The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-05
$4,000 Drug Store Theft.

$4,000 Drug Store Theft.
When Camille Beck. manager of
Wassers pharmacy, at 1928 Broadway,
opened the store yesterday morning he
found unmistakable evidence that some
unbidden visitor had been there during
the night. Bottles were thrown lbout
and the floor was Uttered with paper.
Mr.. Beck found that a strong box con-
tanning $4,000 worth of cash and securi-
ties had been broken open. The money
and securities was missing with several
Unacceptable securities worth $500.
Detectives were called and they found
that the thieves had timmied q rear
window.
Policeman William NJ. Bischoff of the
Greenpolnt avenue station. Brooklyn,
dispersed a group OF men who had been
standing at the corner OF Green street
and Manhattan avenue. The policeman
walked down the block to telephone and
upon his return he ordered them away
again The men refused. according to
the policeman, and opened fire at him.
All of the shots went wild. Bischoff
arrested Joseph Leonard. 10. of 2zS
India street. and Morton Kegnon. 10
OF 214 Eagle street, whom he accused
Of assault They We're held without
bail for further examination.
The police investigation into the shoot
ing ARRAY early Sunday morning which
resulted in the death Of Thomas Nc.
Crohan, a stevedore, of II Pike street
and the serious injury of Joseph Burns
of 1865 Fulton street, Brooklyn. resulted
in the arrest of Joseph r. Kearns. p. OF
401 West Sixteenth street; Joseph =
Lenihan, 26, of 22 Rector street. and
Joseph Kafura, 26, Of 25 Washington
street. on homicide charges. The mer
were taken before Burns in Bf DAD Street
Hospital, but he could not identify them
as his assailants, although he admitted
knowing them. The three men are mem
bers of tho Paper Handlers Association,
which has its headquarters near Cham
bers and North William Streets, where
the fatal shooting occurred.
Two Shooting Arrays.
Michael ballard of 10 Stanton stree,
and his cousin, also Michael ballard, OF
the same address. were walking south
in Chrystie street when several men
began shooting at one another. The
first Michael lodged, but was shot In the
thigh. The second fell with bullet
wounds in the chest. neck and left arm
Both were taken to Gouverneur Hospital!
where physicians said the SECOND
= About an hour later Anateza Parisepa
Of SO Stanton street was shot in the LETT
cheek while he stood arguing with Jo'
seph Geadi Of IS Stanton street at the
corner of Rivington and Chrystie streets
less than a block from where the other
shooting occurred. Parisepa also was
taken to Gouverneur Hospital. Detec-
tives searched the neighborhood but
could find no one who had seen who
fired the shots.
The hoidup in the New Central Cafe
and the drug store robbery are but two
of the long series that nave occurred
since early summer in which the police
have made no arrests and have failed
to recover the lost property. One OF the
largest of these occurred on April 3
when thieves broke into freight cars IN
the New York Central yards al
Eleventh avenue and Thirty-third street
and stole silks valued at $21S,00O. Dur
ing the same month the operations OF
loft there's in the block bounded by
Twentieth and Twenty-first streets
Fifth and Sixth avenues netted more
than s125,0U0 in merchandise.
Philip S. smith. proprietor of the
United Auto Rim Company, West Fifty
third street, lost s22.500 in cash and
jewels when he was held up in his office
on September 4. Since then the policee
have received letters from the supposed
thief which had been posted in various
parts of the country and told how he
was spending Mr.. Smiths money.