New-York tribune., 1921-12-29
Three Bandits
Kill Victim in
East New York
Footpads Pounce ON Sales
man in Dark Street, Beat,
Then Shoot Him and Flee
Without Touching Wallet
Police Doubt Hold Up
Lenox Avenue Haberdasher
Is Slugged Unconscious;
One Suspect Is Captured


detective bureau are conducting a
search for the three men who at an
early hour yesterday morning waylaid
Charles Haves, fifty-four years old, an
insurance salesman, in Vermont Ave
nuc, Brooklyn, beat and shot him and
then fed without taking his wallet,
which held but SO in cash and two
small checks. An hour later Haves was
dead in St Msry's Hospital. Though
he was conscious for time before he
died, he did not give a substantial de-
scription of his assassins to the police.
Haves, who had just taken his wife
to the home of relatives in the Bronx,
was on his way to his home, at 324
Glenmore Avenue, Brooklyn. when he
was held up. AS he left tho Pennsyl-
vahia Avenue station, the police
learned, three men stepped from the
shadow of vacant house on the ave
nue. and followed Haves into. Vermont
Avenue
Victim Hit With Lead Pipe
Two of the men hurried past him,
one to his right, the other to his left.
They stopped, turned about and told
Havcs to hand over his money. The
salesman turned around, only to be
confronted with the third of the trio.
He grabbed this man, and was strug-
Cling with him, when he was knocked
uncor sciouse by lead pipe welded by
one of the three. AS he sank to the
pavement bullet was fired into his
groin. Without pausing then to take
Haves's wallet, the three turned and
fed. In their excitement one Of the
men fired seAnd shot into the air.
A woman on Pennsylvania screamed
and pointed the fleeing figures out to
Patrolman Ellsworth Brown. He fol-
lowed the bandits through Vermont
Avenue to Pitkin Avenue, but lost them
rs they turned into Glenmore Avenue,
Captain John j. McCloskey, who is
conducting the investigation, said that
this account of Haves's death had been
given to him by the mans son-in-law,
Samuel Sloan, Of 500 Wyona Street,
Brooklyn, and that they were investi-
eating other reports.
Eve have thoroughly investigated
the hold-up feature he said, "and we
are not satisfied that Haves met his
death in this manner. There is another
angle upon which we are working at
present."
He declined to say definitely what
this was, though he admitted he had
heard the rumor that Haves might have
been slain ly enemies who lay in wait
for him. 'es.es
Tobias Aaron was waiting for trade
in front of his dry goods store at S74
Lenox Avenue yesterday, when negro
entered his shop. Following him in,
Aaron was informed by the negro that
he wanted to buy two pairs of silk
hose. When the shopkeeper turned
back from his stock he was confronted
by three negroes instead of one. Two
OF them held revolvers. Aaron's prospec-
not take his socks. Instead he took $25
from the cash drawer, SIS stickpin
and watch valued at $128. The three
fled together, after beating Aaron into
Lnconsciousness
Negro Suspect Arrested
1t waa reported later at the East
l26th Street station that an arrest had
been made In connection with this
hold-up. The prisoner was William
Harris, eighteen years old, a negro
porter, of 81 West 134th Street. Ac-
cording to the police. he was identified
by the shopkeeper as one of his assail-
ants.
The Bronx County Grand Jury yes
terday returned an Indictment for mur-
der in the first degree against Alric
Wrestling, of 148 West Forty-sixth
Street. for the Staying of Carl Mollar,
of 1916 Nelson Avenue, last Saturday
morning during a hold-up at the Mol
lar apartment. Mollar's wife, Ursaline,
also was shot, and is still in critical
condition in Fordham Hospital
Wrestling also was said to have been
responsible for shooting Fred Gale,
owner of a garage at Westfield, L. l.,
on the morning of November 10. Ac-
cording to the police, Wrestling was
picked out of a lineup of fourteen men
by Gale as his assailant.
The grand jury began an investiga-
ton into the hold-up of a United Cigar
store at $50 fremont Avenue on Fri
day night, which resulted in the death
of one bandit, the wounding of another
and two detectives.
Kathleen O'Reilly. nineteen years
old, of 77O East J 18th Street, was pre-
sented to the 9 and jury by District
Attorney Glen on as "the young woman
wkese valorous act thwarted the hold
up" Following this introduction, the
4'rand jurors rose and applauded the
young woman.