The New York herald., 1922-02-05
Four Bandits Raid and Rob
Five Taxi Drivers, Two Ar
rests Being Made.
HOLDUP IN HUDSON TUBE
Wan Robbed Of $196 and Then
Kicked Off Train-Burglars
Scared in Brooklyn.

Thieves using skeleton key en-
tered the apartment of Charles s..
Rothenberg, COL West 10th street, the
afternoon Of January 27 and stripped
the rooms of solid silver tableware and
jewelry valued at $4,000. it was learned
Tooth street station were informed i'm
mediately of the robbery but did not
make the theft public.
Mr.. Rothenberg. who is an officer
of the Bedford Underwear Company,
331 Fourth avenue, said his wife left
the apartment at about 2 o'clock that
afternoon and that soon after that
the men, timing their visit when they
knew the place would be empty, en-
tered and packed what they wanted
into two bags. The elevator operator
Of the apartment recalled that he car
ried two men with grips down from
that floor after Mrs. Rothenberg had
left.
The theft was not discovered until late
that night, when Mr.. Rothenberg and
his wife returned. The dining room and
the dressers in all the rooms had been
ransacked. The silverware, consisting
OF solid silver knives. forks and spoons.
plates. pitchers. trays and other table,
ware, had been taken from the side
board The jewelry belonging to Mr..
Rothenberg included a gold cigarette
case and a set of gold dress shirt studs
a nttff trlr - s,1a
were wedding presents. The couple were
married two years ago.
The silverware was insured, according
to Mr.. Rothenberg. and an insurance
company has assigned detective to
work on the case in addition to detec-
tives Of the West Tooth street station.
Taxi ChauffeurS Held Up.
Four bandits. each with drawn re-
volver. walked into a taxicab call sta
tion on the second floor of building
at 546 West 145th street early yester-
day. lined five. taxicab dlauffeurs up
against the wall and robbed them of
S102 in cash and some jewelry. After
getting the belongings of their victims
the holdup men. warnlng them that pur-
suit would be dangerous undertaking,
ran down the stairs to the street, where
they had left a taxicab. and started
through 145th street toward Broadway.
Just as their car had got under way
the chauffeurs they had robbed followed
them &c the street. Jumped into their
own taxicabs. which they had left. at the
curb, and started in pursuit. Half a
block away Patrolmen j. Weckesser and
Leo Schenfield or the West 152d street
station, told by one of the chaufseurs
that they had been held UP. jumped on
the running board OF one of the pursu-
ing taxicabs. The bandit car turned into
Broadway and sped south. but by the
time 1t had reached 125th street the five
taxicabs in pursuit, which had attained
high speed in the run OF twenty blocks,
were close behind.
The bandit car was turned east at
12oth street. and as 1t rounded the cor
ner into Fifth avenue the two patrol
men. fearing that the bandits might
outdistance them in the run down the
avenue. opened fire on them. Bullets
flew thick and fast. but the bandits,
apparently not paying much attention
to them. maintained their speed. They
did not attempt TO return the fire of
the patrolmen.
Two Captured. Two Escape.
At 10Sth street. the taxcab used by
the bandits was run into the curb and
three of its occupants jumped out. be-
fore the pursuing taxicabs had been
stopped, and leaped over q park wall.
They left behind only the man at
the wheel. He was Frank Redmond,
i. of 2Si West 1l6th street. and was
arrested by Patrolman Wcckesser. and
Patrolnan Schenfield. who followed the
three men over the park wall. ar
rested another. whom/he found hiding
behind bush. The second man gave
his name as John Burke. q. of ITO
Charles street. Both later were ar
ralgned on charges of suspicion OF rob-
berry and held in $4,000 bail each for
hearing Tuesday. The other two men
were not caught.
That three hold UP men had forced
him to tho rear platform OF Hudson
tube train at the Grove street station.
robbed him of sis6 and kicked him 20
the track just as the train was pulling
out of the station was the story relatel
to tho Jersey City police last night b.
Andrew Clark OF 800 Bay View avenue,
Freeport. L. I. Clark Is salesman for
Ammon e. Person, Jersey City con-
cern, and he first reported the hold UP
to the firm, going later TO the police
station. lie was able to give only a
nlcasor description OF his assailants.
Clark said there were only few pas
sengcrs In the rear car OF the train when
he started TO get off at the Grove
street station. and tho bandits, he