The New York herald., 1922-03-04
BANDITS GET $4,000
in 3 STREET HOLDUPS
Jeweler and Daughter At
tackled Near Home, $4,000
in Gems Taken.
TWO PAYRoLLs STOLEN
Paymaster Is Shot When He
Refuses to Hand Over SO, 900
to Armed Men.

Sebastian Campanelli of 149 Sullivan
street and his daughter, Miss Louise
Campanelli, were held up Wednesday
night at s o'clock within few doors
of their home by two bandits who stole
from them a salesman's case contain
ing $4,000 worth Of jewelry, most OF
it unset precious stones.
After they had taken the bag the
bandits escaped in an automobile.
When the jeweler tried to stop them
by jumping on the runningboard of
the car. one bandit hit him on the
hand with blackjack, breaking sew
eral bones. He is at home under the
care of a physician. The police made
every effort to keep the, fact Of the
robbery secret, but 1t became known
last night when several witnesses WIS.,
tied Headquarters to see If any Of the
pictures in the Rogues' Gallery were
those of the bandits.
Campanelli, who Is 65 years old. has
n
doors from his home and near st.
Anthony's Roman Catholic Church. He
went into his place ono morning about
a week ago and noticed that the safe
had been tampered with during the
night. He decided to carry his stock
home every night and, did so for some
days without anything happening. On
Wednesday he locked up about s o'clock
and stepped into the street with his
daughter. carrying the jewel case under
| his arm.
| The street was crowded. but before
any one could do anything two men had
snatched the case and jumped into the
automobile, which was standing across
the street. The bandits threatened the
crowd with revolvers. and the car van
ished around the corner.
Two Payroll Robberies.
Bandits armed with revolvers stole
$4,000 yesterday in two payroll hold
ups, one in Manhattan and one in Long
Island City. and In third holdup Of a
manufacturer, who was waylaid just out
side his office door. they stole hand
bag containing s275 after threatening
to kill him. In one payroll robbery the
bandits shot Primm England of 313
| Seventeenth street, College Point,
| Queens, assistant treasurer OF Tiffin
Products. Inc. Jackson and Second ave.
nucs, after he had refused to hand them
bag containing $4,000, the company's
payroll for the week. The bullet en-
tered England's back, but he was not
seriously hurt.
| In the other payroll robbery the
bandits knocked down Theodore valen-
tine OF 251 East 235th street. The Bronx,
paymaster OF the Wells q Newton Com
pany OF Avenue B and Seventeenth
street. and man who was with him,
and escaped In an automobile with a
bag containing $1,000. The robbery oc-
CURED In front Of the Wells & Newton
factory.
Valentine, accompanied by a body
guard. had gone to the bank and got
the money. and was just paying the
taxicab chauffeur when four men sud-
denly appeared from around a corner
and ordered him to hold up his hands.
Punched as He Faces Gun.
One man pointed a revolver at vaien-
tine, at the same time smashing the
paymaster In the jaw with his fist An
other man hit the bodyguard. Chris
Cregan. of 2s1 Alexander avenue, The
Bronx, before the guard could draw his
revolver. Cregan was knocked down,
and as Valentine stumbled under the
force of the blow dealt him the bandit
! jerked the bag from his hand. He then
hit the paymaster again and Valentine
| fell.
| The bandits ran across the street and
climbed into Ford sedan. AS the ma
chine started Valentine scrambled to
his feet, drew a revolver and fired five
shots. None OF them hit the automo-
bile, but the sound OF the explosions
drew n large crowd. The automobile
went north on Avenue q, turned into
Twentieth street and vanished. A man
who Witnessed the holdup took the
license number of the car and gave IL
| 10 the police OF the East Twenty-second
street station.
England, the assistant treasurer. who
was shot, drove TO the Long Island City
branch OF the Title Guarantee and Trust
Company with Ernest Sifferlln, superin-
tendent of the Tiffin company's garage
lie got the 1900 for the payroll and put
II into small satchei Then he went
back to the factory with Sifferlin. Eng.
land got out at the factory door and
| sifferl,n drove the automobile into the
garage, about 200 feet from the main
building, into which England went car
rying the satchel full OF money.
struck Entering Building.
England walked through a small pass
ageway to an nlcove to reach an elc-
vator Just as-.ne entered the alcove ne
heard the shuffling Of feet. He turned
| Just in time to receive a blow on ths
Jaw. He staggered and was knocked
down BY man wearing a yellow mask
England tried to get up and the bandit
fo..t.,oJ m. Y,h uo Ell.