The New York herald., 1922-04-21

KILLED AFTER BOAST
OF $500 IN STOCKING
Janitress Had Deposited Money
Before Attack in Upper
Fifth Avenue.
SLAYER GOT NOTHING
Drained Woman With One
Blow of Furnace Shaker:
Thieves Arrested.
SLAYER GOT NOTHING

Mrs. Elizabeth Dragowitzsky. 81. OF
West llSth street, VINO Is the janitress
of that and another nearby fat house al
14Gz Fifth avenue. confided 70 neighpors
a few days ago that she was carrying
$500 in rent collections in her stocking
to protect it from burglars during the
crime wave. Last night when she en-
tered the basement of the house at l462
Fifth avenue she was attacked by rob-
ber who struck her heavy blow on the
forehead with a furnace CRATE shaker.
crushing IN her skull.
The robber. after killing the woman
with one blow of the shaker. which Is
eight feet long and weighs eight pounds,
made search of the body. but went
away empty handed. The $500 which
Mrs. Dragowitzsky had carried In her
stocking. and which the police believe
was primarily responsible for her muir
der. was deposited In Harlem savings
bank on April II. but the janitress had
neglected TO say anything about the de-
posit to the neighbors.
Husband Finds Body.
Ii is believed that Mrs. DragowitslSy
left her own apartment at about 8 80
o'clock and went to the basement OF
the Fifth avenue house TO do some work
around the furnace. What happened
after she got there nobody knows The
theory of the police Is that the slayer
concealed himself In the basement and
struck her down without warning.
Her husband. Dussin Dragowftzsky.
returned home at o'clock, and not find
ing his wife in their apartment started
= search. He found her body lying on
q - ~ r.na l,a m
mace. with the shaker lying near by.
The husband summoned Patrolman Louis
Hargraves of the West 123d street sta
tion and detectives under Inspector
Cornelius Cahalane later visited the
premises to investigate the murder. Or.
Benjamin Schwartz OF the Medical Ex-
aminers office said in view OF the con-
dition of the woman's skull ii was evil
dent that the shaker had been welded
by powerful man. The clothing was
disarranged. indicating to the police that
the slayer had searched the body for
money.
Arrest I'm 45 Minutes.
Forty-five minutes after they had
been asked by the police of Railway. N.
j.. to catch Joseph Halisk. railroad
trakesman out of work. and hold him
WI SuSpl1iun OF having pldcKJdCkeu am
robbed Michael Kolack of that city OF
$3.50 and his jeweIry. Manhattan detec-
tives nabbed the fugitive in a cafe at
avenue A and Fourth street.
In The Bronx an attempt was made
to steal a Police Department fliyvci
when a sergeant and a patrolman went
into a cigar store. They arrested JaciS
Mass. Is.
Three Italians picked up by the police
In D. poolroom at Fourteenth street ana
Fourth avenue were held in tho Essex
Market Court in $4,000 bail apiece. on a
charge of robbery. for examination to-
morrow. When one of them. Rocco
Marrone, was searched, there was found
in his pocket letter from John Gentle,
n prisoner In the Tombs awaiting trial
The letter asked Marronc to get the cx-
soldier Gentle is accused OF having.
robbed not to testify at Gentile's trial.
Edward Altenheiin. describing himself
as n farm laborer. tried to pawn 5000
watch in a Cooper Square shop for $40.
The proprietor called policeman. In
Altenheims pockets were 100 shares OF
the Wisconsin Central Railroad. which.
with the watch. we're identified by Rich
ard Howard of 156 Fifth avenue as his
property. Altenhem confessed that lc
had worked for Mr. Howard and that
he had skipped with the valuables.
Al Mccoy. former middleweight cham
pion, whose real name is Alexander Ru-
dolph. was arraigned In the Adams
street court. Brooklyn. on charge of
possessing a pistol without a legal per-
init. He was held in $1,000 bail.