The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-06-06
BURGLARS AT REAR
OF STOCK EXCHANGE
Steal Only a Gold Watch in
Eberlin's Old Restaurant
in New Street.
CHASE ALONG BROADWAY
Detective Fires at Fugitive
Who Fells Bystander With
Jimmy-Hammer.

Thieves who broke into the restaurant
of Frederick Eberlin & Co., New street.
some time between P. NJ Sunday and
early yesterday. violated not only the
Fulton street dead line but penetrated
the heart Of the financial district. select
ing as the seat Of their operation a
building within twenty feet of the New
York Stock Exchange Their holiness
did not repay them. however, as they
were scared away apparently as they
were about to tackle big safe. They
took gold watch. the property Of the
engineer of the restaurant. =
The attempted robbery was discovered
when George w. Weber. manager and
restaurant yesterday. The robbers hal
forced grilled window facing the stair
way leading from the street.
Fulgencia Diaz, the engineer, went Off
the intense heat he left his vest behind
and overlooked his watch. When he left
the only person in the restaurant was
Abel Acorti, a baker, at work in the
he heard no one enter or leave.
Within a few feet of the large safe,
which contained the receipts for Satur-
day, the manager found shoe box full
crackers in boring holes In safes. De-
he
this means to open the safe the blast
would have attracted the Stock Elk
change guard.
Mr.. Weber said his company has been
In business in New street for more than
half century, but that 1t never before
had been visited by robbers. The res
taurant is frequented by brokers from
the Exchange and is one of the few old
eating places left in lower New York.
Before prohibition Eberlin's was noted
for its whisky sours and other fancy
drinks.
Fugitive FelIs Bystander.
William D. Jones, an insurance
broker with offices at 20 Church street,
was struck and seriously injured by a
combination Jimmy and hammer yes
terday in a thief chase in Broadway
James Gugina, 10, of So Catherine
street, who admitted he had served II
term in Elmira Reformatory, threw the
burglar tool that hit Mr.. Jones when
Gugina saw a crowd of a hundred or
more clerks. headed by Detective Will
lam Riley, gaining on him. Gugina was
captured after chase Of several blocks
and locked up at Police Headquarters
on burglary charge. Mr.. Jones was
attended by physician and taken to
his home, EOS Broad street, Elizabeth.
Mrs. john Coleman had leaned out OF
window of SIS Pearl street and
shouted stop thief" Clerks and others.
who were out for their luncheon hour,
took up the chase after two men. one of
whom darted into a subway kiosk at
Worth and Lafayette streets. Detective
Riley was on his way to Police Head
quarters when he saw Gugina dart west
in Pearl street with the crowd at his
heels. The detective sprinted after him,
ut the same time pulling his pistol and
firing two shots in the air.
shots Fired In Broadway.
Broadway was filled with the moor
hour crowds when Gugina turned north
in that thoroughfare. A third shot in
the air sent hundreds of men and wom-
en- scurrying TO- cover. Riley kept right
after his man. firing two more shots
near Thoma, street. At this point Gu
gina threw the combination Jimmy and
hammer which felled Mr. Jones. A mo-
ment later a passerby tripped Gugina.
Riley was on top of him in a minute
and the two rolled about the gutter for
several minutes. Several uniformed
policemen arrived in time to save Gu
gina from a severe beating at the hands
of the crowd.
Gugina was taken to headquarters,
where he was identified by Mr.. and Mrs
Coleman as one of the robbers they
found in their apartment on returning
home One of the robbers felled Mr..
Coleman with a blow as they darted to
the street and Mrs. Coleman ran to, the
window and gave the alarm.
The physician found that Mr.. Jones's
leg had been lacerated severely by the
jimmy hammer and that he had suffered
other injuries when he fell to the ground.