New-York tribune., 1922-06-07
Bandit Escapes
With $4,000 in
Bullet Shower
wrcsis Bag From Sheffield
Farms Collector. Leaps TO
Car With Man and Wom-
an. Speeds Of in Traffic
Victim Empiies Revolver
Believes He Hit Robber:
Wild Shot Enters Butcher
Shop aud Causes Panic

Henry Decker. collector for the
Sheffield Farms Company, was robbed
q $1,000 yesterday afternoon al Sixty
first Street sn6 Second Avenue by an
armed hold-up man who escaped, amid
a-shower Of bullets. in an automobile
N which man and Q woman were
waiting for him Decker believes that
one or more Of his bullets struck the
man.
The collector had been 20 branch
store Of the dairy company - ilel
Second Avenue There was $1,000 in
the black bag he carried as he emerged
from the store. His car was standing
a. the curb a young man who had
been pacing up and down IN front OF
The dairy ccmpany's store bumped into
The collector rs he made for his auto
mobile
Woman Beside Drive
Turning TO stare a. the careless
pedestrian. Decker found himself gar
'ng into the muzzle OF revolver. Al
me same moment the young man
snatched the bag from his hand and
st9r,ed on run toward car which
stood just of Second Avenue in Sixty
first Street. The engine was running
4 woman sal beside the driver.
Decker did not notice these details
ill he saw was young nan who wore
a soft hat and 4 raincoat making OF
with his bag. He drew his own re-
oliver and cmpticd Il al the back OF
he rctTcatiug raincOat
It's weaIer faltered during the fusil-
adc. either slipping on the wet pave
nent or struck by bullet. He managed
% reach thc automobile. however,
rh'ch luneec away with roar. II
vas q green car. witnesses said.
The car sped west through Sixty
irst Street. which is reserved for
,sstbound trafic followed b Decker
nd several others Al Third Avenue
q man who saw the crowd pelting after
he car sprang into the middle OF the
street and stood with arms out
stretched. The driver slowed down
automatically At sight Of him. and
fhen. remembering his errsnd. sped on
gain with such velocity that the
human somaphore narrowly escaped
destruction.
Nanishes in Lexington Avenue
The car turned up Third Avenue and
vas turning west into Sixty-seeond
street when - pursuers reached the
avenue. All trace or 10 was lost al
Lexington Avenue.
Whether any Of the FIVE bullets fred
by Decker found its mark or not, one
reated havoc in Henry Mayors butcher
shop. AZ lli5 Second Avenue crashing
through the window and burying itself
IN the wall Half a dozen women IN
me shop went into Mysteries.
Bandits Wait on Customers
Robert Goldr.sch was in charge Of
ne haberdashery store of Isaac Barber.
a lS4 Newark Avenue, Jersey City, yes
erdsy, when two armed men entered
he store They pointed revolyers at
Goldrsch took him TO a rear room and
tied him hand and foot 10 chair. The
pair then began 10 open the cash regis
Ter. A. this point two prospective Gus
toners entered They wanted TO see
some shirts The hold-up men vent 70
the window. got the shirts wanted by
the customers, wrapped them up and
collected
Goldrisch. in the rear Of the room.
could see the transaction He tried
desperately 10 free himself The ban
dits took s4450 from the cash register,
replaced their felt hats with new straw
bonnets and departed Some time later
Goldrisch worked himself free and
notified the police.