The New York herald., 1922-04-21
SWIFT CONVICTIONS
IN TWO ROBBERIES
Clyde Co. Thief Found Guilty
i'm Four Minutes: Seaman
i'm One Minute.

Two convictions for first degree rob-
berry were made in swift time yester-
day by juries in the Court of General
Sessions, one jury delivering its ver-
dict to Judge Mancuso in single
minute and the other, before Judge
Grain. in four minutes.
Other outstanding developments OF
the fourth day of District Attorney
Banton's drive against crime were the
sentencing of a man to seven and a
half to twenty years for manslaughter.
the conviction of another man for first
degree robbery and the entering of two
guilty pleas for grand larceny.
The third conviction for robbery was
considered remarkable by the District
Attorney because the complaining wit
ness failed when on the stand, TO
identify the defendant. The prosecutor,
however. succeeded in convincing the
jury that the witness knew the pris-
oner but refused to identify him for
some Interior reason.
The homicide defendant sentenced by
Judge Mcintyre in General Sessions
was Morris A. Sheehy, "a. of 81 East
EiShty-eighth street, who had previous
1y pleaded guilty to shooting Walter
Valance, sergeant-major of the 104th
Field Artillery The killing occurred
at a dance In the armory on February
u. 1t followed a quarrel between VAL
lance and Sheehy, who was a supply
sergeant.
The only other homicide case 10 come
before the courts yesterday was that
OF James Tague. %, "A restaurant pro-
prietor of "A Moylan place. An indct-
ment charging him with first degree
manslaughtcr in causing the death of
Anna Mungavin. a waitress a the VOL
dorf-Astoria Hotel. was dismissed BY
Judge Mcintyre.
The two quick convictions were in the
cases Of Peer O'Donnell -, OF Long
Branch and Joseph Fradilloni, IS. Of 1s9
Park row. seaman. The jury took
four minutes to convict O'Donnell. which
was record for the court, until two
hours later the jury trying the sailor
broke it by celebrating for only min
ute.
O'Donnell and another man were
charged with holding up two clerks in
the office of the Clyde Steamship Com
pany, Fifth avenue and Forty second
street on September .. They bound
and gagged the clerks-Adoph Storm
and Ralph Leonard-stole SSH in cash,
but In their haste overlooked $4,000
Fradilioni was indicted with Joseph
Rosario, another seaman, OF 1S9 Park
row. who was sentenced last Monday
by Judge Grain to nine to eighteen years
in prison. The indictments charged the
men with beating up third sailor on
February Is and stealing $33 from him.
He is William Slattery, As, OF 5o7 West
street.
Frederick j. Fredericks, "a. Of soc
West Forty-ninth street, was the man
convicted OF first degree robbery in spite
If failure of the complainant to identify
him. Justice Finch in the Supreme Court
-emanded him to Tombs prison for sem
fencing April 81. lie was charged with
holding up and robbing Adolph Yoss-
vein Of 146 st. Marks avenue. Brook
lyn taxicab driver. at Forty-eighth
street and Broadway on March / o Yoss-
vein identified him at that time. later
N the Magistrates Court and stll
NJ Donohue. Assistant District Attor-
ney. brought out that since then the de-
fendants wife had been to see the COM
plainant to plead for Fredericks
The two men who pleaded guilty to
grand larceny before Judge Grain are
George Rice, 80. OF Sc Lcnox avenue,
Jersey City, longshoreman. and Will
lam Geshue. 33. OF 13 Washington street,
a Iaborer. They robbed a cash register
in the restaurant of Thomas Paglioli.
Carlisle street, OF $500 on January 30.
The following comparative table OF in
dictments filed, disposed OF and pend
Ing In the periods from January I to
April q of 1921 and 1922 was issued by
the District Attorney: