New-York tribune., 1920-07-21
Bandits Get
$500 From
Borden Cashier
Milk Depot Superintendent
Is Relieved of Days Re-
ceipts at Pistol Point;
Men Escape in Automobile
Several Witness Hold-Up
Police Exchange Shots
With Gang That At
tenpts to Rob a Silk Mill

A bandit thrust revolver into the
face OF. William Fowler, superintendent
and cashier of Borden's milk depot at
400 West Twenty-ninth Street, shortly
after TO- o'clock yesterday morning as
the latter stepped from the depot on
his way to branch of the Corn Ex-
change Bank carrying a cash box con-
tanning ss,7oo At a command to put
up bis hands Fowler dropped the box
and turned back into the office. The
bandit picked it up, jumped into an au-
tomobile, which was standing a few
yards iassy with the engine running,
and made his escape.
Several persons were in the street
at the time, and saw the auto speed
east lin - Twenty ninth Street. 1t
crossed Ninth Avenue and was lost to
sight before the chase was taken up.
Police of the West Thirty-seventh
Street sation were notified, and Detec-
tive Sergeant Bent and squad of de-
tectivcs were assigned to the case.
A man who said he was Nathan Rol-
mix, thirty-four, of 101 Second Place,
Brooklyn. was arrested last night il
connection with the hold-up. He is
charged with assault and robbery He
said he is real estate broker, with
offices ats403 Court Street, Brooklyn.
1t was said at first the cashbox con-
tanned from $4,000 to $4,000 in cash
and checks, but at the Borden COM
pany employees later said it contained
SS,7o0, the previous days receipts col
lected by the cashier at depots between
Fourteenth Street and Forty second
Street. The bandit and his accomplice,
police said, evidently knew the official
made trip to the bank every day at
the same time.
Search for Lookouts
The milk depot is several feet below
the street level, and is situated in such
a way. that a bandit could wait at it's
entrance a considerable time without
arousing suspicion in the store.
Detectives believe one or more per-
sons were involved as look-ou be-
sides the bandit and driver of the au-
tomobih, and a Gordon of fifteen po-
licemef1' under acting Captain Cornell
ius Wilense, of the West Thirty-sev-
enth Street station, was thrown about
the scene of the hold-up a short time
after it occurred, but no arrests were
made.
Word that thieves in q truck and
taxicab had stopped IN front Of the
Mallinseu. Silk Mills, at Van Alst and
Woo!sey avenues, Astoria, early yeester-
day, brought four policemen of the
Astoria precinct to the place and caused
q fight in (which more than score of
shots were fired No one was hurt.
On the. approach or the patrolmen
the robbers opened fire and ran, pur-
sued by " policemen. The fugitives
lodged around the foundations of
houses being erected on Ditmars Ave-
nue. and ran up the steps Of the Dit
mars Avenue elevated station. They
got aboard train that pulled out be-
fore the police arrived
A telephone message halted the
train at the Bridge Plaza station, where
three passengers were arrested. They
said they were William Butler, 401
West Thirty fourth Street; William
Russell, .374 West 127th Street, and
John Barry, 315 West Fifteenth Street
Although they insisted they were re-
turning home from work and knew
nothing of the robbery, they were ar
raigned before Magistrate John Koch
endorfer in Long Island City Court on
charges of felonious assault and at
tempted grand larceny.
They were held in $4,000 bail each
for further examination July %.
Alleged Burglars Held
Two men arrested yesterday morn
ing afiar q battle with two policemen
in the cloak and suit store of Henry
Singer, 81 Avenue B, were arraigned
before Magistrate Sweetser in Essex
Market Court on suspicion of burg
larry and were held in $500 bail for
examination Friday.
The men gave their names as Louis
Sanders, twenty-five, clerk, of Ali
East Twelfth Street. and Theodore
Jones, twenty-three, Of 2O5 Avenue B
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