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Subject: [Bklyn] BROOKLYN STANDARD UNION SEPTEMBER 22, 1931 NEWS
Date: Fri, 2 May 2003 15:16:54 EDT
BSU September 22, 1931 News
WOMEN COLLAPSE IN TRAP OF AUTOMATIC ELEVATOR
Maze of Buttons Proves Too Much for Two Hysterical Ladies
Two terrified to regain her wits and press the right button, Mrs. Alice
STIEGLITZ, 42, rode from the roof to the cellar of her apartment building at
343 101st street, in the Fort Hamilton section, in a self-operated elevator
early today, so many times that an ambulance surgeon
had to remove her to Kings County Hospital for further treatment.
Mrs. STEIGLITZ, who has lived int he 101st street apartment house only two
weeks and has not become familiar with the operation of the elevator, stepped
into the car with a friend at 1:30 A. M. today. She lives on the third
floor.
She pressed a button and instead of descending, the car climbed to the 6th
floor. She hastily pressed another whereupon the car traveled t the cellar.
Terrified, she pressed blindly and the car journeyed to the roof. By the
time Mrs. STIEGLITZ and her friend were to panic stricken to do anything but
scream for help and press button after button.
Tenants in the building, attracted by the cries for help, notified the
police. The emergency squad from the Fourth avenue station was rushed to the
scene, but meanwhile, one tenant sought and found the emergency button
pressed it and stopped the car.
When the police arrived Mrs. STIEGLITZ and her friend had been taken from the
car, the former unconscious and the latter hysterical Dr. BURGHARDT of
Norwegian Hospital treated both women and took Mrs. STEIGLITZ to Kings County
Hospital.
BROTHER AND SISTER MEET AFTER SEPARATION OF MORE THAN 40 YEARS
Brother and sister met yesterday after forty years separation.
Mrs. Richard POLICKE, 204 Prospect place, was surprised yesterday when a man
and woman ran her doorbell and the man said:
"Hello, Rose,I'm Fritz. It sure has been a long time seeing one another
again."
It developed that Charles F. FEISEL, wealthy California ranch and realty
owner, decided after 40 year toil to take his first vacation. Leaving
Hollywood, with his wife he came to Brooklyn to look up his sister. They
were separated in 1893 after coming to American from Germany. With a capital
of eight dollars. Mr. FEISEL started West, reaching Los Angeles in 1895. Mr.
and Mrs. FEISEL are stopping at the Hotel McAlpin.
TRIES SUICIDE AFTER HOME TIFF
After twice failing in attempted suicide, Peter SUTTON, 36, of 19 Macon
street, is today in Kings County Hospital observation ward. He jumped into
Newtown Creek at the foot of Meeker avenue yesterday, but was pulled out by
passing autoists. After treatment for submersion by an ambulance surgeon, he
was told he could go home. Instead, he tried to throw himself before a
passing car. He was pulled away and taken to the hospital.
He is living apart from his wife, who lives at 1621 East 36th street, and is
thought this was responsible for a fit of despondency.
ARREST CAUSED BY JEALOUS GIRL
A girl and three youths were arrested on a charge of violating the Sullivan
law by detectives who entered an apartment at 45-46 40th street in the
Thompson Hill section of Long Island City early today. Information that led
to arrests was said to have been given by a young woman who admitted she was
jealous of the girl taken into custody. The detectives said they found two
fully loaded revolvers in the apartment.
The girl said she was Edna LOTT, 16, of 45-56 40th street, Long Island City.
The youths are John PEARSALL, 21 or 222 8th avenue, Astoria; Vincent
SICILIANO, 21 of 203 Grand street, Manhattan and Frank STROLLOR, 22, of 31-21
96th street, Corona.
COP IS MOBBED MAKING ARREST
Mobbed by a crowd that interfered as he arrested Frank GEORGE, 14, of 286
Union avenue, Patrolman Bartley ROSCOE of the Greenpoint station had to be
rescued by the Herbert street emergency suad (as spelled) before he could
take GEORGE into custody.
GEORGE had attacked four year old Henry ROSCOE, it is charged and when
Patrolman ROSCOE, Henry's father arrested him, GEORGE put up a struggle that
made passersby incensed at the patrolman whom they set upon.
STANDS ON HEAD
BOY'S LIFE IS SAVED
Alive today because he learned how to stand on his head, six year old Vincent
RATHALENIE of 213 Green street is suffering from nothing more serious that a
sore throat. Vincent, who recently became adept in the head-stand, was
choked by a piece of meat that stuck in his throat. He was strangling. A
hurry call was sent to Greenpoint Hospital for an ambulance, but it looked as
if it would be too late.
Than Vincent, blue in the face, stood on his head. The meat responded to the
laws of gravity. When ambulance surgeon arrived Vincent was no longer
choking.
EAGLE-EYE COP GETS HIS 61ST
Patrolman Fred "Eagle-Eye" SCHWERDTFEGER, of the Classon avenue station, who
has arrested 59 automobile thieves in ten years on the force, added two more
today.
Seeing two youths in a car at Hudson avenue and Fulton street, SCHWERTDFEGER
checked the license number and found the car had been stolen last April from
Joseph ROMEO of 115 Adelphi street. He commandeered a taxicab, chased and
arrested them. They said they are Louis FARNO, 17, of 618 Grand avenue, and
Louis AURIME, 17, of 814 Dean street.
Patrolman William FORD of the Miller avenue precinct arrested five youths
whom he saw in a car at Ridgewood and Shepherd avenues, which proved to have
been stolen from Harold MIDDLETON, of 2145 Albermarle road. The youths said
they are Joseph DE MARCO, 1336 St. Marks avenue; William DE VITO, 1073 St.
Marks avenue; Tony DEVITO, 1098 St. Marks avenue; Claude TRIANO, 146 Bermen
street and Milton GOTTLIEB, 1677 President street.
PARALYSIS DECLINE IS REPORTED HERE
A definite decline of infantile paralysis was indicated by the Department of
Health today as cool weather set in and new cases of poliomyelities began to
seek new lows. Health officials expressed the believe that the outbreak will
have subsided entirely by Oct. 15.
Only 36 new cases and 4 deaths were reported to the Department of Health in
the two day week end. Two of the deaths were in Manhattan one each in Bronx
and Queens. Brooklyn, where the disease has centered, had no deaths, but
still lead in the number of new cases with sixteen. Manhattan had nine, the
Bronx eight, Queens, two and Richmond one. The week end figures brought the
total since July 1, when the epidemic started to 3,508 cases. Since the
beginning of the year there have been 3, 542 cases with 413 deaths.
Transcribed for the Bklyn Info Pages by Carolyn Burke Norcia
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