The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1884-09-11
A BId, HOLD ROBBERY,
ID, q. Need Relieved Of 1880 IN brohd
Daylight by Two Foot-radA'

ID, @. Need Relieved Of 1880 IN broad
Daylight by Two Foot'radA'
A daylight robbery, remarkable for its
bOldneaa, was perpetrnted by two foot
pads In this city, Friday evening, Mr,
d. @. Need, of New Harrisburg, Carroll
county, was the victim.
Mr.. Need ia building q new carriage
works on Riat Tuscarawas street, near
the creek, and lives beyond tle
creek MIR, AlOnzl Wertz, engineer ~
the Connection Valley ahOps, who lives AZ
Ia East Ninth, IN relative OF Mr.. Need
and the latter was at Weriz'a house,
Friday evening about seven o'clock Mr..
Need left the Wrrtz residence aud start
cd toward uptown, walking along the
COnnOtt0n track. As he neared Tf0dS's
coal yard he saw two men standing at
the cars. UnsuspiciOna OF anything he
walked along unc0ncernedly aud was
taken unaware when one OF the men
caught him by the neck with one hanh
and held his arms with the other, while
his pal ripped open Needs vest and took
therrirOm pocket-bOOk, containing
81, $50, After securing the pocket'boOk,
both robbers h'd through tho yard OF
Bucher, Gibbs 81 Co.'S, plOw works Be-
fore releasing Need one OF the fell0Wa
threatened 10 shoot him II no made any
0ntcry.
Need was dazod for moment but
soon recovered aud started In search OF
an officer. Policeman Baughman met
him at the Ogden House and with Need
and several byatanders made a search
Of the lumber yards and Vicinity In
which the robbery was committed. MI.
Need described the fellow who
held him. ~ q large, we'll built
man, with black whlskers and
the one who took the pOcket-bOOk, ~
small and light, with a mustacha. Both
wore good clothes and dark, stiil hats.
The search for the robbers proved fruit
Lass aud the party returned 10 the cen.
tral part Of the city, Meanwhile several
other policemen learned OF the affair,
aud an active search was kept up late
into the night, but II was OF no avail.
The officers were greatly impeded In
their work by q "crank" who claimed 10
DO an attache OF the Alliance Standard.
This fellow. II seems, wanted 10 play
detective and tore about the city at u
great rate, telling everybody he was ON
the trail OF the robbers, Az one time he
rushed up TO Policeman Baughman, who
was on East Tuscarawas street, near
Walnut, ane taking the officer 10 Willis
Il E:kis' store pointed out we'll known
Canton gentleman, who was inside
making some purchases, ~ the thief,
He claimed that he had ahadOwed the
gentleman for an hour past, chasing
him through alleys, into aud out OF
houses, aud finally run him down In
Willis a. Eckis's store, The gentleman
referred to had just walked down
street, 80 that the utter
Righteousness OF the would.be
detectives claim was apparent. All
sorts OF stories about chasing the thieves
werb circulated on the streets Friday
evening and the Alliance man was the
cause OF most OF them, The
gentleman, who was accused by
him as the thief was IL the neighboT.
hood Of the DEMOCRAT office just about
the time the robbery occurred. When
this gentleman started home no was
followed by the Alliance fellow until
no reached his residence. He was un.
aware Of this, however, until this
morning.
All efforts 10 secure the robbers have
thua fur nrnVad fntila