The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-10
$4,000 FURS
TAKEN IN STORE
HOLDUP AT NOON
Five Unmasked Bandits
Loot Harlem Shop and
Rob Owners.
CLERK is KNOCKED OUT
Customer Grabbed. Robbed
and Herded With Other
Prisoners in Rear.
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BANDITS FLEE IN MOTOR
Wagon Wrecked and Pedes-
trian Bowled Over by the
Thieves in Escape.
BANDITS FLEE IN MOTOR

Another chapter in New York citys
long list of successful daylight hold
ups was finished about noon yester-
dav. when five automobile oandits'
CARRYING away $4,000 worth OF furs
Srcrn the store Of Max Rosenberg and
Samuel Grief. at 18th street and Lenox
avenue, sped through the later thor
oughfare, wrecking a delivery wagon
and knocking down a pedestrian. and
disappearing before pursuit could be
orsan;zed. The holdup was accom-
panied by assaults on three men, two
of them the proprietors Of the fur
shop.
BENJAMIN Mater, aged is. employed
by the fur establishment, was alone
In the store when the bandits en-
tered. He approached them to inquire
what they wanted.
For answer the five men. none Of
whom wore a mask. pressed revolver
to put up his hands. Mater attacked the
nearest robber. landing on his face For
that the clerk received a blow on the
head and he tumbled unconscious.
Unaware OF Bandits Presence.
As two bandits guarded the front door
the others went to n room back OF tho
store. Rosenberg, Grief and woman
were working there, unaware that ROB-
bers were In the store.
One man covered the partners with his
revolver while The others went through
their pockets. The search Melted s175.
Then, having warned the partners that
death would follow any attempt to sum-
mon help. the bandits proceeded to rifle
the stock of furs. Only the most costly
pelts and finished articles were taken.
While the robbers were at work Louis
Messer OF So East 10th street entered
the place.
where's Rosenberg" he asked. TAX
ing the robbers for clerks.
IN reply a revolver was thrust against
his ribs and he was told to hand over
his money. lie contributed $40 IN cash
and was passed into the rear room,
where Rosenberg and Grief were being
guarded.
When the 10000 worth OF furs had
been placed in the automobile Rosen-
berg W as ordered to open the big safe.
He told the men the boss was out and
that he was only a workman and didn't
have the combination. That remark
saved him several thousand dollars.
Grief Calls for Help.
Grief, watchil ~ the robbers through
a break In the store partition. saw them
rush suddenly into the street and leap
for the automobile The engine was
turning over and as the car began to
roll away without waiting for the fifth
man to climb into It from the running
board. Grief ieaped through side win
dow, landing on his back in 10th street.
Immediately Grief began TO call for
help and pedestrians and automobiles
ran to his side. He was speechless with
fright and could only point to the ban
dts automobile, then disappearing
through Lenox avenue.
At NTH street and Seventh avenue,
with Louis Berg of COZ East 13sth street
leading the vanguard of poorly Or
Eanized pursuit several hundred feet
behind, the robbers car struck Samuel
Weisenberger of 1894 Madison avenue,
Knocking him fifty feet.
Fifteen feet further on they drove into
the rear of delivery wagon. the
wagon. wrecked. dumped it's contents
into the street At st. Nicholas avenue
and 117th street the fleeing men turned
south and their trail was lost in the
traffic.
weisenberger was attended by an am
bulance surgeon and removed to his
home suffering from cuts and bruiseg.
and Mater YVES taken to his home Mt
GO East Hath street after an ambulance
surgeon had taken five stitches in
scalp wound inflicted by the gun butt