The New York herald., 1922-05-04
Most Sing Sing Criminals
Young, but Only One
fifth War Veterans.
PRAYER ROBBED AT MASS
Woman Suspect Arrested Is
Believed to Be Thief Work
ing in Churches.

Detectives MCGOWAN, Dwyer, Quinn
and Fox OF the Fifth avenue station
touring Brooklyn yesterday morning
jn Police Department automobile,
came upon a new automobile driven
by a poorly dressed man and with two
other mon in the back seat. The de-
1nctives trailcd the machine, and
finally saw it stop in front of an ahan-
doned barn at S27 Maple street. near
Utica avenue.
The three men got out of the car
and went inside, carrying with them
big bundles, and the detectives fol-
lowed about five minutes later. Tney
said afterward that they came upon
the trio sitting on the floor sorting
and dividing great piles of furs and
women's dresses worth between $40 900
and $4,000. They took the three men
TO Brooklyn Police Headquarters,
where they gave their names as
Joseph Schrenka, alias Joseph Yenelli
of Desbrosses street; Anthony Greo-
donyci of Ill Thirty-second street,
Brooklyn, and Cosmo Carbone of
Springfield, Mass.
Identified ms Stolen Furs.
Dealers from Manhattan identified
the furs as those sold recently TO Harry
Crandbob of Holyoke, Mass. and
telegram to Holyoke brought the infor-
nation that Grandbobs store had been
robbed Monday of furs worth $4,000.
The three men, who are said by the po-
lice TO have criminal records, were
locked up charged with burglary and
will be held for the Holyoke police. An
additional charge of violating the Sulli-
van law was made against Carbone.
Katherine Lamb, aged 40. of 216 East
Thirty-fifth street, was held in S2.ooo
bail by Magistrate McAndrews In the
West Side Court yesterday on a charge
of stealing u purse containing Sl.lo
from Mrs Mary Pierson of 1852 West
Ninety first street at mass yesterday In
ST. Gregory's Church at 144 West Ninth
street The police are trying to connect
the woman with similar robberies In
churches.
The police of the Old slip station are
searching for a man who on Tuesday
went into the jewelry store OF RI. Levy
& Co. at 134 Fulton street, asked the
clerk to show to him two rings, which
he grabbed and backed through the door.
pointing a gun at the clerk
Prison Figures Favor Veterans.
DR.. Amos o. Squire, physician at
Sing Sing Prison, told the Rotary Club
at Peekskill yesterday that fewer than
one-ffth of the last 1000 prisoners re-
ceived at Sing Sing were veterans OF
The world war. The average age of
the convicts there now, he said, Is
26 years. Eighteen per cent re-
ceved I'm the last six months are under
a1 and &c per cent. under 30. Drug
sddicts received at Sing Sing have in
creased $40 per cent. in the last six
years. DR.. Squire said.
Gerard Luisi of the Luisi Investigat-
ing Company, of 16 Exchange place,
who represents London Lloyds, Is work.
ing on the mystery of the disappear
ance of 100000 worth of gems from
n jewel bag belonging to Mrs. Mitchell
Harrison, wife of Philadelphia sugar
refiner, who discovered the loss in
Pullman car last Sunday in the Penn
sylvania station. Mrs. Harrison sailed
Monday on the Aquitana and will re-
turn from Europe i'm October.
The bag was about sixteen inches
long. of Boston effect with flap over it.
Mir. Luisi said the jewels were insured
for full value.
It was learned last night at the
West Thirtieth street police station that
early Sunday thieves entered the Beck
Hazard shoe store at 6SS Sixth avenue
and took S527 from the safe. At the
time fifteen policemen under Capt.
Joseph Howard were breaking up the
Jberator Ball at Bryant Hall, a block
away.
The safe. which was standing by the
front window of the shoe store with a
light turned on 1t. was taken to the
rear and pasteboard safe was SUBJ
stituted Shoe polish and tin were used
TO make the fake safe appear like the
real thing This same system was used
by robbers who entered the Beck-Haz-
zard store at SAT Second avenue on
April 16.
Sundays robbery was the eighth
Beck Hazard loss this year. The COM
panys losses from robberies now total