The New York herald., 1921-12-03
FIVE ARMED BANDITS
HOLD UP 9 IN CAFE.
Proprietor and Patrons Backed
Into Rear Room and Re
lieved of 81, 900.
ESCAPE IN SPEED CAR
Stranger Walks Off With $780,
900 in Diamonds With Owner
Near By-Other Robberies.

Five armed men entered the cafe OF
Richard Krothers. 4o1 East 156th street,
at Merose avenue, The Bronx last
night, and backing the proprietor and
nine patrons into rear room, robbed
them of $1,000 in cash and jewery. The
bandits escaped in a big green touring
automobile, which started off at high
speed northward in Melrose avenue No
one noticed the cars number.
The holdup was accomplished with
despatch, but with politeness. The five
men spead out along the bar and the
leader, drawing his revolver suddenly,
shouted:
Gentlemen, we are here for business
Hands up"
Krothers and his customers complied.
Krothers was the first man robbed, the
bandit leader keeping a revolver close to
his victims stomach while seizing his
wallet containing SIS and $3.50 ring.
Eight or the other victims had all
their money and jewelry taken, but The
ninth dropped his wallet behind a WIN
dow curtain. Fred Bosee of 2S6 East
156th street lost a gold watch and So
and Charles Burr of 401 East 159th
street gold watch and some cash. The
others pinned against the wall gave Up
various sums.
The bandit who held up Krotflers
also took sG2 from the cash register
Then he stood guard while his four
assistants left the rear room and
dashed for the automobile. The leader
paused at the door, said good night"
and threatened TO shoot any one who
followed. Then he ran through the door
and gained the running board Of the
automobile as it dashed away
Gets $4,000 Diamonds.
A young nan whose identity or pres
ent whereabouts the police have been
unable to learn stole $4,000 in unset
diamonds from an open safe in the Of
fices of c. c. Malliet & Co., Wholesale
diamond brokers, on the sixth floor of
II Maiden lane, while Mr. Malliet sat at
a desk in the same room with the young
man and the safe.
The young man. who represented him
self to be a printing solicitor, called at
the Office two weeks ago. Miss Josephine
Delamater, secretary and treasurer of
the firm, took him into Mr.. Mallet's Of
flee and went to get a sample envelope.
Mr.. Malliet gave casual glance at the
visitor and went on with his work. APP
parently impatient, the young man rose
and walked toward the door, beside
which was the safe. When Miss Della
mater returned he said curtly that he
had another appointment and could not
talk printing with her further. He
stepped through the outer office and
went out The unset diamonds were in
two pouches on a lower shelf of the
safe. The loss was not discovered until
after luncheon.
Frank Johnson,a watchman at the old
Sheepshead Bay race track. fired two
shots from a shotgun yesterday morning
at two men he surprised attempting to
break into the office of the Speedway
Park Corporation, Ocean and Jerome
avenues Brooklyn. The men escaped
They were not hit. This was the second
attempt to rob the office since Monday
Reports OF other operations in the
Sheepshead Bay district came to light
yesterday. 1t was learned that St
Marks Roman Catholic Church. East
Fourteenth street and Shore road. was
entered Monday night through q rear
door. but nothing was stolen. the Rev.
Daniel J. Mccarthy. the rector. having
placed the altar and communion service
in a safe.
Caught After Chase.
The home of Carl Lorenz, in Shore
road was robbed of jewelry valued at
S3.500. Several stores in the vicinity
were entered and small robberies COM
mitted
Adeline McMasters of 54Sh Hudson
street notified her mother Yesterday
afternoon that four strange men had en-
tered the house and that she had seen
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