The New York herald., 1921-08-17


restaurant at Jamaica avenue and
Ninety-fourth street In his handbag,
he said, were watches worth $4,000.
While he sat at table two men pounced
upon him. knocking him senseless with
blows Of a blackjack on his head. Then
they snatched the handbag from the
table, ran to the street and Joined two
other men IN an automobile, which went
in the direction of Ozone Park. Cooper
was taken to Jamaica Hospital, where
surgeons said he had a deep scalp wound.
Woman Is Attacked.
Ethel Sommers, a bookkeeper. was at
tackled in the hallway OF the loft build
ing at 165 West Twenty fifth street,
where she is employed by A. Lieberman
& Co. She was returning from the
bank with a payroll of $273. and had
just entered the building when a man
stepped up behind her and said, Come
across with that money"
She carried the money in her handbag,
tucked under her arm and had also a
box OF chalk, which she had bought
on her way back As the bandit reached
for her. she showed the box of chalk at
him. He struck her across the face,
grabbed the box, and turned to run.
Her cries reached Patroman Shine.
He reached the door just as man was
coming out, and held him. He said he
was Holm Aliotto of 345 Forty-first
street, Brooklyn.
Louis Wilig, manager of an Atlantic
and Pacific Tea Company store in st.
Johns place, Brooklyn. was knocked
unconscious by two negroes who entered
the store yesterday morning and made
off with S15.75 In the cash register.
SIX men in an automobile drove up
to the 1S3d street station of the Third
avenue elevated just before o'clock
yesterday morning. and made Off with
$513 In the ticket agents safe, after
threatening to kill James Dooley the
agent, and the ticket chopper, James
Fitzpatrick.
Policeman Is Threatened.
Patrolman William .Schmittges OF
the West 135th street precinct was TAX
ing Herbert =. Gee, a negro, TO the
station on charge of disorderly con-
duct when crowd of negroes gathered
around him and told him to let the
prisoner go. He was only four blocks
from the station house at the time.
Some one threw a rock, and then
Schmittges drew his revolver and fired
several shots in the air. Three patrol
men in the vicinity heard them and
rushed to his assistance. They were
followed by reserves, and the mob was
broken up.
Two youths who are charged with
robbing the apartment at sol De Kalb
avenue, Brooklyn, of Mrs. Mary Ber-
nitt, modiste for the Vitagraph Com
pany, were chased and caught yester-
day by Patrolman Louis Goldberg.
Mrs. Bernitt finding the men in her
flat took after them. and her cries
brought the policeman into action. He
nabbed' and handcuffed one of the fugi-
tives. and leaving him in charge of a
chauffeur sprinted on and caught the
other. The prisoners said they were
Nathan Geller of ATS West Thirty
sixth street and Nathan Feltman. no
home. Mrs Bernitt said they took jew
elry worth $780,
When Mrs. Ida Weber returned from
a shopping trip to her apartment at 214
East Twentieth street yesterday after
noon she found the door forced open
and two young men busily making a
bundle of her slverware, clothing and
jewelry. She screamed when she saw
them, and one of the men struck her
with a blackjack. They ran out. and
almost into the arms of detectives from
the East Twenty second street station.
A woman neighbor who heard Mrs.
Weber scream followed the fugitives,
and caused their arrest.
The detectives said they found several
pieces of jewelry in the prisoners
pockets. They said they were Andrew
Boscoe of 22la Macdougal street. and
Edward Romer of 1877 Eighhty-fourth
street Brooklyn.