The New York herald., 1921-12-07
BURGLAR, SURPRISED,
BINDS STORE OWNER
Proprietor, Seeing Light
Out. Goes Into Place and
Az Stumbles Into Hole.
THEN FACES REVOLVER
Messenger Held Without
Bail in $4,000 Theft
of Securities.
$1,000 PAYROLL Is SAVED
Newark Bookkeeper, Attacked
in Street, Yells and Fights
Off Two Holdup Men.
$1,000 PAYROLL Is SAVED

Otto Schmidt, returning from club
an The Bronx. passed his stationery
store at 944 Third avenue, on his way
home at 1880 O'Clock Monday morning
and discovered that the night lamp
was not burning as usual. He un-
locked the door and walked in. He
stumbled into hole cut in the floor.
When climbing out man rose out OF
corner, levelled a revolver at him
and ordered:
Hold up your hands,!
The light from the street was dim,
and Schmidt could not make out the
features of the robber. The man backed
him into a rear room.
"I suppose you're the proprietor" ne
said "Well, l didn't imagine you'd
come along. I'm going, but somebody's
got 10 be the goat"
He ordered Schmidt to sit in a chair.
and tied him TO it and put n gag in his
mouth. Schmidt saw that a safe in this
room had been jimmied. but he never
left any money in the safe. The robber
made no attempt to take Schmidts per-
ecnal possessions, but gathered up his
burglar tools and left by the front door.
SSShInlul Was IpuIu Dy illS WIG, NIAo 4cll
rEeir home around the corner at 162
East F'ifty-sixth street and made a
search for him. About s35 was stolen
from the cash register. The robber had
forced q cellar door and cut through
woo3en partition to get to the point at
which he bored into the store floor
Boy Held in $4,000 Loss.
Benjamin Pullman, aged 10, messenger
for Thomson & McKinnon, brokers, of
AZ Broadway was charged with grand
larceny yesterday in Tombs Court in
connection with the disappearance on
Monday of bonds and securities valued
at $4,000 with which he had been en-
trusted. He was held without bail by
Ma agistrate Peter A. Hating.
Affidavts were filed in court that
-four certificates, each representing 100
shares of United Fruit Company stock,
which were to have been delivered to
W w. Cohen e. Co, 67 Exchange place,
ard nine certificates of 100 shares each
OF Midvaie Steel and Ordnance Com
pany stock to be delivered to Brumley,
Chamberlain & Co., Is Broad street
never were received by those concerns.
Pullman blamed another boy who had
volunteered to work as o runner with
out pay. The police cannot find the
Dlssing youth.
Julius Nonnemachcr a bookkeeper for
the Newark Embroidery Works, rs
Shipman street, Newark. saved O pay
roll of $500 yesterday BIZ breaking
from two bandits who attacked him with
blsckjscks near the company plant.
swinging the mopey bag around his
head and shouting for help. At his
shouts the men fed. Nonnelnacher ran
On TO the factory.
Brooklyn police have found no trace
OF two men who forced their way into
n ticket Office on the Manhattan bound
side OF the St. Marks place station OF
the Fifth avenue elevated early Sunday
morning and striking the agent. Mrs
Nellie Morrissey. in the face seized $3.50
from the cash drawer
Sbree Mon Rob woman in Home.
Police are searching for three men
who entered the apartment Of Mrs
Isura Smith 40S West Twenty-second
etreet early sunday and stole Jewels
<alued at $4,000. two gowns and $50 in
cash. Mrs. Smith told the police that
plsn Knocked at her door and said he
bad n telegram for her and she let him
in. While she was struggling with him.
she said. the others came in and robbed
her.
James Redden. aged nineteen. of 761
Greenwich street and John Cronin.
eighteen, OF 3J4 West Eleventh street.
charged with shooting Samuel Cohen.
in An attempted holdup at us Green
witch street. Monday. Were held vester-
dsy without bail in Jefferson Market
court. Jacob Stiefel. Assistant District
Attorney. said he had been informed
that Cohen. the injured man. probably
rould die. Reddens mother tainted at
this announcement
ON the complaint Of Mrs Kittie Hig-
gins. OF 116 Riverside drive. william A.
Goldberg. of West SiXty-eigllth street.
was held yesterday on a charge of grand
larceny Of jewels valued at $500 from
Mrs. Higgins's home
The man who was shot and killed
Sunday morning after Tho attempted
holdup of Gottlieb Sti.z. delicatessen
dealer OF 30 Greenwich avenue. was
identified yesterday as otto Steinle. aged
S2. waiter OF 134 East sixteenth street
he was known ar Tough Charlie"