New-York tribune., 1921-01-22
$4,000 Jewel
Hold-Up..Causes
Z Arrests Here
Three Men and 3 Women
Are Seized in Apartment
on Suspicion of Robbery
Yesterday in Paterson
Auto Owner Also Held
Clerk Bound and Gagged
in, Bold Daylight Crime;
38 Diamonds Recovered

Three men and three women were
arrested in an apartment at 507 West
139th Street by detectives of the 104th
Street station early to-day in connec-
tion with .$25,O0O jewelry and bond
robbery in Paterson, N. j., yesterday
morning. Harry Rosenberg, a sales
man in the jewelry store of R. A. Cap
Ian at SO Main Street, Paterson, was
the victim in the robbery.
julius Donio, thirty five, of 166 East
105th Street, the owner of an auto
used by the robbers. and abandoned by
them at East Rutherford, N. j., was
arrested yesterday afternoon after the
car had been identified as his.
According to the detectives, thirty
eight diamonds rings were found be-
The prisoners described themselves
as John Elwood, twenty-five years
old, a chauffeur, of 56 Paterson
Street, Paterson William Payton,
twenty-four years old; of Sc Hamburg
Avenue, Paterson; Albert Schenk, twen-
ty-four years old, of 525 West 13Sth
Street; Julia Herman, thirty-fve years
old, Of 5o7 West 139th Street; Sylvia
Oesterle, twenty-five years old, of 264
Third Avenue, and Anna Scheier, twen-
ty-two years old, Of SO North First
Street, Paterson.
On the Job EARLY
The robbery took place soon after
Rosenberg opened the store in the
morning. He had taken several trays of
jewelry from the safe and was about
to place them on display in the front
window when young man, we'll
dressed, entered and asked the price
of cut glass water set. Rosenberg
turned to take the set from the case
back Of the counter. AS he did he
felt revolver against his ribs and
heard the man say:
Throw up your hands and keep quiet
or there will be killing herel"
Just then another man, confed-
crate of the man with the gun, entered.
The two then took Rosenberg into a
room in the rear of the store, tied his
wrists and ankles together and stuffed
a towel into his mouth. They went
back into the front room just as q
customer came in. They Immediately
took off their coats and pretended they
were clerks.
They told the customer, in reply to
request to be shown some. jewelry,
that they couldn't sell anything until
left the store, and then the thieves
looted it. Scooping up all the most
valuable jewelry, bonds and cash in
the safe, they placed the goods in
bag and went out, warning Rosenberg
that if he made an outcry within
twenty minutes they would kill him.
Clerk Uses Revolver .
AS soon as Rosenberg heard the door
close be hoped out. He succeeded in
loosening his bonds. Then he got re-
volver from drawer and ran out. He
rushed down Main Street to, Goodwin
Street, thence to Washington, where he
saw a sedan with five men in it about
a block away. He recognized the rob-
bers in the car and began shooting.
AS the car was a, block away, how
ever, and running, Rosenberg appreciat-
ed that pursuit on foot was futile and
stopped and telephoned to the police.
Sergeant Klune, in charge of Signal
Station No. 2, at Market Street, got
the warning just as small car with
she direction Of Passaic At the same
tine DR.. Morris Simon and Attorney
j. Jaffe, Of Paterson, came along in
Dr. Simon's automobile. Klune COM
wandered the Simon car and started in
pursuit of the bandits vehicle. Klune
gradually gained on the robbers and
was within 100 feet of them when
tire on the Simon car blew out sud-
denly, forcing Klune to abandon the
chase.
Returning to his station he learned
the number of the small car. which
Lore New York license plate. from
citizen who had seen the car at Wash
ington and Goodwin streets. Klunc
telephoned to New York to Police
Headquarters and was able, in seven
minutes. to learn the name and 3D.
dress Of the owner.
The police of the East lO4th Street
station. New York, were notified and
Donio's home was covered" Early in
the afternoon three men were arrested,
but when Rosenberg, the salesman,
came to New York with six Paterson
detectives he was unable to identify
the suspects. Later in the day Donio
was arrested and was held for investi-
cation pending action by the Jersey
authorities.