New-York tribune., 1920-12-18


tanned scattered over the floor. Fur.
niture had been upset, apparently bv
the force OF the blast. which had beer.
inuf'ed by wrapping coats Of court a.
teHdantS, soaked IL water, about the
safe The robbers overlooked $1,000
in cash
Money Belonged to Tenants
81 the money taken s4oo belonged te
tenants who had made deposits IN ren;
cases undergoing adjudica ton bv the
court. Part OF the $500 which was
overlooked also belonged 20 tenants, il
was said. When the depositors learned
of the burglary from the AFTERNOON
newspapers there was much excitement
and many OF them haStened TO the
court TO learn the details and TO ascer-
tain II they or The court would have to
stand the losses. Clerks OF other n,u-
nlcipal courts holding similar deposits
we're prompted TO transfer the funds rc
banks.
The jewel-y and s217 OF the cash
t.ken belonged to court employees, as
did also the Liberty bonds
The Seventh District Court has beer
handing more rent cases than any
other municipal court IN the city, il
was said. and only few days ago
john Burns, the chief clerk, deposited
IN excess OF sl2 200 belonging to ten
ants.
The chief clerks office is on the sec
ond floor Of he three-story building
as IS also the courtroom The door
way TO the stairs was found closed,
which indicated that the eracksmen had
concealed themselves in d lavatory Oh
the second foor Thursday evening. and
later. when the court was deserted
began their operations. Employees
we're in the building until 1920 p. m.
Two men, who mace u.eir escape
held up Samuel Vale, forty years old, q
trusted messenger CT the Bayer- Gard
ner-Hines Company. 10l Park Avenue
Manhattan, last evening as he was
climbing the stairs of the company's
factory loft At So Sunswick Street. Lona
Island City, and took from him the
weekly pay roll Of $500.
Vale had reached the second landing
on the stairs when the two men grabbed
him, struck him over the head anc
knocked him to the flooring, uncon-
scious. Seizing the package containing
the pay roll the thugs ran down The
stairs and disappeared. Detectives from
the Hunters Point station were work
ing on the case last night.
Benjamin Fiegel, tailor. was hello
up. bound gagged and robbed in nj.
store at 500 East Seventy-second Stree
last night. The robbers got two suit:
OF clothes and 81 from the till. Fit
teen minutes after they had vanishes
Fiegel got free Of his bonds ant
sounded the alarm. The police ar
rested John O'Neil. OF the Florenc,
Hotel, Eighth Avenue and Twentv-drs
Street. and Andrew Sheridan, Of 401
East Fifty-seventh Street They wer.
locked up in the East Sixty seventh
Street police st.tion.
Late yesterday afternoon Bernar,
keinschmidt, 8 Beech Street, Elmhurs-
telephoned the Newtown precinct sta
ton that he had arrived home an
found his home had been robbed O
jcwelry and clothing worth si,10C
Detectives Barrett and Knapp wer
sent TO the house. and during scare
Of the grounds about the house cam
upon three boys hiding in a vacant lot
In missing goods, it was said. wer
found on the boys, who gave thei
names as Patrick Lynch, sixteen year
Cd, OF 243 East 10th Street; Eugen
Fitzpatrick, fifteen. Of 120 East 12Ot
Street, and Edward Glaser, fifteen, n
home. They were held for examinatio
III the Children's Court