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Show B NEW YORK SOCIETY Hj WOMEN IN HOLD UP BBff ' lve Men With Drawn Revolvers In- BBB wade Fashionable Home Just at BBB Social Was Breaking Up. BBB 'Now York, Jan. 20. An unusual BBfli hold-up was successfully pulled oft In BBBf a fUBhlonablo section of up-toun Now BBB York shortly befnro ono o'clock UiIb BBfl inornlng. Mrs. Frances Elliot, a weal- thy society woman, had been enter- BBVj talning a small party of guests at her BBflj homo on West Fifty-sixth street, and BBfl, lier guests wero Just putting on their BBB; ,-wraps and saying their goodnlghts BBVt , when flvo rough-looking men pushed H tlif r wny through tho open door. With BBVj draw n revolvers tho Intruders lined up BBB the hostess nnd her guests' In train- BBB robber fashion nnd proceeded to go BBH through tho pockets of tho men and BflBfli tbo handbags of tbo women, now and BBB then pausing to romovo a tempting bit BBBJ BBVjl Mrs. Hlllott and her friends wero to BBBfl thoroughly frightened by tho threats BBH nnd rough nctlons of tbo robbers that BBBBj thoy mndo no outcry until tho five B men had left tho apartment Then H Mrs. Elliott called up police head- BBB quarters, hater sho camo In person to B the detectlvo bureau and was closeted H with Captain Murphy. A squad of do- BBB tcctlves was detailed to tho caso. So BBBB far as known tho robbers got only BBBB $40 In monoy. Tho valuo of their Jow-BftVB Jow-BftVB A ' dry haul was not given. BKVfl I Tho pollco hellove (hat tbo five men Ki mado their escape In an automobile |