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i it. DAILY NEWS. SATURDAY, JUNE c3 117 a rvsnnuj FT 1 ivf By Robert Conway and Neal Patterson Playwright Arthur Miller and Marilyn Monroe played parts yesterday in a real life tragedy which may be billed as "Death of a A White Russian princess, correspondent for a Paris picture magazine, was injured fatally when her car rocketed from the road and crashed into a tree near Roxbury, while following an auto carrying the stage and screen 1 (NEWS foto by Tom Baffer) Doctors perform emergency surgery on guard William Effertz at St. Vincent's HospitaL 10 fafe Llifi IMplless iSuardl By Edward Kirkman and Loren Craft A detective agency guard, disarmed and lying on a floor, was senselessly shot by a gun-happy stickup man in a $10,000 payroll holdup yesterday. The robbery was staged by a masked trio at the Fulton Cornice and Skylight Works, 625 Hudson near Jane on the west side of Green lovers.

The victim was attractive Mara Scherbatoff, 47, New York bureau chief for Paris-Match. She had been here since 1947 and lived at 330 E. 54th St. She died on an operating table at New Milford, Hospital at 4:32 P.M. Went for Interview-Miss Scherbatoff had gone to Eoxbury with Paul Slade, photographer, to cover an interview that had been promised the press yesterday by Art and Marilyn.

They rode in a car driven by Slade's brother, Ira, 18, of 120 Second who suffered a fractured left leg and ankle and an eye in jury in the crash. Paul Slade got out to set up his equipment at the Miller farmhouse at Gold Mine and Old Tophet Roads. Miss Scherbatoff and Ira continued on to the home of the playwright's cousin, Morton Miller, about a mile and a half up narrow, winding Gold Mine Road. Art Marilyn were at Morton's, they had learned. Couple Drive Away Fast Ira parked outside Morton's house and he and Miss Scherbatoff waited.

Shortly before 1 P. Miller Marilyn emerged suddenly, got into Miller's convertible and dashed rapidly down the hill, with Morton driving. Ira Slade gave pursuit, but his' car soon hurtled from the road and its right front end struck an oak so heavily that the crash was heard by reporters at the Arthur Miller house, nearly three-quarters of a mile away. The Millers and Marilyn also heard the sound. Morton slammed on the brakes and the three ran back on foot.

Miss Scherbatoff had been thrown partly through the windshield. Her face a mass of bruises; some' facial bones were broken and a number of teeth knocked out. Her chest was crushed and her legs broken, doctors reported later. Blood (NEWS foto by Onie LVInfn) Marilyn runs back into Miller's Roxbury home after returning from the accident scene. into the trap.

One man shoved a gun in Pearl man's back, frisked him, and removed a manila envelope with the cash from undej: his shirt. Two Shots Fired The gunman hiding behind the door pushed Effertz to the wall and disarmed him. Effertz and Pearlman were shoved to the floor and one gunman, for no reason, fired two shots, one of which hit the guard. The trio backed out the door, ran down the stairs and into Jane' where their car was waiting. One was described as betw 20 and 22, 5 feet 9, 160 pounds, swarthy, wearing high work shoes and olive green dungarees.

The second was about the same size, with dark flair and well pressed slacks. No description was available of the third spurted from a severed neck artery. The Millers lifted her from the car and placed her on the ground. Paul Slade arrived a moment later. He stopped the blood loss form Miss Scherbatoffs neck by holding a finger on the artery.

Marilyn and the Millers sped down to the farmhouse and Arthur rashed in to phone for an ambulance. Marilyn paused, her face con-torter with anxiety, i "There's been a very bad accident up there," she cried to re- wich Village. Critically wounded in the left side, the guard, William Effertz, 51, of 226 E. 199th Bronx, was rushed to St. Vincent's Hospital, where emergency surgery wa3 performed to save his life.

A priest gave the last rites of the Catholic Church. Police set up roadblocks at bridges and tunnels in an effort to trap the gun gang. With a fourth man at the wheel, they were last seen speeding north on West in an eight-year-old, dark blue Cadillac. She Thought It Was a Joke The stickup began at 9:55 A. M.

when three men, carrying guns and wearing handkerchief masks, confronted attractive, blonde Mrs. Lenore Lipman, of 139-36 224th Laurelton, Queens, in a second-floor outer office. Mrs. Lipman, daughter of the owner, was doing vacation duty at the switchboard. She told police later." "I thought at first it was some kind of a joke, but then I realized theywere serious." The trio marched Mrs.

Lipman into the inner, main office, where her father, Sigmund Wagrereich, of 2435 Ocean Brooklyn; a bookkeeper, Mrs. May Fleischer, of 41-96 Gleane Elmhurst, Queens, and Harold Beine, a company estimator, were going about their business. Tied Witli Friction Tape' The women were forced to sit in chairs, and their hands were tied behind their backs with tape. The men got the same treatment, and were made to lie on the floor. Two gunmen took up a vigil at a window facing Hudson and the third got behind a door leading into the office.

They were calmly awaiting the arrival of Fred Pearlman, 39. the company treasurer, of 15 Stonewall Eoai Eockville Centre, L. who had gone to a bank to pick up the $10,000 payroll for the firm's 75 to 100 workers. After eight minutes, Pearlman, accompanied by Effertz, who works for Burns Detective Agency, walked up the stairs and man. 4 Fooler Fireworks May Skyrocket to $7,500 By THE JESTER Well, what's it going to be $7,500 or That's today's guessing game as Little Fooler No.

16 appears in The News for the first time. forters and photographers, near-y 100 of whom were on hand. A girl has been terribly hurt. It's awful." Runs Inside to Prepare Then she, too, ran inside to get ready for the promised interview. In preparation, she changed from a white blouse which bore several blood spots and reappeared in a mustard green blouse over her black linen skirt.

The ambulance for Mara Scherbatoff clanged past just as (Continued on paf 4, col. 2) Little Fooler on page 6. P.M. deadline. Get your puzzle done and in the mail as quickly as possible so that there's no doubt your entry will reach our Grand Central P.O.

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So, this year, be doubly tafe for the Fourth look out for the usual holiday hazards and iret your Little Fooler done and in the mail on time. II there is no -winner, or win-' ners, this week o. la, then the weekly minimum of $2,500 will be added to the $5,000 already on the line to make a rousing holiday jackpot of $7,500. Of coilrse, if one or more persons solve No. 15, then $2,500 will be offered and that's a tidy bit of dough, too.

The Little Fooler dropped by yesterday, a Roman candle sticking out of each ear, and left this sage advice: "Don't forget that next Wednesday is a national holiday. Display the flag, drive safely, obey the firecracker laws and don't forget next Thursday's 2 (NEWS foto by Al Amy) Lenore Lipman on the telephone after the stickup..