New-York tribune., 1922-06-01
Silent Bandits
Get $4,000 in
payrolIHold-Up
s.,ins From Touring Car
Prob Rob Two Mallinson ,:.,l Go.
r'.lo,ces rOD inTaxiwiihoni
snsskinr or Firing Shot
,urk in Long Island Lane
r,,m Send. Victim Back TO
f"T Factor With More Cash
,f,cr He Reports Robbery

-. f-re shot NJ speaking
.,,,r srmei bandits yesterday
~. ,.,iesh ir which two en-
hN FHR Malnnson & Co. silk
T..,.srer,. o. 200 Fifih Avenue,
-. s..', ,.rylrs $4,000 cash pay roll
W =. e.rrary's Long Island cry
-, ,,s escaped With the money.
-. ,..s,ry occurred ~ q lonely spot
voo,,ey Avenue. a short distance
-, wsn.rson factory after the
- .,. -en had blocked the road with
aslf csr
-. ,.v roll was in the custody o.
-. Rsrryman. th.riy-ore years
~ = ssnsryil'e y J, and Walter
e....,.r twenty-five. % ia Willis
=. he Bronx Bergman was
- bst uss u-able 20 draw his
-. Bsrryman and Garrison de-
..,.s,s ,h, bandits ss being men be
80, ,.ir.y-fve ard forty-hve years
"a c,rr.ss- noted the license num-
~, a. their ear and saw that the
..,,,. o. ,he rear license plate dif-
s.-,s fror those on front. The police
l,,,, uid both plates had been stolen.
Carrie. Another Pay Roll
i,s,r n. Watson, secretary Of the
v,nir,on company. said Berryman
IA been In the firms employ fourteen
,,,r, ard carried 'he pay roll 20 the
i.,s Island City plant for the last
,,w years when the two men re-
wr-,t 70 ,he Fifth Avenue Office yes
.rs,y Bergman was sent back 20 the
n,,ory with another pay roll while
Garrison vas called into Watson's
&c, and told h's story In the presence
ds reporter for The Tribune. lie
sad;
aBsrrms- hailed = taxi In front Of
~, oses ard We got in with the pay
r,n The bills were wrapped In a
rss,r package Bergman carried a
revolver In his hip pocket. ] was not
armed.
After crossing The greensboro
Bridge ~ went north on Second Ave
re Until 10 came 20 Woolscy Avenue.
which runs west 20 -hc factory. The
road is o. dirt and filed with large
holes As w rearcd the corner Of an
old lane. which looked as II it was only
used by wagons. Bergman called 70
the chauffeur: Go slower; this road
is terrible
Just then touring car darted out
iror The lane and the driver jammed
or his brakes when in front OF our
ear The taxi driver threw his brakes
on. ana as our machine stopped 20
avoid hitting the other several men
got out Of the touring car and jumped
on the running board of the taxi.
Nobody said word One man
pointed a revolver in Berryman's face
just as Bergman reached for his re-
.clver Another poked q revolver in
ny face. while two stood in front by
The chauffeur They wo'e not young
-tn. The man who fe't my pockets
10 see Z had a gun had gray hair in
'1o's. After taking Berryman's f.-
oliver AVA from him one man took
Pc package containing the money and
! % saL eNA
ind him
Punciure Three Of TaXi's Tires
Then an the bandits ran for their
ar which had drawn up in the road in
no direction We had come. and they
scaped. We got the license number Of
heir ca. but it was different on the
ear from the one on front. When we
'of out 90 our car We found that the
and.is had punctured three Of our
res We went a. once 20 the factory
nd called the police
Watson said he had arranged three
.sess ago with the banks 20 deliver
D.. tho company's pay rolls 70 the
ac'ories but was unable 20 make an
rranremert % have the pay roll sent
o The Ions Island City plant. TIE
'orey was Insured by the Royal In
emriiy Company, Watson said The
o.lce are tracing the cars for which
he licenses we're issued. The name
The taxi driver who drove the pay
OH car was not given out by the
.oi.cs
The police we're unable % find any
no who had witnessed the hoid-up