The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-02-05
KEY EXPERTS STEAL
$4,000 BRIDAL GIFTS
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thought, were so quick an5 quiet in their
actions that the passenge.s took no no.
tice of what was going on. Three men.
he said, blocked his way when he started
to advance toward door, forced him
to the rear platform, went through his
pockets. took the s19s. and then kicked
him off the train.
Clark said the bandits did not have
rev divers. but all appeared to be strong
and courageous. so he did not feel able
to resist the robbery. Officials OF the
Hudson and Manhattan Railroad Com
pary. upon hearing of Clark's version
of the robbery. said the rear door of
the trains is locked at all times and
they could not understand how it could
nave been forced open so quickly with
OUT attracting the attention of other
passengers.
William II. Hartung of TIA Herkin,er
street, Brooklyn, awakened carly yes
terday by peculiar noise, found two
burglars in his bedroom. He sprang
from the bed. he said. and started to
struggle with tnem After two win
dow panes had been broken the men
broke away and fled. Hartung dressed
and went to the street. where he noti-
fled a policeman. Edward Johnson
aS. os Buffalo avenue. was arrested
when the policeman found him in a
nearby restaurant. He was arraigned
In Gates avenue court on a charge Of
burglary and held in 5000 bail. Har-
tung said that $13S. which he had car
ried in a coat pocket. was stolen.
In court Hartung sought to withdraw
the complaint. but Magistrate Liota
would not permit him to do so.
Three bandits, two armed with re-
volvers and the third with piece Of
lead pipe. held up a card party on the
second floor of house at 1914 West
Sixty-fourth street early yesterday and
robbed the players Of $500 and jewelry
valued at 5000. Two of the bandits
were masked. The holdup was in the
apartment of Lewis Dayleis. He and
three OF the players threw UP their
hands when commanded to do so: an
other. Charles Skelas of 80 Amsterdam
avenue. refused and was feled by a
blow on the head with the lead pipe.
The bandits then went through his
pockets and fled, Dayleis and the others
having already been relieved of their be-
longings.
Gus Petropulos, 81. of 1877 West
Sixty-seventh street, later was arrested
on a charge of suspicion of robbery
when the police found him in a res
taurant in the vicinity. Skelas identi-
field him as one Of the bandit gang, the
police said.
Highwaymen, late in making their
attack upon Yetta Gross, is. of 400 East
Ninth street as she was walking
through Houston street. near Allen
street. yesterday. missed Sill which she
had just deposited in bank at Grand
street and Bowery. The young woman
went to the bank to deposit the money
Tor her father On her way back home
three young men bounced upon her.
one Of them snatching an envelope in
which she carried bank book. She
made an cutlery and the three men ran
away, pursued by two detectives Two
were arrested. giving their names DIS
Louis Becker. 81. of II Lee avenue,
Brooklyn, and Joseph Levine. %, of 135
Monroe street. The third man esca ned.
Two negro policemen pursued the two
men when they were seen running away
from a house at 80 West 137th street.
third negro. who ran in another di-
rection. got away. No report of the
holdup was made TO the police. Michael
Cross of Eli East Seventy-ninth street
and Chester Shiltz OF 46S Mott avenue.
milk wagon drivers. later identified the
~ ioohciS dS pdnullS WHO mad r0DDe0
them recently in Railways in Harlem.
Suspected as being one of the two men
who held UP the restaurant of Stanley
Olasky. 116 North Fourth street. Brook
Ign. month ago. John M Fauss. "a. Of
1853 South First street, was arrested
last night
Bronx De1icatessen Held Up.
Three bandits obtained $40 from the
sooc II n ROT In I. xl1ls
nue., The Bronx, last night, after strik-
ing down Irving Rosenthal, aged H..
who attempted to resist. The intruders
threatened to shoot RosenthaI; also his
wife when she came from a rear room
The store is five blocks from The
Bronx Police Headquarters. The ban
dts ordered some eggs. and when
Rosenthal started to get them they
drew revolvers. irving, the son, who
was reading in a chair. jumped out
and seized one bandit by the coat. The
man turned and pushed the boy vio~
lently into the chair. Get back to
your lessons"' he said.
Two bandits remained with drawn re-
volvers until the third had robbed the
drawer. when they oil ran out and
escaped.
Abraham Prince OF 4Ss East 160th
stress, The Bronx, a toy importer at 81
he was getting off a Third avenue ele-
last night. After he had left the train
he felt in trousers pocket in which
he had carried $500, and found that the