New Britain herald., 1923-06-28
HOLDUP MEN BIND
 SIx, STEAL JEWELS
Make S5O,OOO Haul in Sensational
 New York Robbery

Nsw York, June 2s-Whsn Lenls Edison, diamond merchant, smashed inc piate glass window Of his second story offiee at ss Ludlow street Yfsr terdsy afternoon shortly after o'clock he caused something Fesem' hing a riot in the neighberheod Ai Grand and Ludlow streets, one Of the East Sides busy corners and a Rus sian. seeing q red hek ai the corner turned in a ire alarm, PrelanginE and aeeentuating the wild excitement, bni Edison didn't want fTe apparatus, he wanted nalieemeR, having been robbed so he says, Nf diamonds and legelry worth sh0,0A0,
 Effectively answering the proposal of ia jewellers associations that slhh,a GOO be raised to run down such han dts, though they may not have read of the plan, two armed hut unmasked men "ona short and the other tall" had gone into Fdison's place, stuck m Edison. his daughter and four jew elry saiesmsn and made away with practically the entire contents of the large safe in the office. besides rob ping the men of such jewels and money as they had. the police were told.
 Then apparently. having taken nearly half an hour to the ioh, the two robbers walked down the stairs and away. Five minutes later Edi" son broke the plate glass window
 No Record of Stock.
 The office Is about ifxii feet, al the end of a hallway. The safe oceu- pied one corner There were two ta- hles and half dozen chairs and no other furniture. Edison did a whole sale business. selling to other sales men and dealing chiefly in diamonds. diamond rings and diamond bracelets. His settings were nearly all platinum and white gold. He says his stock on hand approximated s6o,000 and that he had $20.oo0 insurance. To the police. however. he showed neither inventory, stock book. nor bills of sale.
 The two men walked into the place at about 2.3o. according to the re- port. They pointed revolvers at the men in the room and ordered Hands up." Then they ranged the men along the wall furthest from the safe. and one of the men pulled np the blinds over the window so their opera tions could not be observed from across the street. X few minutes later Miss Fanny Edison, who works with her father in the place, returned. She found chain on the door,
 "They took the chain off, grabbed hold of me and pulled me inside" said the young woman later. One of them said: Now you be a good girl and we won't hurt you. But if you ain't we'll shoot the place up.
 All Bound to Chairs.
 While one man covered the five men and the woman the other robber passed down ;he line. ordering each man to lower his hands, and then ty- ing them together Then each was given a chair and his feet tied to the chair altogether a thoroughly work manlike job.
 Where did they get the cord 2" Miss Edison was asked.
 They had a package. One of them threw it on the floor. It had the cord in it. and the bandages they put over our mouths later"
 When they had the whole party safely tied and gagged the two riflen the safe. They left in one ring tray a lot of empty ring settings, and, by an oversight, one diamond ring. AsI they proceeded one of the pair re- marked: We've been waiting to get this place for seven months and now i, we've got it."
 George Stern. 7s7 East Fremont avenue, was relieved of diamonds val ued at $270 The robbers missed his l cash, about $25. because one of the ropes closed the pocket in which he carried it. He had little tissue pa : per package with two diamonds in it | when the robbers entered This he thrust inside his collar, so he said | later as he displayed the two dia monds.
 Returned $10 to Victim.
 Samuel Saperstein, diamond broker |