New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-04-13
Draw Guns, Bind Owner
and Take Gems i'm View
of Theatrical Crowds
Passing Along Street
Depart With All
They Can Carry
Thousands of Reserves
Out; Participants in Z
Other Robberies Caught

Win police and citizens on the alert
and when there seemed to be new hopo
yesterday of stemming the crime wave.
TWO uhoersized gunmen walked into a
Jewelry shop in the very center of the
night life of the city, trussed up tn @
proprietor and plundered his place.
This bold hold-up, reported bv Abra-
ham Michaels, proprietor of a iewelrv
shop at III West Forty y-sevcnth Street,
came at the end of day in which seven
out OF nine other hold-ups had ended
IN the capture Of the bandits red hand
ed by police or citizens.
The amount of jewelry taken bv the
Times Square robbers was not made
public. Michacls, the victim. is be-
lieved to have been warned by the
ponce against discussing the incident.
ne looked his scorn, however, when
$4,000 was suggested
Crowds Outside as Robbery Occurs
His shop, on the north side of Forty.
seventh Street, is in the Columbia
!heater building and only a few steps
from Seventh Avenue, which, at this
northerly end of Times Square. is prac.
tlcally Broadway. Across Forty-sev.
enth Street is the Palace Theater. the
doors of which were opened for the
lntermission while Michaels was living
bound and gagged in the rear of his
cubby- hole Of jewelry shop
AT the corner, in plain sight Of the
shop. is newsstand which does :
rushing business at that hour. Half {
dozen hotels frcquented by stage peo
pie many of whom gossip throughout
of them, are on Forty-seventh Street
east Of the shop. A few doors ava,
on Forty-seventh Street is an all-nigh,
restaurant which generally is crowded
Taxis and private motor cars throne
the street
Not one of the thousands of persons
who passed or remained within view
of Michaelson's place realized thai
there was q hold-up there.
1t was 9:45. Michaelson was taking
'jewelry from his show window anc
show cases and slowing it away in ;
safe about five feet high, which is ir
the resr Of his shop. Two men entered
They we're small and weazened and OF
exactly the type which might be ex-
pected to buy jewelry in a tiny shoF
JCSJ OH / INES square,.
Michaelson had small time to con.
slider them as customers, however
They came to the point imm ediately
Drawing revolvers. they ordered hin
t. put up his hands. Michaelson die
so promptly.
Hey" said one of the two to his
companion. "somebodyll see him sure
and take tumble"
Ignore Passersby
The other made an inaudible re-
Michaelson's pockets in search of a
weapon. He found none and made a
quick survey of the shelves and
drawers behind the counter and the
interior of the safe. Finding no re-
volver he turned to Michaelson and
said: "All right; take 'em down"
The jeweler did so and the two
thrust him behind green curtain
that hangs on the rear wall of the
shop behind which are hooks for hats
and coats. There they bound his hands
securely with strong cord, gagged him
with his own handkerchief and showed
him to the floor.
Then they took off their hats, appar-
entity so that anyone glancing into the
shop or entering it, would take them
for statesmen. and proceeded TO loot the
place Michaelson said they emptied
the safe and even took what valuable
Jewels remained in the show window
working carefully but swiftly. With
out another word to their victim they
walked out. His first intimation that
they had departed was when the door
slammed behind them.
He began to Writhe in his bonds and
succeeded in freeing his hands and ris-
ing. Removing the handkerchief from
his mouth he drew a police whistle
and ran to the street, blowing Justify
Ushers ran from the Palace Theatcr
across the street. Taxi chauffeurs
thronged about him. Patrolman Blghe
who was regulating traffic at Forty
seventh Street and Seventh Avenue
came on the run.
Michaelson gaspcd out his story
Blighe ran to a signal box. Within
FIVE minutes signals were flashing OF
Continued or gage siS)