Evening journal., 1889-08-14
BROADWAY HlGHWAYMEN
Robbers Hold Up a New York
Money Broker
WITH UNPARALLELED AUDAcIrY.

One Of the BoIdest Attempts Of the Kind
on Record--Fired Upon by one OF the
Robbers-Both Atiscreants Were Capt
ured.
New YoRK, Aug. IA. To have robbers
rush into brokers office under the very
shadow Of Trinity church, present a revolver
OF .44-cahber, and order hands up, is
a decided novelty in New York but that Is
precisely what happened at 90 Broadway.
For the past sixteen years Mr., G. Loeb has
been dealing in foreign and domestic money
in lower Broadway. His Office for some time
past has been in the basement Of 49, 1t is in
the Arcade building, which boasts, among
other tenants, the Union Trust company, the
Manhattan Elevated Railroad company and
Mr.. Jay Gould
Hold Up Your Handsi'
Shortly before noon two men entered the
presented pistol at the head Of Mr.. Loeb
with the mandate
"Hold up your handsln
At the same time his companion ran around
behind the counter to the open safe and began
pulling out the drawera
A Close Call for Loeb.
Mr. Loeb, who wns alone In the place, be
came terribly frightened With a cry OF
''Helpl Murderln he darted toward the front
window and began beating his knuckles on
the glass. Instantly the first bandit dis
charged ais weapon, and the bullet tore
through Mr.. Loeb's shirt sleeve near the
shoulder, and lodged IN the woodwork Of the
window.
Thousands We're Near by.
All this was enacted in the very vortex Of
civilization, 80 10 speak, with a desperate dar~
ing seldom excelled in the Rocky mountain
remoteness of frontier post A few feet
away and in plain sight and hearing Broad
ways thousands hurried up and down.
| Through the arcade, almost overhead, multi
tndes passed back and forth to the "Ln road
trains The chimes Of old Trinity, ringing
out the noontide hour, mingled with the jingle
and clatter Of passing horse cars, while a
blue coated guardian Of the peace swung his
club Idly ON the near by corner.
Several thousand dollars in gold, silver and
| greenbacks were temptingly displayed on a
shelf behind the counter, but nothing was
taken
one Thief Captured.
A great crowd gathered on hearing the re.
port Of the pistol, and the two thieves dashed
out, and one ran south while the other went
north and turned down Rector street. There
fat policeman, catching sight Of the fugi.
tive, pursued him hotly. The thief turned
J into Church street and quickly disappeared
from view Within fifteen minutes the other
thief cnme strolling up Broadway compla
Gently smoking cigar AS he was passing
the door Of the money brokers' Office with
absolute arctic nonchalance Mr.. Loeb, Nh'
was standing there talking TO policeman
hurriedly pointed him out Before he coulC
dart away a second time the handouts wors
ON his wrists and he was taken to the Churcf
street station house.
A Second Man in Jail.
Mr. Loeb identified him as the man VIII,
had fired the shot, and preferred charges o
murderous assault and attempt TO rob The
revolver which he had thrown away in hi
flight, was picked up in the gutter and fount
10 be a 32-caliber six shooter Of the "bul
dog pattern. The accused man denied th'
charges and said his name was William
Trainor, and that he was clerk, p year
old, living at No 755 East Fifty-third street
Later in the day he was arraigned at th
Tomhs, whore he was remnnded for examina
tion today at o'clock
Iater-Detectiye Cosgrove, of the Seconl
r precinct arrested Philip Z. Stack, of No. IS
East Thirty-third street, upon suspicion O
] being the companion Of Trainor.