New-York tribune., 1922-02-24
Bandits Kill
Jew wcIer and
Rob AnotIlc.

Rob Another
Continued from paqe on.)
police station who form part of a dc
tail that has been on duty night and
day in Madison Street since the hold
ups began werc only q few hundred
feet away at the time. They were in
restaurant, however, and did not
hear either shot. They found the safe
door open, as it generally was at chat
hour Of tho evening, but All the com
partments were closed and the trays
of diamonds and other jewels within
them were undisturbed. The show
cases were closed and in order and
the till contained money
Santas had been shot through the
heart There WAS only one wound and
the preliminary examination OF the de-
tcctivcs failed to reveal the course
of the first bullet fired.
Both the robbers wore gray caps.
brown overcoat. They were short and
stocky and of swarthy complexion.
The description Of them given to thc
police is similar to that Of two men
who held up the Park Hotel, at Park
Row and Duane Street, about six week
ago, shooting and killing the watchman.
1t is similar also to that of the pair
who held up John Prodronidiss CON
fcctioncry store at l3 Madison Street
last Friday, and another confectionery
store at Madison Street Wednesday
of last week. The night after the
latter hold-up a grocery store beneath
private bank at 20 Madison Street
was broken into and robbed.
Santas lived at 50 East Fourth
Street.
Second Hold-Up in Brooklyn
The jeweler who was held up in
Brooklyn is Jacob Wisnack. His place
of business is at 544 Bedford Avenue
The pair who waylaid him met him or
Lee Avenue, between Taylor and Ros:
streets. They escorted him past
policeman, a fireman and a stree
cleaner who we're examining O. fire
hydrant and then hit him on the jaw
and took q brief case in which he hac
the 100000 worth of diamonds.
AS Wisnack collapsed an automobile
drew up and the bandits entered. The
automobile proceeded along Ross Street
turned into Bedford Avenue and was
lost to sight. No one pursued it. Wis
mack was lifted to his feet and patrol
man and an ambulance were sum
moned.
After Wisnack had been resuscitatet
he was taken to the Clymer Stree1
police station-about a block away
where he told OF the robbery
He said that he was just about tc
pass the trio Of municipal employees
who were regarding the water plug
when two men ranged themselves, one
on each side Of him, and told him tc
keep moving, and above ali to keer
quiet. He said that he did not see
their weapons, but he felt something
pressing against his ribs.
Girl Corroborates Story
Captain Daniel j. Carey questioned
him for half an hour, but Wisnack's
simple tale of assault and robbery die
not vary. Detectives took him to the
rogNes gallery to look over the col
! itN' .Oti vi pIIOtOSIdplS duu, IL pOSSIUlC
! Identify his assailants.
The police found corroboration o.
the fact that Wisnack had been as
saulted and robbed in the statement!
attributed to q young woman employed
In beauty parlor across the stree
from the scene of the hold-up. She
happened to be looking out of the win
dow at the time and saw what SHE
thought a friendly scuffle. She saw
one of the men receive q punch OF thu
jaw and the other two escape in an au
tomobile whose number she gave tht
police.
The robbery was accomplished Sc
quickly and unostentatiously that NJ
one of the many passersby in tn
vicinity realized what had happened
nntii it was all over. 1t was what thu
police call daring hold-up. No one
has been caught yet.
Four Rob Drug Store
Four hold-up men entered the drug
store of Nicholas Gesescalde, at 80;
Graham Avenue, Brooklyn, early yes
terday and got away with about 81 ,O0(
in cash, postage stamps and jewclry
A fifth man waited for them outside
with an automobile
1t had originally been decided by The
ooiiuioo CiIoC CHly tilI &C llcll were L(
rob the store. SO it was that Geses
calde was confronted by three armet
men and ordered into the prescription
department in the rear of the store
The druggists brother, Salvatore, ant
DR.. William de la Hoyde, of 459 With
crs Street, Brooklyn, were there.
The bandits had not expected to NEE
50 many of the druggists friends
Under the crcum stances, there wa
only one thing to do. That account
for the jewelry item on the list o
missing articles.
In the meantime the fourth bandi
began to wonder what was causing al
the delay. So he entered the store a
if intent on purchasing small bottl
Of bromo seltzer and found the from
room deserted. He looked in the casl
register. There was money in it, H
removed it and then suggested to hi
companions that they employ a lttl
speed.
The four left together and drove of
In the fog the victims we're unable t.
distinguish the make or number of tn
car