The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1922-05-17
SEQ POLICEMEN BES|EGE
ENT|REC|T BLOCK ALL NIGHT; j;
TRAP FOUR YEGCS: ONE SHOT
Intended to Take Gang "Red
Handed" as They Tried to
Get $4,000 in Fifth Ave-
nue. Store.
More Than 300 Police Bar
Every Exit All Night-Four
Men Cornered at Daylight
One Shot Four Times.

Three hundred policemen, in and
out OF uniform. moved swiftly and
quietly last night at 10 o'clock in the
block bounded by 18th Street. Broad
way. 20th Street and Fifth Avenue
and formed a ring which held rtgidly
until daylight came at 5 o'clock this
morning. Through all that line detec-
tives searched the buildings In the
block for band of burglars who were
known to have gone inside with full
supply OF explosives and the tools of
their trade early last evening.
Outside the guard line Of police
men camped a great army of the
curious. eager to see the end Of the
hunt. In the nearby streets was a
squadron of swift police automobiles
and motorcycles. ready for a dash II
the robbers made a desperate effort
to break out of the net.
Those who waited were not dis
appointed. Just at dawn revolyers
cracked inside the building at Fifth
Avenue and goth Street. There was
rush OF the reserve squads held AT
the doors Of the buildings. Deputv
Chief Inspector Cahalane and his
starr came running from the tempo
rary headquarters he had established
across the street and in a few minutes
Acting Captain John Stapleton, head
of the Safe and Loft Squad, who has
led five notably successful and spec.
tacular conflicts with burglars in as
many months, came out dragging four
woebegone prisoners.
ONE BURGLAR SHOT THREE
TIMES IN LEG.
One of them, David Better. of No
81 Sheriff Street, had been shot three
times through the legs. Two others
Abraham Finkel. Of No. ITS Madison
Street, and Louis Rubin, alias David
Rick of No. 1900 East New York Ave.
nue., Brooklyn( were bruised after
sliding down the steel hoist rope Of an
elevator, Ave stories; the other was
Henri Van Gulick OF No. 81s South
Fourth Street, Brooklyn.
Magistrate Nolan in Yorkvile
Court later held the four In $4,000
bail each for an examination Friday
Two weeks ago Stapleton, on infor-
! nation that Better was planning
something big, put Detectives John
Foray and Henry Hoffman to watch
ing day and night They were soon
satisfied that he was recruiting a
band fit for a bold adventure.
Last night they followed him to
Broadway and Goth Street and saw
him carry a bundle into No. s01
Broadway and come out without It.
They notified Stapleton, who came on
the run with Detectives Reilly, Nor
| risey, Diver and Brownsworth. They
were in time to see Better and three
others go into the building Just before
1t was locked up for the night.
Two OF them were recognized
Finkel, also known to the police a.
Asch and Funke. was sentenced 10
Elmira in 1915 for receiving stolen
goods and to Sing Sing in 1919 for
having burglars tools and a revolver
Van Gulick. also known as Dutch
Berger" has served a term in Snake
Hill Penitentiary in New Jersey and
was sent to Sing Sing in 1914, and
again In 1917, for burglary. He was
released only three months ago and a
warrant charging him with violation
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