The New York herald., 1922-01-01
BANDITS GET $1,000
AND SHIRT BUTTONS
Three Men Rob Two Places i'm
Same Street, Searching Five
Men i'm Their Path.
WOMAN ACTS AS LOOKOUT
Rides in Automobile Which
Waits in Washington
Avenue, Brooklyn.


places, committed Friday night by the
same bandits, according to the police.
came to light yesterday. The total loot
was $1,000. Three bandits walked into
the restaurant OF Samuel Roth, 240
Washington avenue. about o'clock.
Roth vas standing behind the cash reg
lister, and Tony Magulo. of 18 North
Portland avenue. his only customer at
the time, was engaged in a struggle with
dish OF spaghetti.
When one of the bandits spoke, the
two men looked up into the muzzles of
revolvers. Roth and Magulo were forced
into a back room and locked up, after
the robbers had taken 500 from the
pockets Of Roth and 1854 from Margulo.
Through a glass In the locked door the
victims watched the robbers go through
the cash drawer, from which they took
$50.
At that moment, Harry Hoffman, the
cook, strolled in, and the holdup men
went through his pockets. When they
failed to find more than twenty-five
cent piece and safety razor blade, they
were infuriated and insisted on Hoffman
giving up something valuable. He could
collar buttons out of his shirt and took
those.
-Four hours later three bandits of the
same description called at the stationery
store of Green & F'leischer, two miles
away at 7S1 Washington avenue. With
revolvers they backed the partners into
a rear room, took 500 in cash from
them and then got $500 more from the
cash drawer.
In both instances the bandits escaped
ir an automobile Persons who saw the
fleeing car said woman was in It, She
Is believed 10 have acted as lookout.
Detectives John Mclaughlin and
William Seckinger saw a man wheeling
baby carriage along Brooklyn
street yesterday and happened to notice
that the carriage contained no baby but
was piled up with rugs. They followed
him, they said. until he arrived at a
second hand store with his cargo. and
when he could not answer their ques-
tions satisfactorily they arrested him.
gave his name as Lawrence Finn. 26. OF
339 Herkimer street. Brooklyn. and con-
fessed that he had systematically
robbed a large number of apartments
OF rugs and baby carriages. always
using the baby carriages to haul away
the loot Among those whom Finn is
said to have admitted that he robbed
are Austin DAILY. 1879 Dean street; Ed
ward Ferris. 1906 President street ;
John Coyne. 346 New York avenue. and
Mrs. Rose Kennedy, 1243 Sterling place,
all OF Brooklyn.
Eight boys I'm Morrisania Court yes
terday identified Samuel Reich, 80, OF
rs Chrystie street, as the man who had
stolen their overcoats. Reich's system,
according to James Sullivan. Assistant
District Attorney. was to give boy q
dime to go into a tenement to collect
laundry, persuading the boy ts leave his
overcoat so that IL would not get dirty
When the boy would return. said Mr.
Sullivan. Reich and the coat would have
vanished.
Magistrate Charles Il. Sims held Reich
in $4,000 bail for trial I'm the Court OF
Special Sessions on a charge OF petty
larceny.
Patrolman Schultz of Traffic saw
four young men climb into the AutomU
bile of Samuel L. Cohen, 40l East Sec
ond street, Brooklyn. and start to drive
away when the car was standing In
front of 2SS Seventh avenue yesterday
afternoon The policeman drew his re-
volver and fired one shot The car
stopped and tho men leaped out and tried
10 escape. Schultz arrested two, who
gave their names as Thomas O'Rourke.
90 OF 20 Douglas street, Brooklyn, and
Andrew Dowd, %, of 166 Sedgewick
street, Brooklyn.
one of the men who escaped limped
as he ran. His companions told the
patrolman that they believed he was
shot In the leg.
Three men were held in $4,000 bail
Yesterday. In the Long Island City
court, on charges OF having robbed the
clcar store OF William Barker, 3l1 Jack
/ son avenue. Long Island City. last Tues.
day. They we're William Keikart of ~
Henry street. and william Wreck Of II
purvis street. Long Island City. and
/ Henry Runkel. of Downe street, Elm
hurst
When Detectives Robert Duggan
/ william ornstein and Oscar kraus, o
tie West 152d street station arrested
Mrs. Antoinettc Bureau. at 129 Wes
slxtieth street. yesterday. II was de
clarcd that the mystery of the theft o
more than 500, 900 worth of goods from
homes. had been cleared. The woman
a. said to be a Belgian and TO have use'
I nuusrous aliases. one being Mari'
| Clarke. She posed also as French o
/ Swedish. IL was said. IL is alleged sh'
answered advertisements for a maid
Got positions on false recommendation
and then vanished.
Burglars broke into the dress an'
I millinery shop OF Miss Rose Ella,
4 West Flftieth street. Friday night an
stole goods valued at 5000. They en-
tered the store through a rear window
Police OF the West Forty-seventh stree
station hopo TO trace the criminal
fhrumNh fnFcrprints. It Is believed TIM
nisn caricd away tho goods in a moto
ear
rbf homo 81 Robert Hyems. 80 Con
tfnf atcniye. was robbed Of $1,000 II
aafuntirn in December. maid wh,
flsan nI.sarrd gave references apparontl!
Nrrf ~ Mrs Benjamin Duveen, ?
fmH wwrnfy-srcond street.
fHnftff ruhbcry laid 90 Mrs. Bureai
m Mnf % f2Q00 worth Of furs ant
f tniuablea from the home o
FHa a furricr. 9i Fort Wash
sFfnuf
Harvey Thomas OF Soutl
manager or the Pru
Itfn Insurance Company. an'
wrrs d.nlng with friend
fhfir homo was ransackcd b,
HnH tafuahiea amounting q
rfnIHn some OF the stoloi
an fn Miss Evelyn Dobbln
HHM who o. vlsitni
hnmr Upon roturniGi
nf ere front door .ey
NHH compelled 4
af rf Ihe house hefor'
Thfn hr discovcrc,