Evening star., 1920-12-24
NEWYORK'SCR|ME
WAVE CONTINUES
b. the Associated Press.


hope that New York's crime wave
had begun to recede, engendered by
an apparent lull in serious out1awry
during, the last two days. was dashed
this morning. when a hold-up was
staged in the Murray Hill Hotel on
Park avenue.
A man about five feet four inches.
a Greek, with a scar
across his face, entered a suite on
the fourth floor occupied by Robert
L. Ireland, who grappled with the in
truder.
Aroused from slumber. Mr.. Ireland
was ordered by the intruder to get
Ignoring the second command. the
guest tossed Off the sheets. sprang
up and made a flying tackle.
The robber shook himself loose and
a brief struggle followed Then the
intruder fed and Mr.. ireland gave the
alarm.
Smarting under the taunt of another
hotel break following on the heels OF
sensational hold-up at the Hotel
Astor last week, the police arrived
on the double quick and were posted
all around the hotel in the hope OF
catching the robber who. it was
thought. might have concealed HIM
Saw Burglar at Work.
The burglar entered the Ireland
suite some time before s:45 am. for
at that hour Mrs. Ireland heard him
and woke her husband, who saw the
intruder on the floor. trying to pry
open a jewel box with a screwdriver.
According to the police. Mr.. Ireland
seized aA.revolver while struggling
with the burglar. but the latter hit
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weapon from his hand. Mr.. Ireland
had directed -his~wife7 to telephone for
assistance, but the, intruder seized hsf
and placed her before him as a shield
~ Returning to the fray. with q piece
of the broken chair. Mr.. Ireland land
fed. The guest followed him in his
patamas through the corridors and
down four flights of stairs, losing him
when the robber made a dive into the
basement. s-
Mr.. and Mrs. Ireland had been
guests at the hotel, located about a
block from the Grand Central station.
for about three years. Before his re-
tirement from business, Mr.. Ireland.
who is fifty-four years old. was con-
nected with the Mark A. Hanna Com
pany of Cleveland and associated with
Dan Hanna in ownership Of Cleveland
newspaper properties.
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An eccentric burglar invaded last
bidden to criminals, and was captured
in. the act Of entering fashionable
apartment in West 57th street.
The burglar specialized in the use
of a small new-fashioned tack puller
as Jimmy" In many fashionable
apartments robbed in the last six
weeks police have found a small tack
puller, and lying close by a bit of
blue wrapping paper. The wrapping
paper was identified later as that
used by a large department store,
and for hours yesterday a detective
kept vigil at the hardware counters
Of the establishment. He was reward
ed when a man appeared and bought
several Of the dainty "jimmies."
Followed by the sleuth, the man
walked to the apartment house in
57th street, unwrapped one of the
pullers and started work on a door.
On a man arraigned in Jefferson
Greenwich village. On the map were
such oninous Inscriptions as Cop on
corner from IL to l." and bad en-
trance and exits poor" Occasionally
there was q helpful tip. such as This
door best"
When a negro member of the police
reserves. who had served six months
rs a convict following conviction for
burglary and larceny, was arraigned
and held in $1,000 bail yesterday,
Magistrate Schwab said:
'sThis is a fine example. Here we
streets armed and protected by reason
of his being a member of the police
reserves. There is grave negligence
somewhere"
The man was Henry Shields, ac-
cused Of knocking down and shooting
in the foot another negro outside a
Harlem dance hall.
st. Louis bandit Killed.
ST. LOUIS, December 24.-After being
shot and probably fatally wounded by
one OF two unidentified bandits whom
he discovered holding up a dry goods
store hero. Patrolman Lawrence
Krewett returned the fire. killing one
Of the men. The other escaped with
approximately $500 obtained from the
time here this week policeman has
interrupted a hold-up and killed one
Of the participants.
Xmas Presents Stolen.
CHICAGO, December .24.-Christmas
presents said to be valued at several
Thousand dollars were stolen yester-
day by three armed bandits who drove
large department store after robbing
the driver Of $50. The robbery brought
to a close a day during which numer-
Gus hold-ups and robberies were added
to ChicaEo's growing list Of holiday
crime activities, Included in the days
robberies was the hold-up OF a saloon
by six automobile bandits, who OBJ
tained $500, to have been used to cash
checks of factory workers.
Chief FftZmorffs announced that he
would ask Gov.-elect SmallIto suspend
operation Of the state parole beard for
a YEAR to aid in his fight against crime
in Chicago. He declared that convicts
who ESCAPED or were paroled from
state penftentiaries were moro nu-
merous than In previous years.
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