New-York tribune., 1922-03-15
1E,oh es, Rol1s
Girl of $4,000
lsa Busy Slrcct
Flashi!y Dressed Bandit Is
s,n,,r IN stolen Cab Before
Chauffeur and Detective
Across Slr%cI Gam Ac,
Society MauagerW " ounded
Refusal 10 Open Safe II
.Mci Witls Shot THAI IcIls
Him as 1 Bandits Escape

For many months It had been the
custom of Miss Rae Abel, Twenty-Five
vear-od cashier for the firm of
Deutsch Brothers. furniture dealers.
Third Avenue and 1854 Street. u leave
the store exactly at noon every Tues
say TO 70 to the .ranch Of tho Chatham
and Phonix National Bank. Lemon Ave
nue. and 125th Street. for the firms
weekly pay roli The trip WAS accom-
plished without mishap until yeste rdav.
Yesterday Miss Abel, in the automU-
bile of a member OF the firm, driven
by Clarence Smith a negro, Of 23'
West 1881 Street, went to the bank and
drew S6,600. She wrapped the money
in brown paper ana was driven immc-
dately back 20 the store.
The corner OF 12Sd Street and Third
Avenue is one Of the busiest in Harlem,
and at the moment Miss Abe Alightod
from the machine with the money uu-
der her left aim the sidewalks wore
thronged Tho automobile had stopped
nj the Third Avenue curb in front Of
the store.
Girl Seized by Throat
Miss Abel was about to enter when
nattily dress young man. described
bv some witness as a dude sprang
up to her, grabbed her by the throat
and twisted the package from her
grasp. As he turned TO run. Miss Abel
whirled, caught his coat and screamed.
The bandit pulled away from her, raced
to a waiting taxicab at the curb, and
was driven away.
All of this happened while people
were passing up and down Third Ave
nue. in an unending sidewalk stream,
and while the chauffeur Of the car
which had taken the young woman to
the bank sat only few feet away.
Detective Michael Murphy of tho East
126th Street station, was directly
across The street. heard the screams
Of Miss Abel and saw the bandits
machine Is it Higgled its way through
-1e tangie of traffic. and disappca
The detective fired two shots. but
did not attempt to hit either the flee
nc bandit or the man who was driving
ahe car, because of the crowded streets.
smith, the negro chauffeur OF the
peustch automobile. tried to turn his
machine around to give chase. a1d De-
Tective Murphy, after firing the shots,
Jumped to the running board of a
passing automobile only 20 be knocked
Oft by a man who decided to give chase
in similar manner.
Inc TAXI uSeQ pN NHS poHNtto W 90
found at o'clock abandoned in front
of 533 East 149th Street by Patrolman
Carver, of the Alexander Street sta
tion. Lodged in corners of the tonneau
we're two rolls Of twenty-five cent
pieces in paper wrappers bearing the
name of the Chatham and PhoenlH Ma
tonal Bank The money totaled $50.
Witnesses who saw the cab draw ur
70 the curb in 149th Street said the
car had been abandoned about fifteen
minutes before the arrival Of the pa
trolman and that the two men who LETT
It had walked through i49th Street
toward st. AIMS Avenue. The cab hac
been stolen shortly before the robbery
The pay roll snatcher wore darl
suit and soft brown hat. Miss Abe
is cousin Of members of the firm
She said she had never seen the rob
her before.
Bandits Shoot Manager
Forr masked men with revolvers helc
up Leonard Langley, manager of th'