Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-29
BANDIT SUSPECTS
ARRESTED IN BATH
Police Find Watches, Revolvers
and Money in Taxi Under
Front Seat
FIVE H0LD-UPS REPORTED

A series OF FIVE holdups in various
sections Of the city kent the police busy
last night and carly today.
Five alleged robbers, operating in
taxicab and believed to have robbed
enth street. at York road and Erie
avenue. at . 80 o'clock this morning.
were arrested at o'clock in Turkish
bath at Tenth and Arch streets.
A truck driver. held M by two men
In an automobile ut Palmer and Mem.
phis streets, at 3 o'clock this morning.
put on all possible speed, rammed the
bandits car and escaped in n shower
OF bullets.
The other three robberies were COM
mitted in South Philadelphia.
Michael Sands. Michael Canrel,a,
Adam Chickaree and Wil'iam McKer-
nan, Of Norristown. and Joseph Hag-
ney, of Dupont street. this city. were
the five alleged robbers arrested at the
Turkish bath.
Patrolmen Beecroft and Charlton. Of
the Eleventh and Winter streets sta.
tion. had been summoned to the bath
establishment by Frank Garabeliam to
quell fight between two patrons.
shortly after the patrolmen arrived
At the bath, taxicab. containing five
men. drove to the door. Caprella.
Chicka Mckernan and IIagney en-
tered the bath establishment, leaving
Sands at the wheel.
When the men tried the door leading
to the Office of the baths, ;he patrolmon
became SUSPICIOUS and asked them what
they wanted.
The men said they wanted to spend
the remainder of the night at the bath.
They were told to go unstairs. Then
the patrolmen saw Chickaree 60 out TO
the waiting taxicab and hand him re =
volyer.
Given Hearing Today
When the patrolmen told Sa.ls they
were going to search the taxiCab. it is
said, Sands made move as though to
draw a revolver. lie was disarmed by
the patrolman. who say they found two
revolvers, roll of bills containing $500.
another roll containing $50, an army
wallet and two gold watches under the
front seat Of the tax:
Magistrate GrPlis gave the men O
hearing today. When il was developed
that the automobile in which the men
rode Tailed with n description of the
car used by four or five men who held
up David J. Hamill. of 6617 North
Seventh street, at York road and Erie
avenue, he held Sands, Caprella anC
Chickaree in S2500 bail each for fur
ther hearing next Friday. and held Me-
Herman and Hagney in $1,000 bail each
Hamill was robbed Of So, gold watch
and a gold knife.
James Parker. one-armed driver
foiled the two bandits III an auyomobil,
at Palmer and Memphis streets.
They cut in with their automobile
In front of the motortruck he was driv
ing and ordered him to throw up hi
hands.
Parker paused for a moment and pre-.
tended to comply. Suddenly he put OF
full speed, and the heavy truck plunged
forward and crashed IaSo the bandi
car.
Robbers Fire Shots
The automobile was hurled halfwa,
across the street, a door was ripped OF
and the windshield is believed to hav
been broken. The motortruck drive
kept on going and escaped. The twt
ROBBERS fired several shots at him.
The automobile used by the robber,
was stolen from Magistrate Wrig!e,
from Front street and Allegheny ave
nue.. 1t was later abandoned at Thirty
third street and Lehigh avenue.
e. Mrs. Annie Simpson. thirty twt
years old, OF 1924 Fairmount avenue
fought off negro until she had beer
knocked down three times at South an,
Juniper streets last night.
Esau Johnson, her assailant. finall,
obtained her handbag and fed. TIL
woman's screams attracted Patrolme
Warrington and Hawkins. of tn
Twelfth and Pine streets station. The
caught johnson at Broad and LON
bard streets. The bag was recovered
Magistrate O'Brien held johnson with
out bail for the grand jury.
Struck Over Head
Linwood Smith. negro. Of Lombar
street near Eighteenth, was held with
out bail today for a further hearin
November before Magistrate o Brien
charged with holding up William Tai
lird, at Sixteenth and Lombard street
last night.
Tallird, who lives at 146O Wana
maker street, was struck over the hea
from behind He was robbed of $lSC
Smith, his alleged assailant, was cap
tured at Sixteenth and Catharin
streets by Patromen Pierson and Cal
lahan. of the Twelfth and Pine street
station.
Mckinley Griffith, Of $40 Wharto
street, was robbed OF S2I9, which
drew from a bank yesterday to send I
his mother, by two men who lured hir
into house on Addison street nea
Seventh last night
Louis Price. of the Addison street ad
dress, was today held in $500 bail n
one OF the alleged robbers Police wcr
looking for George Bailey, said to hay
been Price arcOmpliCp.
The men are said to have told Grit
fifth a friend was waiting for him 9
the address on Addison street. Whc
he entered the house they fouriShpd
razor and revolver. obtaining his none
and then forced him to leave.