The sun., 1884-01-01
BUTCHER-CART THIEVES.
MR.. LUTHER CHURCH AUDACIOUSLY
ROBBED At MONDAY
wRyinid mud siurred by Men who were
swcerlng the s;sps .r sa Elevated Station
while they Waited for him and hi. Money.

wNyinid mud siurEed by Men who were
sweeping shs sisps .r al Elevated siniion
while they Waited for him and his Money.
Mr.. Luther Church Is n sparcly built man
OF about fifty years. who has for nearly twenty
years been tho superintendent OF George
Dwight & Co.'S soda factory in First avenue. be-
tween 1l2th and 113th streets About n hum
dred men aro employed In the factory and they
are paid their wages at tho end OF each fort
night. Mr.. Church ia in the habit oigong to the
Office OF the company at IL Old slip on pay days
to get check for the amount OF tho pay roll.
Yesterday morning he started down town for
this purpose at about IL A. NJ. After attending
to some other business. he got check FOR s2.-
800 at the Office. This lie cashcd ut the Chat
ham National Bank. 100 Broadway. receiving
So $50 in bank notes OF tho denominations OF
81. 80. IS. and $40. Tho remaining $50 was
given to him in silver coin. For convenience
in carrying tho money it was mndo up into
single package and compactly tied up IN
brown paper wrapper.
Mr.. Church took n Second avenue elevated
railroad train. and arrived at the 1l1th street
station ut about Is o'clock z. NJ. lIo was the
only passenger who left the train at this sta
ton. He walked briskly across the platform to
tho gate at the head OF the stairs leading to tho
street. Almost Mt the head Of tho stairway he
came upon .na, 2 man n,, in check }umH who Yns s
Ghurch da nos swvsetiH npties lin lin uarIr M
hmt ia able 70 say Mai 40 looked Ike l.noring
man, was OF sandy complexion and medium
ON down @ stairs Mr. Church hDy cams TI upon anotHer
| man. who also wore n check jumper and looked
IIc too had a broom with which he seemed 70
bo busy. As Mr. Church came within reacl,
h5Sw % "a sa@a
moment tho other ,,gn man who hnd followed Mr.
Halt st stunned ed by T the blow. Mr. church saved
himself from falling by clutching the hand rail.
tho two men reached the street and ran to u
butcher cart that stood In 1llth street. Just
81 s who Ss
a. dark suit and a. slouehed hat hat, and and who held
s A s S sariea s out t?wn "r
ran down the stairs and through 11lth street
aftor the rapidly moving cart; shouting as he {,
the block tho fustivcs reached First ayyenuo
and turned the corner going down town Their
| ones attention to them.
r, Mr.. Church stopped at tho Harlem Gas'ight
his story, to George keeler, who was then in
charge kceler harnessod n, fleet horse TO u
Mo nma roe s oaf tho ,hes Wss
they turned into First avenue the hopecssncss
Of tho chase became apparent The avenue
| From several drivers they learned that the
butcher cart had gone on down. tho horse be-
| time. ly the time the sleigh reach Seventy
second street all trace Of tho cart was lost. and
giving up tho chase Mr.. Church drove to the
| fifty-ninth street police station.
| Tho report of the robbery was tceGraphed to
Police Headquarters from there, and hn drove
| back up town again, reporting the case to tho
E9iice of tho Eighty-eishth street station;
| Then he took u train down town. and at
O'Clock was cioseted with Inspector Byrnes.
telling his story and trying to give,a good do
he would never go. alone after, the money
again. HG suil TINT since tho Rupert rob-
hary T." hna kent n sharp lookout.
and was especially suspicious OF butcher
carts. He did not SEQ the cart yesterday until
aftor ho had been assaulted and robbed. His
head was not cut or marked by the blow. and
no serious injury was done TO him. Tho mems
faces seemed 10 bc familiar to him. hut he is
unable to place them. He thought they were
railroad employees. Tho planners of tho, rob
berry must have watched him very carefully for
q long time.
c. f. Hotaing. the ticket agent and gateman
Mt the II til street statiOn where the up travel
Is very light and few tickets are sold says he
suspected nothing. even when he heard the
al,trm which MIR. Church raised. IIc looked
down tho street and saw tho cart RAPIDLY driven
Off. and thought that some one had been rui,
over. and that they were hurrying off to escape
arrest on that account.