New-York tribune., 1918-09-08
Cool in Emergency

MaSKlel rose quietly. Never mind
those eggs" said he to the waiter.
The stairway that leads to the pool
and card room OF the Knickerbocker
Club Of American Walters is not more
than two and q half feet wide. AS the
policeman reached the entryway the
robbers were at the top of it, starting
away with their booty. Three bullets
9whzzed by Maskiel before he got out
his gun But he kept straight on.
once his revolver was released, his
arst shot brought down De Primo and
broke the gangs advance. They scut-
tied back toward the clubroom, firing
as they went. Maskiel replied in kind.
Through the clubroom the chase
last. 1t was one of these. fred, SO the
police say, by "Rickey' Harrison, al
legged to be one of the most formidable
eaangsters IN this city and the leader
OF Yesterday mornings raid, which
brought down Grifiths. At the samo
time Maskiel. calm, collected, methodi-
cal IN the midst OF hurly- -burly, taking
care not to hit any OF the walters, who
had now grabbed up chairs and joined
IN The fracas, managed to wing the two
men now in hospital-"Rickey," the
feputed leader, and nineteen-year-o old
BOY from 1347 Seventy y-eighth Street,
brooklyn, who gave his name as Gus
ave Gutterman, but who is said in
reality to be Gustave Guillaume, who
nad already done time in the House of
Heeluge and had white slavery" charges
nled against him.
Dash Over Roofs
=, Bleeding profusely, these two, with
'helr two remaining companions, still
managed to scramble out the back win
COWS and make break for safety over
NE nelghborlng roofs. Two of them
plunged through convenient skylight
and landed on hot range in the ad-
lacent restaurant. Brandishing re-
overs before the proprietor, who was
oecomlng accustomed to the appear
s,e shce OF sudden back-way visitors by
street and disappeared before Maskiel
VINO had paused for few parting
shols at the fugitives-had regained
sne street. These are the men for
"n1n nn the police are searching to-day.
hlcAey' Harrison meantime leaped
" ,ne street, breaking both ankles as
ee e landed. Two Camp Merritt soldiers,
sergeant Daniel Criss and Private
lawrence. of the 300th Casual Infantry,
nearlng the shots and general disturb
1a'e' jumped off a surface car on which
sney were passing and promptly
pounced on him.
,S,hoot and be damned!" was their
s1I'oieriy reJoinder, as Harrison -four
th ,lneu MS gun and began shouting
rle4Is "A hot scuffle ensued, but the
,USSnued ,roS4Sd man was finally subdued. An
n1Ioo lance from Bellevue was sum
~Ohed and bore him away. Gutter
Nan, or Guillaume, whom Patrolman
biasihiel' dodging around to the other
nN:' n,ock' had completed his work by capt
Ing went in the same ambulance
with him.
ny this time reserves had arrived
s.on s.o.! the West Forty-seventh Street
sr' Srs.lon' and, under the direction of In
tbbe',or tbe pominick Henry, they secured
manh mo- hhelghborhood for the other two
II ittenpers a OF the gang. But by that time
"S' 100 late to get trace of them.
Mourning for Grifiths
Last night in the Knickerbocker Club
" ~ American Waters the pool halls rat.
n''., su and the pinochle decks 1uttered
qulee as usual But all the talk Of the
ssSenioled ssS walters was of the robbery
and Of Griffiths.
IA me real quarry of the bullet that
wv Grlfiths, the walters believe. was
waiter named George Pritchard who
ives at 1872 Sherman Avenue. During
las u process of collection, "Rickevo
d;salrson d;a is said to have had some
rn rs.ncaIty In extricating a 5000 diamond
Pig from the finger of Waiter Max
s.n smsos OF 10S East Fourth Street. To
10 ts ~ sime; the men say, he attempted
mrsa oreak Plncus's finger. This was too
sasca Tor Pritchard. who .tennad ovt