BIG HAUL OF FURS

Taranaki Daily News, 18 October 1927, Page 12

BIG HAUL OF FURS

ARMED BANDITS IN NEW YORK. jkfter locking up the three partners of the firm of Sirotta, Dermar and Kass, of New York, three armed bandits carried away at their leisure furs valued at £Booo.' Louis Kass opened the fur shop shortly after 8 a.m., and v is standing at a workbench when lie heard the door open a few minutes later. Thinking one of his partners was entering, he did hot turn around until he felt something poked against his back. Then, wheeling sharply, he was struck by one of three armed men and sumtaarily locked in a room in the rear of the loft. For fifteen minutes Kass heard the robbers moving about as they packed furs into bags. Then Morris’ Dermar, another partner, arrived. No sooner had he entered than one of the robbers thrust a revolver into his face, relieving him of three dollars, and thrust him into the room with Kass. Several minutes later Hyman Sirotta, third member of the firm, appeared. Although surprised at the door by the armed man, he lunged at him, aiid in the scuffle was struck across the head with the biitt of a revolver and overpowered. Locked up with his partners, Sirotta head the intruders warn their captives against an outcry until after the robbers had departed. The place became quiet after an hour, and the three partners shouted into a ventilator. James Griffin, a porter, heard them, and released the furriers. No one could be found who had seen the entry or departure of the robbers. Furs worth £2OOO were found in the hallway.