The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-09-27
US. ARMY SERGEANT
IN CRIME DRAGNET
B. R. T. Woman Ticket Agent
Identifies Him as Having
Tried to Rob Her.
H0LDUP MEN KEEP BUSY
Business Building Looted in
Madison Squares Motors
Stolen to Blow Safes.

IN spite of Mayor Hylan's request TO
Police Commissioner Enright to make
life on the streets Of New York less easy
for burglars and highwaymen, the latter
gentry are prosecuting their professions
with undated zest. Yesterdays crop
Of robberies comprised almost every
thing short of incidental murder.
Had It not been for the courage and
presence Of mind of Mrs Emily O'Brien,
512 Graves place. Brooklyn, the Brook
Iyn Rapid Transit Company would have
been out at least $62 and Mrs. O'Brien
minus a ring worth $3.50 and laval
Here that cost 500.
Mrs. O'Brien, who'is rs years old and
o widow, sells tickets at night at the
Chestnut street station Of the Fulton
street elevated. Just before midnight
Thursday two men entered the station.
One of them, a sergeant in the United
States Army. wearing one service and
one wound stripe, bought two tickets
The other fellow wore civilian clothes.
Demands woman's JeweIry.
"Come across with what money you
gotw growled the civilian. And give
us that ring and necklace while you're
at it,"
well. wait a minute" replied the
woman. "Don't fire."
The bell rang warning of an approach
ing train. Mrs. O'Brient keeled over
backward. Prone on the floor, she
threw the bag into the safe and then
slammed it closed. She closed her eyes
as though fainting. The train thun-
dered in. The sergeant and his pal fed
Mrs. oBrien called the train guards
Then she notified the B. r T. offices and
the Miller avenue police station.
Yesterday morning the police arrested
Sergeant Ralph Price, 20, OF the Educa-
tional Recruiting Service, Camp Upton.
He is a reenlisted man, who, his officers
say, has been absent without leave since
August 90. He was arrested by Patrol
men Rump and PARROT and Detective
McKeown after a seventeen block chase
resulting from his alleged attempt 20
hold up Donate Prego, a coal dealer, 50i
Logan street. Brooklyn, and the shooting
Of Vincenzo Spudefiro, "a shoemaker, 916
Belmont avenue.
Mrs. OBrien was fetched to the Miller
street police station. whittier Price had
been taken.
YES" cried the woman, that's him.
Well. boy, you got yourself into lot of
trouble. oh, you foolish, foolish fellow 20
23d Street Building Robbed.
Some time between P. NJ. Wednes-
day and s A. NJ. yesterday burglars en-
tered the offices and stock rooms of Mar.
vim Shaw & Co., SO East Twenty third
street. and stole $1,000 worth of silk and
other cloth. The burglars worked with.
out gloves. The police gathered a great
many finger prints. The burglars simply
threw the stuff out OF the window ant
made off with II in a motor car or truck
Eight electric motors of the small typ.
used by yeggmen to drill safe door,
we're stolen about the same time from
the Goldberger Manufacturing Company
In the same building. However. they
failed to blow the Goldberger safe anC
thereby missed a considerable sum o
money, said to approximate $4,000.
But they did get $50 from the safe ir
the offices of Charles Freid on the foo
above the Goldberger place.
Patrolman Ruppel of the Defiance,
street station found Harry Blatt, $40 ST
AIMS avenue, The Bronx. and selil
Cohen, POI Second street, involved in
fight at Grand and Orchard streets earl,
yesterday morning. He arrested both
To Magistrate Simpson Blatt declare.
Cohen had tried to rob him after hold
ing him up. Cohen was held in $500,
hail for a further examination Wednes
day. BAIT was discharged.
Salvatore Calopanoe. 800 Bast Elev
enth street. was arraigned before Magis
trate Simpson charged with havinl
snatched one lavalliere, valued at $500
from the neck of Annie Moltz, 306 Fiftl
street. Miss Moltz said that the rob
berry took place in Second avenue nea
Eleventh street Calopanoe was held II
$4,000 bail for examination next Thurs
day.