The New York herald., 1921-03-15
Oriental Rug Dealer Pur-
sues Two Men Who Fled
From 37th Street Store.
ONE ARREST Is MADE
Prisoner Declares He Was
Only One Of Crowd in
Face of Identification.
GIRL CASHIER HELD UP
Beaten and $3.50 Taken From
Her in Restaurant in
Columbus Avenue.

Two men entered the store OF Har-
tune Michaelyan, dealer in Oriental
carpets, in 8 East Thirty-seventh
street, last night and asked to see
some rugs. They looked al several
end then said that they were waiting
for a friend who was an expert OH
rugs and that they wanted his advice.
Michaelyan left them in the salesroom
and went into his office
But as he left the room the rug
dealer saw the two men hurriedly
leave the store. He followed them to
the street and saw them running west
on Thirty-seventh street toward Fifth
Jumped into a taxicab. Michaelyan
pursued them and reached the ma
chine before the chauffeur could start
1t. He opened the door and. according
TO the story he told the police. saw
rug from his store valued at $500.
Dash Up Fifth Avenue.
Both or the men tried to push the rug
dealer out OF the machine, but Michael
yam was about to overpower them when
they jumped through the other doorway
OF the taXicab and ran up Fifth avenue.
Michaeiyan followed them. shouting,
and several hundred persons Joined in
the chase. With the crowd at their
heels the two men ran to Thirty -eightn
street. where they turned east and ran
to Madison avenue. There one of them
turned west. but between Madison and
Fifth avenues Patrolrnan Hsndwerg OF
Traffic 3 caught man who gave his
name as Ernest +. King. a motion
picture actor OF So West Forty-ninth
street,
Mchaelyan identified King as one OF
inc two men who had entered his store.
and he was locked up in the East Thirty
sif;h street station charged with grand
larceny. King denied that ne had been
N the rug dealers store, but said he
had been running with the crowd.
some time Sunday or Sunday night a
gang OF safe robbers, vino cared nothing
FOR the fact that their operations nigh.
ne heard by the jsnitor OF the Yorsville
police court across the street, entered
rho Woolworth Ave and ten cent store
at Third avenue and Fifty-scvcnth street
and went to work.
EsCo OPGn INC 5aANs
Using a .'can opener they ripped the
door or safe and pried open the inner
compartments. They took $1,000 and
escaped without attracting attention.
The robbery was discovered yesterday
when the store was opened for business.
Roy Ecllert. manager, reported the ROB-
berry TO the police.
Two well dressed young men entered
Schwartz Brothers restaurant $50 Co
lunous avenue. at lunch time yesterday.
They dined well and ieisureiy walked to
tile cashiers desk, where Miss Sarah
Msche was seated.
One Of them placed a s. bill on tn,
desk. As the young woman started to
make change the second youth pushed
her OFF her stool. The first reached over,
picked up the So bill, together with a
bank pass book with $3.50, and both ran
out.
Walter Uban. 26, a shipping clerk was
taken last night to New York Hospital
suffering from a possible fracture of
the skull. He was beaten BY two men
at Seventh avenue and Twentieth street
when OH his way 70 his home at 20S West
twentieth street. TWO arrests were
made By detectives who happened to be
passing in a Police Department automo-
bile.
The prisoners described themselves as
David Tannenbaum, tailor. OF 20 Column
bia street and Irving Silver OF IS Cam
non street. They were locked up in the
West Twentieth street police station,
Tannenbaum on q charge or felonious
assault, and Silver with acSing in con-
sort with him. The police said they be-
lieved the prisoners were striking tailors
and that they mistook Uban for a non
union worker.
Thomas r. Jones. II. or 2o2 Lincoln
place, Brooklyn, was sentenced 10 two
and half 70 five years imprisonment
yesterday BY County Judge Martin in
hat borough. Jones studied tho stock
market fluctuations by day and assumed
he role OF burglar after dark The po-
lice believe he committed a dozen burg
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