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Show I NEWS FROM THE I LIVE WIRES H?i ' If ., , BOLD DAYLIGHT JEWELRY H t ROBBERY IN NEW YORK HI ' New York, Sept. 23. Led by a wo- HH I man, nutomdbllo bandits rivaling In HJE boldness tho taxlcab robbers ot Paris HJ ! and the perpetrators ot similar HB crimes on the lower east side of Now HB ' York, secured $5000 worth of loot. In HE brood daylight from tho jewelry storo HK of George Rlchmnn, 711 Second av- HK ' enue. Just across the street scrv.'c- HH es were going on In tho Reformed HH ' ! Episcopal Dutch church, and scores HR j of people wero passing up and down HH tho thoroughfare, yet so rapidly was HH the robbery committed that no ono HH noticed anything unusual. HH j nichman was In hfs shop stocking HH his window with a display ot Jew. iry. HH Tho safe waB open and a number ot HH I trays of diamond rings and jewelry HH I left for repair wero lying on n el.elf HH j just back ot the counter. An auto- HH mobile bearing two men In tho back HH scat and a woman who seemed to be HH directing the chauffeur, with the clri- HH vcr on the front seat, stopped at a HH ' door below nichma'i's store. A roll H dressed man approached and gave the HH ' Jeweler a dirty watch chain tc bo HH cleaned. HH nichman went t the back ot the HH t bioro to clean li. The stranger fol- HHj lowed him and as tho Jeweler bint HHj ocr tho chain a revolver w.w Jab- Hl bed Into his ribs and he was ordei- H cd to "shut up Ji.il bo (:u';k about HB)' It." A towel wrirf bound across his Hf' ' mouth his hands -nil feet w.r. tied HHj! v.'th pieces of w:i and with his own HL belt. Then hj w laid hclplcsu be HT i h'nd a counter vJiilo anotho.' man HH entered the place, took $825 In cash H(, . Mid moro than M'.'CO worth of dl.i- Hi mond rings ainl rendants, a number HL (,l which had Sh.pii left for repair by HB) ' tl.elr owners. HJil During tho rob'ery tho w)man o HH ctpant of tho '..int-hine did not leave HH U, but kept in. nn animated conver- HH rttlon with tho 'l.nuffeur. Idrb To- HH bias, a Jewish ni'iress and Miss Vet HH' t Simon entered tho stori jusi us HH' tho robbers were Having, but thought HHj nothing of tlt."..r. until the found Hh Illchman boind via gaged Tho on- HH giro of tho nulc."..'cbllo had beat kept HJ tunning at full speed nn-1 tho rob- H , bers escaped, but nichman was ablo Hj i to glvo a gov! cTescrlptlon of them Hi |