The New York herald., 1921-03-12
ROBBERS MURDER
JEWELLER; ESCAPE
WITH $4,000 GEMS
Bind and Gag Owner After
Battle in Harlem
Shop.
BULLDOG GUARDS BODY
Seven Suspects Arrested for
Alleged Completely in
Recent Holdup.
ARMS FOUND IN MOTORCAR
New Brooklyn Patrolman Foils
Restaurant Burglary and
Arrests Three.
ARMS FOUND IN MOTORCAR

Abraham Harris, jeWeiler. was tied
to an armchair yesterday in an inn
provised bedroom in the rear of his
little store at 226S Eighth avenue,
gagged with knitted necktie. robbed
of iewelry valued at $4,000, and finally
shot TO death by two bandits after he
had broken away in terrific struggle
and had fred one shot at his torturers
Two negroes, who had seen two white
men carrying boxes of jewels away from
the store and running in opposite direc-
tlons, discovered Harris's body He had
a bullet wound in the chest and another
IN the left side of his neck. His revolver,
with one chamber empty. was on the
bed near by. A pet bulldog, making
noise between growl and whfmper,
was standing by the body. Pieces OF
furniture in the room were upset and
broken indicating that Harris who was
powerful man, had put UP hard
battle with the bandits.
Patrolman Broderick. who was called
from the West 1880 street station. was
unable 70 get near the body until ne
had tied the strap of his nightsticb
around the neck OF the bulldog, Then
he needed the help OF -he negroes TO
drag The dog away.
Harris hts arms and legs securely
fastened, was bound to the chair with
piece OF electric wire. The police be-
l,eve that when the robbers entered they
na cKed him iato the bedroom and tied
hia1 Up Later, while they were SCOOP
ing ur pieces OF jewelry In the store.
Harris succeeded In freeing himself suf-
t,ciently 20 reach FOR his revolver on
the bed ard fire a shot The shot. IL
is believed, went Wild and struck tool
H1Ia
indications are that the bandits then
ered one shot each and ran away with
the loot.
search Instituted.
David Harris OF 1860 Grand Con-
course. a brother of the jewelIer, who
took charge OF the store. said that the
safe had been cleaned out, and. though
the value OF the stolen 1ewelry prob
ah,y amounted TO about $4,000, he could
not be sure until after an Inventory.
The negroes who found the body FUR
nished fairly accurate description OF
the bandits TO the police and said that
they would be able TO recognize them
Seven men in touring car, which
the police say Is used for funeral pro-
cessions. we're arrested yesterday at
Houston street and the Bowery by de-
tectiyes OF Commissioner EnrtGhts au-
tomobile cruising squadron. The car
was picked UP at Bieecker and Thorap-
son streets and followed :or several
blocks. when the detectives drew up
alongside. drew their pistols and lined
the men UP to be searched. Nothlns
was found on them, out search OF TIE
automobile revealed three loaded re-
volvers and two blacAlacks.
When arraigned before Magistrate (
Rernard Rosenblatt In Essex Market
Court the men were held without bal!
for an examination Monday. They
we're charged with suspicion OF robbery
in connection with the holdup OF
cigar store at 101 Bowery on the night
OF February rs.
The men gave their names as Norris
Habeman OF $50 Rivington street, Harry
Delfino OF Jones street. Carmine RAJ
nucci of 4297 Third avenue, Abe Levine
of 534 East 1S5th street, me Bronx
Aaron wingler of AZ Avenue y and
Harry Wandruff of 10 Attorney street.
suspected of HoIdup.
A youth describing himself as Will
lam McGovern of Tennessee and stop /
ming AT the Mills Hotel was held In
a. 600 bail yesterday for tho Grand
Jury by Magistrate McQuade IN Jener-
con Market Court on the complaint OF
Tack Friedman a vaudeville actor or
o2s7 Third avenue. Friedman said that
McGoyern and another man held him
up on the night of March at Seventh
avenue and Thirty sixth street,
Patrolman John Cooney, recently APP
pointed 10 the police force and attached
Ia the Bergen street station IN Brook
lvn. got into action yesterday for the
frst time when he arrested three al
legged burglars whom he said he caught
riding n restaurant at 40 Third ave-
nue Brooklyn The men put up strug-
clio be said and several shots were
fred before they surrendered. lie
marched them at the point Of re-
yolver to the Bergen street station.
where they gave their names as Otto
Huhn OF eli Duffield street, Reginald
Matthews of 15S Third avenue and
Harry Page of 551 Warren street. The
police say that several boxes Of cigars
we're found on them. Page and Matthews
arc negroes.
some valuable antiques were stolen
late Thursday night from tho home or
George S. Hice, at 140 Sunnyside ave-
nue BROOKLYN. While the family was
ont to dinner burglars ransacked two
bedrooms. opened a safe and visited the
bedroom Although there WAS q guam
tity OF solid silvcrware In the dining
room. only the antique pieces were
taken.