New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-23
DetectiveFights
2 of Auto Gang
In Moving Lift
Policeman Almost Crushed
as Alleged Thieves Stamp
on Hands as He Forces
Way on TO Ascending Car
Cars Go to Porto Rico
Arrests Made in Garage May
Solve the Disappearance
of 200 Machines i'm City

Detectives attached to the West
Forty seventh Street station, who have
been investigating stolen automobile
cases, last nigh arrested three men
in garage in West Fifty third Street
following fight in an automobile lift,
in which one of the detectives narrowly
escaped being crushed to death.
The arrest of these three men, who
are charged with grand larceny, is
fourth man whom the police charge
with receiving stolen goods. The po-
lice say this man, who gave his name
as John Sulsono, twenty eight years
old, of 426 West Fifty-sixth Street,
has admitted shipping sixty-four auto
mobiles to himself in San Juan, Porto
Rico, but denies that the machines
were stolen.
Attempt Made to Escape
Detectives Daley, Nancy and Cooney,
who had been investigating the theft
of several cars of the same make, last
night entered the basement of a garage
at SIP West Fifty third Street and ar
rested John Mccoy, of 55 West Fifty
seventh Street, whom they found work
ing on q machine there. According to
the police, Mccoy has record and was
paroled in 1920 following his conviction
on charge Of unlawful entry.
AS the detectives were leaving the
garage with Mccoy, Detective Nancy
saw two men standing in an automo-
bile elevator at the rear of the machine
shop. He started toward the lift on
the shouted order of Cooney:
1--WE want those two guys"
When the men saw Manney coming
toward them, they pulled the lift cable
nd o1o h
Nancy reached the elevator shaft
height equal to that of his own
jumped for ~ ascending platform.
men, who attempted to stamp on his
hands, he succeeded to getting a firm
grip on the floor of the elevator
Manney succeeded in fighting his
way on to the platform, narrowly miss
ing being crushed. AS the lift passed
the first floor. the two men jumped
off and it continued to ascend with
Manney aboard.
Detective Is Released
Detective Manney's shouts were heard
by his two companions in the cellar,
who came to his rescue by shutting off
was stopped. Manney crawled from the
lift, which had come to stop between
the first and second floors Of the gar
age.
Detective Nancy found the two men
trying vainly to open the door to the
garage. He succeeded in subduing one
of the men, and was holding the other
at bay when Detective Cooneyscame to
his assistance, At the West Forty
seventh Street station the two men
gave their names as Michael M. Fos-
ter, twenty-three years old, of 1926 West
Fifty-seventh Street, and Arthur Lowell,
eighteen years old, of 1923 Eleventh
Avenue. The police also took man
who gave his name as Mike Boyle, a
chauffeur, Of 70S Eleventh Avenue, into
custody whom they found in the gar
age.
After questioning the four men, the
detectives arrested Sulsono at his
home. According to the police they
found number Of false bills of sale
in Sulsono's home. They charged that
he received stolen automobiles and
shipped them to himself in San Juan,
Porto Rico. They said that he had
two machines on board the steamship
Ponce, of the New York and Porto Rico
Line, which sails this morning. They
also said that he intended sailing on
the ship himself
The police annors1ced last night that
as result of these arrests the circum-
stances surrounding the theft of 200
automobiles last year will be cleared