Herbert's Jewelry store windows broken
- Title of event
- Herbert's Jewelry store windows broken
- Type of event
- Riot (March) - Windows broken
- Address of event
- Herbert's Jewelry store windows broken Happened Primarily at 163, W 125th St
- Report on event
- Herbert's Jewelry store windows broken Main report referencing event 1 Dead, 100 Hurt as Harlem Mobs Riot Over Boy, 16, And Hearse
- Herbert's Jewelry store windows broken Primary event referenced by Loot Frenzy of Mob Bared in Riot Terror
- Start date / time
- March 19, 1935
- Start (general time of day)
- Day (Evening)
- Description
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[NYHT] Two windows broken - no attempts made to loot the windows, but clerks immediately removed a display of rings and stones to the vaults, while police with riot guns patrolled in front of store [NYDN] Manager Bernard Newman reports 14 showcase windows broken, looted (8.15-11.30, street full of rioting crowd) - 3 armed police guarded store, but for a while it looked like the crowd would break in. The staff hid in the rear, ready to barricade themselves in cellar - the doors held