National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-02-10
PAwEBRoKER RoBBEp.
Three Roughs Handcuf and Rob Man in
his Own Office in Brooklyn.

Three Roughs Handcuf and Rob Man in
His Own Office in Brooklyn.
The Herald Of yesterday gives the fOlloWfr 1,
details Of robbery in Brooklyn, N. z, on y on,
day night:
1t appears that about half.past sir o'clo,
three men entered the pawn ONCE Of ,thonv
Heeney, at No. ia Atlantic street, e. doors
from Court, and stated that they v .ntsS To nam
some articles tney e1nioi1eo. nlle the negotia-
piciously, and at length sue 49, a.. .si. ~.
paWnbroker to follow the A snto 70 s1sStns h sae
they pounced upon him an d slipped a psir Of
to gag the unfortuna. 20 IN th ItP IoSeef t
ing 30 contrVed that WIFI II nermitted ths GsaSsr
TO breathe ne was unaI lie to utter sound or give
up and while lying on his BACK aIarded ~ one
OF the yila.ns, the other robbers turned his pock
sts Insius out an took 800 in greenbacks there
HT W,s sne tne kr Us Of the safe.
~ S LID tne eys they unlocked the strO1g safe,
siIS, sanng out watches, jeEelry, diamonds and
pouTed ~ 70 me value OF nearly $500 they
packed, stood two feet high. Meantime Mr..
hesne! kicked and struggled with all his might
nm down becoming fearful that the struggles Of
the paWnbroker would betray them sought to
Win chm Tha ny, oy LIKING tsS MN on me neas
Deprive him Of his senses, and he renewed his
efforts to escape. The noise at last attracted the
attention OF q little girl who in the ad siniRR
hallway, and she looked in at the store door to
ascertain the cause Of the confusion. The rogues
Immediately became alarmed and fed the place
taking with them the bag Of valuabies.
No sooner was Mr.. Heeney released from the
nands OF the fellow who held him down, then he
| got up on bis feet, and hand-cuhed and gagged
as he was he gave chase out into Atlantic street
| In pursuit Of the thieves. He overhauled the
| man with the jewels and struck at him with his
| shackled hands, but the robber disposed Of him
| by tripping him up.
Again Heeney arose and ran after the thief,
who nnaiiy dropped the bag and was soon out OF
sight with his desperate companions. Citizens
coming up at this juncture took the gag out of
the cuffs from his wrists A policeman was sum
moned, and the narrative given here was re-
counted eGd ~ MI; HsSney who was much bruised,
be received at the hands Of the desperadOes.
Tie Potomac and Mount Pleasant Railroad.
To tie Editor Of The National Republican:
SIR: Communications in your issues Of Monday
and Tuesday last, under the caption Of THE
Twelfth Street Railroad" are calculated To mig
represent the facts referred to in them. Every
resident Of north Twelfth street who was sp-
preached on the subject appended his signature
to the protest against this socalled public i'm
provement, and at least seventy five househOlders
have so put themselves on the record. Their op-
position is based on the nsrroWness of the street.
the heavy grades to be overcome which would
require relays Of horses with all their attendant
annOyaDces and the character OF the street as one
merely Of ptTate residences, and with very few
s'OASS VI plACeo VI Dusluess. moreover, the resi-
dents OF that street find that for all practical pur-
poses they are sufficiently near to the aceommo-
dations low in existence.
The great public Improvements" upon which
some Of the gentlemen connected with this pres
ent project have heretofore been engaged are not
OF character TO warrant confidence in their pur-
poses in this enterprise. But If they patri-
otically anxious to benefit the public they pre-
tend to be they will cOnfne their road to Eleventh
street. which is one Of the broadest in the city,
and to their use OF which there is no objection from
any quarter. Neither is there any objection to
their use of south Twelfth street.
II is singular fact that in the list Of corpo-
rators proposed there is not a single resident or
property. holder on Twelfth street; and another
singular fact is one betrayed by your correspond
ent 'B"-namely, that the charter is not wanted
either for the bensht Of Twelfth street or of
South washington, but to stimulate the Wash
inRton and Georgetown Railroad Company to ex-
tend their Fourteenth. street branch to Mount
Pleasant If this can be accomplished the
present project will never be carried into execu-
ton, but will be held, as such charters usually
are, for sale to the highest bidder
There are other circumstances connected with
this matter which are deserving of mention, but
l Will not further trespass on your space.
would only suggest to your correspondent "B"
that II is in bad taste to impugn, as he does the
motives Of any member Of the District Commit
tee.
Respectfully, NJ.