The New York herald., 1922-04-09
Four Young Gunmen Who
Got $4,000 in Store Hold
up Leave No Clews.
$4,000 PORT CHESTER JOB
Man Fleeing on Williamsburg
Bridge Gets Probably Nor
tai Wound.


D. Marselli in the firm of the American
Shirt Manufacturing Company Of 20S0
First avenue. went to the Harlem
branch of the Mechanics and Metals
National Bank at Third avenue and
11sth street yesterday noon and drew
out s1.45o for the weekly pay roll.
| At that time the thoroughfares were
crowded and Rodolo feeling perfectly
safe, walked down Third avenue with
bulging envelope In his inside coat
pocket The firm occupies the fifth
floor of loft building with winding
| stairs.
! On the third landing Radolo faced
| two young men without masks, who told
him to hand over the payroll quickly or
| they would kill him. He offered no re-
sistance and the robbers tied his hands
behind his back with a light cord. The
| bandits placed a white linen cloth over
the victims mouth and then removed
| the envelope.
| About two minutes later Herman
| Arnolitz and Tony Russo. also shirt
| manufacturers on the third floor,
emerged from their office and found
Radolo tied and gagged and Immediately
| released him. In the meantime the
thieves had fled. Radolo started in pur-
| suit, but too late. Mr.. Arnolitz hustled
into his office and telephoned to the
| 104th street police station.
| Detectives got on the job In quick
order and closely questioned Rodolo.
who said he had no idea who his as
saiiants might be. but that they were
| men perhaps between 20 and 23 years OF
| age. Rodolo, in his excitement. could
not tell whether his assailants had been
armed with revolvers. The police are
| investigating O report that the rob-
| berry was the well worked out plan OF
men who knew that Rodolo went to the
bank for the weekly payroll every Sat-
urday just before twelve.
Bandit Victim Dies. :
| Herman Pollach. As. who was shot In
| the abdomen late Friday night by two
| bandits who entered his candy store at
1872 East Seventy-sixth street and
| robbed him of s2.95, died last night dn
City Hospital, Blackwells Island.
i Detective Sculley arrested Frank Pc
chota. %, of 800 East Seventy-fourth
\ street, and Peter La Guardia, "a. OF 707
! Adams street, Hoboken. They were
taken to the hospital and Pollach iden-
| titled them. Capt Duane of tho East
| Sixty-seventh street station said they
had confessed.
Charles Rogers, 10. of 355 Second
street, Brooklyn. had a fight with five
of his pals last night. and when the
police of the Fort Hamilton avenue sta
ton found him he was SO angry that he
gave ethe names of his pals, told Of bur-
glaries they had committed together.
and gave other information which led
to othe recovery of s400 worth Of jew
-
the home OF Harry Il. Mehrer, S124
Thirteenth avenue, Brooklyn. and to the
arrest OF Libby Vito. IS. Of 1465 Sixty,
eighth street. Brooklyn, and Pasquale
Pulvania, dealer In BARRIERS supplies,
OF 1859 Eighty-first street. They are
charged with receiving stolen goods
| Roger sis held on a charge of burglary
wand the police said they would have
his pals in few hours.
| Detectives are searching for four
young bandits who. unmasked but heav-
lily armed. escaped Friday night with
SIS, 900 worth of furs. jewels and cash
from Benjamin Sandberg's fur shop at
| 1915 Madison avenue, near 18th street
| Sandberg. his clerk, Irving Leipzig.
| and two friends were sitting in the store
| talking about the crime wave when a
| young man entered and asked to look at
! some mink pieces. Leipzig started to
| show them when three other men with
| drawn revolvers came In and ordered
| the four men into a rear room. Two
bandits quickly bound and gagged Sand
| berg, Leipzig and their two friends.
They then proceeded leisurely to clean
out the store.
Port Chester Job I'm stolen Car.
| Two young men held up Lucas Myers.
| paymaster of the Mint Products Com
| bridge. Port Chester. The bag held the
| his companion, John Meehan, of a bag
containing between $4,000 and $4,000
and escaped In n wine colored sedan
which was standing beside the roadway
under the North Main street railroad
| nany. Port Chester and robbed him and
payroll OF the mint factory.
| Later James Cullen, n motorcycle DO
| liceman. found the automobile aban-
doned on Brookside Drive Mt Greenwich
II was found that the car belonged to
Frank Nolan of 235 Bergen street.
Brooklyn. from whom II was stolen FRI
day night.
Nicholas Yocano. aged 2s, OF 1o2 East
| Houston street. was shot last night by
sn unidentified assailant while running
across Williamsburg Bridge Plaza,
| BROOKLYN, Yocano was taken 70 VIII
i1msburg Hospital, where Il was saii
| &c hhh U0tttt WVuIu ONtT Ills ncHFI
that would cause his death.
Patrolman Reilly OF the Bedford ave-
rue station arrived n minute later, but
y was impossiblef TO find a man who
accompanied Yocano. The police be-
Beve that Yocano was not shot by the
nan with him, but by some one VINO
probably was chasing them both.
Negro Admits BurgIsries.
George Giles. aged 10, OF 12f York
street. Jersey City. negro who the
police say has confessed to having COM
mitted i've burglaries for a total OF
| $4,000 In the last few weeks was ar
rested last night at 40 West 12sth street
and locked up N the West i23d street
station on charge OF burglary.
| A message vas sent to thc police
station that man was on the roof Mt
| 40 West 129th street. Patrolman Percy
Harmon was sent TO investigate. He
met Giles coming down on the third
| floor landing and asked him what he
was doing Giles said he was selling
put and take tops.
you nsy put said the policeman,
but I'm going 20 take"
And with that crack the policeman
took the negro % the station and turned
him over to Detectives Lynch and Hoff-
man. who said a little while later that
Giles had admitted many burglaries.