The New York herald., 1922-07-23
HOLDUP MEN HELD
M$6O,OOOBAI
One Wishes Magistrate Would
Blow Out Brains for
Him.
THREE NEW RoBBERIEs
Five Men Enter Restaurants
on Upper Broadway in
Early Morning.

Two OF the men who participated in
and Broome streets on Friday were held
for the Grand Jury In 100000 bail each
yesterday by Magistrate Oberwager in
Essex Market court One Of the men
told the Magistrate he wished he would
blow his brains out.
The men gave their names as Joseph
Wasserinan. 81, of 440 East Houston
street, and Harry Walker %, of 1874
Ross street, Brooklyn. They were ar
rested In Long Island City after a
breathless automobile chase. The Mag
istrate expressed the opinion that 1t was
pity one of the guns used In the chase
didn't go off and shoot you fellows
Your Honor" said Wasserman. II
wish you had gun now. I'd give you
the privilege of blowing my brains out"
The men were held in $4,000 each on
the robbery charge and in $4,000 for
the theft of the automobile In which
they mad e their getaway and which, de-
tectives told the court, had been stolen
July Is from in front Of $50 Greene
street. counterfeit license plates being
substituted for those originally on the
car, which belonged to Joseph Hosen of
S94 Irving street, The Bronx.
Three Suspects Held Also.
Three men suspected of completely In
the crime were held by the police on
short affidavits until tomorrow morn
ing. They are Jacob Shapiro of 594 Sack
man street. Brooklyn; Samuel Rubin Of
392 South Fourth street. Brooklyn, and
Charles Frabio of 35 Avenue B. They
were all arrested in the vicinity of the
holdup.
Charles ]. Dryden, 81 years old. was
arraigned in the West Side court yester-
day and held without bail after a scrim-
mage in the restaurant of Samuel Met
towoy at 1873 Columbus avenue. Metto-
woy told the police Dryden had some
milk and sandwiches and then demanded
all the money In the place. Mettowoy
he says, ducked behind the counter and
then his guest threw a milk bottle at
him, cutting his face rather badly. The
police say they found a revolver on
Dryden and charged him with felonious
assault, attempted robbery and violation
OF the Sullivan law. Magistrate Setter
called Dryden "a typical holdup man"
and said he'd like to give him twenty
years In jail" Dryden said he had de-
manded his money back for sandwiches
he ordered and didn't get 1t and row
with Mettowoy ensued.
Meyer Fucker. an electrical supply
dealer caused the arrest yesterday of
Samuel Rosen of 10 East 114th street
and James Bayer of 27 West 111th
street, charging grand larceny and as
serting he had been missing supplies
from his stock. About $4,000 worth
had disappeared in the last month. he
asserted. and he believed the two men
had taken them. Magistrate Simms. in
the Harlem court. held each prisoner In
$4,000 bail.
Fires at Men In Stolen Car.
Policeman McCoss arrested Frank
Renna and Samuel Flying early yester-
day after finding them tinkering with
an automobile in Maspeth avenue.
Brooklyn. The men ran and McCoss
fired at them. They stopped. Later they
were held in $4,000 bail each on a
charge of having stolen the car from the
neighborhood of Third street and Broad
way, Manhattan.
Five men perpetrated three early
morning holdups in restaurants a day
or so ago. It leaked out yesterday. In
each case one man went to the wash
ROOM another to the cashiers desk, two
stayed at the door and one In an auto
mobile outside. simultaneously the pa
irons and the cashier were ordered to
remain quiet and the cash was emptied.
The places where the five visited were
3792 Broadway. near 18TH street: 2549
Broaway, near Ninety-sixth street, and
at Eighty-third street and Broadway.
Unquestionably the same party of five
robbed all three places, working south
ward. They held up the first place
about 2:30 A. M.