The New York herald., 1922-02-23
HELD UP IN STORE
BY 3 NEGRO BANDITS
With Revolvers at Head, Rob
and Threaten Abraham
0rdin With Death.
GANGSTERS IN A BATTLE
Man Chased by Police Drops 25
Feet in Riverside Park,
Breaking Leg.

Three negroes armed with revolvers
Ordin at 2261 Seventh avenue last night
and stole $50 from the cash drawer and
81 from the proprietor After threaten
ing Ordin with death if he gave the
alarm they escaped into an apartment
house near by. Police searched the
building from cellar to roof. but found
no trace of the robbers.
Detectives Fitzgerald and Glassier of
the West Tooth street station noticed
a man with large black valise emerg
ing from the areaway of 600 West Hath
street about o'clock. They followed
him to Riverside Drive, where he broke
In o a run and vaulted the wall into
Riverside Park At that point there
is a drop of twenty-five feet. The de-
tectives found him on the ground with
a broken leg. At Harlem Hospital,
where he was taken prisoner charged
with burglary. he said he was Frank
Harris, 26, of 454 Seventh avenue. The
Valise contained clothing and jewelry
stolen from the apartment of Max
Noege, superintendent of 900 West Hath
street, valued at 500.
A fight between the Jack Dropper'
and RED Lewis" gangs on the lower
East Side early yesterday resulted In
an exchange of shots and the arrest OF
four men. James Petrucelli. %. of 2229
Elizabeth street is at Gouverneur Hos
pital in a serious condition from bullet
wounds Two of the prisoners were
held without bail for the shooting and
two were held in $500 bail on suspicion
of felonious assault.
Residents of Pacific and Dean streets,
Brooklyn, had a burglar scare yester-
day when Mrs. Frank Bissett. 15o5
Pacific street, mistook canvasser for
q burglar and called the police. Half
a dozen neigh5ors hearing ner screams
also gave the alarm. and reserves came
from the Brownsville and Atlantic ave-
nue. station. They found the burglar
sitting in Mrs. Bissetts apartment.
waiting for her to return and wonder
ing what the excitement was all about
negro arrested yesterday In Newark
confessed, according to the police, tnat
he had beaten two women with a WIN
dow sash weight. He was captured
lurking in the shadow OF house at
146 Milford avenue. He said ne was
Harrison J. Farms, 80 years old, OF
Nutlev. N. ]. The police said Fairns
also confessed to stealing twenty-five
chickens in Belleville, N. ].
Max Mendel, proprietor of deltcates-
sen store. 352 Palmetto street. Brook
Iyn, was held up just after he opened
the store yesterday by two men and
robbed of s27. The robbers overlooked
s2O7 which Mendel had in another
pocket. Patrolman Schwartz arrested
the men after Mendel had chased them
seven blocks.
Detectives last night arrested John j.
Brennan, 81. of 240 West 131st street.
and his brother Paul, 10, on a charge OF
burglary following the theft or sSoo
worth of silk shirts and neckties from
the haberdashery owned by Sigmond
Weiskoff at 452 West 125th street.
Entrance was effected by forcing
basement door and then saving through
the floor. The robbery occurred about
4 o'clock yesterday morning. Inc po-
lice reported that they found bank
book belonging to the elder Brennan in
the store.