The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-19
SIX ARRESTS MADE
IN FOUR ROBBERIES
Hawthorne Indicted and Held
in Bonds of 100000 for
Hotel AstOr Holdup.o

six arrests in four robberies OF recent
occurrence and the Indictment OF Law
renee Hawthorne for alleged participa-
ton in the Hotel Astor robbery were
developments in minor phases Of the
crime wave yesterday.
Hawthorne was indicted by the Grand
Jury on. four counts, two for robbery
in the first degree and two for burglary
in the third degree. lie was arraigned
before JUDGE John f. Mcintyre in Cen
erai Sessions and in default OF 100000
bail was committed 70 the Tombs
Mayor Hyon sent a telegram of SYM
pathy TO the widow of Lieut. Horton in
which he pointed out her husbands
courage as an disqualification Of the
courage and bravery az the police Of this
city" Funeral services viii be held at
! the late home. t,I5l Fifty-ninth street
| Brooklyn. this evening
Andrew Sheridan, 20. or 400 West
| Fif.y-sevcuth street and John O'Ncal
| 2l, Of Twenty-first streot and Eighth
avenue, were held for the Grand Jury
i'm S25, 600 sail BIZ Magistrate Schv<b in
No Nilie Court They are CHARGED with
having robbed Benjamin Fiagei a
clo' hier, % two suits Of clothes and S11
cash in his store az 500 East Seventy
second street Friday evening. The police
say they have admitted the theft ana
have served time IN Elmira Reform
k2tory
Two men suspected Of Implication in
the burglary Of $4,000 IN merchandise
from the Upgrade Clothing Company,
1871 West l25th street. December II,
were hc'd for further examination by
Magistratc ~. Bruce Cobb IN Wash
ington Heights Court They gave their
names as Bruno Klein, IS of. 1885 Ave-
niue A. and Frcd Wagner. %, OF 233
East Eight y-cighth street The formers
bal was fixed at $4,000 the latter's
$4,000,
In the line up IT Police Headqu arters
a youth giving is ram rs Felix Schoen-
berger, %. living ut l15th street and
Seventh avenue, wa identified by Maui
rice Feinberg of COS Broadway one
OF trio who had robbed him and friends
Of about $500 in a card game. Schoen-
berger was held in $4,000 bail by Magis-
trate Corrigan In Jefferson Market court
Mary Jones. a negress, 26 years old. OF
20G9 Madison avenue, was held in $500
bail by Magistrate Cobb IN Washington
HE'S hts court on a suspicion Of being
one of three women who took two fur
| coats from MAX Gltllef, a. SdleSIiidil, OIL
| II Third avenue.
The robbery of dresses. waists and
other goods valued at $1,000 from the
Franklin Skirt and Waist Company. 657
Myrtle avenue, Brooklyn, was reported
20 the police when one Of the proprie-
tors, Isadore Samuelson, went to work
yesterday morning.
An extra pair Of trousers saved for
Louis Lenner of Paterson, n. j.. the roll
Il bills he tucked in a pocket of the in
ar pair when he went 10 summon a
MUSICIAN for his i'll wife yesterday
morning. Lenners first thought was Of
he extra protection against the cold,
,ut when he reached Broadway ana Au-
urn street near the Public Library, he
| discovered he was doubly protected. Two
men accosted him. ordering him at the
ooint Of revolvers TO shell out" He
omplied but his assailants went no
| deeper than the outer pair of trousers
nd got nothing.