GEM HEIST GONE WRONG: Cops Trade Bullets with Thieves in Harlem

August 13, 1920, will be remembered as a day of high-stakes drama in the Big Apple, particularly in Harlem where a brazen gem heist turned into a bloody shootout. Eyewitnesses describe the scene as chaotic when two suspects, fleeing the scene of the crime, were cornered by police outside a jewelry store on a busy street in Harlem. In the ensuing melee, one of the suspects was left wounded, while two others were taken into custody.