New-York tribune., 1920-05-26
NursesL L0OkOn
As Bandits Rob
Broadway Shop
Five Masked Men Ride
Off With $1,000 Gems
in Motor Stolen to
Aid Hold = Up Matinee
Show Good Team Work
Cover Five i'm Jeweli.y
Store; Avoid Ceremony;
Abandon Auto Later

nursemaids and their charges five
masked men entered the jewelry shop
of David Gumbiner, 1O5th Street and
Broadway, shortly before O'Clock
yesterday afternoon, held up Mrs.
Gumbiner her son and three employees
emptied a show case of it's treasure in
watches, bracelets and rings and es-
capped with loot valued at $1,000
The men stole an automobile in
which to go to and from their robbery
This was found later with gears
stripped and brakes burned out de-
serted at Sixty-sixth Street and Lex
ington Avenue. The police have no
clew to the identity of the robbers
further than that which may develop
from blurred finger prints on the rifed
| show case.
The robbery was carried through
with the smoothncss Of we'll re-
hoarsed melodrama An hour after the
automobile was stolen the job was
done and the robbers had vanished
The first scene was laid in front
of the drug store at Ninety fourth
Street and Columbus Avenue. Here,
shortly after noon yesterday, stood the
automobile of DR.. A. T. Swami, 119
II
Swanp's chauffeur was in the store.
A tall man came strolling along
looked the car over for a second and
then jumped into it. The self-starter
whrred, the gears complained and the
car was gone before the chauffeur
could get out of the store.
Phone Calls Come Fast
The chauffeur telephoned to the West
Tooth Street police station and a gen
eral alarm was sent out. few
minutes later another sorrowful voice
came to the ears Of the lieutenant on
the desk. 1t was Leo Gumbiner report
ing on the later adventures of the oc-
cupants Of The stolen car
Leo. who is twenty-five years old,
was in the front part of the jowe!ry
store with his mother whea The car
drove up. In the repair shop in the
rear were Samuel Konerow. watch
maker; Theodore Sander, manager Of
tHe store, and Allen Alleyne. a porter.
Mrs. Gumbner idly observed The five
men get out OF the car and stroll to-
ward the show windows of the shop.
Ihey looked SO nice" she said, II
was sure they We're customers"
Probably her heart beat nigh when
she saw the whole five start TO enter.
Certainly it began to DO strange
d black mask as he entered the store
and produced q revolver
They were headed by lanky person,
apparently the man who stole the car.
He shouted as he came in:
Hands up, madam; you too, sonny"
Robbers Show Team Work
Leo and his mother obeyed, while the
robbers went to work with the celeritv
and deftness of well-trained basket
ball team. Two Of them ran into the
repair room and hello up the three
men there. Two others kept the hands
OF Mrs. GUmbiner and her son well ele-
waited. while the leader leaned over the
largest show cave and tried to open
1T. He was unsuccessful.
Without a seconds hesitation the
man vaulted the counter, smashed in
the glass top of the case with the
butt OF MS gun and drew out three trays
filled with jewelry, These he handei i
to one of his confetlcrates. Another
produced piece OF canvas and COW
cred them and they were carried out
and placed in the tonneau Of the
csr
A minute later the robbers departed
after their leader had warned his vic
inns Tot to stir.
me four robbers remaining strobe
unhlhueFed through the crowd Char
had gathered at the door of the shop.
climbed into the car, where the man
who had carried out the jewelry await
ed then, and sped south along Broad
! way.
After they had vanished Leo Gum
blner found pistol in the store, and,
running into the street, fired it twice
TO call the police, he said
1he robbers rolled south along
broadway to Ninety third Street and
then swung east. This was their one
false move and came close TO resulting
III their capture.
They passed garage. between Co
lumbus Avenue and Central Park West
IN front Of which We're several chauf-
feurs. One of them recognized the car
as having been stolen from DR.. Swami.
Several men jumped into automo-
blles and started in pursuit. The fee
ing car sped south on Central Park
West, and eventually darted into the
park and distanced its pursuers La.2r
Patrolman Rocket, Of the East Sixty
seventh Street police station, found the
machine abandoned.
Deputy Police Commissioner Lahey
and detectives from headquarters Wis
lttd the plundered store and obtained d
finger prints from the shattered show
case which they believe were made bv
the leader OF the gang.
Joseph Auditore's Body