New-York tribune., 1922-03-14
9 Are Caught
In 9 Hold-Ups,
Total for Day
Twenty-Five Take Part in
Banditry of "a Hours:
Victims Give an Alarm IN
stead of Meekly Yielding
Hurl One Through Glass
Another at Car Barn Finds
Self Pursued by Army of
Employees With Cs-owbars

Nine holdups and ccbberies were
attempted yesterday. Twenty-two
nen took part n them. Nine of these
were caught. Only two of the hold.
urs were entirely successful as to rob-
berry and getaway. The loot, ell told,
was comparatively small
1t was noticeable in almost every
ase that the victims offered stycnu-
sus objections even though confronted
with revolvers. This obstinacy ac-
counted to great extent for the
number OF bandits that we're caught.
Early yesterday morning three armed
men entered Greek restaurant and
coffee house on the second floor Of Gil
,,xtn Avenue Just as William Kalario
and his brother. Constave. both of $40
West Forty ninth Street, and George
Csnlavis. Of the Sixth avenue address,.
we're counting tie nights receipts
The trio ordered the restaurant men
20 put up their hands and hand over
he dough" kalario, not knowing
which to do first without being mis-
understood ran to the window and
Yelled for the police. The bandits be-
came alarmed, fred one shot at Kalario.
and fed without getting any money.
The shot was ineffective.
Policeman Wins Foot Race
Patrolman William Carey. OF the
West Thirtieth Street police station,
arrived just in time TO see two men run
from the hallway. He chased them and
after struggle caught man who de-
seribed himself as James Anasasen. a
waiter. of 226 West Thirty eighth
Street A charge OF attempted robbery
was made against him.
Even less success attended the al
eyed efforts of Joseph Komofsky,
twenty-six years old of 2l3 West 115th
Street, to rob a patron of restaurant
on the Bowery near Second Street. The
loungers in the eating house took Ko-
mofsky and hurled him through the
plate-glass window. After his face and
head had been bandaged at Bellevue
Hospital he was put in the lineup at
Police Headquarters and charged with
felonious assault and attempted rob
berry.
The two unidentified men armed
with revolvers, who tried somewhat
earlier yesterday to rob the starters
booth in the car barn of the New
York Railways Company, at Twenty
.nrd Street and Eleventh Avenue, man
sed to escape with their lives just
ahead of crowd of one hundred
sveepers, conductors and motormen
armed with crowbars, controllers and
orooms.
Gong Summons Army
The bandits had approached the
booth and ordered the agent to hand
e~el The bags of nickels left there by
conductors on the completion OF the r
rips. Instead of doing so the agent
;epped on g push button on the floor
nd sounded gong. which had been
installed for just such emergencies.
No sooner had the gong begun to
lring than every one in the barn, picked
Ihand and headed for the booth. The
.wo bandits forgot everything they had
come for and ran. They were good
runners
Misfortune also associated itself
With Patrick Scully, nineteen years old,
NJ l443 amsterdam Avenue, and John
Daily twenty years old, of 1922 Amster-
dam Avenue, who in company with an
other man are alleged to have broken
nto the show window of Davega' s
sporting goods store at 125 West 125th
! Street and to have collected about $50
worth of camera tripods and roller
skates
The falling glass attracted the atten-
uon Of Patrolman Mills, of the West
l23d Street police station and he chased
and caught two of the men at 126th
| Street. The third man escaped Scully
and DAILY were arraigned in Washing
Ton Heights Court and were held in
$500 bail each by Magistrate Silber-
man for examination tomorrow.
! Shot by Brother-in-Law
George Marone, twenty eight years
,old, chauffeur, was shot three times
by his brother-in-law, James Davey,
last night at 1890. Davey escaped.
me shooting is said by the police to
nave followed filing of a divorce suit
oy Marone against his wife. He was
removed to Bellevue Hospital, where he
vas said to be but slightly hurt
4 The shots were fired close by the
Sew York Theator main entrance, at 81
second Avenue. A crowd emerging
rom the theater was responsible for
1avey's escape. He was pursued by
detectives who were unable to overtake
aim IN the crowded street.
Durlng excitement attendant on the
shooting two armed robbers entered
she Beck Hazard Snoe Company :
store, at 81 Second Avenue, held up the