The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-09-22
TWO BANDITS BEAT
CASHIER, GET $4,000
Attack Paymaster of Nassau
News Co. in Spruce Streets
Busiest Hour.
THEY USE BUTTS OF GUNS
Girl Who Was Blinded by
Powder Identifies Youth
A Under Arrest.

At 9 o'clock yesterday morning, when
Newspaper Row was at its busiest with
the final morning editions of the press
ana when the news handlers wagons
filed Printing House Square, two gun
men attacked Frank Kelly. cashier OF
the Nassau News Company, I'm hall
way at 8 Spruce street, where he was
going to pay off the men, and beating
him into Inconsistencies with the butt
ends OF their weapons stole the payroll
OF $4,000. I.
In Park Row and at the Brooklyn
Bridge were crowds OF late homecomers
from the Mardi Gras at Coney Island
and other points, but in spite OF the
alarm set up when Kelly's UNCONSCIOUS
form was discovered no trace Of the rob-
bers was found. Kelly's nose was broken
by one vicious blow from the gun butt,
his right eye was cut and there were
two deep bruises on his head.
He was at the foot of the stairway
ON the floor below the company's gen
erai Offices when the two men lodged
out from the darkened hallway. He saw
the CLINT of the gun barrels, but before
he could raise an outcry the shower OF
blows struck him. Twenty minutes
later John Graham, the assistant cash
Ter. stumbled over Kelly's body and the
alarm was given.
Kelly said the money was In a bag.
$1,000 in envelopes for the employees,
and 81 900 in loose cash. He was taken
to Volunteer Hospital and later to his
homo at 474 East 1874 street, The
Bronx.
John J. ONefl. $50 West 164th street.
were held in $4,000 bail each in Tombs
court yesterday by Magistrate Nolan
for connection with the robbery of a
Burns Bros cashier on Saturday. The
men are employees of the company
and were accompanying Michael Dob
bins. a cashier, as guards when the
robbery took place in Cedar street. Both
pleaded not guilty.
O'Neil's defence was that he had no
knowledge ,of the robbery until after
II had taken place. With Geary he
waited a step or two ahead of Dobbins.
who carried the payroll, $500, in a
newspaper covered bag. They did not
notice that Dobbins had been held up
at revolver point and forced into a hall
way, where the money was taken, he
said Both men will be heard to-
morrow.
Miss Gladys Cohen, IS, stenographer
for Casino & Co.. a trucking concern. of
los Watts street, who was temporarily
blinded by a powder and robbed as she
left bank at Watts and Greenwich
streets Saturday with the company pay
roll, yesterday identified John Simonelli,
Il, Of 246 First avenue. as the robber.
She was taken to Tombs court, where
Simonelli was arraigned. She was GER
tain Simonelli was the one who threw
the powder in her face and snatched
q handbag containing the money. In
her affidavit she said her eyes were
affected by the powd n for several hours
after the robbery. The police said that
Simonelli would all them in recovering
the money. Tie handbag contained
ts75.
Mrs. Rose Sherman, IS, OF ~ East
10th street, pleaded guilty in Harlem
court to a charge of robbery made by
her sister. Sylvia Barnett. SO East 117th
street Miss Barnett said that a few
weeks ago while Mrs Sherman was
visiting at her home fur collar, the
property of her mother. Mrs. Ida Bar
nett, and a watch and chain worth 800
disappeared. Later. she charged, Mrs
Sherman was seen wearing the fur col
lar. Magistrate HUH held Mrs. Sher-
man in $1,000 bail for the Grand Jury.