The New York herald., 1922-07-24
THREE GIRLS HELP
BANDITS RAID SHOPS
Blonde and Brunette and Two
Men Get 1885 and $3.50
in Two Hauls.
YOUNG'WOMAN A LOOKOUT
Guards Butcher Shop Doorway
While Two Companions Lock
Proprietor in Icebox.

The police were looking last night
into restaurants in the White Light
district and watching the beaches and
the principal roadways leading from
this city. hoping to find the three girl
|. bandits who set out early yesterday
for a. a.Sundayfof crime, and who wound
up before midnight with record that
their cornpanicns. male bandits. might
never have achieved alone.
| All three were described BY their
victims as pretty. and So fashionable
that their skirts, In Difference to Paris,
came down almost. to their ankles.
Two Of them one 'chatty laughing
blonde and the other brunette OF, con-
siderable chaym. worked with two men
in big seven passenger touring car.
The other worked with two men as
their lookout.
The last robbery was a few minutes
after o'clock at night The touring
car, with a girl at the wheel, drove
up to the restaurant Of Morris Gold
man, 1855 Lexington avenue. Two men
and two girls-the blonde and the
brunette-got out. The girls, Goldman
said later. wore no hats and were
tanned as If they had spent long hours
at the beach. {N
Gee. I'm hungry said the blonde.
looking with the longing eyes of hun
cry woman at the row of things to eat in
Goldman's place.
Il guess we're all pretty hungry" said
one OF the men.
Gagged with own Apron.
Very well,"' said Goldma you have
come to the best delicaressen in York
vile. That is II you'll pardon my nat
ural pride. What'll 1t be?"
The young women as starter ordered
sardine sandwiches. Goldman went back
to get them. The men followed him.
I'VE were just spoofing you about
those sardines," one of them said. Put
up your hands"
Goldman looked into a couple of re-
volvers. The men made him take off
his apron. and while they chided him
in good humored fashion they tied it
about his head so that he could not
speak They took $500 and SIS gold
watch from his pockets, picked SIS out
of the cash register and then kicked him
down the stairs to the cellar. Goldman
after time managed to make enough
noise to attract a policeman and then
told his story at the East Sixty seventh
street station.
| Rob Dry Goods store.
The police we're sure that the girls
were the same that accompanied three
| men In an automobile of similar descrip-
ton earlier in the day to the Reliable
Dry Goods Shop at 615 Ninth avenue.
between Forty-third and Forty-fourth
streets. and robbed 1t of s42o.
| Julius Stotsky, owner Of The store.
was talking with his wife. his brother
Oscar. a salesman, and Henry Freed
man. jewelry salesman. and Hyman
Cohen. The girls. the blonde and the
brunette. remained in the automobile.
one at the wheel. while the three men
entered and held UP everybody inside.
\ One bandit took 5000 from the cash
register. Another robbed Freedman Of
5000 and a gold watch and chain, but
missed $1,000 diamond ring which ne
had managed to slip on his finger and
hide between the leaves of a notebook
The bandits took small sums ranging
from IS to SIS from the others, crowded
them all into the back room and then
left and drove away.
Stotsky and the others hurried to the
street. shouting for the police and blow
ink police whistles. When detectives
from the West Forty-seventh street sta :
tion arrived the car had disappeared in
Tenth avenue.
The third girl bandit made her ap-
ptarance with two men at the butcher
store owned by James Matorsano. at 225
Hudson street. Frank Turco. sales
man, was in the store with Matorsano
and his wife. The bandits drew re-
volvers and forced the two men into the
| ice box. Mrs. Matorsano stood with her
hands over her head while the bandits
took $177 out of the cash drawer.
The girl. calm and pretty. stood In
the doorway as lookout When the
men had finished. all jumped into an
automobile waiting at Canal ard Watts
streets and drove rapidly away In Canal
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