New-York tribune., 1922-04-08

.lpearsnec of her husband wjth his in
variable spnnctuaiity
She called up the Rar Association
where no WAS To wait un.il train time
and learned that he had left there more
than half an hour before. With the
suspicion IN her mind virtually d GER
tainty. Mrs. Crone sped 10 the East
fhty-sirst Street police station. There
be learned the truth.
Nr. Crone was forty-one years old
md was graduated from the College OF
he City of New York and Columbia
law School fosides his wife he is
uryived by sister Mrs Max Michael
md brcther. Edward, a coffee broker
One OF tho three negroes accused Of
holdup did not wait for Patrolman
Mchugh to draw his revolver when the
after undertook to srrest them at
Leuox Avenue and fS6th Street yester-
day afternoon, but drew mis- own and
fred. The bullet struck McHugh in
the head, Inficting a serious wound.
One Of the three negroes was cap
iured few minutes later and is said
20 have acknowledged at the West
l35th Street police station that Nc
Hugh had picked the right men when
Ne undertook to make the arrest for a
sead-up. The patrolman was taken to
Harlem Hospital. in front Of which the
shooting took place. He is expected
iorirecoyer. He is thirty eight years
old and lives with his family al 9el
An stcrdam Avenue.
Suspect Pointed Out
,fraicHugh is the fifth patrolman Of
the West t36th Street police station
who has been shot by negro Grim
NAL in The Harlem negro section since
,ast December. Yesterday he was on
y duty in crowded Lenox Avenue, when
Is foseph Fasseii Of 3a Vermlyea Ave
ktfe Insurance Company. called his at
tention to three negroes standing in
front Of restaurant AT the 126th
@treet corner He told the officer that
9hcy rad held him up in N hallway
l>st 2s West 13sth Street on March 2S
and robbed him Of S65.
Az McHugh approached the trio to
place them under arrest they separated,
drSw revolvers and fired several shots
At h,n,. one Of which pierced the visor
o! his cap above the left temple and
lbdged between the flesh and skull. In
,ttfe melee McHugh fred one shot at
Ffte suspects, who ran in opposite di-
ftctions and disappeared in the crowd.
The shots were head by Reuben Carter,
}Stgro traffic policeman on duty block
away. asd by Patrolman Peter Lenox.
They pursued one Of the negroes into
.s.b apartment house at IA West l36th
Street. On the roof they found Sand
ford covering behind q chimney, while
.ip a nearby drsin pipe they found a re-
Volver with two empty shells.
Aided by Passer-By
Fsssrli, who narrowly missed being
;fst by the bullets, jumped on the side
II an automobile and reported the
rx.,rr, 4fr~ 70 oith IN, \
r,,., the West 135th Street station In
.the meantime McHugh had been carried
ITO Harlem Hospital by a passer-bv.
After he was taken to the station
.bShse Sanford admitted firing two
,s4ots AT the patrolman. He confessed
.3EsSo. the detectives said, to having had
.nstt in the hold-up of Fassel as we'll
Is having committed several other rob
iHfies in the Harlem vicinity. His
cccefessioe would clear up, one of the
officials said, an important robbery
.phich took place nearly year ago.
descriptions furnished by the negro
,y.erc assisting the officials in their
.jnarch last night for the two escaped
+Hn 'edcrates.
20 Other men of the West l35th Street
sdtion besides McHugh who were shot
and either seriously wounded or killed
"a the last five months are Patroman
Jasper Rhodes and detectives Francis
4 buckley and william A. Miller. who
9cre shot by Luther Boldly, and Pa
4v,3man Otto Mott, who was killed by
Flank Whally. Roth assailants were
as.rocs.
WeActlng on information given by
.-adlord, FIVE detectives attached to
'1te West I35th Street station made a
2RGH on an apartment at 25 West 1884
gsAgeet last night and arrested four
rh -oaI l.,
-t5moer OF recent robberies. They
f0erc Eddie Clark, a chauffeur, living
- the above address; Louis Harrison,
" chauffeur, of 1853 Fifth Avenue;
eHsrmau Logan a laborer, of 10 West
IS2d Street, and Clarence Wilson, 214
= Test l40th Street
N9tiark was arrested on the specific
olWrgc Of robbery preferred by Kohn
Meyer, u collector, of 1921 Dupont Ave
i,e,e the Bronx, who was held up at the
5pssnt Of a gun in the hallway of West
sf33d Street on April 2 last. In his
story to the police Sandford gave evil
cence involving Harrison and Logan,
s4Anlch resulted later Ia their confession
AZparticipaton in thirty recent hold
ups and robbcries in the Harlem sec
tlon and elsewhere. The stories they
told also Implicated Clark, while Will
son is being held for further question
ing.
Among the oHenses in (which Sand
t0rd admitted participation was that of
thc holdup of Roland Nichols, of Cd
r-cfty fourth Street. Corona, l.. L., on
sstarch 2b. His three companions in
At<st robbery were afterward arrested
HhN convicted ne said. and are now
afSving sentences.
ghe four men We're arrested by De-
aftlves Mahoney, McGrath, Shields
Hsison and Winterhalter, who went to
AR West 1880 Street address prepared
HN battle. They surprised the four
negroes. who were subdued by the of
diScrs after stiff fight. 1t was learned,
M%ording to the detectives, that all the
Ihobbe ries in which the band partic
hHed had been planned in this apart
.fl*nt from time to time The only
Ihfapons found on the premises were
Ahfp black Jacks.
Witness Says Sheriff
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