The New York herald., 1922-07-18
THUGS Bind CASHIER
RODBAKO $4,000
Employee Opened Wash
ington Street Institu-
tion an Hour Early.
THIEVES LAY IN WAIT
Fears of Depositors Quick
ly ,Allayed by Head of
Concern.
TAKE LORD NELSON RING
Girls Home Robbed Of Cameo
Once Owned by Trafal-
TAKE LORD NELSON RING
Girls Home Robbed Of Cameo
Once Owned by Trafal-
gar Hero.

safe of the Syrian bank of D. j. Faour
& Co.. 85 Washington street, yesterday
after tying the cashier hand and foot
The bandit pair escaped with more
than $4,000 in cash, Liberty bonds
and checks just before the bank watch
man reported for work and the first
customers arrived.
The cashier, E. 8. Elias, according
to the story he told the police, opened
the bank at 7:40, about an hour earlier
than usual. Ten minutes later two
men. who seemed to have been wait
ing in the neighborhood. entered,
warned Elias not to shout or interfere
IL he didn't want to be shot, trussed
him efficiently, deposited him in a
swivel chair. and expeditiously sacked
the open safe. They were less than
fifteen minutes in the whole operation.
Ten minutes after they had cleared
out the watchman turned up. released
Elias and gave the alarm.
The cashier. AZ years Of age. living at
414 Forty-ninth street, Brooklyn, has
worked for the bank for ten years and
has been a thoroughly trusted employee.
Mr. Faour said. Mr.. Faour exhibited
some surprise that the bank had been
opened so early and that the door had
been left open. Detectives Kalbfleisch
and Flemming took the cashier to Police
Headquarters to see If he could pick
from the Rogues Gallery photographs of
the bandits, but he could not He said
both men were we'll dressed. one was
about 3S and one about "a. There was
$4,000 in cash IN the safe and the rest
was mostly checks. payment on which
has been stopped. The cashier was
closely questioned.
Depositors Excited.
The robbery caused flurries of excite
ment in the Syrian quarter as many
have money on deposit, but fears were
quieted by Mr.. Faour's statement that
the bank is fully protected by insurance
and quite able to meet any demands at
any time.
cameo ring. which once BELONGED to
Admiral Lord Nelson, victor of IRA
gar, was stolen Sunday from the apa.rt-
ment Of Miss Regina Kahl, AZ West
Eighth street, she told the police. with
1t went a $1,000 pearl necklace. The
apartment was in disorder when Miss
Kahl returned Sunday night.
Mercer street detectives are ransacl-
Ing the lower West Side for fastidio,s
thieves who bathed. scented themselves
and donned three new suits in clothing
manufacturers lofts at 12 and IL East
Twelfth street Saturday night. Dis
carded clothes were found on the roof
with an empty perfume bottle and the
condition of the lavatories told the rest
OF the story. Four merchants lost
probably $4,000 worth Of clothing, taken
away apparently in an automobile.
Daniel Murphy, "a, of 228 East Thir-
ty-third street yelled SO effectively when
holdup men started to pound him with
a blackjack in st. Gabriel's Park. First
avenue and Thirty-fifth street, Yesterday
morning that policemen and citizens
from blocks around broke up the feloni-
GUS party
The blackjackers fled but were pur-
sued by Murphy and queue of officers
and citizens, and were finally run down
in restaurant by Policeman McGul.
who 'hypnotized them with the business
end or a large pistol. They said they
were William Clifford. 80. and John
Donohue. %, both laborers. Murphy's
scalp was sewed up at Bellevue.
Avery similar adventure was the mis-
fortune OF Michael Olszewslsi of 1870
West 10Sth street yesterday morning,
when man. known as Alvin, came up
behind and knocked him. down with a
blow from weapon described as usual
as "a blunt instrument" witnesses po-
lice whistle brought the champion
sprinter Of the department, Robert Nc
Alister, who nabbed the blunt instru-
mentalist as the latter was trying to
climb the wall of Central park at 102d
street Hall insisted II was a case of
mistaken Identity and he was an inno-
cent book agent. The police told him |
there were no innocent book agents |
He was held In s25,0oO bail by Magis-
trate Simms in the West Side court. |
while Olszewski. like Daniel Murphy. |
went to the hospital for repairs. |