Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-03-13
|0ADWAY SCENE [)F DARING jE:WELRY 1 STORE RoBBER|Es Indits Work While Th0us- and Throng Gay White Way AXE GETAWAY WITH THOUSANDS |e is Shot; Robber Makes His Escape by Jumping Into Air
 Hole and to Sub
 way

New York. March 12.- While
 oadway tonight was crowded with
 eatre goers, three armed bandits
 Bashed in the window of a jewelry
 bre at Thirty street, kept
 crowds at bay with their revol-
 IS until they had emptied the con-
 hts of several trays into their
 ckets and then escaped, shooting
 pedestrians who attempted to
 bp them.
 The first robbery, in which Sch
 rtz Brothers were the victims, was
 gineered with great daring. While
 bbing elbows with passing pedes-
 ans, one of the bandits, slipped
 iron bar through the handles of
 e door, so that it could not be open
 from the inside. Then a brick. Fapped in cloth, was hurled through
 e window.
 A few minutes later three men en- red another Broadway jewelry ore, few blocks up town, and, {ter throwing pepper in a clerks les, grabbed some trays of jewelry hd ran from the store. The men, al- |ged to be members of the trio, |ere arrested by the police after a base.
 Both robberies, committed in the eart of the White Light district, ere witnessed by thousands of per lns. Broadway was thrown into the Featest excitement as police re- |rves arrived and, working on the eory that the robberies were com |ttees two different bands, raced own side streets and SCOUT
 tNSubway for the four missing ndits
 In addition to the pedestrian who $ shot, but not seriously injured, e other member of the crowd sue eded in getting his fingers on a sltlve. He was rewarded by Ink on the wrist from a revolver It which caused his arm to falli s,.srsly to his side.
 fHetors of the two stores esti- 'xWthat thousands of dollars fth of iewelry had been stolen. IL the jingle of the falling glass, 'hK sehwartz ran eXcitedly to the T and tried to pull it open as he uted for help. The crowd. also Facted by the crash, swarmed about
 robbers.
 i, Jumps Thru Hole.
 ne second robbery occurred in the re of Marcus Feldman, between ty-tfth and Forty sixth streets 'fe, the theatre throngs were thick eelng the crowds halt and form A l-clrcle round the store, Patrol Anthony Weigan came racing to
 scene. Just as he arrived and an to fight his way through the ted throng, the robbers called it ays work, packed the last of the $ ihto their pockets, parted com ana started each for himself to e way through the human semi nen came gun play. Sighting
 preak away from the crowd and
 up Broadway, Weigan, with a VII revolver, gave chase. ne crowds took to cover as thev a the crack of revolver, but gan had missed and the robber
 on. In front of the fugitive was 'oway airhole with the cover off
 through this hole the bandit pea to the subway tracks, 15 feet W. W, lie narrowly missed being 'h oy passing train, for the
 oi Its progress was heard on street above few seconds af- .ne fobber played his last card ,,11 ,er the reserves had assembled an lorce and searched the sub .! rom 42nd street down and 34th et s up, they found no trace of Dand,t and were forced to admit ion ne had strolled to the nearest nai ,on; Jumped on the platform and