The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-08-04
BOLD HIGlIWAYMEN'S WORK.
4 CASHIER KNOCKED DOWN and RON
BED OF $4,000 IN NINTH Avenue.

BED OF $4,000 IN NINTH AVENUE
Brond Daylight and the street Fail OF spec
tators-A Chase for the Thieves which
G the Latter very Effectively Put 20 an End.
Mr.. c. II. Stone, the son-in-law OF Mr.. Jo-
scph L. Hale, tho piano manufacturer Of $40
Wcst Thirty-fourth street, employed as
cashier by tho firm. went at noon
yesterday to tho West Side Savings
Bank. at Thirty fourth street and Eighth
avenue and drew t2950. which amount was
intended to pay tho employees. Tho money.
which was partly in United States currency
and n part In silver. was tied UP In
handbag. Mr.. Stone walked up Thlrty-fourth
street to Ninth avenue. TIE factory was only a
block away. and Mr.. Stone not suspocting dan
ger. quietly proceeded to ross the avenue. As
be was about the middle of the block butchers
cart was driven quickly by him. Mr. Stone
lodged to the other side Of the street to avoid
being run over.
Hardly had he 'got under the station OF the
Elevated Railroad before three men leaped
out Of the butchers cart. One OF
them sprang upon him from behind.
and. throwing his arm around Mr.
stones neck. attempted to choke him. Tho
other two men seized Mr.. Stone by the arms
and legs. and attempted to throw him to the
sidewalk.
MI. stone IL un htnlctc, anu nc struggled Win
| tho highwaymen. He saw q messenger at
tached to the District Telegraph Company pass
| ing by. and as he partly freed himself from tho
grasp Of his assaiants no called TO the messen-
ger. Tho lad ran up to Mr.. Stone. who making
| desperate struggle. freed himself from the
grasp Of the highwaymen. and threw the hand
| bag containing the money to tho messenger
then turned to tie men. and. freed Of his bur.
den. threw himself upon them. and called loud
Ono Of the men. uttering an oath struck Mr..
| Stone in the face and then pursued the messen-
| ger boy whom he overlook at Thirty NTH
| street, and. knocking him down. seized the bag
| containing the money, and ran TO Join his com
panions.. who. having got Mr.. Stone down,
| waited his return.
The throe men then jumped into tho butcher
wagon and escaped. As they went AWAY an .ex;
press wagon came along which MIR; stone hailed
| and got into. The thieves allowed MIR. stone to
| come w to them and then one Of them ran
to the tail end 2f the wagon and stunned the ex;
| press wagon horse by striking IT on the head
with the butt end Of whip. preventing further
| pursuit
avenue at rapid rate, At Twenty ninth street
| ono OF the traces broke, and tho men quickly
stopped the horse. and jumping from the
The facts of the robbery having been reported
to Capt washburn. large force Of detectives
Detective Smith last night had obtained de-
scription Of the men and OF the, cart which was
painted red; The horse attached 70 IL is de-
hired from livery stable. "
the attack made upon him. He liNos at 4j9
West Thirty-fourth street. H. said that rs
he went from, tho bank he saw three
suspiciously Mt him He merely took clanes
at them aud fastened toward the factory. He
him the direction to Fortieth street.
and having Described to him hin the way
Ninth avenue there were several persons pass.
ing. and Mr.. Stone, unmindful OF any danger.
m rSps Hardy ar srd mad na he b got na1 n
the loud clatter Of horses hoofs. He
thought I was runaHY" cart and sos,oned to
and Clicked him. UNDERSTANDING tina, an
10 held on to the Sag He saw the Disiriet
Telegraph boy passing along and shouted TO
Money ~ Hele's piano S i GS %y H. saw
the boy pick up tho bag. but mo-
men sat down on his chest and held him by the
throat while the other took him by tho legs
jumped into the cart and made good their es-
~ At that moment" said Mr.. Stone. IAN ex-
driver could stop was by his side shouted
I kept shouting Stop thieetr and many
people stopped and looked round. The first !
turned. and looking around Stacked up his
horse. A. we came ny alongside, one OF the
men took the mutt end OF whip and Knocked
| our horse unconscious
AT the time Of the robbery" added Mr.,
| Stone. Ninth avenue was more or less crowded
| with people Trains were passing overhead.
| and passengers coming down or going up. 4
street car. passed by and the passengers looked
out. At that junction ~ y-fourih street Is
the Blind Asylum, There are always mum.
| ber Of nursc-maids and others who select
that part Of the avenue to promenade The
| street fairly toems with tenement houses. and
people looked down. evidently thinking it was II
| mere street fight
| Not policeman was in sight. At that hour
the officers are about changing their tour Of
| duty
The theory Of the police is tina, Mr. Stone was
robbed by members Of the same gang that a few
months ago, entered Third avenue car and
after knocking down the company collector.
| robbed him Of $500
Who the gang is tho police cannot at present
imagine. They believe however. that II is i'm
possible for them 10 escape detection.
| Within the past two years robberies similar
in every charactcristic have taken place, and in
| no instance has an arrest and conviction been
| m AIDE, save in the case Of the Planet mills rob-
hers Of Brooklyn. These men used precisely
| the same methods. except that il was not neces-
| sary ~ use 50 much violence.