The sun., 1919-09-26
SAVES FLAT WASH;
LANDS TWO IN JAIL
Housewife Armed With Stick
Captures Trespassers
on Roof.
ARREST IN MOTOR HOLDUP
Brooklyn Man Convicted of
Receiving Stolen Goods on
Brothers Word.

While the courts were churning
through calendars heavily loaded with
petty larceny cases and few robberies
OF more Importance and the police were
pursuing their mysterious way along
the grooves of the holdup mems under
ground. a few things were happening
about town yesterday. On the roof Of
slu Second avenue, where the tenants
hang out the wash, a pitched battle was
going forward. Mrs. Mary Dielo. hav-
ing missed several well washed articles
from the line. determined to watch for
thieves and stayed all morning behind
chimney pot. About 1 p. NJ. her vigil
was rewarded. From her coign of con-
cealment she saw one of the clothes
lines in the network of those interlaced
about the roof jiggle violently.
The sharp eyed Mrs. Dielo dropped to
her knees and poked her head around
the chimney corner. She saw two
bearded men calmly pillaging her laun-
dry. exercising discrimination In pick
ing out mems shirts only, but apparently
having no preference for color, adding
workingmens blue to socialists red, and
throwing in whites as they came along
The wash not only of Mrs. Dielo but
that OF half a dozen other tenants was
disappearing, the thieves heaving the
clean garments over to the next roof
Screams Bring Detectives.
Mrs. Dielo's screams we're so effective
that they brought ali thirty tenants of
the house and two detectives dashing up
the stairs. They found her striking at
two much cowed individuals with a
clothes stick and seeming to be in COM
mand of the situation. The shirt lovers
were taken to the East Thirty-ffth
street station and locked up. They said
they were Charles Pfefferman of 926
Hart street, Brooklyn. and John Basso
of 524 East Fifth street.
About the same time, Harry Shapiro.
a visitor from Chamberspurg, Pa, for
the holidays, was trying to get himself
out of court He came into town early
yesterday morning with his automobile.
a wad of money and revolver packed
away to save himself from the thievery
he hard heard was going on. He had al
most reached the home of friends In
The Bronx when two detectives stopped
him and asked permission to search the
car When the officers had finished
looking the car over they dove into
Shappiro's pockets and came upon the
gun, or were about to. when Shapiro
drew 1t and ordered them to back up.
He didn't come to New York unprepared
for holdups. he averred.
The policeman took the weapon away
and Shapiro was held and arraigned
In Morrisahia Court, where he pleaded
guilty and was discharged.
Held in Motor Hoidup.
Two Brooklyn detectives brought
Thomas Baldrick. FL, in from Gardena,
Cal, yesterday, charging him with TAX
ing part in the holdup and robbery of
James Hardcastle OF 3e6 Third street,
South Brooklyn, on July s. Hardcastle
was on his way in an automobile to de-
post $4,000 for the Borden Milk Com
pany when another machine ran against
the tenders, causing him to stop. Four
men leaped out of the other car and
seized the bag containing the money.
Baldrick was held in $4,000 bail by
County Judge Nash. Three other men
have been arrested In connection with
the robbery.
The second daylight robbery in the
Flatbush district In Brooklyn within a
week was reported yesterday from
sources other than the police. The home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene B. Conway. in
the Brighton Hall apartments. IS East
Seventeenth street. was ransacked and
$500 worth of silverware taken. The
Conways were married in July and most
of the stolen goods were wedding pres
ents Two other robberies have been
committed in the house recently. accord
ing to this report.
On suspicion of being one of the men
who held up Charles Fleisch of 434 East
Eleventh street and robbed him of S25
Joseph Monteforte. 10. of 749 East 229th
street, was held in $1,000 bail. He was
arrested by detectives of the Fifth street
station. The police are looking for an
accomplish.