Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-01
HO[DLEG[ESS MAN
| ASCH|EF OF THUGS
Victim Says Prisoner Led Gang
Of Men That Beat and
Robbed Him
pnwNBRoKER IS TRlCKED

r,o,os Tucker is under arrest on the
,,orcc Of being the "lcgIcss bandit
.,ho dircctoS the operation OF holding
W. boounr and robbing Cornelius Me-
w.. q retired saloonkCcper. TucKcr'
xocro. was arrested last night On on
H1,scrintou furnished by Ne, rea. To-
w.. no was held WITHOUT bal LOT lur
.Mcr bcoring February 10. -.-,,
'",u ,uc('rpa. held up last Thursday h'gnl =
AID not report the case to inc po'',e
"T "n,u last night. after he hau g"ne ="
.m ,hO poivclnic Hospital for Treatment I.
uo explained he had been c9hhnLu TO
HE room since the assault ana roD,urrH ,
W uc told the police he was N'T'unE a
friend, and four men. h"ade'I ny
man who hobblcd nlong on StumpS'
sane into the house whrre u" "as V'>
n ,t;ng After holding him up w''h a
rorolrcr and taking money ana Nhl .
roblcs 10 a total of SSI. he says th"E
hoat him unconscious ana threw MIN
into the street.
Uur. in Rail .tccidcnt
r,cLcr lost both legs in n railway
.,oiJcnt Years ago. by begging. he
s.t,n;nod money. first TO purchase n
.,L"oicd chair. later to obtain cover ,
;,ns for thc leg .stumps that permitted
n tuso ~ hnhhIe along. IIc denies com
nH,; ni;n;,r IN thc hold-up. but has been
I.,tiGod hy MCCrea. the polio" say.
'"a,l "somnrl Tinkclstinc. pawnbrokcr. CO.,
c.,aL strcct, "sold' u customer an
ss"tomotr s"%, pistol and Il supply Of cart d,
,iJros lost night. He stood back OF
,Gn counter waiting 10 bc paid for tn"
..,, ord thC customer Just rs calmly
stood in front Of the counter and loaded
,Lo wco-or. Then. instead or paying
,bo nownbrokcr. the gunman forced him
90 ,brnv nm his hands. Children Of the
n,wnhrokcr happened TO walk into the
I.'on ~ thnt minute and their screams
,ricntcncd lhc man, who ran.
A fcotpad slapped Miss Virginia K,
Moruirr Of Jacksonville. Fla. stopping
with friends at 293O North Thirteenth
street, in the face and stole her pocket
hook. containing 80. as sh" was walk
;ng at Rroad and Cambria streets. Scy
oral mon gave chase to tho thi"i IN
anSwcr in the cries Of Miss Mcguire.
but hc escaped.
stopping 10 hnnd II man n match near
Second and Market streets. AlONSluS r.
TAYLOR. Of limlngtOn. DcI', 'uIh'u anu
found ,Ccond man covering him with
4 revolver. The pair disappeared after
robbin; Taylor Of S32 and n watch.
Thief UseS False Fey
By means Of false key. n thief
entered thP upper floor Of II gNrag" IN
tho rear Of the home Of DR.. Raymond
Thnma>inc. Of G36S DrcXcl road, and
stole 500 worth Of silvcrwarC. tabl"
linens and army uniforms stored there.
After smashing the show window Of
the store Of Simon Galman. Of 60
North Second street. n thief made off
with jcwclry valued ut 5000.
The dwelling Of Daniel Green, Of :i2l2
Scdgloy avenue. was entered and robbed
Of iowcIry and clothing. valued at S1In.
in robbery Nt the pOoIro0m Of Michael
Iuvakcs. Of SOC Race street. 500 worth
Of cigars and cigarettes were taken.
The window Of the tailor store Of
Marcus 4 Carunchio. of 239 North Sin .
tccnth street was broken and so
worth Of cloth stolen An $50 check g,
belonging to Samuel Mcfarland. Of 222'i
Vine street, was stolen from that ad-
dress.