New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-27
Bandit Raid
On White WAY
Nets 10000


their hands UP while the robbery was
in progress.
Paymaster William O'Tooie was
alone in the Office when the bandits
entered. The men being paid were
admitted one at time as their nahles
were called through a window. Sud
denly OToole was confronted bv two
men. Failing to realize at first that
the intruders were robbers, the pav-
master shouted at them to take their
turns and enter singly AS ordered.
put up you paws!" retorted one
you amt givin' orders just now"
The money intended for the workers
was in two canvas bags One Of the
bandits seized these while the other
kept O'Toole covered with two re-
volvers. The man with the money
backed through the Office door. fol-
lowed by his companion, who continued
to cover O'Toole until he reached the
threshold, when he ordered the pay
master to sit down.
Trio Scatter and Flee
Nov stay there for ten minutes $"
he ordered "If you make move be-
fore that time III come back and blow
your head off"
The third robber had remained out
side, holding two revolvers on the
twenty-five longshoremen. The three
then backed slowly across Twelfth Ave
nue., still covering the line of workers.
Reaching the far side of the street,
they ran in different directions.
Longshoremen, LED by O'Toole, pur-
sued two of the bandits. who still were
in sight, running in opposite directions
in Fortieth Street. One ran toward
Eleventh Avenue and the other toward
the river. The third disappeared be-
An alarm was telephoned to West
Thirtieth Street police station and de-
tectives arrived within few minutes
Information was hard to obtain be-
cause most of those who had witnessed
the hold-up were in pursuit of its per-
petrators. No trace of the three was
found
Drew $4,000 From Bank
O'Toole told the police he drew
81 500 from a bank to pay his help
yesterday before noon. About half the
men had been paid, he thought, when
the bandits appeared O'Toole remem-
bered seeing three men in the vicinity
of the bank who seemed to be observ-
ing his actions. He described them as
young, apparently not more than
twenty five years old, wearing cans
with the peaks pulled down over their
eyes.
1t was said one Of the robbers had
been recognized by a longshoreman.
thomas Doyle, hotel supply man Of
Fifty-frst Street and First Avenue
Brooklyn, was held up yesterday by
three armed bandits in Fiftyfrst
Street, near Bush Terminal docks. and
robbed of $500 in currency Two sus
poets were captured by Patrolman
William Mcmahon. who recovered a
sum matching the money Doyle de-
clared he lost
Hustled Into Coal Yard
Doyle was walking toward the Ter
minal when the three appeared az he
passed the yard of Burns Bros. Coal
Company. They pointed revolvers at
HIM HIM and ordered him into the ward
here they bound and gagged Dovle
after robbing him. -
Just as the men were forcing DOYLE
down a coal chute head first, several
persons appeared and they ran. En-
p,loyees of the Burns company pursued
Ihem toward the docks, being joined bv
trolman McMahon and later bv De-
Jectlves Thomas Kelly and George
Ruhlman
When the bandits reached the water
front they placed their weapons at
the head of Nels Nelson. who was
ly'ng at the wharf in a motor boat.
ana ordered him to take them out into
the river. Nelson refused and the men
nreo TOUR shots, puncturing the boats
BOTTOM AS Nelson still refused to
start his engine the robbers turned
ana ran into the freight wards Of The
Bush Terminal, where McMahan over-
TOOK them One of the trio was bcld
by Mcmahon and subdued after o ton-
minute fight. A second was captnred
ny the two detectives, who overlook
MIN IN their automobile. The third
escaped "e '"'fo
Suspect Identified
McMahon's captive was identified &c
William Maher, Of 1854 Butler Street
brookIyn The other prisoner said he
was James Moran, of AIS Warren
Street, Brooklyn. Gil
Three robbers held UP the t;cL.t
agent on platform of the Desbr .,sses
Street elevated station Thursdav n ni5h1
and at the points of their runs Oh
tanned S78 and escaped. The crime was
reported yesterday.
Hundreds of dollars were saved h,,
the agent who refused to omen sato
but ne lost $40 of his own monev, +aksn
by the bandits in revenge for his st',b-
oornness ticket chopper, who crossed
from the opposite platform to learn
SIS. Ae'ieVeo OF
The robbery took place at ten o'clock
time when the station rarelv ia 40
serted, and when trains are runn;no IN
seven-minute headway. The mon on
peared at the ticket turnstile lust "a sp
"Three!"
The agent, relief man, looked up
xnd found that the statement referred
10 the guns he was facing
w nlie the three were entering the
once the agent banged the cash drawer
smut and refused to open either il ~
the safe. The robbers broke tho
drawer open and emptied it of its CON
tents Then, probably in fcar If an
approaching train, thew fed
1t is believed they disappeared in
an autom obile
Two arrests, which the police hone
may lead to q solution Of the elevated
and subway hold-uns. were made hv
Patrolman McIver in the Bronx YES
tcrday: Frank Mirilno Of 1858 Bel
mont Avenue, and Frank Michael Fran
clno, Of 229 Fast l21st Street. we're ar
rested as suspicious characters near
the l86th Street station. which re-
Gently vas robbed OF $500 IL is
charged revolvcrs were found IN both