The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-18
CRIME WAVE IN
NEW YORK CITY
|S.COMBATTED

. New Ynrk Dec lT.--N"w No:E I@.ys
.,r.mr wave continued tonight, Wall"
ur"aE;2.J' .pu>. officials ami :HdivIuua!N
. .nuurh"d c"nr"rt"h movements e matt
Ia. rapid! .ruoUntInE record Of murders,
H",dups ami assaults.
. Tho largest crime was the hOiduN n
tN" ErnuN tonight Of Carl Ticderman.
=. en- automobile salesman. who was
, su"i and .>er.oU~ly Wounded. He was
B taken TO 4 hospital where his condition
q WAS reported - critical
, Earlier in "a. day polio" Lieutenant
Floyd Horton died from bullet wounds
received during - haiti" with bandits
when he Interrupted last u...ht as they
were operating IN upper broadway. one
1T the Non. .IuS"ph I."re&rh. vas found
later. dead from 4 bullet believed 70
J have been fired by The policeman.
Attacked by Robbers.
Late thus afternoon Nv" robbers at
tackled an cmpiuye nf a Manhattan firm
III Il factory N Ions Island ti;y and
ESCAPED with E>Un. 'uC company pays
roll which -" man was carrying. lie
vas badly beaten Nth the butt Of 4
revolver.
Mayor HyIan. in stat"mcnt tonight
,,pnrt!"i To Ia" ,''tiH,-lS ut tn" CIy 10
ru-oIrrat" in ;,!i!uc the police depart
pabic TO nice, and compete with the
crtmn that - prevalent throughout the
city"
, The e>cru'iv" COMMITTEE" or the Mcr-
chants Association OF New York ca,
Il meeting for Monday afternoon 10
consider what measures can De- taken
for In" better protection Of ltc and
property III New York city"
$4,000 Reward Offered.
| Twelve organizations OF TIA" i"wrlry
! trade. meeting under the auspices "i tho
! jewelers. vigilance committees. offered
IL reward OF 1000 for the arrest and
+ conviction OF tn" murderer Of Edwin W.
! Andrews 4 Fifth avenue J"wrl"r who
/ was shot TO death in his office yeSt"r-
, day afternoon by bandits who escaped
! with 100000 worth of jewels.
Judge EosalShy. OF the court OF
special sessions. proposed organization
of a vigilance com: llttr" OF % 900 mru-
bers 10 work Independently OF the po-
lice department to spot" out OF town
crooks and bring about their arrest.
judge Mcintyre. Of the sam" court rec
ummeudcd l!fc sentences for convicted
hoIdup men.
Three persons were under arrest to-
night as i result of the murder of Mrs.
Lucille Euma Brooks. 81. and John
CavanauEh, - l.oresch and Mrs.
Brooks were charged with homicide and
cavanaugh was held on 4 charge OF
aiding and .,h"itlrg IN the crime.
Bullet-r1ddled Auto Pound.
Tho automobile in which the robbers
sought to escapc after their battle with
the policemen was discovered in Beach
street this morning. bloodsiaincd and
bullet riddled Tn" officers watched the
maChine until. they said. Nicholas
Loresch appeared and started to drive Il;
away. lie was arrested Later Mrs.
Brooks WAS arrested NJ her apartment.
She was suffering from bullet wound
through the elbow
According To tho story. which police
said tn" prisoner told. Nicholas drove
tn. car and. after escaping from Ill
tenant Horton. went 70 Ia" apartment
If his brother. Michael. and left Jo-
seph's body outside the door. Then he
took Mrs. Brooks home. ana later
abandoned the car. Michael reported
the finding Of the body and was held as
a witness.
Shot BY Highwaymen.
Tho shooting Of TicdCrnau tonight
occurred when h" attempted TO resist
a man who. he SriG. stopped him and
demanded his money. He refused and
the man iir"d Two shots y policeman
FOUND llederInan lying N we street
His aSSai!ant escaped
Early today craCk Su"n h!"w open tn"
safe in the West l2Jth street court ana
escaped with $4,000.
lawr"n"" Hawthorne. 4 h",ihoy. cap
tUrci Wednesday night when thrr" men
attempted 20 rob four guests in tn"
Aston Hotel in the heart Of the Broad
way theatrical district, today WAS IN
d!rtcd BY u grand jury. II" previously
had boon held under $1O0"0 bail for Il
police court hearing.
Fought Tho OFFICER
ThronES Of Fifth aEenu" promcuadnrS
witnessed q STRUGGLED between 4 In,i"c-
man and foreigner whom IA" officer
Subdurd and arrested. The man was
standing opposite the Tiffany jewclry
store Police said loaded pistol and Il
belt filled with cartridges w"r" found on
him.
Two men were arrested tonight short
" after. police charged. they h".d NJ.
bound. gagged and robbed benjamin F.e-
gel. n tailor, in his shop in 72ud street.
Rates for burglary insurance h"r"
have advanced within slightly more tina.
u y,ar brokers said today, from SlS TO
So 4 thousand. The increases in losses,
thew declared. have caused tho COM