The New York herald., 1922-06-13
BANDITS IN SHIFTS
GET $4,000 GEMS
One Enters Store, Two Help
Him Bind Owner and Three
More Get Loot.
BROOKLYN THIEF CHASE
Actress Sees Man Jump From
Dressing Room as She Re-
turns From Act.
BROOKLYN THIEF CHASE

Bandits called at the jewelry store
of Israel Auster at 1As First avenue
yesterday and walked out with $4,000
in cash. jewelry and uncut diamonds
after they had bound the proprietor and
David Steinberg. a clerk. to chairs In
a back room.
Auster and Steinberg had been In the
front of the store when a tall man
entered and asked to look at a watch.
Auster removed a watch from the case
and handed 1t to the customer" Then
two other men walked in with drawn
revolvers. The tall man drew a re-
volver. too. and the jeweler and his
clerk We're forced to the room in the
rear. bound to chairs with picture hang
ing wire and gagged According to
Auster. three more men entered the
store and helped select their loot
A three-year-old daughter of the
jeweler walked In as the bandits were
busy. but they put her in the room
where her father and his clerk were
and resumed their work.
Just after the bandits had left Stein
berg managed to free himself and ran
for help. Capt. Duane Of the East
SlxIy-SeVentn street StatlOn, Indue
round Of the vicinity in his automobile
but was unable to find any trace OF the
holdup men.
"Gimpy" Curtis Held In 100000.
Morris CGimpy') Curtis, ex-convict
and safe cracker. who was arrested by
detectives under direction of Inspector
John J. Coughlin, on Sunday night at
Curtis's handsomely furnished apart
ment at 126 West Seventy-third street.
was held in $4,000 bail for the Grand
Jury by Magistrate Corrigan in the
West Side court The detectives had
found a quart bottle of nitroglycerine
and small arms in Curtis's home. They
also had arrested James Moran. a friend
OF Curtiss. who appeared at the apart
ment, and he was held in $1,000. charged
with violating the Sullivan law.
Curtis is accused in connection with
the robbery of the Royal Theater box
office receipts in The Bronx on March
IL. The police said man and a woman
that saw the holdup had identified him.
Miss Helen Miller, xylophone player
appearing at the De Kalb Theater in
Brooklyn, returned to her Dressing room
after matinee and found a man ran
sacking the place. Her screams
frightened the intruder and he leaped
through window into an alleyway, pur-
sued by Edward Schwalback, the man
ager OF the thcater. and Max Black. one
OF his employees. They chased him for
several blocks. At Broadway and
De Kalb avenue Patrolman Lynch ar
rested Harry Farrell. 2s. of 110 North
Oxford street, Brooklyn. A watch and
$40 belonging to Miss Miller were re-
covered.
Detective Blass of the East Thirty
fifth street station, who had been hiding
in a ten story loft building at 377 Fifth
avenue for two weeks in the hope that
recent burglaries In the building might
be solved. was rewarded for his patience.
He said he saw Isadore Greenberg, 81,
a window cleaner, enter the building
with a pass key and force entrance to a
clothing establishment and try to leave
with a bundle of clothing.
Grabs Nearest Man mt Theft.
Lyman Natrosky of 1869 Third ave-
nue.. Manhattan. who is alleged to
have helped another steal wallet con-
tanning SIPS in cash and $575 worth of
tewelry from the pocket of Morris Mar
golis of 1876 Madison street, Brooklyn,
on Brooklyn trolley car Sunday night.
was arraigned in Gates avenue court
and held in $4,000 bail for a hearing
to-day. Margolis said he had felt a
tug at one Of his pockets as two men
crowded against him. Then he grabbed
Natrosky.
Salvatore Tientacosta, 20, Of PIT Mott
street was standing in front of 81 East
Houston street when seven bullets that
had been fired from ambush penetrated
his body. Several persons in the neigh
borhood. who heard the revolver reports,
reported that they had seen a man run
ming along East Houston street after
Tientacosta had collapsed. At st. Vim
cents Hospital 1t was found that Tien-
tacosta had two bullet wounds in the
neck. four in the shoulder and one In
the chin.
Nicholas Albino. 80, Of 351 East 11sth
street. who Is alleged to have stabbed
Gaetano Di Pinto, Al, of the same ad-
dress in an alteration Sunday, was ar
rested on a charge of homicide. Di Pinto
died a few hours after he had been
wounded. A young daughter of Albino
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