.
into plunger's game, with "a. A..
higher than the roof, and via, 4
Greek quit, after the milkm,, ~
completed his rounds, he was . r..
loser.
On ensuing evenings the ezu. -
resumed. first at one hotel srI n.
at another. with the net resut ~
when the party broke up. Rour,
who had previously won in n, n.
ity of 100000. lost $4,000. 0ti,, !.
the party-its makeup had NJ
from night to night-had lost ,r,I.,
amounts. IL was agreed ,As 4,
Greek should get a chance a =,
back his losses Tuesday Mat vI,,
the play was resumed ct d. :,
Francis.
II is Broadway's belief thu nav,
edge that the Chicago yisito, .ouI,
have at least $4,000 was the in,,lE,,
motive behind the call Of the basSi,'
Be that as it may, the game vas eoIr
merrily when a chap known Is u
Englishman' arrived about $50 Geld
Wednesday morning. He erehsrr,
greetings with the principals in !.
play.
Then. apparently not finding tie M
TO his liking, he departed.
Rothstein Rescued s2esN
Five minutes later four mssk9 NJ
entered the room and commands n
players 10 throw up their hands fM
did as they were bid, Rothstsin pss.
ing for fraction of second % tns
$4,000 under the table. and then n
taller of the four searched al ks.t
The Greek yielded about $1,000 "
some jewelry. Rothstein, sho -
$4,000 in another roll. gave TIA, v
and then his pin went also. Frsn d
others smaller sums were akss a.
the bandits departed as quietly u 'ts
entered. By the time the alarm VI
given there was no sight Of ihen .
Forty-seyenth Street
Then the brief visit Of "the Eneisi
man" was recalled. and the coinedshs
of his departure and the arrival Of .
gunner noted. So. too. was ne CO..
ment of the chief bandit on sssln
Cleveland with one Of the plaIt''
These and other facts CLEANED . ?,
Tenderloin lead the police to ne -
that the man most wanted is ~ "
cinnati ho'd-up man. who, seelF Y
possibilities OF the situation. asA y
Englishman" to get the lay OF the ~