New-York tribune., 1920-10-12
Three Dead, l3
Arrested i'm s
Bold RObberies
Four Masked Men Shoot to
Death Restaurant Nam
ager After Holding Up
Italian Peddler for $40
Girls Seized as Tipsters
Grocer Wounded i'm Attack
Dies; Thieves Victim of
Sunday is Identified

| is believed to be dying, seven robbie ries
have been committed and thirteen ar
rests made by New York police since
last Friday One of the arrests was
for a robbery committed last August.
After robbing a peddler and fatally
shooting a restaurant manager early
yesterday, four masked bandits escaped
in an automobile The bandits ordered
Walter Jackowski, manager of restau
rant at 1886 Richmond Terrace, Mar
lner's Harbor, S, L., to turn over the
money in the cash register. This he
refused to do and began to jump toward
them over the counter, when they fired
three shots and took $40 from the
register. He died after giving detec-
tives a description of the men.
The police believe that the same
bandits held up Andrew lombard, a
peddler, in New Brighton, S. L., early
yesterday morning. Lombardi re-
ported that four men in an automobile
stopped him as he was going to mar
ket in his truck. Three of them cow
cred him with rcvovers, while the
fourth searched his pockets. They
took S17O, throwing back some change
to pay for breakfast.
Four men early yesterday morning
held up Albert Elsberg, of 1884
Bryant Avenue, the Bronx, in front
Of POI West Seventieth Street, and
robbed him of a watch and $35.
Detectives brought in four men, who
were identified by Elsberg as his as
saiants.
Wcek-E End Robbery
They gave their names as Edward
Sullivan, nineteen years old, a laborer,
of III West Sixtyfourth Street; Harry
" hite, twenty years old, laborer, of
446 West Twenty-seventh Street;
Nicholas Bossak. twenty-one wears old.
waiter, Of 22 Clinton Street, and
Emil ALE, twenty-six years old, cook,
Of 2o7 West Sixty Street
Week end burglars raded the Offices
of the BritishAmerican Tobacco Com
pany, occupying several floors at 511
FIFTH Avenue, but because of their
inability to open the safes made Off
with but a few hundred dollars worth
of stamps.
Don Collins thirty-four years old. of
the Stanley Hotel, 124 West Forty
seventh Street, said by the police to
nave several aliases, was arrested yes
terday IN University Avenue house,
on University Heights, by Detective
Oscar iaockses, a jewelry salesman, Of
100 West 1l8th Street, of $43. 900 worth
OF uncut diamonds and $3,265 in cash
on August last. Collins was ar
raigned before Magistrate Max S. Le-
vine IN the Wash ington Heirhts Cour+
and held in $50, 900 bail for exan,ina-
ton tomorrow.
kockses was robbed through a ruse
while ne was talking with David Fem
berg' now IN the Tombs in default of
Szo ;ooo ball. Two men posing as Fed
eral e officers looking for smuggled
manded that they be shown the dja-
monds. When he protested he was
beaten and the men fled with the dia-
monds and his money. Kockses.
guest Sunday night at the home of =
friend in University Avenue. though
ne recognized another guest as one
OF the men who robbed him and in
formed the police. Collins was arrested
earl yesterday while at card game.
lwo young women, said by the 'po-
nee to be tlpsters FOR gang OF hold
up men who attacked and robbed
Joseph Rice, of 255 Bedford Avenme
IN his tailor shop, at POS Leonard
Avenue, Brooklyn, Friday morning.
were taken into custody yesterday.
Rice, who is in WILLIAMSBURG Hos
pltal, told detectives that two we'll
dressed young women left some cloth
ing with him to be cleaned and engaged
hlm in conversation asking how much
money he was making When they re- (
turned Friday for their clothes they
were followed by the men who shot
him when he resisted their attempts to
rob him.
According to the police, the women
are Beatrice Berman, nineteen wears
old, of 214 Grand Street, BROOKLYN. and
Florence Moriarty, twenty years old. +
of l44 Ten Eyck Street Brooklyn They
SAID they were stencgraphers They
were arraigned in the Bridge Plaza /
Court and held without bail on
charge Of felonious assault by Judge
Walsh when he was informed that
Rice, who was shot in the abdomen, |
may die
Six alleged automobile bandits were
arrested by three policemen of the
Miller Street. Brooklyn. police station.
early yesterday after holding up and
robbing Nicola Toddoto, of 1873 Hull
Street, at Fanchon Place and Jamaica
Avenue, Brooklyn. Toddoto had been
visiting a friend, and as he left the
house six men confronted him with