New Britain herald., 1925-08-13
PENTHOUSE ROBBED GUARD IS WOUNDED
New York Bandits Pick on
 Peculiar Locality

Now York, Aug. 13 (R)-Eight young mon, one of them carrying a suitcase. and all of them acting as if they were in a hurry to get into the water, walked into the swim ming pool office at the Starlight Amusement Park, at 177th street and the Bronx River, late yesterday afternoon and bought eight tickets to the pool. Then, instead of going swimming, they held up six en- ployes of the place, knocked bather on the head with q revolver, stuffed their suitcascs with more than 20n cvelopcs containing valu- abI"s checked by patrons and es- capped in an automobile after shOot- ing Special Officer Sidney Rohan. q police rescrVist of the 18th Precinct.
 Itohan was caught off his guard when the bandits came into the of flee and was compelled 10 line up with the other cmploycs, among them the manager, Thomas Cowlcy. and two other special officers. But when the bandits. Juggling their suit eases filled with valuablcs estimated to he worth at least s5,0o0, ran down the alley past the womcn's bath houses toward the wire fence enclosing the park, Rohan went aft CT them. The bandits had cut hole in th" fence, and as they era Wed through Rohan came around the corner of the bathhousc and fired three shots at them.
 Wounded Officer Continues Fire.
 The bandits returned the fire and E0han was struck in the right shoul- der by bullet, although he did not know it at tho time. The bandits got through the fence and ran to- ward the tracks of the New York, Boston and WcstChcstor railroad. stepping carefully to avoid the third rail. Eolan was behind them. shoot ing as fast as he could pull the trigger, and every now and then one of the bandits turned and blazcd away at the policeman. Rohan be- IicNrS h" shot ono of the bandits, as He saw th" man stumble and fall as hc reached tho tracks. His fellows helped him, however, and across tho tracks they got Into an automobilc aHl sped away.
 Wednesday is an off day at tho park and not many people were about tho various concessions. Those who woro in the pool, however heard he shooting and saw several of tho bullets strike the side across from where Eohan was fighting the bandits. several other rhippo.l pieces from th" sfucco Of thc bath house and other buildings, hut no one ex- rcrt Eohan was injured.
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 Tho hnihorS either duckod into tEc water 10 hc sure they wcro out of 'lau-"r. or scrambled out anI hurried rto tho bath hous- to learn what h7l harrcooI. Morc than ooo of th-m appoaro1 'at0- a' ihc West rh, sfor rolico station ard said their 'u1.lor'e in WhicN th.v had chcck- ,5 tnr;" ,o'ur1~s. had lacn stolen.
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