The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-09-24
SHERMAN ROBBERY
MYSTIFIES POLICE
K
No Clue, They Concede, to
Men Who Looted Home of
$4,000 in Daylight.
WOMAN BEATEN IN SHOP
Jap Held Up and Arrests Are
Made in Several Recent
Crimes.

The police concede that they have no
clue to the burglars who entered the
home of Richard B. Sherman. 56s West
minister road, Brooklyn, in daylight yes
terday, ransacked the house at their
leisure and departed with cash and jew
elry to the value OF $4,000.
Part OF their loot was in currency.
s152. which they found in a bureau top
drawer. The jewelry consisted of law
alliere set with four diamonds and a
sapphire, a solitaire diamond ring. two
stone diamond ring. a ring with an opal
surrounded with diamonds ring with
an emerald displayed between two dia-
monds, another bearing ruby between
two pearls, and a gold watch and chain.
Mr.. Sherman with his wife and child
went for an automobile ride yesterday
morning. and remained away until AFTER
2 o'clock in the afternoon. The mousse
was robbed In their absence.
Woman Attacked in shop.
Mrs. Ida Blum conducts a haberdash-
cry shop at 24S Nassau avenue, BROOK
lyn. She was locking up FOR the DAY
on Monday evening when three men
walked In and directed her to hold up
her hands. She hesitated and one of
the men struck her upon the head with
the butt of "a pistol. She sank TO the
floor insensihle and the robbers LETT
summarily. There was $500 in the cash
drawer and safe, but they did not wall
TO take It The police are still hunting
for them. On information received frorl
woman living near the place OF the
RI Sbery, William Ring of 152 Newton
st'aet was arrested yesterday ana
charged before Magistrate Steers with
assault and attempted robbery. Ring
however, says he had no hand In the
AFFAIR and told the court he would be
able to bring witnesses who would es-
tablish an alibl
Isidor Friesman, a wine dealer OF
PALS Seventh avenue. Manhattan, re-
ported to the police yesterday that just
before noon two negroes entered mis-
store and demanded whiskey and money
One Of them. he says, 1ourished a re-
volver and the other drawing coil of
rope from his pocket ordered Friesman
to elevate his hands and precede him
into a rear room. FTiesman. however.
noting that he was nearer the door than
the negroes dashed into the street yell
ing, The negroes soon followed. but
not until they had taken $40 from the
cash drawer.
Kuzbaro Kobeyesld, a Japanese, re-
ported to the police at the West Forty
seventh street station yesterday that
Just after midnight Monday he was
forced into a doorway in 141st street
and robbed of $50 and his watch. The
robbers beat him severely. and before
reporting to the police he had his
wounds dressed in the Harlem Hospital
Two Arrested In Subway.
Policeman William Moore began his
annual vacation yesterday by arresting
two men whom he met In the subway
in the early morning weighted with
heavy bundles He was riding in a
northbound train on the Lexin9t ton ave-
nue. line when at the 125th street sta
ton he noticed the men out on the plat
form. He left the train and spoke to
them and they told him they were
strangers in the city and wished to go
to Twenty-eighth street. He suggested
a route and they followed him on board
n train bound for The Bronx. AS soon
as they were in the car he arrested
them. They gave their names as George
Hamilton and Daniel Dordane and were
held at the Alexander avenue station.
The bundles they had contained mems
furnishings. Goods Of the same kind of
the value of $3.50 were stolen from a
haberdasher's shop at Beck street and
Intervale avenue in The Bronx on Mon
day night.
Two men describing themselves as
John Brady and John Roberts were ar
rested in a Second avenue saloon yes
terday by detectives who have been
looking for the men who on September
10 robbed Isidor Schefftman. an Eighth
avenue baker, Of $3.50. They were held
in the East 126th street station after
being confronted by Schefftman and
denying they had ever seen him.
At the lineup nj Police Headquarters
yesterday detectives were cautioned to
look we'll upon the face OF man de-
scribing himself as David Feranis just
arrested at Thirty-seventh street and
Eighth avenue. The police for some
time have been searching for tho NTH
man of five charged with having held
up hotel clerks and a dealer in Liberty
bonds in Brooklyn. The bond dealer
was robbed of $4,000. Four men charged
with having held him up are under IN
dictment. Feranis declares he does not
know the men and that he never saw the
bond dealer in his life.
On a short affidavit charging suspl-
cion of assault and robbery, made by
Detective O'Hara of the Oak street sta
ton in connection with the theft OF
So 900 from Frank Kelly, cashier OF the
Nassau News Company, on Sunday
morning, four men were remanded t.
the Tombs for examination Thursday
by Magistrate Robert c. Ten Eyck in
the Tombs court yesterday.
The defendants describe themselves as
John O'Boyle, 21 years old, a driver, OF
213 East Forty-eighth street his brother
Thomas. 10 years old, a laborer, OF 22I
East Thirty-third street; John Kelley
10 years old. a driver. of zoe East Nine
! ty-fifth street, and George Mitchell, rs
years old, a waiter, of 2S Bowery. AID
/ journment was asked because the cashier
Is in a hospital.
ArraiGned as SILK Thieves.
! Samuel Goldman of 23o Division
street and Morris Goldstein OF 45l
Grand street waived examination in the
Essex Market court yesterday when ar.
raigned charged with having broken into
the loft Of Israel Aichaelson, a sill
dealer of So Orchard street, on the
night of September 10. They were held
/ in $4,000 bail each. They were arrested
the day following the burglary by
Policeman Haber OF the Clinton street
station. Michaelson was robbed OF
merchandise valued at 5000.
William Graf, a sailor. was arraigned
! In the Tombs court yesterday charged
| with grand larceny and discharged. He
was rearrested Immediately because OF
an indictment found against him by the
! Grand Jury. Graf was arrested last
/ week charged with the theft OF a $1,000
Liberty bond He admits having HAD