New-York tribune., 1920-12-27

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the Adirondacks last summer. Mr. Fet-
tel seemed to be plentifully supplied
with money and wore quantity of
valuable jewclry. King, the police
say, confessed he cultivated his friend
ship, was invited to his home in
Flatbush and visited him several times
while planning the robbery.
1t is alleged he said in the confes-
sion that he asked Phinney and a third
man, not yet arrested, to commit the
robbery while he acted as lookout
outside the Fettel home.
Mr.. Fettel was eating breakfas. on
the morning of the robbery when the
door bell rang. He opened it and was
confronted by two men, who levelled
.revolvers at him. They ordered him
to keen quiet and forced him back in
to the house. They took a tbreecarat
diamond stud, five-carat diamond
ring and q valuable gold watch and
chain. all worth $4,000 He grapp.ed
with orc when the other started up
stairs.
Maids Screams Scare Robbers
The thief who had started upstal rs
encountered a maid, who screamed,
and both robbers fed from the house.
Phinney was arrested, according to the
police, after running into mouse IN
the neighborhood
The watch was recovered by the po-
lice in vacant lot. where. they say.
King told them he had buried it. He
said he sold the stud to man in Bos-
tor. The police believe the third man
has the ring.
Detectives sought yesterday to iden-
tify the body Of an Italian youth who
was found dying from n bullet wound
in the abdomen in hallway at II
Tiffany Place, Brooklyn, at 6:15 o'clock
Saturday evening. Their efforts had
been unsuccessful up to late hour
last night The man was unconscious
when found and died before a physi-
clan arrived.
Patrolman Irving Frey, Of the East
l67th Street station, was off duty last
night and had dropped in on Fire En-
ton, for little chat when he heard
women screaming.
He ran into the alleyway in the rear
of the engine house and found Harry
Magid, twenty years old, who was ar
rested, charged with entering the fur
store Of Garland & Gozian, at 591 Lex
ington Avenue, directly in the rear of
the police station.
Screams Bring Policeman
Women heard some one pounding at
the wall in the back of the fur store
and their scream brought the patrol
man. Plaster had been knocked from
the wall with a poker and entrance to
the store had been effected. In the al
ieyway was found bundle Of fur
scarfs and coats valued at $500. The
police say Magid took then. from the
store and, on being surprised. threw
them away.
George lancer, forty-seven years old,
of 692 Melrose Avenue, was held in
$4,000 bail when arraigned before
with feonious assault in connection
with the serious injuries suffered by
his daughter, Catherine, thirteen years
old, who either fell or was pushed from
the window of the home early yester-
day morning.
The girl was taken to Lincoln Hos
pital She had fractures Of both legs
and numerous bruises. Neighbors had
reported to the police that she was
lying in the courtyard at The rear of
the house.
She was unconscious OH arrival at
the hospital and was unable to tell
what had happened DR.. shlfman, at
tending her, said last night she was
expected to recover.
Apartment Is Rifed
Although the police withheld news of
the burglary, it became known yester-
day that the apartment of Theodore
Simon st 1903 Fulton Avenue, the
Thursday morning and jewelly and cash
amounting to $4,000 WAS stolen. Mrs.
SIMON is New York sales manager for
B. T. Babbtt. Three diamond rings
and a pair of diamond earrings set III
platinum, valued at $4,000, were taken.
The day after the robbery Mr.. Simon
says he went to the Morri SANTA station
for permit to carry revolver. The
blank form requires that the applicant
give his reason for wanting to carry
the weapon, but Mr.. Simon said that
when he wrote because my place was
robbed" the desk lieutenant told him
to scratch it out, remarking that the
robbery WAS being investigated.
Thomas Aquino, twenty three years
old, of 449 West Forty sixth Street, a
long gshoreman, was arrested yesterday
after struggle with two detectives
He was later arraigned in the West
Side court, charged with assault and
robbery, and held in $4,000 bail.
Detectives Sheehan and Foley, who
arrested him, say that on December 7
he entered the restaurant of S. Demen-
tros, at 4l6 East Forty Street
with another man, and robbed the cash
register of $85.
Aquino had been indicted on another