Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-23
POLICE RAID NETS
ALLEGED GUNMEN
Seven Men, a Woman and
$1,000 in Loot
Captured
COCAINE ALSO FOUND
Four of Supposed Robber
Band Identified by China
man as His Assailants

Seven men and one woman. more than
$1,000 worth of loot and a revolver taken
from Louie kce. chinese laundryman.
who was beaten by four robbers III his
place at l53 Gladstone street, Thursday
morning. were captured by the police
m raid on Il house at s633 South
Second street. early this morning.
Four men iI the house got away
after running pistol fight with the
police and pedestrians who joined in
the chase.
search of the house revealed eight
revolvers hidden in cooking range
several dozen bottles of cocaine. NOR
rhlne and heron. hypodr rmic needles
six shirts. hats coats, wOmen's wear
ms apparel, and three passports for
Young girls from italy TO the United
States.
ALTHOUGH several Of the men gave
i'hiladelphir addresses. the police say
the men are sDlnmeu from the Fast SIDE
in New York;
Four of the men were identified today
by Louie kee. the Thnaman, as his as
Sailants. They CAV" their names a.,
Francesca l.aruna. tw.ntl-four years
old, NcW York Rocco Vincent, twenty
nine. ninth street below Washington
avenue: John DeboranIe. eighteen, New
York; and Angelo Baum0sette. twenty
eight. New York
The other three said their names
were Frank ''harmant. eighteen. ShunH
street near Ninth: Vincent l.ctta. TWEEN
ty. same address. and Ernest Tangetta,
seventeen. Ninth street below Tasker.
The girl CAV" her name as Mrs. Anna
Brooks. Ninth and Federal streets. and
her age as seventeen.
Battles with Robbers
Louie Lees laundry was robbed early
Thursday morning. -Four men broke into
the place. waking him. He fought them.
and they beat him over the head with a
piece Of pipe Leaving him bleeding on
the floor they searched tive place, taking
$500 from ia hiding place in loaf Of
bread They also took his revolver. which
was numbered. When Lee wa< taken to
the Methodist Hospital by the police. he
gave II good description of his four as
sailants
Al The time of tn" Lee robbery. Police
man Campbell and IirnerliCh had the
house on Second street under suspicion
because the big touring car would drive
up there at all hours of the night They
mad" the raid this morning with De
t,ctivcS Keys and Powers.
The policemen were discovered by the
women while they were surrounding
the house. They saw her snap her
fingers as signal to thu others who
made rush for the back door In
the scramble here. the four men got
away.
The gang is believed by the police tu
! be responsible for many Of the hold
! ups and house robbcries reacrt ed
| recently. especially cases where the
bandits escaped in an automob lie after
ho'd-up on the street
The seven were held for further hear
| ing Wednesday by Magistrate Baker. OF
! the Fourth street and Snyder avenue
( station. All are charged with burglary
and suspicion of being drug agents
The four identified by Lee also are
charged with attempt to Kill.
Mrs. George Walters. 5l9 Porter
street. and Mrs. Dorothy kligermann
A2I Porter street. appeared in court anC
identified some of the NaluableS in tn,
loot as their property, stolen from
their homes.