The New York herald., 1922-05-28
Bandits Get $1,000 Furs in
Bronx-Men Caught Rob-
bing Harlem Druggist.
CLEWs TO SIS BOGUS BILLS
Girl Robbed Of $65, Mothers
Burial Money-Brooklyn
rs Homes Looted.

Riddell, 1S, near her home in Glen
Morris. Queens. three years ago was
made last Sunday night upon Miss
Laura Neidermeyer as she was cross
Ing a vacant lot on her way to her
home at Morris Park. Queens, the
police of the Richmond Hill precinct
made known last night. The scene Of
tie attack is only few blocks from
the place where Miss Riddell was
killed. ever
Miss Neidermeyer, who lives at
1917 123d street, was struck a heavy
blow on the head by a young man who
stepped UP behind her, and after size
had sunk to. TIE ground her assail-
ant began to choke her. When she
screamed for help he ran away. Miss
Neidermeyer still Is under the care Of
physician. Her description of the
young man who attacked her tallies
with that of a man who was seen In
the vicinity of the place where Miss
Riddell was murdered.
Miss Riddell was passing vacant lot
near her home when struck on the back
of the head with club and killed Her
dead body was dragged into the lot and
attacked. The attack on Miss Neider-
meyer has revived discussion OF the
Riddell tragedy.
Bandits Hold Up a Fur store.
The fur store of Reuben Fessler, 9s4
Westchester avenue. The Bronx. was
held up by three armed bandits yester-
<,fF ad
at about $4,000. Fessler, and his three
employees were herded behind a par
tltion, where one Of the bandits held
them at bay while his confederates went
through safe and took choice assort-
nent Of sable. fox and seal skin furs.
Ernest Miller, rs. and Max Brown. %.
both of PIT East Eighty-ffth street,
were caught in the act Of robbing the
drug store of Leon Lascoff, 1928 Lexing-
ton avenue, early yesterday. and I'M
prisoned at the East Sixty-seventh street
station. The door was "jimmied" and
sh register was rined of $50 in cash
and stamps. all Of which was found In
the possession of Brown, the police say.
Mr.. Lascoff, who lives above the store
and a woman living on the opposite side
of the street telephoned to him that his
store was being robbed. Policemen ar
rested Miller and Brown after long
chase.
Secret service men We're hopeful yes
terday that the arrest of John Schaef-
fer, q, of 304 Suydam street. Ridge
wood, Queens. may serve to reveal to
them the source of many counterfeit
AL, III nu1 hoy VA ~ir
lated recently In Ridgewood and IN the
Bushwick section of Brooklyn. Schaef
fer was arrested Friday when he pre-
sented a five dollar counterfeit at Pos
tai Station in Ridgewood in payment
of two dollar money order.
August vetter. the money order clerk.
detected the fake and caused the ar
rest of Schaeffer. Questioned by secret
service men here he said he received
the counterfeit at a bakery as part of
the change of twenty dollar bill.
While Mr.. and Mrs. ELI Guthman and
members Of their household were out
Friday night burglars forced entrance
to their home at 8007 Bay Parkway,
Brooklyn, and ransacked the house. 1t
has not been determined yet whether
anything was stolen. Valuable silver
ware recently had been put in a safe
deposit box and this precaution probably
prevented its loss. The home Of Mrs.
Otis Perfect, 2166 Eighty-first street. In
the same section, also was entered by
burglars Friday night and $40 worth
of silverware and cut glass and s12 in
cash was stolen.
Girl Held Up and Robbed.
Isabelle valazguez. '23, of 652 Wash
ington street. was held UP in the vicinity
of her home Friday night by two men
who took purse containing $65. which
had been donated to her by neighbors to
defray the expenses OF her mothers fu-
neral.
Policemen who were attracted by the
cries of the young woman chased two
men for several blocks and overlook
one. who gave his name as Fernando
Flobes. 81. laborer. OF SIS Washing
ton street. He was held in $1,000 bail
for a hearing tomorrow.
Two clerks of the Berger Manufac-
turing Company, 516 West Twenty-fifth
street were held UP in hallway of
tho building at that address Friday at
noon and robbed of n 5000 payroll.
The clerks reported that they had seen
only the man who snatched the bag
and the chauffeur who was driving the
car.
Joseph p. Larney of 445 Lincoln ave-
rue, Brooklyn. a son Of Patrick il. Lar
ney, Alderman from the Thirty-third
district, and four companions speeded
through two miles OF Brooklyn streets
ir n stolen taxicab early yesterday, pur-
sued by five policemen. who fired fusil-
lade OF shots at them. The fire was
not returned by the occupants OF the
taxcab and the police bullets went wild.
The five men got In the taxicab OF
Thomas Terso of AL Gates avenue and
directed him to drive to Park avenue
and Skillman street They went into
n building at that address. but returned
or the run few minutes later and
PEELED into the car.
At Myrtle and Greene avenues the car
overturned. but when the policemen
reached It only Larney and O'Connor
or 10 Vanderbilt avenue were to be
seen. 1t Is not known when or how
the others got away. Larney and OCon-
nor were arrested.
Alderman Larney Issued n statement
In which he said bad whisky was re-
sponsible for the plight of his son, VINO
IS a pressman. They were not out to
hold up any one. the Alderman declared,
adding:
II am going to investigate 10 find
out who sold that stuff (whisky) to
those boys"