New Britain herald., 1925-03-09
Another Broadway Butterfly" Robbed of Gems Valued at $5O,. 900 - Beaten Until She Discloses Hiding Place.
Masked Robbers Make En. trance by Battering Down Apartment Door With Crowbar-Threat. ened to Torture Her With Fire.

New York, March S. - Three masked men broke into the studio apartment of Mrs. Fay Perkins in West 5Sth street this morning and escaped with jewelry of an estimated value of $50,000 after beating Mrs. Perkins and binding and gagging her escort Milton Abbott described by the police as a wealthy cotton broker.
 The robbers chopped down the doors of the apartment in making their entrance. They are believed by the police to be members of the same gang that robbed the apart ments of several women known as Broadway butterflies, including Louise Lawson and Dorothy Keenan, who were murdered.
 Beaten With Revolver Butt
 After choking Mrs. Perkins and biting rings from her fingers and taking braceelts and necklaces from her, the robbers beat her with re- volver butts until she revealed the location Of the rest of her jewelry.
 The woman was a frequenter of Broadway cabarcts, as were the vic tims in the other apartment rob- berries. She is separated from her husband, Benjamin Perkins, who is the owner of q west 53rd street cafe according 10 the police.
 Mrs. Perkins and her companion lad just returned to her apartment after dining in one of Broadways eating and drinking places and mak- ing the round of other night re- sorts.
 Break Into Apartment
 In breaking into the apartment, the robbers used crowbar and other tools which were leR at the scene.
 The jewelry taken by the robbers Included seIeral diamonds which were collected by her husband from famous lapidaries of the world, Mrs. Perkins told the police.
 The last robbery of similar na- ture was that in the apartment Of Edith Robe. modiste. who was way laid and robbed of s5N,0O0 in jewel ry by four robbers last September as she was entering her apartment on the East eos accompanied by Robert Hague, marine superintend- ent of the Standard Oil Go. of New Jersey.
 All RobbeTies Are Similar
 or all the robberies of similar nature only one was ever cleared up. That was inc robbery Of jewels valued at perhaps s500,oO0 from Mrs. Charles P. Hugo Schaellkopf, wife ot Buffalo broker, after a New Year party in a West 52nd street apartment In 1923. Two men are now serving Sing Sing sentences for that robbery. The jewelry was recovered.
 Abbott was seized by the robbers, gagged with pillow and bound to a bed with ripped up lengths of sheets. The robbers then attacked Mrs. Perkins and stripped her jew elry from her. The three men wore silk handkerchiefs across their faces the victims told the police.
 BriItally Beaten
 With Abbott securely bound 10 the bed. the intruders took small amount of money from his pockets. Mrs. Perkins screamed and one or the men struck her in the face and then grasped her by the throat An other robbcr then came to his con federatc's aid, grabbed Ter by an arm and threw her to Ter knees. The first bandit tried to remove one of her rings with his hands, but failed. He then put her finger into his mouth and forced off the ring,
 Threatens to XII
 When Mrs. Perkins continued to scream the robbers threatened to kill her.
 "Ill kill you if you make another sound" one of the men said to her She continued 10 scream and the robbers then beat her In the face with their revolver butts.
 During the struggle. one of the mems handkcTchiefs dropped from his face. Abbott said he got good enough view of the mans face to make positive Identification.
 Prepared to Torture
 After their attempts to make the woman tell where the jewelry was hidden by beating her had been un- successful the bandits prepared to torture her by fire. according to the woman's story 10 the police.
 One of the robbers had struck a match when Mrs Perkins told them where her jewel casket could be found in the dressing table. One of the men gave her a kick, knocking her prone to the floor, and then all tbrna bprricd fo tba drpssiur ta ble [