New-York tribune., 1920-12-16
Two Couples Attacked
ON Second Floor. as
They Dress for Dinner;
Falling Glass Brings Aid
Bellboy. Ringleader,
Caught; Pals Flee
One Victim Felled With
Black jack; All but S92
in Loot Is Recovered


held up and robbed in their suite on
the second floor of the hotel about 8
o'clock last night. A policeman, sum-
moned by one of the two women in the
party, who thrust her fists through 6
pane OF glass in q window to give the
slarm, arrested Gre of the three hold
up men who was fighting for his free.
dom with the men Of the party.
The victims OF the hold-up are Owen
e. Linthwaite, of 236 Broad Street, Red
Bank, N. j.; Mrs. Linthwaite, H. l.
Worlsy, Of l3 Myrtle Avenue, Newark
and Mrs. Worley. The prisoner, who
Is said by the police to have admit
his part in the hold-up, is Clarence
Handiboe, twenty-five years old.
Mr.. Linthwaite is president and gem
eral manager of the New Jersey Motor
Sales Company, of Keyport, n. J. Mr.
worley is chief craftsman for the Wilt
man-Lewis Corporation, Of Hasbrouck
Heights, n. j. They came to New York
with their wives yesterday to see the
Motor Boat Show and took a suite on
the second floor Of the Hotel Astor on
the Forty-ffth Street side.
Bandits Stroll Through Corridors
NJ. Linthwaite and Mr.. Worley went
10 the theater in the afternoon and
their wives went shopping. They met
in the lobby of the hotel about $3.50
p. m, and after chatting for q moment
went to their rooms to dress for din
ner. As they expected to be there only
short time they left the key on the
outside Of the door.
At that moment Handiboe and his
companions. whom he identified to tins
police as Shorty" and CAL" were
strOi.ing through the corridors of the
hotel intent upon holding up some OF
the guests. They were armed with re-
volvsrs and blackjacks, which. Handi-
Doe said they bought in Newark, anG
which to cover the lower part of thei1
faces. They saw the key in the door
o. the Linthwaite suite.
Enter With Revolvers Levelled
Mrs. Linthwaite heard some one FUN.
bling at the door and went to open it
|: was thrust open in her face and the
;aree men, masked with handkerchiefs
aud two Of them with revolvers leyelled
entered the room. Outside the street
ears were clanking through Times
Square, taxicabs were honking and the
blinking of hundreds of skysigns coulc
oe seen, but the command that came
Tom the leader Of the intruders wa:
'nsI made familiar by Western bandits
Hands up!" he shouted, and as soor
u - S1g
really was hold-up, despite the ap.
parent security of their surroundings
q hey obeyed the order.
One OF the three robbers pushed Mr.
y "orley into a bathroom and left his
4 20 companions to deal with Mr. Linth-
q saite and the women. While one Oh
ne two left outside kept the muzzle OF
Bis revolver swinging from one victim te
iaotaer, his companion, said to be Han
liooe, reached into Mr.. Linthwaite's Is
7ocket and took out s92
/ Linthwaite Felled With Blackjack
As he did so, Mr.. Linthwaite, feeling
@as he might not again be in a situa-
on where the gunman would hesitate
. use his weapon for fear of hitting
as companion, delivered blow at hin
mich knocked the revolver from his
and. Before Mr.. Linthwaite coulc
zap after it, however, Handiboe
srought down blackjack on hi. heac
nth such force as to send him reellne
70 the floor.
q Inc two women, who had been dazed
Il ~ the astounding proceedings, burs'
,alo screams when Mr.. Linthwaite wai
islied at their feet. Mrs. Linthwaite
'etore either robher could stop her
,asnsd TO the window and thrust both
asss through the pane. The glass fel
sHn crash into Forty-fifth Street
saa through the aperture came the
Fsless Of screaming women.
1 Traffic Patrolman Thomas J. Tiffany
4 sszrd the commotion and ran into the
sossi, where he met John J. Burns, z
I a'ase detective, who accompanied hin
" ne second floor.
Hasten Search of Victims
1 ~ sound Of the breaking glass tht
isooer who had been holding Mr.. Wor
~ prisoner in the bathroom joined
aas companions and they began t.
4 ssfch tneir victims hurriedly. Handi
~ olc the searching, it is said, GAP
az snorty" standing near the door
$50 oeEeechiBo him 70 "hurry it up
4 he took sS710 from Mr. Worley, {
4 ss'a bracelet and diamond ring from
mn. Morley, and barpin, two dia
I rTeha flngs and bracelet from Mrs
I ~srsnwaite, the police say.
ne guardians at the door heard ap
1 resch'ngs footsteps or had pre-
! aehition of danger, and with adjura
( a'ns 70 "Beat il" opened the door ant
fcsstiae.d pass tbrss3