New-York tribune., 1921-11-29
w est Side Begs
Mayor for Aid
I'm Bandit w ar
Petition Circulated Urging
More Police as Robberies
and Hold-Ups Grow From
10th to Goth Streets
Theater Safe Is Cracked
Four Cunmen Hold Crowd
at Bay as 4 Others Smash
Open and Loot Fur House

Numerous robberies and hold-ups
that have taken place recently on the
upper West Side between Seventieth
Street and Ninety-slxth Street have
caused persons living in that section
to circulate a petition, which will be
sent to the Mayor, asking il something
natures were added to the petition yes
terday. 1t recites that the West Side
district will have to have more police
protection if crime is to be checked.
The number of robberies under in
vestigation yesterday by the police
seemed to indicate that Manhattan is
to be overrun by thieves again this
December. Last years crime wave
reached its height in this month.
Theater Waterman Bound
Several upper West Side robberies
were revealed yesterday. Antoine
Skrevnck, sixty years old, of $40 East
Ninetieth Street. watchman at the
Bohemian National Hall and Annex
Theater, 321 East Seventy third
Street, was bound and gagged and tied
to chair early yesterday morning by
four men. The intruders took $4,000
in cash and $1,000 in Liberty bonds
from safe. They left complete set
of burglars tools. M. J. Machacek.
manager of the theater, was robbed
several weeks ago of several hundred
dollars. He was on his way to bank
when attacked.
The delicatessen store of Otto Haag
at 211 East Seventy third Street was
robbed Saturday night it was learned
yesterday. Two men drove up to the
store in taXcab and as they covered
Haag and his mother with revolvers
helped themselves to the $1OO that the
cash register contained. The same
men entered store at 213 East
Seventy third Street Saturday after
noon, but fled before they robbed it.
On November II Louis Silvcrblatt,
tailor in the neghborhood, was held
up by three men, and an attempt to
rob saloon near his place was made
few days later.
Sunday night. according to reports
made to the police yesterday, eight
men drove up to the establishment of
Sutter g. Fuchs, fur dealers, IA West
Twenty seventh Street.
Hold Pedestrians at Bay
Four Of the men stood in front of the
store and held all belatcd pedestrians
at bay while the other four broke into
the store and carried $4,000 worth of
silks and furs onto the sidewalk. They
we're loading the plumber into the auto
mobile when a policeman came along.
The robbers escaped with $4,000
worth Of plunder, leaving 100000 worth
still piled on the sidewalk.
Bundles of fur valued at $4,000 were
| reported stolen from A. Pierce & Co.,
21s West Twenty-eghth Street,
Thanksgiving Day. The thieves
smashed down the front door and
carried away the bundles in an auto
mobile.
Mink and squirrel furs valued at
$4,000 were stolen from 4. Epstein
e. Co. 202 Seventh Avenue, Sunday,
and furs valued at $50 900 we're taken
from the store OF Sol J. Henig, 2377
Broadway, between Saturday night and
yesterday morning.
Thieves smashed the windows of the
store of Johnston & Gillette, 27S West
125th Street, and stole $4,000 worth of
goods. Several thousands of dollars
in furs were stolen from the Novelty
Manufacturing Company, SIC Broad
way, and from the store of A. Kheel
SIP Seventh Avenue.