The sun., 1919-02-15
BANDITS IN TWO
DAYLIGHT HOLDUPS


Madison avenue into Eorty-ninth street,
and yelling at the top of his lungs.
THIEF! Thief" he gave chase.
The thieves were swift. They were
fully a block in the lead when they
lodged into Fifth avenue. the crowd of
pursuers gathering in numbers every
yard. Women on the avenue screamed
and took shelter In doorways at the
sight OF young Goldstein pointing his
gun menacingly. Traffic stopped, but
| through the maze of machines shot a
taxi with two cops on the running board.
They pointed their pistols at the two
robbers, but when the chase doubled into
Forty-seventh street their machine was
TANNED in a tieup and Goldstein
laughed.
The air was wild with shrill police
whistles by the time Harry Goldstoin
| tore back into Madison avenue. and the
| crowd running after them shouted the
| alarm Reed, an athlete, steadily gained
on the two thieves, and seeing this
Goldsten whirled in his tracks opposite
the Ritz-Carlton and fred directly at
| him.
! The negro ducked and the bullet hit
Il bookkeeper Just back of him, John
McGovern of 924 Summit avenue, The
Bronx, who is employed in the New
York Central offices. When McGovern
fell. shot in the abdomen. the pursuing
crowd was more cautious. Taking ad-
vantage OF this Goldstein and his con-
federate ran across the avenue to Forty
sixth street, where a line Of taxis were
against the curb, their drivers chatting
| on the sidewalk.
The chauffeurs heard the shouting. but
! were too amazed at the suddenness OF
the thing 10 try to stop the bandits and
as a result the two ran the gauntlet all
the way to Park avenue.
| At that point Charlie Nogenberger, a
| chauffeur. OF ais East Fifty-second
street, was tinkering with his engine. He
| saw the chase running toward him. Like
most taxi drivers Charlie seems afraid
| OF nothing; at least a brandished re-
volver caused him no particular alarm.
He grabbed his hammer from the tool
kit and lunged at Goldstein.
You nut I croaked one guy back
there for trying to get r,e!' yelled Gold
| stein, do you want to get II too"
Hurls Hammer at Fugitive.
You're helluva movie bad man, you
are" Charlie shouted at him. and kept
on running
Every time Goldstein turned to point
| his gun at the chauffeur VogenberRer
lodged between machines. on the far
corner Of Park avenue and Forty-sixth
| street Nogenberger stopped. and with
perfect aim flung his hammer after the
| fleeing bandit. The tool hit Goldstein
at the base OF his skull and he collapsed
in heap on the sidewalk. His COM
| panion darted up Park avenue and dis
| appeared. But vogenberger gave no
thought to him. He threw himself on
Goldstein and knocked the revolver out
OF his hand. Then he turned him over
to Police Sergeant Thomas Ward Of the
Twenty-ninth Precinct.
| What's this bird done?" asked Vogen-
berger. Il just saw him beating It and
the crowd crying stop thief " so beaned
him. That gun didn't scare me"
! Then the police told him Goidsten had
shot man but three minutes before.
From fence to fence the street was
packed with people. and II was with
difficulty that traffic was cleared on Park
avenue. Detectives Hughes. Cousins,
Barron, Fraser, Hauser and Fitzpatrick
gave chase after the escaped bandit, but
he made good the start he had when
Goldstein fell. and vanished.
Goldstein was lifted into patrol
| wagon and taken TO the Twenty-ninth
precinct In East Fifty-hrst street. where
DR.. Ford OF Bellevue Hospital treated
his scalp wound. His face and shirt
were covered with blood and he was
semi-eonscious. When he revived he
gave the name OF George Wood, 90
| o. 436 Madison avenue, but later told
| his correct name ard said he worked
as a porter. He lives in s6s East 163d
street The Bronx. He has no police
record. so far as the detectives can
learn. and the bold robbery OF yester-
day was his first attempt.
None Of the Jewels was found on him
The diamond necklace that is missing
is worth $500 and the diamond brace
them both. A diamond ring worth
he snatched from the window, fell TO the
by Mr. Graham.
| Mother Urges Him to Tell All.
| Detective John Baron talked last night
| with Mrs. Isidor Goldstein. mother OF
Goldstein. at her home in The Bronx.
| Mrs Goldsten said her son was a
| good boy who never stayed out until
| after midnight Her husband, she va id
| is employed by the Government in New
! Jersey and another son is In the navy.
Baron took the mother to Bellevue
| Hospital, where she pleaded with her
| son to tell the detective all he knew
about the robbery and his companion.
II met the man who participated with
me in the robbery in front OF a restau-
rant at Thirty-first street and Broadway
| on Friday morning" the prisoner said.
I'VE got talking about things and told
him / was out OF a Job. He said he
| didn't have any work either. Both of us
looked for work, but with no success and
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