New-York tribune., 1921-11-08
[lrgy of Crime
Hylan Lie
N Election Eve
shoosings, l Killed, 4
Buralaries, 3 Hold-UTps
md | Assault Recorded:
20 Thugs Operate Boldly
y Clerk Wedding Day
E.fe Bandits Rob 25: Thief
Shoots Man and Police
man Beaten Unconscious

lie face Of Mayor Hylan's insist
= On the eve of election that the
: sxs never SO free from crime.
.eerday's record of banditry, shoot
Z and general out!awry appeared
il one of the most alarming in the
Z kss;sipahty's history.
n.spite the meagre information re-
6saansly given by the police authori-
&. the days tell Of crimes commit
1, left an unprecedented score of
ere shootings, with one death; three
4.a.ups, four burglaries and one as
usIs
n less than twenty criminals
Jared in these operations. Their
ssims nun bered thirty-five and the
4ssunt OF money. iewelry and other
7y.ds stolen totaled more than $4,000.
4 Criminals Operate Boldly
4 ne criminals carried out their Jobs
Ia the greatest daring and holiness,
4 oae case holding up a restaurant
"a OF guests. whose pockets they
Essd. and in another case raasackiag
[sn after room of an apartment
Use, where a tenant who attempte
4 interfere received bullet in mis-
kaalder.
The man killed was Harry Cook,
snsteen years old, of To1 East Ninth
krset. He staggered out of the delica-
Issen store Of Carl Webber, at 131 St.
ksrs's Place, at about o'clock yester-
s. morning. and dropped dead on, the
E5ewalk. with bullet wound in his
tn breast. Cos k was a clerk IN the
ksre and. according to Weber, was
have become partner N the store
Erer his marriage TO Miss Fannie
kpisler. which was set for yesterday.
Policemen were unable to find out
esserdav how Cook came to be shot.
EFo patrolman, one stationed at First
lsenue and another at Avenue A, did
hear the shooting.
|Webber had lett his store to go to
( home across the street. at 1872 st.
krg's Place. Shortly afterward Cook
egrereS rom the place crying for
in and cellapsed on the sidewalk.
htrol man Edward Doyle had Coos
Iken to the Bellevue Hospital, where
\. Rideevay said he died of bullet
Erauch he hart
|Webber said he knew OF no reason
|sy Cook might have desired t. COM
4. su eide The police say there were
ewder marks on COOKS white Jacket.
kOwing that t. e shot was fired at close
Enge, h5ft they sc sut the suicide theory
Etause they have been unable tt find
Be gun.
Twenty-Five IN Cafe Hold-Up
|f five bandits with drawn pistols and
hes half covered with handkerctiefs
|rw NJ IN : t2xicah in front OF the
Eestchester Restaurant, at 9SS West
esste- Avenue, the Bronx. ct l 4. m.
k,.erdav, and, rushing INTO the place,
kl3-uu twenty-five diners, including
b uronrietor Otto Young, and Louis
kekman. nearby restaurant owner
Essr taking about 5000 in meney
Ia Jewels from their Y ctiTns they fed,
tviag wrecked taxi behind.
/ Nax Scaeich, the chauffeur Of the
hi. is held by TIE police for Gues-
Ening, although no charge has been
ksde against him. Scheich, who lives
ISIS East 107th Street, says that one
q the bandit had him covered with a
Ia while the men inside the res
4arsnt were looting the diners.
The victims say that when the men
Esns in they Immediately ordered
fsryhedv in the place to throw up
ksr hands. One of the men went TO
BE cash register while two others
a;i the customers up against a wall.
fourth went through their pockets.
PIE man attempted to save q $500 roll
y bills by slipping it down his trou-
ten. The thief caught him in the act
I'D shock the m ney cut of his trouser
n He slapped the man on the jaw
PA the remark:
Take that TOR being dishonest"
after loading their pockets with the
FIT eigars tney could had they fed
tpa the place, fiourishing their guns
Ei warning the victims not to follow.
4 The ehauTeur SAYS they leaped into
IA car and ordered him to "drive like
ka.' He said he went west toward
.aaar Street VI hen he tried to turn
7en Fcx Street the taxi skidded. he
nd and. crashing through a fence,
u an apartment house, knock ng off
sswheels. TIE bandits. he says. then
.!Rzmbled from the wreckage and dis
Fared. Policemen Heggnev and
iyer rushed up and found Scheich
Sslag dazed in the ruined vehicle.
he chauffeur has given the police
d description Of the bandits, who,
says, were young and we'll dressed.
ass Marie Forrest. a child welfare
faker of $40 Manhattan Avenue re-
sHsi to the police that S25 600 worth
leweIry had been taken from
SAFE IN her apartment. Miss
t'est ioll TIE police that when she
s.a'asd hnme Sunday nig'lt q week
f. see placed some of the iewelry