New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-20
Three Bandits
Plumber Three
Bars an Hour
Victims Urged to Vote fou
Prohibition as Robbo,,
Depart With Their Cash
Method Shows Efficiency.
Taxicab Trio Knock OR
Work at 9 O'clock, but
Police Are Still Rms,

The police of the Alexander Aron..
station are looking for three svs.,
matte hoid-up men who raidea TN.
Bronx in black taxi cab las, nich.
SO are the police of the MorriSsn;,
Avenue and Simpson Street stations
SO. likewise, are the owners of thru.
saloons, whose cash registers vera
plundered by the efficient trio in Il,
hour from 8 to p m.
In their three visits the bandits col
lected $500, and when last seen wo,.
speeding north along Intervale Ayenu.
while in their wake detectives from II.
three stations were working franticar,
On clues.
The stores that the owners Of ~.
three plundered saloons had 10 tan
were indentical. In their tour the hols
up men adhered faithfully to one mod,
OF procedure, and apparently worked on
tine schedule vi
First Call Nets SIS
AT s p. N. they entered John Tncl.
saloon al 304 Brook Avenue. Ono os
/ the men. iii cap and sweater, stood =.
the mead Of the bar. His mate walked
to the other end Of the room and Their
tashionably dressed companion placad
himself directly in front of the cash
register.
They each ordered and drank two
glasses Of beer. and then. as though
going through a drill, reached for their
hip pockets
Every body up ordered the man in
front OF the cash register. and Trick
and the four other customers in his
place lifted their arms high in air.
while the muzzles of three pistols
threatened them. While the men at
the head and foot Of the bar KEEP. Their
guns levelled the woll-dressed bandit
vaulted over to the cash register and
took the S75 it contained.
"Gentlemen.' he said, turning to his
unwilling audience. - urge you to vote
for prohibition
They locked the front door and herd
ed their victims up against it. Then
with pleasant Good night" and
final flourish Of their weapons they
/ backed out OF the side door and ran
block down 1850 Street to where the
taXicab waited for them
Same Procedure Repeated
The Alexander Avenue police station
was notified By the time Trick had
told his story TO detectives, Israel Bau
ter, who runs saloon at GOT Prospect
Avenue. was yelling over the telephone
for help from the Morrisania station
At $3.50 the three robbers had stroed
into his saloon. drunk two glasses Of
beer, and had then held up Banter and
three customers. After abstracting $50
from the safe, the we'll groomed bandit
7 had delivered his same exhortaton 10
temperance. locked the front door, driy-
en- Bautter and the others to that end
of the room and vanished out of the
side door.
The trio. at 9 O'Clock. entered the
saloon Of Jacob BurchelI. at ll42 In
tervale Avenue, where six customers
were ranged along the bar. After the
customary libation. the leader OF the
gang said. "Fverybody up" and the
pistols were drawn.
What is this demanded or
sceptical customer, "a movie stunt
Argument Proves Convincing
The automatic Of the wel-dresscd
bandit spoke twice and chips few from
the floor at the feet Of the scooter
WHO was convinced at once.
"Gcntlemen.' said the leader, after
robbing the til Of $50, 81 urge you 10
vote for prohibition
The front door was locked, and the
hold-up men went out by the family
entrance. This robbery brought the
Simpson street police to the aid o.
their fellows.
An alarm was sent throughout the
Bronx, warning all saloon keepers 70
beware of the trio, for detectives feared
that the bandits were working an
eight-hour day Until saloons closed
in the Bronx, last night, barkeepeF'
reached nervously for bung starters
every time the door opened, but the
/ business-iikc bandits apparently ven
! ON a vaca1inn at 9 n'clnck