The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1921-03-05
ALERT GIRL SAVES
$4,000 IN HOLD Up
BY MASKED MEN
Thieves Get $1,000 in Office
of Paper Box Factory Where
Many Are Working.
HOLD-UP ON B. R. T, "L."
Mrs. Campbell, Ticket Agent,
Frustrated as Result of En-
counter With Thieves.

The third daring hold-up in Brook
lyn in twenty-four hours was re-
ported to-day. It took place in a
United Cigar Store at No. 80 Court
Street, across the street from Bor-
ough Hall and in the centre Of the
busiest section Of Brooklyn.
Edward Bartel of NO 4l3 Fifty
eighth Street Brooklyn, a clerk who
was alone in the store, said that two
fiashily dressed young men entered
the store last night while crowds of
theatregoers and Others passed the
door. They pointed a gun at him
and forced him to keep still while
they bound his hands and feet and
gagged him with a handkerchief.
Then they threw him behind the
counter and began working on the
safe
Bartel said the robbers, working in
true Jimmy Valentine style, opened
the safe by manipulating the tum-
blers. They took $500 from the cash
box in the safe, he said, and escaped
Bartel managed to work loose the gag
and yelled. The policeman on post
liberated him. Bartel said the ban
dts wore brown Fedora hats, but
could give little other detailed infor-
nation about them. Detective James
Cunningham of the Adams Street Sta
tion is investigating the case.
Miss Anna Rubin, twenty. is being
congratulated to-day on saving s., 900
in the hold-up OF her fathers office
at No. 35 Meserole Street, Brooklyn,
late yesterday by four masked gun
men.
Joseph Rubin, proprietor of the pa
per box factory; his son, Benjamin,
and Miss Anna were the only ones in
the office at the time. There were
seventy-five employees in other parts
of the building, but they knew moth
ing OF the robbery until it was over
The bandits rushed in, presented re
Volvers and ordered hands up" then
Tine up against the wall" Miss
Rubin, as she got up, closed a drawer
containing 5000 without attracting
notice.
The leader Of the four took a boz
containing $1,000 Of the weekly pay
roll and complained there ought to b.
more. Miss Rubin explained ther,
were not as many people working al
in the past because Of trade condi.
tions. They looked about, and the
leader then said: ''Wen, l guess we've
cleaned them out Let's goI"
Warning there would be some lively
shooting IL anybody made any fuss
the bandits backed out and escaped tc
an automobile that had been waiting
200 feet away. Miss Rubin handed hel
brother a revolver from the desk anC
sent him after them, but the robber,
pointed revolvers at him and he wen
| back.
Mrs. Mary Campbell OF No. 29l Mon,
tauk Avenue was unable 10 80 on duty
| to-day, as a result Of shock from be.
ing held up at the Montauk Avenu,
| station of the B. r. T.. at Montauh
! and Pitkin Avenues. Brownsville, at I
| A. NJ. yesterday.
She is ticket agent at the westbounC
station, the eastbound being closed al
night Two negro youths paid theil
| fares and went to the platform to wal
| for a train TO New York Seeing no on,
! else about they went to the booth. stucl
! "A revolver in Mrs. Campbelfs face anC
| told her to keep still,
While one kept her covered with tn,
revolver the other went into the booth
| took $40 fro'p the counter, then the 81 ~
| change fro a her handbag on the wall
| She followed them two blocks. but the!
| escaped.