New-York tribune., 1921-12-30
Capture
? Bandits i'm
Street Fight
Chinese Sound Alarm on
Whistle After Hold-Up
in Brooklyn Restaurant
With Patrons Looking On
Thieves Active i'm Holidays
rurs and Gems Valued at
Over 100000 Taken in
Middle West Side Raids

Two masked men, each with a re-
volver in his hand. stepped intos Char
ley KEGS Chinese restaurant on the
second floor of 803 Broadway. Brook
lyn, about 2 a. IN. to-day. One of them
stationed himself in front of Charley
and the cash register. The formers
hands went up automa tically.
His fellow bandi. swept the half
dozen persons sitting at the tables with
the muzzle of his revolver and re-
marked: Hands UP, everybody The
unanimous clatter Of falling forks and
crash of breaking crocke~v testified to
the prompt obedience of his audience.
Forks laden with chicken chow mein,
chop suey and other delicaces were
relinquished half way to mouths Cups
were dropped, tea and all, the drinkers
hands shot toward the ceiling The
hofsee-up man kept his revolver swinging
from one to another of them until his
companion had emptied the cash regis
ter. Then both Of them backed out OF
the place.
Their leet still were dumping on the
stairs when Charley Kce suatched a
darted to the window Throwing up
the sash, he keened = shrill lament
which brought Patrolmen Bode, Ellis
and Strand OF the Vernon Avenue po-
Ice station on the run.
l'ugitives Fight Policemen
They were in time to see two men
racing down Broadway and gave chase.
The fugitives turned and fred four
shots at the pursuing police and the
patrolmen returned the fire. Neither
slackened pace to take aim, however.
and all the bullets went wild.
After q chase of about Two blocks
he patroimen overlook the fleeing men,
who. it is said turned at bay and fought
off their captors Will the butts of their
revolvers. BY the time they were sub
ducd they were subjects for the atten-
ton of a doctor and an ambulance was
called from the Williamsburg Hospital.
Before they could be booked on
charges of robbery and assault at the
Vernon Avenue police station the am
hulance surgeon had to patch up scalp
wounds and other injuries.
The prisoners said they were Alex
ander Botofsky and Joseph Cochocki
Following widespread search for
the gang believed responsible for ex-
tensive fur thefts in the middle West
Side, eight men arraigned yesterday
before Magistrate Bernard Douras in
West Side Court were held in $4,000
bail each FOR examination on January
3. They are charged with being impli
Gated in taking $4,000 worth of goods
from the establis ishment of w. e. Bail
& Co., 33 West Forty sixth Street, on
December 22
Three of the men were arrested
early yesterday morning at Forty
seventh Street and Sixth Avenue
while riding in an automobile which
they arc alleged TO have stolen. They
described themselves as Joseph Bern
stein, Bertram Boernoer and Banjamin
Casti, and were held in additional bail
of $4,000 each on a charge OF appro-
priating the car.
The other five were captured soon
afterward in house in West Forty
sixth Street. They said they were
Jacob Liss, Max Birnbaum, Herman
Rich, Albert Guidice and Albert Horo-
witZ.
More Furs Stolen
Robbers may not have done 1heir
Christmas shopping early, but it ap-
pears that they did it we'll, with par
ticular care in their selection of furs
and jewelry. The total amount of
certain predatory excursions during
the holiday week, which became known
Yesterday, is estimated at 100000
Three of the fur robberies were in
West Twenty sixth Street. and one was
in shop situated behind a police
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