New-York tribune., 1922-01-09
Poker Bandit
Pays for Auto
In Gun Battle
Holds Up Game and Flccs II,
Communicated Macbinc.
Shooting al Police Who
Pursue in Touring Car
Bullets Whiz Pass Women
Rohber Throws WatcI, and
S1o to His Scared Driver.
leaps OFF and Vanis,,cs

an unidentified barf+tit witt, = draw,
revolver held up participants !, ,,;a.
es'"'c o' poker yesterday afternoon on
'he "lndward sido Of billboard !, .
vacant Long Island City lot. JIc co,
'ee'ed $50 and silver watch f,.or, ~.
pot and banker and ESCAPED from, throo
Fah'c policemen on tho lower East s;d.
lo'io"lng an exciting chase across
greensboro Bridge. A score of bullets
were exchanged during the chase. and
the bandit settled his bin for dsn,aaa
90 iAe automobile which he comman-
deered moment .beforc he d;san-
peared
Following the hoid-up of the card
game the bandit fed along Queens
boulevard with the players in close
pursuit. Near the approach to the
greensboro Bridge the bandit iumosd
'nto the running heard of an auto,,o-
bile driven by Jasper Wight. OF $50
'iermont Svenuc, Brooklyn, while Tie
Elayers stopped to explain the case to
patrolman John Mcnamara, OF Traf
hc Is.
'utH tnaSc begins
Behind the Car in which Wight and
his passenger. Miss t'rcdcrica de Wo;fe.
who lives at the Colonial Arms Hotel,
III Jamaica, rode, was another car con-
tanning seven persons. several of them
women. Patrolman Mcnamara com
ma ndeered this machine and at the
bridge approach picked up Patrolmar
Thomas McCaffey, of Traffic A.
In the mean time the bandit was
urging Wight to put on call the speed
she had" To emphasize this he pressed
his revolver against The side of the
drivers head
Near the middle Of the bridge The
machine in which the police rode began
TO gain on Wight's car. When the dis
tance was less than 200 feet the bandit
fired through small window in the
back Of tho car. The two policemen
ducked on tire running board RS the
bullet few wide of its mark
Several shots were exchanged before
tie Manhattan end Of tho bridge was
reached. At Second Avenue the two
policemen slowed down the car in
which they rode to pick up Patrolrlan
Mahcr, of Traffic A. Another shot was
fred out of the back Of the Wight car
as the third policeman boarded the
pursuing car.
Bandit Varishcs on Avenue
The two machines raced ;.cross SIX
tieth Street to Third Avenue. The
chase continued down the avenue 20
Fortieth Street and through the cross
street TO Fifth Avenue, where Night
stopped his car and got out The ma
chine in which the police rode drew
alongside moment later The bandit
was NOUhcre to be seen.
Wight and Miss De Wolf were unable
to say exactly where the man left their
car. Wight said that moment before
he jumped he dropped $40 bill and
the watch. which is said to have been
stolen in Long Island City, on the seat
beside him.
THAT'S to pay for the damage to
the car Awfuliv sorry. i man, aN"ut
that window. Couldn't help it. Polo
gies to the lady for al them cuss
words used, but those d---d police
You viii see me again" And then as
the police car began to close ia he
added, "p ssibly in the Tomps. My
name is Riley. Goodby."
According % v ight, the chase COW
ered a great deal Of central Manhattan,
but he admitted he had no recollecsion
Of the streets he crossed. Il couldn't
think of much with that gun at my
ear. At times We we're doing better
than forty miles an hour"
Re commenced MIS-, Ne Wolfe for her
coolness during the wild dash.