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Robbers Sell
Protection as
A Side Graft
Failure of Merchants to Buy
Tickets for'Show'or'Ath?
letic Event' Always Fol?
lowed by Oui-'k Burglary
lianas Work Undisturbed
Thefts Disclosed in Day
Make $60,000; One Firm,
RefusingTribute, a Victim
Tho disclosure of a dozen more rob?
beries yesterday, amounting to $60,000,
offered fresh evidence that'burglary
ha.} been reduced from a prune of
chance to a systematic bus i
It was apparent that the men on
gaged In it are equipped to move tilings
in bulk, and at their leisure, from the
most central locations. In connect on
with the recent robberies of shop
stores near 'Thirty-fourth Street and
Broadway the proprietors told a sti ry
indicating that seme burglars have
been selling tickets for : hows a
Jine.
For some time young men have been
visiting shops in this district and ask?
ing the proprietors to buy tickets for
entertainments given by their "athletic
club** in the Bronx. The visitors usu?
ally.'?droppod a hint that i!' the firm
bought tickets they would see that the
?hop was "proteet?'d."
Burglar Protection Ignored
Two weeks ago Boris Liss, of Sher?
man Brothers, at 14 West Thirty-fourth
Street, told one such caller that tl a
firm was cutting down expenses and
would rather not buy any more tickets.
The caller departed sullenly.
On last Thursday night burglars
"jimmied" the door to Sherman
Brothers' loft and carried urmful after
armful of tine embroidered dresses to
a truck waiting in front of ti e build?
ing. They took about seventy-five
pieces, valued at $5,000. The burglars
then attached an electric drill to the
wiring in the loft and drilled a hole
through the floor.
Using a bolt of goods as a rope they
lowered themselves to the floor below
and collected more dresses and cloaks,
valued at $1,5,000, from the loft of Max
Maltz. They took along all of his
samples for the spring trnde.
After that the burglars drove their
truck to 40 West Thirty-fourth Street,
forced an office door, cut their way
into the room of the Extra Size Shirt?
waist Company and carried out cloth?
ing valued at $10,000. They then called
it a night, probably because the truck
wasj/ull. As proof that all three jobs
hjjJPe been done by onp group they left
behind some tools, which to judge by
the markings had been used in each ,
place.
Skilled Thieves Wear Gloves
From the clothing people it war- i
learned that the absence of fnger prints !
had convinced the detectives that, the
burglars wore gloves. The detectives
of the West Thirty-first Street station,
who were on the case, refused to talk.
Mr. Maltz, one of the clothing men j
robbed, said it looked as if then: must
be an organized business under way in ?
stolen clothing, through well shielded I
"fences." At any rate, clothing manu- ]
facturers have been populnr victims, j
Furs worth Sfi,500 were stolen last j
week from William Jackman & Sons, nt
36 West Thirty-seventh Street, by men
who drove off in their delivery wagon
while the driver was making a deliv?
ery. They abandoned the wagon.
Burglars broke into the front door
of Herman J. Goldman's shop at 1017
Pilk?i Avenue, Brooklyn, and while the
bug?far alarm rang steadily and a
nefg&bor looked on, too frightened to
sa? -anything, they carried out furs
va{t"jBd at $5,000, and drove oil in an
autg?ciobiie.
WWile the looting of lofts has occu?
pied one grou^ of burglars, others, in
eluding a woman, have indulged in
hold-ups. Two men shoved pistols into
the face of Spiredon Dament is yester?
day at 4:"0 a. m. while he was drink?
ing coffee alone in his restauramt at
400 ?West Forty-second Street. They
hacked him into the kitchen and there
shot Fred Kepos, a cook, in the leg bee
cause he called for help. They Took
965 from the cash register and. with
their lookout, who was a woman, es?
caped in an automobile.
Negroes Join Crime Carnival
Seven young negroes, wearing black
masks, lined ten customers and even
clerks against the walls of the poultry
shop of Koffsar &. Mofsovitz, nt 19 Cast
13??h Street, on Saturday night, and
prooeed'-d to do a thorough job. First
theyr(heat Rabbi Buchalter, who kills
chjjjgens, because he did not know the
? ?onJlJijnation to the safe. Harry Mofso
ritatiA clerk, told them the safe was
opgR and he was beaten for not Baying
*o oefore. The negroes got $650 from
the safe, $400 from a shoe of one of
tant!victima and a few watches and
S200 from the clerks and customers.
They made a safe getaway, although
30,000 chickens at the rear were rais?
ing a great commotion in the genera!
excil ment.
Three men blackjacked a messenger
for the Manhattan rie Baking Com?
pany, of V Cannon Street, last Friday,
at Delancey and Cannon streets, and
seized a cigar box containing $250,
They missed $2,500 in bills and cheek.-?,
I which he was taking to a bank, be?
cause the messenger fell on them when
he was lut
On Saturday thieves climbed through
a transom to the office of Wcinbaum
I Brothers, maker.? ol gold for dental
work, at 220 West Forty-second Street.
? and took $8,000 worth of gold from a
safe.
The seventh burglary ?n a week for
one Brooklyn neighborhood, and the
third burglary in one apartment house,
' took placo v. heu Ira Kodes, former
army lieutenant, of 1160 President
Street, was robbed Sunday night of
.-'.... in silverware and two watches.
Way Opened
For Sweeping
| City Inquiry
, i Continued from page one?_^_
' in the best interests of the city, pro
viding if can be done with thorough
? ness and in a spirit of entire fairness
| ami nonpartisanship.
"Our committee has other and far
more important work to do than any
? ? ?i ha yet accomplished, and far
more important than the work of in?
vestigating the city departments, im?
portant though that may be. I do not
question that there Iras been an orgy
of inefficiency and extravagance, if not
l worse, with few notable exceptions. Our
: committee lia--, however, still barely
i scratched t; c 3 ; rface.
"All that we are doing is merely to
erect a foundation on which to build
our comprehensive structure of pro
posen constructive legislation. It will
be drastic and far-reaching. I think
some may say almost revolutionary, in
| the hope of reversing a narrow eco?
nomic policy that lias prevailed in the
Federal nnd state governments.
i
Scores Federal Inactivity
''In order to succeed this legislation
must have the support of the Legis?
lature and the public, regardless of
party lines. If your committee were to
beomc involved in a city investigation
! that would not be possible, and I regard
it as more important that the integrity
of our purpose should he maintained
than a dozen city investigations, how
lever useful they may be.
"1 am sorry^.to say that we are con?
tinuing to meet with anything but
cooperation from the Department of
Justice and the Federn! authorities.
Under cover of proclamations and prot?
estations of cooperation, we get noth?
ing.
"Let me illustrate this. Abont seven
weeks ago, as I have ?since naively
rpalized, I, relying upon the letters I
received from the Department of Jus?
tice, which are very pleasant and en?
couraging in their tone, asked that
they let us have access to the files and
evidence that they have collected in
connection with the civil suit they
brought m New Jersey against the
I cement manufacturers. In answer to
that request, which I made, because of I
the offer of cooperation from the de- |
partment, I received the reply that they ;
could not let us have ?his evidence, be?
cause they needed it in their civil suit,
which has been asleep for about a year
or more.
Cooperation Not Forthcoming
"Great hopes wore raised in im ron.?.
, time ago by the appearance of Sena?
tor Calder here, before your commit?
tee. We thought that with his aid we
might be able to get jurisdiction be
fore his committee, sitting with us,
over witnesses who find Philadelphia,
Newark and other places much more j
congenial at this time of the year;
hut we have thus far-been disappoint-;
ed in that hope. That is due to the
many other commitment j of Senator !
('aider in connection with his own
committee. At any rate, the coopera
tion on which we had relied there has
not been forthcoming.
"I trunk that is a fair statement of1
the plans and purposes of the com- ,
mittee, so that it may be known that;
we cannot undertake before this eom
mittee to exploit ail the combinations I
existing in the building trades in the ,
(?ry of New York. I should say that!
tiiere were sixty or more such com- !
binations, according to our advices."
Butler in Broker'? Home Killed
W hen Caught in Klevator Shaft
Lawrence Donnelly, twenty-two j
years old, employed as a butler in the ?
ii.?me of Clarence Bowen, 5 Fast Sixty
third Street, was crushed to death last
night when he was caught between the
roof of the elevator and the third floor
in the shaft at the Bowen home.
His body was extricated by Captain
Rotiert ?. McGannon and seven fremen
from Truck 16 after an hour's work. It
is not known just how Donnelly met
with the accident. Mr. Bowen is at
present living at the Hotel Plaza
while his home is undergoing altera?
tions. D" is a retired broker.
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! Shoo-Fly Ruse
Seen in Police
Motor Patrol
Bhiecoats Refuse to Volun?
teer as Driver? for Side
Car? to Carry Lieutenants,
Fearing Spy T raps
| $1,379,000 Cost to Gty
?Detail Requires 240 rVIcn
and Same Number Supe?
riors From Short Force
Since January 1 in New York
City:
There have been more than 350
, hold-ups, robberies and thefts.
The property loss involved is
i more than $3,500,000.
j The unsolved murder.] alone
total more than 100.
Police Commissioner Enright's plan
to use lieutenants in side-car motor?
cycles to check up on the patrol sys?
tem has hit a snag.
Patrolmen throughout the city have
| refused to volunteer for the duty o?
| driving the motorcycles, on the ground
that the plan is a poorly camouflaged
attempt to revive the dreaded "shoo
fly" system.
Acting Commissioner Leach disclosec
the motorcycle supervising systenr
I when he applied a day or two ago foi
i permission to apply $50,000 of an ac
| crued fund in'the department to th?
buying of machines. He explained thai
the motorcycles were needed to checV
the patrol system.
Mr. Leach told the Board of Esti
mate that such a plan would help th<
department in running down criminal:
i and prevent crime, although he bastonee
j to add that the department had th<
j present epidemic of crime well in hand
I.each'.** Motorcycle r?an
"We have devised a method whereb*
| wo want to get one motorcycle with i
? side car for each precinct, so that th?
, supervising lieutenant can patrol in i
! motorcycle. We think that not onl;
i will that keep every man up to th?
| top notch, out on the job and inside
I not knowing what minute that motor
cycle will come round, but it will alsi
i have a deterrent effect upon the dis
! orderly element of tho city. The;
j might put a watch on a patrolman
I They might, say ho will not pass th i
point within an hour, or somethini
like that, hut they would never kno\
I at what moment n supervising lieu
? tenant would appear."
"Would you use this motorized pa
! trol all day or all night?" asked Alder
[ manic President La Guardia.
"I do not know," replied the Deput;
j Commissioner. "If we had suflicien
v.-e would use them all day. I will onl;
speak as to my opinion, and my opin
ion is that they would be used at nigh!
when danger is prevalent."
! "All night?" asked the Mayor.
"Yes, sir, where the greater ?ange
is apt to be," said Mr. Leach.. ^
Tint, "shoo-fly" squad ordinarily i
made up of men sent out by Headquai
ters to discover posts not properly co\
ered. The patrolmen hate the systei
because it permits of no defense, [f
"shoo-fly" said a patrolman could nc
be found on post or was improper";
patrolling his post, the "ahoo-fly's*
statement, was accepted, and nothin
the supposed offending patrolman coul
say would aid his case.
Cost to Taxpayers
The motorcycle supervising sj itei
will cost the taxpayers of New Yor
J 17179,000, in addition to the origin!
appropriation authorized by tho Hoar
of Estimate of $50,000 to buy the mi
chines. It will, too, take oft' the patro
ing squad "40 men each day, as it wi
bo necessary to have that number c
patrolmen-drivers of the motorcycles.
This ligure is based on the fact th;
there are eighty precincts in grcatt
New York which will have to be co
ered by the system. This means 24
lieutenants for the three tours. IT
lieutenants' salary is $3,300 a year, s
that for this special duty the city wi
pay :>7P2,000 each year.
With the necessity of having thre
patrolmen each day in each precinct,
I the city will pay $5-17,200 a year, as the
| patrolman's salary is $2,280 a year.
Posts Too Long to Patrol
But the cost is only incidental to
, the patrolmnn, it developed In a sur
? vey of the city made by The Tribune.
? What they fear is unjust accusation of
not properly patrolling posts which
they claim are so long that only a
i.uperman could get around properly.
I'nder present conditions patrolmen
art doing a greet deal more work than
under former administrations. Touts
' have been lengthened to eleven, thir
' teen, twenty and in two Brooklyn
, precincts to twenty-eight blocks, with
I a half-block each side of the avenue on
I the interesecting streets.
After the Board of Estimate hnd ap?
proved the motorcycle plnn. Chief In
1 apector Lahey sent out a call to all
precincts for patrolmen to drive the
motorcycles. It, is impossible to get
the actual figures on the number of
those who responded.
; Tribune reporters after a survey
I of a large number of precincts have
been unable to find one man who was
willing to do the work.
In one precinct a Tribune reporter
was present when the commanding offi
| cer put Lahey's offer to a patrolman
| who was known to be a motorcycle
! driver.
"I'll ouit the job first." he said.
"Why?" the bos? asked him.
Police Refuse to Volunteer
"Because I have never been and
never intend to be a 'shoo-fly.' If I
have to do that kind of work I'll go
out and get a job as a spotter for the
street railway company.
"That's nil that scheme is ? just
'shoo-fly' work. An far as I'm con?
cerned I'll quit, before I take the job,
even if the Commissioner ordered rno
to take it."
The manner in which Commissioner
Enright expects to recruit the force
of lieutenants and patrolmen drivers
for the new system is a mystery to
precinct commanders.
The Tribune survey of only one tour
showed the city to be underpoliced.
The new "shoo-fly" system will take
from the patrol force an additional
240 men.
The survey also showed that, there
were not enough lieutenants for desk
duty, as ir. several precincts sergeants
were found doing desk work.
Cassidy Dies To-morrow
Unless Retrial Is Won
Four Others Face Execution on
Same Day; Three Sentenced
for Bronx Crime
Argument on motions for a new trial
for Jame:* P. I "Bull") Cassidy, one of
four men sentenced to die to-morrow
night, for the murder of a ticket agent
at. tho intervale subway station, No?
vember 13, 101X, were heard yesterday
by Supreme Court. .lustiee Francis M.
Tierney.
Thomas .T. O'Neill and James .T.
Barry, attorneys for the convicted
man, on Monday obtained from Justice
Guy an order directing District Attor?
ney Martin, of Bronx County, to show
cause why Cassidy should not be given
a new trial. After directing both sides
to present briefs, .lustiee Tierney said
he probably would render a decision
to-day.
A dispatch from Ossining last night
said that arrangements were being made
at Sing Sing for the execution in the
electric chair Thursday of five pris?
oners*. The fifth condemned man is
Howard Baker, twenty years old, who,
with an accomplice, slew William De
greff near Rochester. The other four
condemned prisoners are Cassidy, Jos?
eph Milano, Charles McLoughlin and
Joseph Uscfof, all of the Bronx and
;.li sentenced to pay the death penalty
for the Bronx murder.
Baker's wife and thr?f children, all
under live years of age, visited him in
the death house yesterday.
?Guard Women After 'threat
Nassau County Deputy Sheriffs, post?
ed ati the main entrance of tho home
of Mrs. Louise Duncan, at Hempstead,
L. I., for the last three nights have
waited in vain for the arrival of black?
mailers, who are alleged to ha\p writ?
ten a note to Mrs. Duncan, command- !
ing her under pain of death to deposit I
$5,000 on the gatepost fronting her !
home.
Tho Iftier was turned over to Dis- j
trict Attorney Charles R. Weeks. It !
was signed by "The Gang," and while i
its contents have not been divulged ?
Weeks said there was a death threat, j
i:i it.
Mrs. Duncan is the.widow of H. But- j
1er Duncan. Her first husband was
James L. Kernochan, a New York I
banker.
Clara Hamon
| In Mexieo, Says
El Paso Sheriff
__
(Ontinued from p?o? an?)
j investigated and that Ross be held a3
a material witness if necessary.
The newspaper man was quizzed
i closely as. to his alleged statement-!
| that he had met the woman after her
! motor car had broken down near San
! Antonio, that he had repaired the
j break and that she had given him a
I statement. Ross claimed he had
I known Mrs. Smith Hamon for years.
ARDMORE, Okla., Dec. 7. ?Russell
! R. Brown. County Attorney for Carter
? County to-night said that Sheriff Buck
Garrett had shown him a telegram os
? tensibly from Sheriff OrndorfT at El
I Paso to-day, to the effect that Ciara
Smith Hamon was believed to be in
! a Mexican border town.
Mr. Brown said he and Sheriff Gar?
rett will discuss to-night or to-morrow
I the suggestion of Sheriff Orndorff that
1 the Sheriff here send a man or men to
! El Paso.
The County Attorney said he was
I "very sorry" that Sheriff Orndorff's
message had been given "premature
publication." He said it might serious
1 ly injure or render impossible the
i chances of having Mrs. Smith Hamon
returned to Ardmort should the
woman under surveillance in the un?
named Mexican town prove to be the
alleged layer of Mr. Hamon.
V.r. Brown refused to comment on
I steps that possibly would be taken in
! the event Mrs. Smith Hamon has been
'. locf.ted, inasmuch as the present
r?gime in Mexico has not been formal?
ly recognized by the United States.
Four Burglars Steal
Letters to Mrs, Hamon
Force Entrance to Apartment,
Take Personal Papers; She
Disbelieves Report of Raid
CHICAGO, Dec. 7.-?Four unidentified
men forced an entrance last night into
! an apartment building here where the
I widow of Jake L. Hamon lives. The
! men seized a quantity of personal
I papers and seventy-five letters received
for Mr3. Hamon during her absence at
Ardmore, Okla., where her husband wn?
mysteriously shot to death. The in
j truders took nothing else.
j Charles Willis, landlord of the build?
ing, liad the letters and papers in his
apartment, which is across the hall.
! Actions of the men indicated the seiz
i ure had been carefully planned, police
| said.
! FORT WORTH. Tex.. Dec. 7.?"I don't
! believe my apartment in Chicago was
j robbed," said Mrs. Jake L. Hamon.
i widow of trie oil magnate, railroad
! owner and politician, while here to-da;,
on her way to the West Texas oil fields
: and railroad properties of the Hamon
j estate,
"Thar, story is another invention
probably of some newspaper reporter,
I just like the story about Clara Smith'.-?
! diary. 1 don't believe my letters wen1
stolen.
"No such person as Clara Smith ex?
ists or ever has existed," declared Mrs
, Hamon in defending the reputation oi
1 her husband. She accused the news
j papers of spreading "the false story oi
the Smith girl" just to interest readers
Mrs. Hamon, referring to the non
! existence of Clara Smith, meant, she
; said, that in so far as: the moral ae
[ tions of her husband and the connec
i tion with the girl and the shooting
I were concerned, no such person ex
I isted. The girl had nothing to do wit!
I Mi'. Hamon's death and had not cast :
, shadow over Mrs. Hamon's life, shi
i said.
j 'You Mt. Vernon Cop,' Crj
Bandits ; Pounce on Him
_.
Four masked bandits, who play nc
favorites and take 'em as they come
early yesterday morning held up anc
assaulted Max Hoffman, the keeper a'
the Mt. Vernon police headquarters
Gloating in their unexpected gooc
luck that they had come upon a police
man, the robbers showed no mercy
relieving the officer of his new over?
coat, $40 in cash, his revolver, police
shield, a watch and a medal which the
War Department conferred upon Hoff
man for services on the Mexican
border.
After stripping Hoffman oi' his valu
ablcs, the robbers ejaculated in a ton?
of victory: "Oh, you Mt. Vernon cop!"
MADISON AVENUE-Fl?FT?i AVENUE, NEW YORK
Thiriy=fourth Street
Thirty-fifth Street.
A,VM?^A?^<i|,t?VMHA>%?/>ySA^>V<i'
A Remarkable Sale o?
Men's Silk Dressier ?owos
coniimieinic?ng to=day (Wednesday)
wi?t, present an opportunity for the acquansitiion o if t?mese
Eujmnoiuis garments, ata tremeiradoMs rediLuCt?on in price
The Dress?iTDg Go wires connu pnsed ?ire the assortment are mreade
o? Fremch souks o? the choicest qmauntfles, Sinniported d3rect by
Bo AStmreaire ?i Co. They are S?irned throughout with ?uistrotuis
?atSo and have s?k or sat?r?-faced collar and ctuffffs aired a
wide siflk g?rdleo
The new price is
$95.??
War Reven tue tax add?tiionaL
(?Department oira Sixth FSoor)
I Plays William TelK
But Shoots Too Low
.SAX FRANCISCO, Dec. 7.?
i Andrew Merle attempted to shoot
the hat from the head of Amando
Georgi yesterday on a wager that
he could do so without hurting the
man. but aimed too low, the po?
lice said he told them.
The statement was regarded as
clearing up circumstances sur?
rounding the finding of Georgi's
j body seated at a caf? table.
whereupon the four attacked him.
Hoffman was walking along Gramatan
Avenue, on the outskirts of the place.
i when an automobile, bearing the four |
highwaymen, drove up behind him and
; stopped. The four bandits jumped out [
? and Hoffman, turning, looked into the !
j muzzles of four revolvers. With the
I odds at four to one, he made no re
: sistance.
-?
1 Jersey City Poliee
Ordered to Detain
Suspicious Persons
Action Taken to Reduce
Robberies and Hold-Ups;
Negroes R e a t Y ictini,
but Flee Without Money
Becaui'e of the frequency of hold
! ups in Jersey City, the police of that
i city have been instructed to show
? vigilance in the questioning of strang?
ers found on the streets at night.
? Denial was issued last night of the
I report negroes had been forbidden on
| the streets after 0 p. m.
Chief Richard T. Battersby yester
, day issued an order *;o precinct com
i manders in which he said extra precau
1 tions would have to be taken to reduce
, the number of robberies and hold-ups.
Patrolmen were instructed to question
i all pesons acting suspiciously, and
i take all those unable to give a good
account of themselves to precinct sta
, tions.
"There is nothing unusjjal about the
i order," said Chief Battersby. "Such
orders have been issued many times
i in many cities, 1 have told my men
to detain all suspicious characters
found on the streets. This applies to
whites as well as negroes.
"Some of the bad negro element are
j being driven out from other towns and
1 part of them are coming here. We
i have had a number of hold-ups by ne?
groes and something drastic will have
to be done."
Henry B. Stone, forty years old, of
910 West Side Avenue, Jersey City,
was held up early yesterday by two
negroes armed with revolvers. He
I offered resistance and was beaten over
1 the head with a revolver. The negroes
fled without getting his money.
HARTFORD, Conn.. Dee. 7.-?The ac
1 tivity of footpads in this city and vi?
cinity, ami the rapidly increasing num?
ber of weekly hold-ups, have caused
more than four hundred persons to ap?
ply during the last two weeks for per?
mits to carry firearms, Recording to a|
| statement made to-day by Chief of j
Police Garrett J. Farrell.
Negroes have, particiated in many of
the hold-ups, it, was said. News of rob
beries conveyed last night to the Board
of Poliee Commissioners led the board
to consider the advisability of appoint?
ing forty more patrolmen to the force.
.lames Whalen jr. was sent to St. Fran?
cis Hospital to-night in a serious con?
dition after being clubbed by a negro
highwayman.
Calder and Wadsworth
To Dispense N. Y. Plums
Harding Is Said to Have No
Friends in the State to Claim
Important Posts
From Th* Tribute's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Dec. . 7.?The Em?
pire State's federal patronage plums
will be divided by Harding after March
4 on too advice of Senators Calder .
and Wadsworth. This statement was i
made very definitely to-day by close ?
friends of Mr. Harding, who added that
the next President ha? jio personal
friends in New York to whom he -would
insist on giving any of the big place?,
such as collector?, of the ports, col?
lectors of internal revenue, district at?
torneys or United States marshals.
Thi' National Committeeman, Charles
D. Hilles, who is being: mentioned for
a place in the Cabinet, ulthough no
definite portfolio is being -assigned
him by the gossip, is not, m course,
included in this talk of the division of
patronage.
There had been some talk of Charles
E. Hughes for the Supreme Court, but
it was said by friends of Mr. Hughes
that he did not car? lo return to the
Supreme Bench, even as Chief Justice,
but, would be much happier to con?
tinue the private practice of law. Mr.
Hughes, it is suggested, is not a rich
man, and he is making in private prac?
tico eight or ten times the salary of a
Supreme Court justice-.
These are names of New York men
who want ambassadorships, who are re?
garded as aspirants or are being talked
about for ambassadorship-*, their
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