The New York herald., 1922-05-06
ROBBERS GET $4,000
IN PARK AVE. HOUSE
Daylight Thieves Visit Same
Building Where $4,000
Jewelry Was Stolen.

Burglars biding their time until they
knew Mrs Ethel Stanuard was away
from her apartment on the fourth
floor of s15 Park avenue jimmied open
the door yesterday and stole jewelry
valued at $1,000 The thieves disturbed
nothing else. apparently afraid to risk
being seen carrying anything more
bulky from the apartment house in the
middle of the day.
The jewelry, consisting OF bracelet
set with an emerald, diamond brooch.
a pair of diamond and platinum ear
rings and diamond barret;e, had been
left by Mrs Stannard on her dresser
Detectives working on the case say
It Is similar to another burglary in the
Same house a few weeks ago. The
apartment of one Of The other residents
was looted Of $4,000 IN jewels.
Mrs Patrick Dowd of 947 Park ave-
nue., returning to her apartment on the
fourth floor of that address in the after
noon and finding that it had been ran
sacked, ran to the street and started in
pursuit of man whom she had seen
leaving the house as she entered. IA
trolman Monohan overlook the man at
Lexington avenue.
three chains and two fur coats and a
suit of clothes in suitcase were recov-
cred and identified by Mrs. Dowd as
her property. The prisoner gave his
name as Abraham Lefkowitz. 21. ship
ping clerk. Of 204 Madison street
Manuel Reyes, II, of 239 West Four
teenth street, tried to escape from
patrolman John Kearney when the po-
lceman found him on the roof of
Columbus avenue house in the rear of
1O1 West Seventy-fifth street. Reyes
didn't look where he was going and ran
into a chimney. He knocked himself
unconscious and the policeman caught
him. Reyes was charged with trying to
enter the apartment of Miss Mary Pack
ard on the top floor of the Seventy-hfth
street house. Miss Packard heard
man climbing into her kitchen and blew
q police whistle.
Dominic Albero did quite bit Of brag-
ging yesterday before falling asleep in
cell in the West Side prison. He is
one of the two tire thieves caught by
detectives of the new motor patrol on
Thursday night in a two mile chase.
which ended when Albero's car skidded
into an areaway at Eleventh avenue and
Fifty-seventh street and fell on top or
him and his pal, Joe Scelzo. The num-
chase is estimated by the upper West
Side at 15O and by Inspector Coughlin
at two.
Albero told the police he had made
s55. coo bootlegging. lost 1t all in crap
game, won $500 on a horse on Thursday,
lost that on another horse and was try
Ing to steal pair of automobile tires
with which to start new roll when
the shooting detectives put a temporary
end to his struggle to make a living.
After he had been held In West Side
Court without bail for examination on
Monday on q charge of grand larceny,
Albero told his story His first easv
money was derived from the sale OF
moonshine whisky. manufactured In the
city in the early days of prohibition, he
said Later he bought second hand
car and made many trips between New
York and Buffalo. paying $35 case
there for Canadian Club whisky which
had been smuggled from Canada and
selling it in New York for $50 case.
He carried twelve cases at time, SO
that each trip netted $3.50
This went on until he had laid aside
$4,000. Cnhappily he got to shooting
craps in "a downtown club" few
months ago In two days he won $4,000,
but the third day he lost the $4,000 and
by the end OF month the $4,000 was
gone.
on top of this misfortune the motor
car for which he had paid $l,ico was
proved to have been stolen and was
taken away from him. lie began saw
ing again, and was abls three days ago
TO buy another used Packard for $3.50
Feeling that his luck had changed he
tested 1t with hand book man OIL FRI
day and won $500 on Oceanic in the third
race at Jamaica at ga to 8. He then
distributed the $500 over the other races
and lost every cent.
Albero still had the car, so he and Joe
Sc,lzo started out TO pick UP a few tires
as a sort OF grubstake. They were
piucking two tires from car at West
End avenue and Ninety-seventh street
when those Irritating detectives CANT
along. SO now Albero Ia IN iail and Joe
scelzo Is in Bellevue Hospital with
broken leg and under arrest
"lf 7 get out OF this" said Albero. "I
am going to start hacking. It's more
peaceful"
Inspector Coughlln. chief Of detectives.
doubted that Aibero ever did any seri-
Gus bootleyging or ever had fortune
TO risk in n crap game. According TO
the police records Albsro has been ar