The New York herald., 1922-02-13
MAN SHOT IN MOUTH
RESISTING BANDITS
Raid on West 10th Street Card
Game Results i'm Serious
Injury Of a Victim.
STOLEN TAXICAB FOUND
Chauffeur Robbed and His Car
Taken by Fares-Man Held
Up in Jamaica.

Because he refused to submit quietly
to be robbed by three gunmen who held
up card game early yeCterda~ at 112
West Sixteenth street. George Eennett,
26. of Fifteenth and Grove streetr, Jer-
sey City. was shot Il the mouth and is
in Bellevue Hospital in critical con-
dition.
Six mon were playing cards in the
rear OF the house when three bandits,
masked and armed, broke in and or
dcred them to line up along the wall.
Fi-e of the card players obeyed with
alncrity. bu. Bennett started to fight
wnen one of the robbers began to search
him. The man pushed his revolver into
Bennetts mouth and pulled the trigger.
and then escaped with the other two in
an automobile
The robbers stole about 5000.
Two yourg men hailed taxicab
driven by John Roche OF 733 st. AIMS
avenue. The Bronx. at Fifth avenue and
Eighteenth street. early yesterday and
told Roche to take them to 122 West
Eighty-fourth street. According 10
Roche's story, when he reached this ad-
dress the men pressed pistols to his
back and compelled him TO leave the
motor and enter Il hallway, where he
was robbed of s33. The hoIdup men
then stole the tax;cab, which was owned
by Joseph Schwartz of 1889 Southern
Boulevard, The Bronx, and escaped,
driving west to Amsterdam avenue.
Several shots were fired late Saturday
night at the Christopher street subway
station by Detectives Dcvine and Camp
bell and Patrolman Ramie of the
Charles street station in the pursuit of
John Horan, 1913 SiSty-fourth street,
and Philip Lanser. 25l9 PitlIin avenue,
Brooklyn. who were arrested.
Horan and Lanser, according to the
detectives, were in a taxicab which
stopped at the hack stand near the sub
way station, and was identified as a
car stolen about two hours before from
in front of 705 Greenwich street from
Charles Shearer of 269 East 1o3d street.
When the detectives approached the
pen left the car and started running,
then the shots were fired. Neither of
the men was wounded. In jefferson
Market Court yesterday the defendants
were put under $4,000 bail for exam
ination Wednesday on a charge Of grand
larceny
Two men leaped from behind a pile
OF pipes near the Jamaica Water Sup
ply Company station No. 2, South
street and Hamilton avenue. Jamaica.
yesterday, ard threw John Hanjeder. So,
OF 99S Jamaica avenue. on his face.
They had no revolvers. but beat him
with their fists and robbed him of $500.
a watch. and bank book showing de-
posits of $4,000. The bank book was
recovered. Hanjeder is a laborer em
ployed by the water supply company.
He said he did not see the mems
faces at the time, as the attack was
from behind. and when they escaped
he saw only their backs. He wore
spectacles. but the bandits thought TO
remove these and Hanjeder said he
could not see more than three feet away
without them.
Nathan Riegler, who was shot in the
back by holdup men in his dry goods
store at 81 Spring street Saturday night.
was still alive yesterday. although his
condition was grave. lie vas erroneous
" reported to have been killed by some
of the newspapers other than THE
NEW YORK HERALD. The police have
made no progress in searching for the
two bandits.