Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-21
ALCOHOL THIEVES
FO|LED BY POLICE
Man TRY to Rob Warehouse Con-
tanning ssoo,ooo in Spirits.
Escape After Gun Fight
BANDITS LOOT FUR STORE

Alcohol and other spirits valued Mt
more than S5OO,OO and stored in the
warehouses; Of the United States Com
mercial Alcohol Co.. 332 North Third
street lured four thieves to the place
yesterday.
The attempted raid proved unsuccess. =.
ful for the men were seen trying I'd
force door, and telephone call
brought a detail Of police from the
Third street and Fairmount avenue po
lice station. The four men jumped in
an automobile and made their escape
over Third street, after lively gun
fight with the patrolmen.
Motor bandits. who forced an entrance
"a the fur store of Harry Gorfen, in
North Broad street near Montgomery
avenue. loaded $1,000 worth of ftirs, in
their machine. They had prepared an.
other $1,000 for removal, when a burg
lar alarm was set off. Police of the
Nineteenth and Oxford streets station,
found tho furs scattered on the pave
nsnt.
Another attempted robbery Of a fur
store was foiled by the ringing of an
alarm. Motor thieves forced an en-
trance to the establishment Of Maurice
X. Kurtz. Arch street west of Twelfth
Goats. capes. neckpieces and muffs,
valued at easily $4,000, had been
bundled for removal. when the burglar
alarm frightened the men ana they fed.
Safe blowers opened the safe in the
Subway Pool Parlors, at Eighth and
Chestnut streets, but got nothing for
their work, because s. S. Weiner, pro-
prietor. has made it custom never to
keep anything in the strongbox except
papers, since he was robbed about six
months ago.
4 lone bandit halted Rene G. How
ard 1895 Race street, after covering him
with a revolver, at Sixteenth and APP
pletree streets, and made him hand over
a wallet containing SS7 Three armed
men held up and robbed F. II. Shrae,
o51S North Eleventh stret. Of watcli
and chain valued at S75, at Tenth street
and Girard avenue. The police arrested
suspect who gave his name as Leo
Frcno. twenty six years, of Passyunk
avenue and Morris street.
Merchandise, valued at $3.50. was OBJ
tanned from stores where the windows
were smashed with bricks by the rob
hers. The places were Sampson Tailor
shop. 1909 Arch street. clothing. valued
at $75 Harold & Son, All Market
street. clothing, valued at SIS; L. +.
Hclfand, druggist, GA Snyder avenue,
fountain pens and cameras, $685. saloon
Of Ralph Imperials. southeast corner of
Front and Catharine streets, money and
cigars, S61; Liberty Clothing Store,
Fifth street and Passyunk avenue,
clothing, $50.
Autos Are Stolen
The car of Miss Annie NJ. Toand was
stolen from in front of her home at
2528 South Broad street. When Joseph
Savadove. S73 North Marshall street.
stepped from an Office near Broad and
Locust streets. he found his machine,
valued at $1,000, had been taken. An
SS75 car owned by Max II. Weber. 1901
Fibert street, disappeared from Juniper
and Arch streets.
Three men. suspected of having taken
part in an attempted robbery of Jacob
and IsadOre ,Muentz in their furniture
store at sol Spring Garden street, on
Saturday night, were held in S250O bail
each for a further hearing by MagiS-
trate Renshaw in City Hall. yesterday.
They gave their names ON Russell Starr
and John Diggs, both Of Spring Garden
street near Eighth, and Edward Nc
Nulty, Spring Garden street near Fifth.
The dwelling of Mrs. A. J. Watts,
24lS Miffiin street, was entered and
robbed Of jewelry, valued at $26. From
the home Of David Brennan, of the
southwest corner of Twenty fifth and
Kimball streets, $50 in money was
'tOlen.