The New York herald., 1922-10-16
BROADWAY TEA SHOP
CASHIER IS HELD UP.
Bandit Coolly Walks Away
About Noon Amid Crowd
After Getting $50.
LOOTING OF LOFT HALTED
Police Capture Two Suspects
and Two Escape-Old Safe
Cracker Caught.

Bouton's Tea Room, at 1897 Broad
ninth streets, was crowded early yester-
day afternoon, and so was Broadway,
when young man walked up to the
cashiers cage near the entrance, in
cashier.
"Give me that money!" he demanded.
Cochran became so excited that he did
not know whether revolver was held in
the hand or not.
"This money doesn't belong to me-"
stammered Cochran; II can't give it to
you"
Fred Matthewson was at the soda
counter across the room and Cochran
winked at him.
Don't do that again." warned the
holdup man.
Matthewson. thinking the cashier was
being annoyed by a panaandler, went to
the street to summon a policeman, un-
molested by the bandit. The latter
reached into the cage and grabbed
handful of change and then demanded
some bills.
When Cochran was slow about hand
ing out the paper money the stranger
reached into the till and helped himself.
Then he calmly walked out of the res
taurant and down to Forty-eighth street.
passing Matthewson at the door. Coch-
ran said he got $500.
Detectives blocked four men in their
attempt to cart away $4,000 worth of
A., II frA f1ar
loft of the H. and p. Dress Co., at 363
Third avenue early yesterday. Charles
Robinson, 81, chauffeur. Of 314 East
Twenty-fifth street and John Latora ,19,
a chauffeur, of 131 Third avenue were
caught and overpowered. Detectives
pursued the other two men through
Third avenue, firing at them, but did not
catch them. An iron shutter opening on
a fire escape had been forced, giving
access to the loft.
Four men bound and gagged Miss
Alice Walker, aged 2S, I'm her room at
400 East Sixty-second street early yes
terday and robbed her of $15 Martin
Hale, 35, of 213 East Sixty seventh
street, was arrested later on suspicion
of burglary.
William Anderson, aged SO, known to
the police, they say, as safe cracker
of the old school, was arrested in his
room at 2405 Second avenue. The de-
tectives found a set of burglar tools, a
bottle of nitroglycerine, jewels, gold
nuggets valued at about $4,000 and some
war savings stamps.
Detectives of the Parkville station
went to the home of Robert j. Owens,
aged 35, negro, at Center street,
Dundee Lake, n. j., and seized an au-
tomobile load of goods which they be-
.4DIo frlf N
Flatbush section of Brooklyn. Owens
was arrested Saturday night 4. after
struggle with Fannie BrooksIxh negro
maid in the home of Samuel Mandel
cloak and suit manufacturer, at 1lO4
East Seventeenth street. Brooklyn.
Jewels valued at about $4,000 found
in the negro's pockets have been identi-
fled, the police say, as those stolen
from the homes of Elmer A. Sperry,
1905 Albemarle road, and Edward 5.
Green at 903 Ocean avenue. Arraigned
in police court on charges of felonious
assault and burglary Owens was held
without bail.
AS Joseph Santora, aged go a stone
mason. was entering the door of his
home at 352 East 105th street early
Yesterday he was shot twice in the
stomach and once in each hand. He
died later in Harlem Hospital.
Santora's wife said her husband had
left her the night before, after telling
her that he was going TO a dance with
two young women. The detectives be-
lieve that jealousy among girls admired
by Santora was the motive for the shoot
ing.
Mrs. Santora told the police that San
tora. and three other men kidnapped her
seven years ago, when she was only 16,
and took her to West New York, where
she was forced to marry Santora. Within
month after their marriage her hus-
band started going about with other
girls, she said. and mistreated her when
she reproached him.