The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1922-04-28
Wall Street Gets All the Thrills
OF a HOld-Up When Detectives
Pull Guns i'm ArreSting Two Men
One Seized in Front Of Trinity Church on
Charge of Extortion Tries to Escape by
Tripping Hyan's Brother-in-Law.

A scrimmage between Detective
o'Hara. Mccoy and Brierton with two
men they were arresting on a charge
Of extortion In front Of Trinity
Church to-day gave the busting Wall
Street crowds at 10 o'clock all the
thrills Of witnessing a hold-up to-day
O'Hara. who is Mayor Hylan's
rother-in- law, had John U. Olsen Of
No. $50 West 51st Street by the collar
and Brierton had in his clutch the
arm of Anthony Gumelinski Of No. SO
School Street. Olsen tripped O'Fara
so the detective fell headlong. But
O'Hara managed to catch his prisoner
by the leg. All three detectives drew
their revolvers. They were In plain
clothes.
A messenger boy yelled 'TIold up!"
The street was in turmoil in q mo-
ment. AS many persons were running
to get out Of range Of the revolvers
Of the supposed robbers as there were
persons shouldering to the centre OF
the excitement in the hope OF proving
themselves heroes. The detectives
had to threatea the swArming crowd
with their ws1coI.s before they could
is.s5w their badges and declare them
selves as detectives. Then they put
their prisoners into q taxicab and took
them to Police Headqtiarters. ~
The complaint against Olsen and
Gumelinslxi was made by former Capt.
Pearson Winslow of the Chemical
| Warfare Division, A. z. r. He is
one of the four sons OF former Lieut..
Winslow of the navy. who went into
the army in the World War and Is
grandson Of the late Admiral
Winslow.
Capt. winsiow Is now with Bon
bright & Co., bankers and brokers,
No. 25 Nassau Street. He has a
bachelor apartment at No. IL West
4Ith Street with Col. e. e. Garrison,
formerly a member Of Roosevelt q
Rough Riders.
| According to his complaint. Ol1er
accosted him in the Hotel Astor sew
| eral months ago, claiming former ac-
| auaintance ship, which Capt Winslo~
| did not remember. and asked for aid
as a former sailor who was In hard
luck. Capt. Winslow took the mar
to his apartment, gave him some cast
off clothing and $50. The man re-
turned from time to time and go'
other sums in diminishing amounts
| After several visits he brought Gume.
linski with him, Capt. Winslow said
Then, he asserted, Olsen came to him
| alone, and said Gumelinski by threats
of death was compelling him to take
advantage of Capt. Winslow's gen.
| erosity.
Immediately, after that Gumelinsk
appeared and began making threats
against the bankers reputation, He
became more and more insistent un
I'll Capt. Winslow and Col. Garretsor
went to Police Headquarters yester
~ and made a complaint. They wert
instructed to say that Capt. Winslov
would give the two a check for $22s
and SIS in cash at Broadway and Wal
Street at 10 o'clock to-day.
Ths detectives took station on thu
corner and said they heard the two
threaten Capt. Winslow unless h'
kept his promise to give them the
money. As soon as he handed one o.
them the check and the other one $1i
in marked bills. the detectives
pounced on the pair.
| Magistrate Simpson held the TIVE
prisoners in SIS, 900 for examination
Monday after Assistant District At
torney Baldwin stated that other simi
liar complaints against Gumelinsky anC
Olsen had been made.