The New York herald., 1922-04-15
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on floors or in Railways II w3s d ident
that they meant 10 take a chance on
nothing except cash The total amount
OF cash taken was apparently about
$4,000. but since most OF the persons
concerned were away from business
yesterday and several were out OF town
the detectives could not be positive that
this was all They did say that the
amount had been greatly exaggerated
in the first report of the robberies
Breckenridge got his job at the Roya!
Insurance Company Building partly be-
cause he presented letter of recommen-
dation signed by Police Captain Wall OF
the East Sixty-seventh street station.
The letter said that Wall had i.nowa
Breckenridge for the last four years ard
that Breckenridge's standing as n citizen
was high. Breckenridge had also worked
for the Cunard Steamship Company in
the period after the arrest Of Adams and
the Cunningham girl He mad worked
also in ine Brokaw Building a 507
Madison avenue and as porter and
general utility man at 1872 William
street. He lived with his mother and
sister at 1850 Avenue A.
Bnrglar Arouses Women.
Another robbery not revealed by the
police became known yesterday. Detec-
tives of the West Tooth street police
station are hunting for burglar who
..~@o tl.- ~ TA1,t A II a arn "a
member of the brokerage firm of Jessup
& Lamont. 26 Broadway, and who lives
at 81 West 106th street, last Wednes-
day night and stole 5000 in cash and
jewelry said to be worth $1,000. The
burglar. armed, forced Mr.. and Mrs.
Hance to get out of bed and show where
their money and jewels were kept
Late on Thursday night two bandits
held up Fifth avenue bus at st.
Nicholas avenue and 10Th street and
robbed the conductor. Joseph Smith, or
ST. The bus was travelling southwark
with twenty-nine passengers when two
men got on at 10th street At 18TH
street they signaled for the bus to stop,
and as they reached the door one or
dered Smith in a low tone to hand
over all the money he had. He jammed
q revolver against Smiths ribs and held
ii there while his companion went
through Smiths pockets. The passen-
gers, perfectly aware OF what was going
on. sat in scared silence, the bandits
ordering them TO keep their backs
turned or be sorry. They leaped from
the bus, gave a final flourish OF their
guns and disappeared around the corner
in Amsterdam avenue.
George Reiff, the driver. of i450 Madi-
son avenue. got off the bus and chased
the men down the street. but was not
able to overtake them
Held In Garage HOldup.
Guy Shufflebottom. aged 20. OF 40
West 125th street. who formerly was
foreman Of a garage operated by john
Lee at 24l West l07th street. was az
rested on robbery charge in connection
with holdup in the garage the night
Of March u, Detectives OF the Wess
Tooth street station said Shufflebotton
made a statement admitting that he and
another man peipetrated the holdnp.
Shufiebottom admitted, the detectives
said, that he went to the garage that
night and stole $107 and loaded pistol
from the office safe, for which he had
a duplicate key. He and his pal then
went into the cellar and held up Will
lam RAIDER and Edward France. auto
mobile washer. from whom they stole
were confronted by Joseph Cecile. chauf.
feur for Mrs. Constance w. Dobbs. wife
OF z. H. Dobbs stock broker, Of 601
West 10th street, driving his car into
the garage. Cecile was robbed OF $75
and conducted to the basement, where
he and the two other men were bound
and gagged.
Shufflebottom said, according to the
detectives, that he and his partner then
got into Mrs. Dobbs's car and drove out
Of the garage. They abandoned the
machine the next morning in West 11oth
street near Riverside Drive. They went
to Philadelphia. and from there to other
parts OF Pennsylvania. Shufflebottom
said he returned to the city three days
ago. He was arrested by Detectives
Davis. CLOSER and Donnelly at Amster-
dam avenue and 106th street.
Held ms Gun Fighters ON Roof.
Four men charged by the police as be-
ing members of the gang that on Tues
day night engaged in a pistol battle
from the roof of 524 West Fiftietb
street and dangerously wounded James
Horace, a letter carrier who was sitting
at the window Of his fiat at 525 West
Fiftieth street, were arrested last night
by Detectives Cooney, McAuliffe ana
Garrity, from the West Forty-seventh
street station.
The men are Andrew Morris, aged 10.
OF 246 West Fortieth street; Robert Null
lady, IS. of 53s West Fiftieth street:
John Hoban, Is, of 533 West Fifty-flrst
street, and Merrill Trabold. 18. of 527
West Fifty-frst street. Horace was
wounded twice in the fusillade, once In
the abdomen. and is still in Bellevue
Hospital, where 1t is said his condition
Is serious.
The police said the shots--fifteen in
all-were intended for John Brennan OF
555 West Fiftieth street. The trouble
between Brennan and the gang. accord
ing to the police, began last Saturday
night. when Brennan was walking along
the street with girl and the gang in
suited her.
Gang Meets Brennan Again.
Tuesday night. according 10 the police.
Brennan and the gang met again lie
is reputed to be good rough and tumble
! fighter and he knocked out two or three
of them. He went on home TO supper.
| but when he came on the street again
tha gang Sn tha Y,oiice aav had pona