davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washington times., 1920-01-11


swered his ring. and when he asked for
Messrs Duplesses and Snider, told him that
the gentlemen were in their room on the
third floor rear, and to go right up. AS be
reached the door the shorter Of the two
Snider, he had named himself to the land
lady-met him. ushered him into the apart
ment and told him to sit down while he
examined the coats
At one side OF the room was wide
closet, its door closed. Just in front Of it
stood very comfortable looking easy
chair. 1t was the kind of chair that In
stinctively one picks out to sit upon and
that causes a decided feeling Of dislike
for the person who beats one to its COIL
ness. There were no other chairs around
it-in fact, nothing to distract the eye
from it's inviting arms. Young Rosenblum
did not think at the moment that this iso-
lation was curious Why should he have?
Promptly he walked over to 1t and seated
himself. 'Mr Snider'' had already put
the packages on the bed and had removed
their contents.
"These are all right" he said. "Really
splendid value. BY the way, how much
is the balance" TN = '2F -
"Five hundred and twenty dollars"
answered the messenger, consulting sthe
bill he held.
"Mr. Snider" dropped his hand into his
right coat pocket; young Mr.. Rosenblum
The Washington times., 1920-01-11

The placing OF
the Young mans body In the closet
showed that they did not scrupie TO step
short of murder, for in that connned
space. with the fumes about him, 1t was
by merest chance that Rosenblum did not
sink into a coma from which he could not
be revived.
At the risk of murder then, and the ex-
penditure Of about $50, the two thieves had
gotten coats valued at $500 more than their
financial outlay.
But before a representative OF Brill
Brothers, telephoned to by Miss 'Holton.
could arrive another extremely curious
thing occurred An ambulance from the
Knickerbocker Hospital drew up at the
door of the West End avenue house. Out
Of it jumped doctor and patrolman.
I'VE had a telephone message to send
an ambulance to this house." said the
doctor, "by somebody who said that man
had been drugged here"
"Somebody has been drugged-but no
one here sent any message" said Miss
Holton, in amazement
II then turned out that at 2:35-less than
ten minutes after Rosenblum's body had
been thrust into the closet-Police Head
quarters had gotten the telephone call de-
scrfbed. The sender would give no name,
but gave the telephone number as Academy
2646 This number is. that Of q residence
on One Hundred and Third street, from
which. OF course, no call had been sent and
whose occupants knew nothing whatever
of the West End affair. What had hap
pened, however, was that one Of the
thieves, fearing to turn the case Of rob-
berry into one OF murder, had boldly called
I'D the Police Department and sent In the
call. to aid the young man he had mall
treated. 90,
Description of the two thieves made by
the salesman who sold the coats; by Mrs
Tallman, and the description OF the smaller
of the two by Rosenblum, the messenger,
all agree. Duplesses, who looked like a
Frenchman of excellent breeding and
spoke with a decided accent, Is described
as follows: Five feet nine and half
inches tall; slneder, with a black stubby
mustache: dark complexion and hair. On
the day OF the robbery he wore dark
clothes and dark velour hat OF the alpine
variety He was quick and nervous In
his actions and seemed to be OF the dane
ing type.
snider was apparently of German origin.
He was short. being about FIVE feet six
Great Britain Right. Reserved.
The Washington times., 1920-01-11

New York University Law School
"Do not accept any checks, Nat" he
said. "and don't let the coats out of your
sight for a moment" n
These were simply the usual instruc-
tions in such cases. The manager went
back to his duties convinced-as why
should he not have been7-that in the
hands Of thoroughly trustworthy mes
senger and under such instructions the
coats were safe from any accident.
Young Rosenblum departed with the
The Washington times., 1920-01-11

menacing himl There came buzJng In
Rosenblum's ears. His muscles bagen to
relax, his head to sag.
Through his numbing brain floated
strange thoughts. It must be nightmare
that he was undergoingl Surely this
could not be reality-this melodramatic
situation that was like things he had seen
at the movies. Il was absurd that such
thing should happen in broad daylight and
in a fashionable house In one of the most
fashionable and best policed sections Of
The Washington times., 1920-01-11
fourth street.

boldly registered at this hotel right In
the very heart of New York's most crowd
ed district They were assigned room,
went to 1t and spent an hour leisureiy
looking about.
Having selected their victims they en-
tered their room, knocked out the man,
tied his wife to a bedpost and looted them
of valuables!
After this they calmly walked down
fire-escape in plain view Of thousands, and
making their way into the bustling throny
vanished.
Quite naturally the guests who were so
maltreated by these two miscreants were
of their guard in the Knickerbocker. Just
as in the case of the messenger from
Brill's, they felt entirely secure In this
busy place In the same way, no one see
ing two men coming leisurely down fire.
escape at Forty-second street and Broad
way in full daylight would even think that
they did not have a right TO be doing this.
The traditional burglar is one with dark
lantern, a mask and a jimmy, skulking in
the shadows II seems that people will
have to get rid OF this Installation of him.
The upto-date burglar has learned to
operate in full publicity with the aid of
the important element Of surprise.
The Washington times., 1920-01-11

the city. Inat muSt Oo ieno "oo AZ
nightmare and his dream was reflection
of some motion picture that he had seen!
He struggled to awaken.
He half opened Nhis heavy eyes. The
man with the gun seemed to be terribly
little and far away, as though he were
looking at him through the large end OF
an opera glass. There seemed to be q
green light all about him. Through the
noise In his ears he heard the far-away
sHgure say:
- Are you asleep"
Then the shape seemed to lift his chin
up and let it fall back. The buzzing In
his ears grew into rush Of many waters.
He felt himself being lifted up and carried
away on the breast of the food. Then he
dipped under 1t into unconsciousness.
He had been lifted-but not by any
flood. When, after few minutes. con-
sciousness began to struggle back, he
found himself in a closed closet. The
fumes of the ether were heavy within 1t.
He tore away the cloth from his nose and
writhed against the closed door. 1t slid
away fraction of an inch and he found
strength to push back the sliding panel
and creep out into the room. The man
with the gun had disappeared.
And so had the two fur coats!
Rosenblum crept down the stairs, meet
ing no one, and into a tearoom on the
basement floor, which is run by Miss Mar
~ TQ1lmQn'S
He was still stupefied and almost inco-,
herent from the effects of the drug, but
he managed to tell the essential facts OF
his identity and what had happened to
him. Miss Holton sent for Mrs. Tallman,
but she had left the house some minutes
before, thus probably escaping by the mar
rowest margin encounter and deadly
peril at the hands of the two thieves. For
they had taken with them suitcases, law.
yer's brief case and cane, as well as the
two coats, and II is certainty that their
going so laden would have aroused her
suspicion and led to questions. That the
pair who had proven by their treatment
Of the messenger that they had little re-
gard for human life would undoubtedly
have had no compunction in silencing her
Immediately is certain.
What had happened was, in fact. an ex'
raordinarily dramatic, daring and wickedly
clever bit OF active criminality. The thieves
had picked out Mrs. Tallman's house be.
cause of its unimpeachable character ana
the exclusiveness Of the section In wnicn
Il is. The address would at once go far 10
disarm any probable suspicion which tney
might encounter during the further WORK
ing, out OF their plan. They had manipu
lated the equipment of the room with SIN
lister intelligence. The closet had served
as q perfect hiding place for the confed
crate with the ether.
The comfortable chair had been placed
just in front OF II and the rest Of the furni
ture in the room arranged so that the OF
tention Of one entering would at once be
focused upon the chair. The thieves had
been fully cognizant of the value. Of the
suggestion. Gamblers use this same expedi
ent in forcing" cards upon their dupes by
subtly making such cards "stand out" a
little from the rest OF the pack
They were familiar with the use OF ether:
lifting up Of the relaxed chin Of the person
The Washington times., 1920-01-11

prepared 10 recelpt
the bill after he had
counted the money
that he felt sure
that hand was about
to draw out.
Then his heart
jumped quickly, for
instead Of money he
found himself look
ing into the black
barrel of a capable
automatic Nistol!
And as he stared at
1t "Mr. Snider"
stepped close to
him and stuck the
barrel close to his
ribs.
Keep right In
that chair and sit
still and do not
open your mouth
said the man with
the pistol. "If you
don't I'll blow a
hole through you.
Remember, this is
no joke"
Rosenblum W s
very sure 1t was no
Joke! He obeyed
Instructions H Q
heard a noise be-
hind him like, that
of a door being slid
aside. There came
a faint hospital
smell. The hands
holding a white
towel dropped past
his eyes. The towel
was pressed TO his
mouth and nostrils.
He inhaled the reek
of ether. The towel
was saturated with
It! Swiftly the
cloth was tied be-
hind his ears. Who
was operating be-
hind him the mes
senger could not
see.
But he could see
"Mr. Snider," gun
held firmly and
The Washington times., 1920-01-11

their home that af-
ternoon between 2
and 3 O'Clock? They
would pay a small
deposit as a guar.
antee of good faith,
say, SIS. Why, of
course, this could be
done. Where did
they live? Why, at
Nc. 507 West End
avenue. The loca.
ton Of the house
was in itself almost
a guarantee that the
transaction was en-.
tirely a bona fide
one, ,Messrs. Duples-
sizes an d Snider
should have their
purchases at exactly
the time they want
ed them. Messrs.
Duplessies and Sni-
der paid their SIS in
a careless sort OF
fashion and left the
store.
II h e customers
had been most pol
ished and urbane.
There was not the
slightest suspicion
Of. them or their
motives, but the
manager of Bril-,
Brothers, neverthe-
less, instead OF
sending an ordinary
messenger, decided
to pick out a more
responsible person
to deliver the goods
on which such a
considerable amount
of money still had
to be collected. He
therefore summoned
his assistant ship
ping clerk, Nathan
iel ]. Rosenblum,
who is nineteen
years old, thorough
ly trustworthy, am
bilious, and a stu
dent outside work
ing hours at the
The Washington times., 1920-01-11

inches in height, light hair,
clean shaven, blue eyes,
rather fiorid complexion, ap-
parently about twenty-eight
years old, neat and well
dressed and weighed about
1876 pounds. He wore a dark
brown suit, dark overcoat
and hat on the day of the
robbery, and carried a light
colored cane and a black
lawyers brief bag.
Rosenblum, the shipping
clerk, is above any suspicion.
He has been in the firms
employ for three years and
holds a responsible position
for one Of his age. Besides,
as has been said, he is a
studious and ambitious boy
and In the afternoons at
tends lectures and classes at
the New York University
Law School.
Again, 1t would be almost
impossible for any one to
enter into any plan with an
employee of the store, for
there are a number Of boys
who are sent out from time
to time to make c. o. ID. de-
liveries Of goods, and any
one of the number may be
assigned. Thus, no one de-
livery clerk knows in ad-
The Washington times., 1920-01-11

vance where he may be sent. In this in
stance Rosenblum was taken from his reg
ular duties and sent to make the delivery
because Of the amount Of money involved
and his reputation for responsibility and
carefulness.
Descriptions of the pair have been sent
to other cities, for 1t is believed that the
same trick will be tried again at some
point distant from New York. The
months of December and January consti-
tute the open season for forgers, shop
lifters and gentlemen crooks of the type
who victimized Brill Brothers.
Their operations are made easier and
more likely OF success through the press
of business attending the holiday season
and shortly thereafter.
II would seem that the criminals now
operating in New York and other large
cities have determined that they stand
better chance of getting away with the
goods by essaying the unexpected and
the apparently impossible. II was the
boldness of the fur coat robbery that made
Il successful. In the same way the en-
tirely amazing robbery at the Hotel
Knickerbocker, at Forty-second street and
Broadway, recently had the same ele.
ments OF surprise. Here two Spaniards
The Washington times., 1920-01-11
Startling Experience Near Fashion,
Driue. NeU York, When a Pair OF Il


= over his bundle with two fur
coats in It to the young man who was 70
pay the $685. G. O. d. charges,
Instead OF drawing a wallet from his
pocket the man brought a pistol to the
level OF the boys head. At the same in
stant the sliding door of the closet opened
behind the boy. A pair of hands reached
forth from the closet holding towel sat
urated with ether. Firmly the hands
pressed the cloth over the boys face-he
sank into Inconsistencies.
II was a tragic moment in the very
quiet, humdrum life OF young Nathaniel
Rosenblum. a clerk and messenger boy in
Brill Brothers, Broadway and Forty-ninth
street. clothing store. Nathaniel had seen
just such things in the movies" but he
never dreamed that he himself would ba
the central figure Of real-life hold-up by
two desperate thieves.
1t happened on Friday morning a few
days before Christmas Just at 10 o'clock
Mrs. Jennie Tallman, who operates an at
tractive looking rooming house on FASH
ionable West End avenue--No. 5O7, near
Eightyfourth street--received call from
two well-dressed, gentlemanly looking
applicants for room that she had vacant,
Mrs. Tallman had advertised her room and
was very mn,h pleased that such NICE
appearing 'pen should be the first to con-
slider 1t. One Of her visitors carried a
prospero-s looking black patent leather
suit case and the other smart cane and
lawyers brief bag. They walked with
Mrs: Tallman up the two flights to the
vacant apsrtment-a rear one--and after
looking it over most carefully decided that
1t would do. They paid her the first weeks
rent, assuring her that only one would oc-
cupy the apartment. Their names, they
said, were Messrs. Duplesses and Snider,
and they gave plain impression that they
wanted the quarters for some important
conferences dealing with law suit of con.
siderable magnitude.
Half an hour later these same two men
walked into Brill Brothers big store, on
the corner Of Broadway and Forty-ninth
street, and became interested in the firms
best fur coats. There had been just time
enough for them to leave Mrs. Tallman's
apartment house. take the subway at
Eighty-sixth street. get off at the Fiftieth
street subway station, and arrive at Brills.
The two customers were extremely fas-
tidious. They tried on a number Of coats
and finally selected one apiece. The
prices OF the garments were $3.50 and $185,
making purchase Of $535 in all.
The statesmen were pleased. Their GUS
toners were pleased but the latter re-
gretted that they had not brought with
them sufficient funds to pay for the coats.
Could not the garments be delivered at
The Washington times., 1920-01-11

under the anaes-
thetic and the let
ting it drop, is a
hospital test to
see whether the
drug has actually
taken effect. 7
The placing OF
The Washington times., 1920-01-11

D-"Now sit ss;llp s.id The man. - he suddenly
drew q pi.tol from his pocket and pointed it at
NathaniePs head. Al the same moment the aiding
door of the closet opened behind the boy. pair OF
hands <eaebed forth from the closet holding towel
saturated with ether Firmly the hands pressed the
cloth over the boys faeshs sank into unconscious
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1920-01-07

Oriental humor-China demandin,
an apology from Japan.
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1920-01-07
Women Only
Ask A Square Deal

Z
Ratify the National Amendment
giving women the ballot:
The amendment rends:
Section /. The right Of citizens
Of the United States TO vote shall not
be denied OF abridged by the United
States or BY any Sfkte on account Of
sex.
Section 2. Congress shall have
the power by appropriate legislatio
to enforce the provisions Of this ar
ticle."
Nineteen States have ratified. The
amendment will become part Of the
constitution of the United States when
ratified by the Legislatures Of thirty
six States. It win come before the
next session of the Mississippi Leg
islature. Fifteen States have given
full suffrage to their women. In
twenty-nine States women have pres
Dental suffrage.
Mississippi women ask your sup
port.
Miss. Ratification Com.
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1920-01-07

taken the Discovery as a blood purifier
and spring tonic and have given It to all
my children for colds and coughs and to
give them strength, and it has never failed
to give good results ."-MRs. PHEN1A E.
JONES, PSI s. 5th st.
New Orleans, La.-"Ever since I can
remember DR.. Pierce's medicines have
been used in my family and have never
failed to give perfect satisfaction. When
/ was quite q young girl I had my first
experience with them. / had caught q
severe cold which settled ON my lungs
causing me to have a severe cough. Twas
in q miserable condition when my father
gave me Oh. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery and it soon strengthened my
lungs SO that my cough stopped and It
completely restored my health. Then
during middle life I depended entirely
on the Favorite Prescription and it
brought me thru this critical period in
remarkably good health. Mas. CARRIE
DIoDENE, 1878 Baronne st.
Baton Rouge, La. have often heard
mymother saythat DR.. Pierce'swere won
derful medicines. She gave the Dis
covery' to one of my brothers who be-
came quite frail and sickly after a heavy
cold had weakened his lungs, and I re-
member well how quickly he regained his
strength whilst taking the Golden
Medical Discovery He now has no sign
whatever Of weak lungs."-MRs MAMIE
HIGGINsOs. 824 North st.
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1920-01-07
Miller's Antiseptic Oil, Known as
SNAKE OIL
Accomplishing Most Wonderful
Results.

Il want to thank you for your won
derful OIL" writes Mr.. j. C. Gibson of
Jonesboro, Ark. "My little girl was
very low with diphtheria; + had given
her two doses of medicine which cos
me SO with no results. / bought a
25c bottle of your oil and one app1i-
cation relieved her. Now she is well.
It is the greatest remedy I ever saw"
Mr.. Gibson made this statement be-
fore hundreds of people. Mrs. Flor
ence Meager, 234 Whitney street,
Hartford, Conn.,, writes: II have used
your Antiseptic Oil for neuralgia with
good effects. Only thing I have ever
tried that stopped the pain immed-
lately" Mrs. Williams, Gadsden,
Ala, writes: II have used your great
pain oil for rheumatism, stiff joints
also for sore throat, and l want to
say that it is the greatest remedy ]
ever tried. I recommend it to all suf.
ferers." Many cures reported daily
from thousands of grateful users Of
this wonderful oil. Every bottle
guaranteed, 3Oc, Coo and $1.O0 a bot
tie, or money refunded, at leading
druggists. z.
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1920-01-07

When your brain is dull and you
cannot hold your own in a test of wit
among your fellows, it means your
liver is torpid and your stomach and
bowels full of bilious impurities. To
brighten up your mental faculties and
make you feel right, Prickly Ash Bit
ters is the remedy you need. It clears
the brain and braces the body. Price
SIPS per bottle. Bonds Drug Store,
Special Agents. (Adv.)
The Daily Commemorative Job
Printing Department gives prompt
and satisfactory service. Send us
vour orders.
Let your next car be a Stude
baker. Schilling Auto Co.
The Matinee Musicale will meet
Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. r. P.
Parish and Miss Lumbrick at the
home of Mrs. r. p. Parish.
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1920-01-07

Let your next car be a Stude
baker. Schilling Auto Co.
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1920-01-07

The ingenious machines used by
the Census Bureau to count, sort and
ta~bulate4she information gathered by
the census tsslnmerators are the pro
duct of the Bureaus own laboratory
The sorting machines vii ltake care o
800 cards per minute, the counting
machine can do 500 cards a minute
and the tabulating machine is cap
able Of handling 400 cars each min
ute.
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1920-01-07

remedy and has been
taken by every MEM
Der Of my family. At
one time my husband
had some lung trouble
but after taking Cold
en- Medical Discovery
he never had another
hemorrhage and is to-
day in The best Of
health. I also have
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1920-01-07

When there is hard work to do in
hot weather Prickly Ash Bitters prov
es it's worth as a stomach liver and
bowel purifier. Those who use it
stand the heat better and are iess ia
tigued at night. Price $1.25 per bot
tie. Bonds Dry, Store, Special
Agents. (Adv.)
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1920-01-07

The Census Bureau prints a specia
supplement for each State in the I'm
on containing all the census figure
elating to the State in question.
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1920-01-07

Some politicians are shooting the
rapids in very frail boats.
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1920-01-07

Don't suffer the misery Of indiges-
ton when you can get relief from
Prickly Ash Bitters. 1t eases pain and
drives out badly digested food. One
does does the work. Try it. Price
SIPS per bottle. Bonds Drug Store,
Special Agents. (Adv.)
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1920-01-07
OUR
Suffer from Coughs,
Colds, Lung Troubles

West Helena, Ark.:-@For many years
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
has been kept IN my home as a household
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1920-01-07
EzEnAnl
Money back without question A~
If HUNTS Salve fails in the ~
treatment DITCH. ECZEMA 81
TING WORM, TETTER or Ti
other itching skin diseases Try ~
? IS rent hox At our rick
L. N. CHANDLER
L. N. CHANDLER

We have a bunch that the theft 0
~confiscated whiskey from the store
room of the Richmond, Virginia city
hall was an "inside" job.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-06
LANKOW WITH THE
PH|LA. ORCHESTRA
Noted Bass-Baritone TO be Heard
in Final Concert at The Play
house Next Monday Night.

The Philadelphia Orchestra will ap-
pear for the last time this scason at The
Playhouse on Monday evening, April ~
On this occasion MIR. Stokowski viii bring
forth as soloist, Edward I.ankOw, bass
baritone Of whom Claude DebUssy said
on hearing him sing. This Is the FIRST
time | hear the quality Of voice ! thought
Of when | composed Roi Arkel
The orchestral numbers chosen by
Mr. Stokowski are particularly attractive
They range from Becthovens classical
overture, "Coriolanus." with which the
concert opens. 10 Brahms and Berli9z
The symphony is the second Of Brahms
which is characterized By eheerfllness,
repose, and an almost pastoral simplicity.
Berlioz is represented by three excerpts
from la Damnation de Faust, the
"Menuet des Follets," the "Danse des
Syiphes," and the stirring "Marche
Hongro1se, with which the program con
cludes.
Because he is an American and because
he obtained the greater part of his musical
education in this country, the American
public feels a special pride in Edward
Lankow's artistic achievements. He first
came into prominence in 1901 when IN
competition with 500 voices, he won o
free scholarship az the National Con
servatory Of Music in New York A year
later he accompanied Patti on her fare
we'll tour. At the age of 20 he made hrs
operate debut, singing IN most 0f the
principal opera houses Of Europe IH