The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-05
ROBBER SHOT,
$4,000 SAVED,
BY WATCHMAN
GO Year Old Guard Fights
Bandits at Chemical
Plant.
SUSPECT Is TAKEN
45 Diners Held Up in Res
taurant by Six Armed
Men.
THIEVES OBTAIN $1,000
Three Charged With Homicide
in Connection With Early
Morning Murder.
THIEVES OBTAIN $1,000

The outbreak of crime which began
Sunday morning continued yesterday.
the day being marked by four hold
ups, in one of which forty-dv persons
were robbed by six armed bandits, and
three shooting ARRAYS which sent four
men to the hospital two of whom will
probably die. Despite the silence
maintained at Police Headquarters re-
garding the operations Of denizens Of
the underworld it was learned that an
other burglary has been added to the
long list of unsolved thefts of the last
few months in which the loot has
totalled more than 81, 100000. Thieves
broke into a drug store on upper
Broadway Sunday night and stole
$4,000 In cash and Liberty bonds.
Automobile robbers, travelling de
luxe in a nigh powered touring car,
drove into the enclosure about the plant
of the National Aniline and Chemical
Company at Ditmars avenue and East
Eighty-third street. Canarsie. early last
their attempt to get to the company's
safe and the $4,000 1t contained were
foiled by an aged Waterman. One OF
them dropped with two of the watch
mans bullets in him and was carried
away by his companions.
Waterman Opens Fire.
John Tollard, the 6S year old watch
of In oh Of y
office, drew his gun when he heard
footsteps outside the office door. There
were several hundred men working on
the night shift in the plant not fifty
yards away. but he knew the loneliness
of the spot and took no chances. The
door was opened as he crouched back
OF the safe and three masked men en-
tered. One of them spied him.
up with your hands-quick" ordered
the bandit.
Tollards answer came from his gun.
The centre man of the trio staggered.
Two bullets had struck him.
Lets go---Tm shot" he cried to the
others. Before they dragged him out Of
the place they emptied their revolvers at
Tollard, and he fired his remaining shots
at them.
Before help came from the work
rooms the bandits automobile was speed
ing away on Hunterfly road. Several
mounted policemen gave chase, but lost
sight Of It.
Finds Wounded Man.
Later man wounded in the right
side and leg was found unconscious on
the stoop of a residence at 16 South FL
lot place, Brooklyn. At Brooklyn Hos
pitsl where he was taken, he said he
was Jacob Weizer OF 924 DE Kalb ave-
nue. 1t was said his condition was crit
ical Tollard. brought to the hospital by
detectives. said Weizer looked like one
of the men who attacked him, the police
declared
Forty-fve men and women were din
ing in the New Central Cafe on the
second floor of 116 Lenox avenue early
in the morning when six bandits pushed
their way into the room and. drawing
pistols, demanded everybody line up
against the wall. The patrons elevated
| their hands and marched toward the
| wall. Four of the thieves kept the VIC
Tins covered with their weapons while
the other two removed everything of
value they could find on the men and
women. The loot consisted of cash and
5ewelry totalling more than $4,000.
Their collection completed. five OF the
thieves escaped by going to the roof of
The building and down through an ad-
forty-fve victims under the watchful
muzze of his pistol until his comra des
got away. He then fled to the street.
Some of the men who could get up
enough courage followed In pursuit. The
chase led into the 116th street station of
the Lenox avenue subway. where the
thief leaped down to the tracks and ran
south.
Edward r. Mccormack, 20 years old,
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fourth street. Bensonhurst. was arrested
later by Detective Lynch on suspicion OF
robbery and was taken to the West 1890
street station. Victims of the cafe rob-
terry were called to the station house.
hut none OF them could identify McCor-
rack. The ballplaycr told Lynch he
had made a round OF the Harlem cab
arets and was on his way home when
arrested. Despite his denial Of any con-
nection with the holdup he was ar
ralgned before Magistrate Levine in
Washington Heights Court and held in
$1,000 ball for examination.
Robbers Get $1,000.
Jacob Syheinblum. so years old, was
opening his butcher shop at 173 Rich
ardson street, Brooklyn, when four men
leaped out OF an automobile pushed
lstols into his stomach and demanded
him TO march into the rear OF the store.
One stood guard over the butcher while
the others emptied 1920 out OF the
cash drawer and rushed out toward the
automobile. Mr. Syheinblum started to
yell an they were leaving and his cries
were heard by a policeman a block
Away. One of the thieves failed to get
into tho machine. according to the police.
The policeman chased a man whom he
later caught In the cellar OF 732 Lori
mer street. According to the policeman
this man was armed with n revolver and
tried to shoot him. but the cartridge did
not explode. The policeman succeeded
IN dlsarmlng him and took him to the
etation, where he described himself as
John Mestretta. 25 years Old of 1877
Boerum street. Brooklyn. Magistrate
short in Bridge Plaza Court held him
without bail on charges of felonious as
sauit. robbery and carrying concealed
weapons.
Detectives Miller and Connolly were
walking toward the Bridge Plaza Court.
south Fifth and New streets, Brooklyn,
when they saw four men, armed with
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