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Buffalo, New York, November 26th, 1920.

Abraham Yellen,

proprietor of a secondhand store at No. 194 Seneca Street,

said the three men entered the store and asked to try on some overcoats.

Frank Barnes, he asserted, was the first man to try on a coat.

When told the price of the garment, a disagreement occurred over the payment of the coat,

Barnes drew an automatic revolver from his pocket and told the proprietor of the store he would take the overcoat and everything else, the latter said.

Yellen grappled with the gunman and was shot three times.

One of the bullets struck Yellen on the wrist, the other entering his chest near his heart.

The two companions of the man with

the gun stood by and watched the struggle, according to Yellen. When the proprietor fell to the floor,

the three men ran from the store. The trio ran through Seneca Street, turned into Butler

Alley, and disappeared.

Patrolman Condon heard the shots while standing in Michigan Street and caught them in as they hurried along Seneca Street.

Less than 15 minutes after the shooting, three men were arrested single-handed at the point of a gun by

patrolman Daniel M. Condon at South Division and Pine Streets. Here's the capture is told in Condon's

own words. I was walking in Michigan Avenue near Seneca Street when I heard two shots.

I ran toward Seneca Street, but before I reached the corner, a fellow yelled to me that

three men had run out of Yellen's store and up Butler Alley toward Myrtle Avenue.

I doubled back, and when I got to Myrtle Avenue, I saw the three men running down the

avenue. When they saw me, they ducked into the yard at No. 44 Myrtle Avenue and were headed towards Swan Street.

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