The Sun and the New York herald., 1920-09-13
ARMED ROBBERS
HAVE A FIELD DAY
ghootlngs Occur In Two boid
Holdups and Police Make
Captures.
ONE GANG USES CLEANERS
Commissioner EnrIght Says
Burglary in Flatbush Has
Decreased Considerably

Tn. watches and wallets OF peaeeful
citizens and the cash registers OF ''''
.han,s equally placid, we're the oo'
,.c,iys Yesterday Of thleylng gangs
Shots were fired and suspects we're cap
tured IN two cases
Rober Gibbs of go West twenty
second street was attacked In 'hs hA',,
yay Of his home when NJ returned a' .
o'clock in the morning and lost ms s'''
watch and SO, Detectives NeN9mA'"
ana peyIne Of tho West Twentieth street
station happened along as mo h"ho'H
ran out after completing tho holdup' ana
afsr A chase OF six blocks, during when
thew fred seyera! timea arrested JohN
Jordon, 20 years old, Of SOL West thirty
seventh street, and Joseph hr'nkle|' ~
years old OF $50 West FIiii'ih street
i, waA said later Gibbs Identified lhem'
parolman walter Hunt OF the East
Thlrty-fifth street station shot Two men,
ono an innocent bysianger' outside Z"
,e.tauran, At Is? Tblrd sSenue, lie Was
passlng on beat, according 70 his Story
when he saw man backing out OF Inc
restaurant, revolver drawn and he
,,oprIetor standing inside with elevated
hands Hunt sprapg on the man. VINO
WAS iolned by confederate from inside
,he restaurant, and the officer gol MS
reyolyer working. He shot twice one
bullet lodging above the heart " man
sald 10 be william Kane, 81 years old'
M gsg East Thirty ninth street Kane
yas taken 10 Bellevue Hospital on
charges OF assault and robbery
Loot Found ON sidewalk
The second bullet struck Anthony Da-
xaras OF ila East Thirty-thlrd street. a
candy manufacturer In the ankle. "
inalcted A slight Injury, not breaking
the bone After Kane fell Patrolman
Hunt captured william Curran, ~ years
old. Of. i5s East Flttleih street and
locked him up on charges OF assault ana
robbery. Thlrty-slX dollars that was
taken from the cash register was picked
up on tho sidewalk, according TO tho po'
lice ~
curran was arralgned In Yorkyille
court and held by Magistrate DouraA IN
$4,000 bail for examination Wednes'
day,
slH men armed with revolvers, but
preferrlng meat clehvers TO lntlmidate
their victims, walked into the butcher
ehop OF Rafraele Colullco az 23bi Hon'
man avenue. The Bronx. and threatened
20 brain one OF the seven clerks, Nathan
Frank with a cleayer unless he opened
the safe. Frank pleaded that he dldn't
know the combination. and finally per
ruaded the bandits One OF the gunner
then crashed cleayor into the cash
register and took out S6s.
While this was going on fifteen Gus
toners who had neglected 10 do theli
shopping Saturday lost what change
they had and watches, rings and Other
trinkets they were wearing Max Felr
OF 1885 Second Avenue, The Bronx, re-
ported his loss was 5000. and that OF hll
brother Louis, as Sl2O, What the oth'
ers lost was not learned The bandits
motored away
Enright Resenta Criticism.
Police Commissioner EnrIght resented
statements published In Brooklyn that
robberles IN the Flatbush section were
increasing. and offered n comparative
table showing that out OF twenty-five
burglaries reported there had been nine.
teen arrests, against ffty-nine reported
and twenty-five arrests for 1919
The Commissioner replied also TO .
criticism that not enough police dog
had been sent to guard the Flabtusl
homes
'The protective value OF police dog,
seems 10 be state OF mind; there II
absolutely no record ito prove that the
dogs have been Of any value whatever
10 the department. There Is legend
that one OF them q long time ago as
sisted In the capture OF a burglar"
The Commissioner stated that most Of
the police dogs died in 1919 from cpl
demic disease. He said during the flrs
six months OF this year $500 burglarle!
were reported In the entire city. al
against 1000 during the first six months
OF last year and 5,031 during the flrs
qiN pnantba nN 1917