New-York tribune., 1920-12-17

years old, messenger in the employ
Of the manufacturing jewelry firm Of
William Scheer, 2 West Forty-fifth
Street. entered, he said later. to pay
his respects to Mr.. Andrews. One of
the three who was detailed to guard
the door quickly seized Mulligan, and.
sided By the others, bound and gatg ID
him. threatening to elbow off Your
damned head" if he raised an outcry.
Mulligan then was laid alonesiie the
body of Mr.. Andrews. No sooner had
they disposed of him than the trio had
to turn their attenti m t. Arthur Merit.
Of the jewelry Arm Of Mertz Bros, New
ark, VINO stepped tnrouga the door with
his bag containing jewelry which he
was to have shown Mr.. Andrews. He
was Immediately overpowered, bound
and gagged, and in came Vincent Pro-
venzano, a middle-aged salesman en-
ployed by his uncle, j. N. Provenzano,
OF ITO West Thirtieth Street. He also
was bound and gagged, under threat Of
being shot ii he made a disturbance.
The thieves did not wait. it was said,
TO go through all compartments Of the
safe, but seized one trav of stones and
the bags OF the two statesmen and left.
Twenty minutes later, when police and
detectives had arrived on summons of
George Rivers. superintendent of the
building. Andrews was dead. Chief
MEDICAL Examiner Charles Norris and
Or. Benjamin Schwartz, an assistant,
conducted the examination and late
last night the body was removed to
the morgue. DR.. Norris said the vic
tim had been shot in the stomach and
severe beaten about the head.
An unusual make of pistol or re-
volver had been used, as the empty
knI L..
Mr.. Andrews sat indicated. Neither
the police nor the medical examiners
could say what ca,ibre of bullet had
been used, but it appeared, they said,
that the size was between 80 and .38,
80 being an unusual size.
While detectives from three pre-
cincts searched for finger prints and
questioned Mertz, Provenzano and
Mulligan. They said the bandits ap-
peared to be Italians, were we'll dressed
IN dark clothing and from thirty to
thirty-five years of age.
According to Mulligan's story one of
the bandits pointed what appeared to
be a sawed-of rifle at him and COM
manded him to put up his hands. He
quickly obeyed and was bound, hands
and feet, with telephone wire.
Girl Discovers Crime
A girl stenographer employed in the
burg 4 Bros, Inc, also jewelers., was
the first to discover the bound and
gagged men trying to free themselves
IN the hall that separates the two suites.
She screamed, attracting the attention
of Claude D. Edgerton, of the firm of
Edgerton & Son. manufacturing jewel
ers of Fifty-third Street and Fifth
Avenue, who was in the Rothburg Of
fees on a business call. Mr.. Edgerton
the girl, who steadfastly refused to
divulge her identity to reporters, mott
fed Central Headquarters.
Other tenants on the same floor, at
tracted by the commotion, emerged
from their Offices and gave a general
alarm. George Rivers, superintendent
of the building, was one of the first
apprised Of the crime and he rushed
out to report it to Patrolman Quigley, |
geant John P. Barron, of the shopping |
squad, was next on the scene.
In searching the Offices for some clew |
detectives came upon q cartridge and
part of a pearl necklace said to be |
worth $25,00O which the thieves had !
overlooked. A trav of diamonds worth |
S25 900 so was overlooked.
MIR. Winston said the first he knew !
of the hold-up was when he returned !
tectives in his and Andrews's suite.
At Police Headquarters it was said |
las. night by one OF the detectives who |
investigated the hcid-up, that the /
wrists of Provenzano. Mulligan and |
Wertz had been tied with stout wire !
and padlocked, making certain that
there would be no opportunity to free
themselves until the bandits had COM
pleted their job.
The bu let which killed Andrews
passed through the stomach and out
1t the neck. An autopsy will be per-
formed to-day, DR.. Norris said Mr..
Andrews was married. and lived at ia
East Eightyfourth Street.
No Clews After Robbery
Elevator operators, one of whom was
q woman, were questioned by the po
lice, but none could throw any light
on how the bandits made their get
away without being observed or
suspected. None had recalled seeing
the trio. The police believe the men
walked up the eight flights of stairs
at the front Of the building and made
their escape by the same route.
While two Of the bandits. Mulligan
said. were tying up Mertz and Proven
zano the third searched the drawers
of the safe. After Mertz and Proven
zano had been bound the two men doing
this called to the one looting the safe
and the three left the office. The two
who tied up the statesmen, he said, car
ried the jewelry cases and he believed
they must have gone down the stairs.
The scene Of the hold-up is in the
restricted zone in which forty detec-
tives in squads of ten were detailed to
duty by Chief Inspector Lahey for the
protection Of department and other
stores during Christmas shopping time.
The restricted zone extends from
Twenty-thfrd to Fifty-nnth streets and
from Madison to Seventh avenues.
Detective Barron, of this detail, was
in Lebolt's jewelry store, several doors
from the Marcus Building, when Riv-
ers, after notifying Traffic Patroman
Quigiey, whose stand is at Forty-sixth
Street and Fifth Avenue, rushed in and
told Barron what had happened. Barron
was guarding Lebolt's place Of business
IT tfe time. but after Riverss an
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