The New York herald., 1922-11-09
DUMP CART KILLS
WAYSIDE SLEEPER
Highway Bureau Employee Is
Victim of an Unusual
Accident.
HOBOKEN WOMAN ROBBED
HOldup Men Threaten Death
if She Screams as They
Rifle Rooms.
HOBOKEN WOMAN ROBBED

The body of Alexander Huffman. %,
highway bureau and living at Percy
street, Woodside, Queens. was found
at o'clock last night at the side of
wagon roadway 100 feet Off Queens
Boulevard near Rowan street, Wood
side. His head had been crushed and
there was cash on the right cheek.
The police at first believed that Hut
man had been murdered, but an investi-
CATION by Capt. Arthur Carey of the
homicide squad and Capt. Ernest Von-
dieszelski of the Newtowu police sta
tion disclosed that he had been run
over by a dump cart as he lay in the
weeds and grass beside the roadway.
Capt. Carey found that William Busby,
a contractor of % Trimble street, Wood
side. had driven dump cart along the
road after dark and hair and blood
We're found on a rear wheel of the cart.
The police said that Huffman at g.
o'clock left a saloon at Southern Boue-
ward and Hyatt avenue. four blocks
from where the body was found. and
started home by cutting across lots. He
either fell or became i'll and was run
over by Busby, who did not notice that
his cart had crushed him. Hufman was
a brother of Sergeant Robert III. HUFF
man of the Long Island City precinct.
Rob woman I'm Apartment.
Two armed men, one carrying a ply
sician's kit, held up and robbed Mrs.
Rose Lerner, 30, last night in her home
at los Second street. Hoboken. They
stole a lavalliere valued at $3.50. dia-
mond ring valued at $1,000. &. tie pin
worth $500 and two suits of clothing
valued at $50. according to Mrs.
Lerner.
She said the young men. each about
%. rang the bell of her apartment while
she was alone In the rooms. and that
when she opened the door they both
pointed revolvers at her. She tried to
shut the door in their faces, but one
OF the men stuck his foot in the opening
and then showed the door open.
Mrs Lerner told the police the leader
threatened to shoot her il she screamed
She said she struggled with tho men
while they tore the lavaliere from her
neck and the diamond ring from her
finger. While one of them held his
hand over her mouth to prevent her
from giving an alarm the other ran
sacked the rooms.
Both fled down the stairs and to the
street, warning her not to open the door
until three minutes after they had gone.
She telephoned the police a good de-
scription of the two
Mrs. Lerner told the police that her
husband conducts womans apparei
store in Hobokcn.
Wedding Attendant Accused.
Stanley O'clock, 21, a mechanic, OF
1850 Clay avenue, The Bronx, had
planned to be best man at the wedding
of his sister, Emelia, in their home last
night. But just before time for the
ceremonies to start the groom sent him
out for some cigars. Fifteen minutes
later Golock was In jail. The police
OF the fremont station arrested him,
they said. after he had stabbed William
Schwartz. 90. a clerk, of 1928 Brook
avenue, The Bronx.
Golock said that when he was on his
way homo with the cigars Schwartz
asked for one OF them and when 1t was
refused struck him a blow in the face
with his fist. At Fordham Hospital it
was found that Schwartz was suffering
from a knife wound in the abdomen.