The New York herald., 1922-02-20
DOGS SUBDUE MAN
SEIZED AS THIEF
Boy Sets Collies on Intruder
Who Is Struggling With
His Father.

Frank Elliott. IS. son of Frank El-
lott, of POI West 18TH street. loosed
two collie dogs last night when his
father called for help after he had
caught man with two suitcases on the
stairway of the apartment house. The
dogs jumped at the alleged burglar. one
of them grabbing at his leg and the
other at his throat, and he was quickly
subdued. Arrested, he gave his name
as Anthony Deresa of 272 Manhattan
avenue. The articles in the suitcases
were identified by Mrs. Hetty Straus as
having been stolen from her apartment
ON the third floor.
The police say that Deresa entered
the apartment house by jimmying
window of a back fire escape, and then
forcing the door to the Straus apart
ment. Elliott. the elevator operator.
was running the car up when he saw
Deresa come from the Straus apartment
with the two suitcases. Deresa threw
a jimmy at him. and Elliott shouted for
help. The men We're wrestling about the
hall when EIliott's son and the dogs
came Up. Deresa was locked UP in the
West 123d street police station.
MistOok Thieves for Clerks.
The police of the West Thirtieth
street station are searching for thieves
who entered the Office of the United
States Transfer Agency, at 262 West
Thirty-frst street, opposite the Penn
sylvania Terminal, late Saturday night
and stole S1,500 in cash, jewe:ry and
Liberty bonds from the safe.
The robbery was discovered at IL 80
o'clock Saturday by patrolman who
found the front door of the Office open.
The door of the safe had been ripped
off and the contents scattered on the
floor.
Mrs. Mary Corcoran. who lives up
stairs over the agency, said that she
heard noise In the agency's Office
about IL o'clock Saturday. ana went
downstairs TO see what was the mat
ter. She saw two men with their coats
off and apparently busy at the desks.
She thought they were agency clerks
working overtime.
Patrolmen Leahy and McWilliams OF
the East 1O4th street station, were walk
ing in Second avenue early yesterday
morning when they heard a cry freln
the hallway of No. 1892. They looked
in and found two men holding up Ed
ward Regolsky of 1908 Madison avenue,
a taxicab chauffeur, with revolver
Patrolman Leahy knocked the pistol
from the hand of one of the men and
arrested him. while McWilliams caught
the other at the head OF the stars. Ihe
prisoners gave their names as James
McAlanus of 1892 Second avenue and
Arthur Feigan of $50 West Fifty-third
street. In the Harlem Police Court they
were held in s25.000 bail each for ex-
animation to-day.
Held Up i'm "a Hallway.
Regolssy said that he drove the two
men to the Second avenue address and
followed them into the hall when they
refused to pay him. There they pointed
a gun at him. he said, and took SIS
from his pockets. McManus and Feigan
denied that they were robbing the
chauffeur.
In Morrisania Court Magistrate Nc
Geehan held FIVE boys in $1,000 bail
each on charges of stealing automobiles
owned by BENJAMIN Kramer of 1771
Madison avenue and Harry Meitzel Of
1889 McGraw avenue. The Bronx. The
prisoners gave their names as Peter
yoecker, Is, Of 1916 Wallace avenue;
William Nugent, 16. OF 2sS East Burn
side avenue; Thomas Boyle. II. of 1888
Holland avenue; Frank willis. 16, OF
1855 Union avenue, and Albert Levy, 10,
who gave his address as 1879 Bozart
avenue all OF The Bronx. The police
said that the Bozart avenue address was
false