New-York tribune., 1920-12-19
old.Up Men
Get $1,000 in
Jewels, Cash
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Goetz held the bag. Resolved not to
surrender his trust, Goe.z showed
fight, McCann closing in to aid him.
The armed mans accomplice then be-
gan welding heavy stick or pipe
Goetz fell to the sidewalk. The man
with the gun then wrenched the bag
from Goetz's hand and the bandits
fed.
Mccann blew a police whistle as
he ran after the two, and alternated
with shouts of Stop thief" Tne chase
led along Prospect Street. with
crowd Joining in the pursuit. At Main
ana Front streets Sergeant Curran
took UP the chase. He followed one
man into Main Street.
Frightened Woman Aids Capture
The mai ran through doorway at
53 Main Street and out the rear. fol-
lowed closely by Curran. The fugitive
ran into an apartMent house 'at Cd
Main Street, bag still in his hand
Mounting two fights of stairs, he en- en-
tered the first apartment door he saw
open. An excited woman ran out of
the doorway as he went in and cried
to Curran, who was already in the hall.
Curran, not knowing whether his
man was armed, thrust open the door
Of bedroom and covered him with
his revolver. He pushed the gun
against the mans abdomen and jerked
the bag out Of his hand.
Planned Hold-up in Restaurant
In statement to Assistant District
Attorneys Edward Cooper and Thomas
p. Peters the prisoner is said to have
confessed that he displayed the gun
and took .he bag. He and his partner
arranged the hod-up yesterday morn
ing, he is reported to have told the
District Attorneys, in q Restaurant in
Brooklyn.
The prisoner is alleged to have said
.nat ne did not intend TO fire The shot
mat grazed Goetz's hand and that the
gun went off accidentally as he at
tempted to break the messengers grip
on the bag
The bag and its contents were later
identified by officials of the Bowden
company,
Youth Confesses Burglaries
With the explanation that his pals
went to Jail and he wanted to Join
them, William Metz, seventeen years
old, Of 831 East Twelfth Street, was ar
rested yesterday while he was trying.
according to the police, to force an en-
trance to cigar store at 1l3 Avenue
ID. Detective William Herbert, who
made the arrest, said the youth and his
two pals had participated in several
burglaries on the East Side. The
youth. he said, had made written
statement that he and his friends stole
n1ty pairs Of shoes from store at 1888
East Eighth Street, November 20
Metz algo admitted, it is said, that he
participated in the theft Of fly gallons
Of whisky at Fifteenth Street and First
Avenue, October 49, He was held on
Suspicion Of attempted burglary in
sl,ooo bail for examination by Magis-
rate rockingham in Essex Market
Court tomorrow.
n touring car, valued at $1,000, was
stolen from in front Of the Irving Arms
Apartments, 222 Riverside Drive, about
$40 p. m. Friday.
Nicnoias Verdi, guard on the As-
toria branch Of the Second Avenue Ele-
vated Railway. told the police that he
vas heid up and robbed Of his weekly |
pay, amounting TO $25 on the stairs |
o o. INC downtown station at Fiftieth |
street and Second Avenue Friday after
noon.
$1,000 in Goods Stolen
The theft Of drcrses, waists and
other goods, valued at $1,000, from the
! arankl'n skirt ani Waist Company,
s67 Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn, was re-
ported TO the police yesterday bv
isadore Sam1elson, ons Of the pro-
rrietors, who discovered the loss when
be went to the store yesterday morn
'nR me robbers had cut "A section.
I'VE ny tnree, from an iron door at the
rear of the store, which vas found in
.he. yard. :"
Two men wcre arrested Yesterday on