The New York herald., 1921-09-12
SEIZE SAFE ROBBERS
in BROADWAY Fight
Pair Had Just Taken $4,000
From StrongbOX at
37th Street.
1000 WITNESS BATTLE
Detectives Had Been Fol
lowing the Men for Over
Three Weeks.
BURIES LOOT IN PARK
Confessed Thief Takes Police
man to His Cache in Cen
trail Park.
BuRIEs LOOT IN PARK

Police reserves were called early
yesterday morning TO keep back a
crowd of at least 1000 persons who
scrambled for a better view of a spec
tacular fight between detectives and
two men caught rifiing a safe of the
Truly Warner hat store in 1883 Broad
way. Two shots were fired and black
Jacks we're brought into play before
the men We're subdued. The prisoners
who described themselves as Patrick
Hanon, %, of 24o East 124th street
and Harry Brown, 81, of 24o East 1924
street, made statements, the police
said, admitting they had served prison
sentences, and that they had planned
block between Thirty-seventh and
Thirty y-eighth streets.
Lieut.. Samuel Dribben, head OF the
police safe and loft squad, said his
Brown for more than three weeks.
Saturday night. he said, they picked
them up in Bronx restaurant and
traced them to buildings covering the
block bounded by Broadway. Seventh
avenue, Thirty-seventh and Thirty
eighth streets. known as the Wendell
estate. Hanon and Brown. the de-
tectives said. entered the buildings
fhrcn0, hal1 4Ia r1,,r
seventh street side and made their
way to the roof.
Three detectives followed and reached
the roof in time TO see the men drop
through a skylight into the hat store.
Then they returned to the street and
asked a policeman to call the reserves.
Meanwhile the squad OF detectives sur
rounded the block. When the reserves
arrived the front door OF the hat store
was smashed and two detectives leaped
through the broken doorway. ordering
the men to surrender Hanon and
Brown. they said. were in a rear room.
into which they had hauled a small safe
from which the door had been ripped.
It's contents $4,000 in bills of various
denominations, lay on the floor.
Two Shots Are Fired.
As the detectives grappled with the
men two shots were fired. which at
tracted other detectives. who had been
surrounding the block. The alleged rob-
bers put up stiff fight in the dark and
had the advantage for time as they
knew the lay OF the room. But they
finally were subdued. handcuffed and
taken to Police Headquarters. Two
bags they had been carrying contained
complete outfit OF burglar tools
Frank Kelly. 81. Of 1891 Second ave-
nue. was shot and seriously wounded
last night in hst fight in East Seventy
third street. between Third and Second
avenues. He and Charles Slechtor. 90,
were walking along the street when con-
fronted by third man. who asked Kelly
Tor some money. Kelly turned the re-
quest down. the police say. declaring he
had given him dollar in the afternoon.
An argument followed which led TO
blows and the third man pulled a pistol
and fired two shots. Kelly was struck
by one OF the bullets In the right side.
Detective James Smith OF the East
Sixty-seventh street station went 10
Bellevue Hospital to get from Kelly the
name or the man who had shot him
The wounded mans only reply. accord
ing 70 the detective, was: IT know him
but ! am not going 10 tell you I'll get
even when I get out" The police fnves-
fgation revealed. the detectives saw.
that Kelly. SIechtor and the man who
hred the shots had been playing cards
during the afternoon.
Digs Up stolen Jeweiry.
John Tmhof. 10. OF ss2 West Thirty
eighth street, who was arrested on a
charge or stealing two gold watches. a
chain and three rings from his landlord
Peer Reysen. led Detective John A.
shening OF the West Tlnirtieth street sta
ffon TO bush alongside a rustic bench
near the Arsenal In Central Park. where
after ripping up the ground with a stick.
he uncovered the missing jewelry Mag
istrate Cobb IN Jefferson Market Court
held him In $4,000 bail for trial.
Moe Schwartz OF asa Stanton street
was held IN $4,000 bail bv Nfae,stra,el
Mcclellan in Essex Market Court on =
charge Of having snatched n purse con-
taining ssi5 from Miss Mollle Rech,-
man or 11S Essex street. as she wa,
walking home Saturday night Detec-
tive Charles Rosenberg caught schwartz
Harry Cohen. %. OF SO Orchard street
htlu 1T so'VvV batl bv Magistrate
Mcclellan on q burglary charge. Mrs
Jennie Hass OF "a Columbia stree, sa,d
she and plnkus Hlvil. an assistant IN .
bakery she operates at that addres-
1ound Cohen ransaclSing her apartment
over the bakery Saturday afternoon He
rushed over 70 Hlvil and pushed a p,stol
INTO his stomach Hlvil Knocked Tho
weapon one side. she said. and over.
powered Cohen.