The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-01-22
SIX ARRESTED FOR
$4,000 GEM THEFT
Three Men. Three Women and
$4,000 Loot Found i'm an
Uptown Flat.
BANDITS USED 4 MOTOR
Newark Grocer Loses Life De-
Tending His Property in
Early Morning.
BANDITS USED 4 MOTOR

Detectives from Paterson, y. j., and
the East 10Th street police station ar
rested last night three women and three
men and locked them up in the East
104th street station charged with having
acted in concert with four others in the
robbery early yesterday morning of the
jewelry store OF r. A. Captain, 80 Main
street, Paterson, where the bandits stole
between s25.0 ana $4,000 worth of jew
elry after binding and gagging the clerk,
Harry Rosenberg The robbers escaped
In a car after the burglary, but ADAM
doned it in Garfield, N. j., after they
had been chased by Paterson police for
more than nine miles.
The prisoners gave their names as
John Elwood a chauffeur, of Sc Pater-
son street, Paterson Jules Damio,
chauffeur, of 166 East 105th street, al
legged owners of the automobile used by
the bandits William Payton OF So Ham,
burg street. Paterson: J1lia Herman OF
507 West 139th street Anna Sheidr of
SO North First street, Paterson, ana oyi-
via Oesterle of 254 Third avenue. The
women and Elwcod were arrested in the
Herman woman's fiat in both street,
where the police say they recovered $12.-
600 worth OF jewelry. The arrests We're
made by Detectives Quaine, Fitzpatrick
and Moras of the New York force, aided
by Detective Sergeant Lord and five de-
tectives from Paterson
Rosenberg was about to set tray OF
diamond rings in the window when
man entered and asked to see cut glass
set The clerk asked him to wait until
he had placed the rings in the WINDOW
and the supposed customer consented
walking toward the back of the store
AS the clerk neared the window two
other men entered, drew pistols and
ordered him TO back into rear room
Make no cutlery" one of them said
I'VE mean business and VIII XIII Il IL
becomes necessary.
While they were binding Rosenberg
another customer entered the store and
the robbers posed as clerks They tod
the newcomer that the proprietor had
not arrived ard that the store was not
omen for business. After he mad lelt
the thieves devoted their attention to q
large safe, the door of which was open,
Everything of value found In 1t was
thrust into black travelling bag, The
robbers then ran to the street ana, wiz
nesses say, entered an automobile just
around the corner in Goodwin street.
and attracted the attention of man
who was passing. When his hands and
feet had been loosened he grabbed
pistol lying behind the counter and fired
two shots The policeman who arrived
a moment later telephoncd an alarm 10
All the outlying sections OF the town.
Sergeant Patrick Clune was on duty al
the Market street bridge when he saw
an automobile answering the descrip-
ton OF the car used by the robbers 90
down another street.
Joseph I<acynsNi, grocer. OF 800
Walnut street, Newark, was stabbed TO
death carly in the morning when he
rushed downstairs into his store 10
prevent thieves from robbing him. The
robbers met him at tho foot of the stair
way and a struggle followed. in which
Kacynski was stabbed. The thieves
rired the cash register and ripped up
part of the floor in the apartment up
stairs apparently in search of money.