New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-08-14
TWO BOLD HIGHWAYMEN.
A BROKER ATTACKED IN HIS OFFICE.
ORDERED TO THROW UP HIS HANDs-A PISTOL
SHOT sPoILs THEIR PLANs-oNE

MAN ARRESTED.
The deeds of the highwaymen who stop and
mold up railway trains in the West were
almost duplicated yesterday at No. so Broadway
pace diagOnauy across from the Consolidated
otock and Petroleum Exchange, surrounded by
ousy oihces and within easy reach of the entrance
10 uhe Rector-st. station of the Manhattan
hailway. daring attempt at robbery was
made IN broad daylight and coupled with it
was shooting that might have led to murder.
Ooetz Loeb keeps an Office in the basement
OF the Arcade Building at No. 50 Broadway for
the exchange Of money and the sale of railway
ana steamship tickets. There is a goody dis
play or coins and greenbaclIs generally in sight.
ABOUT III o'clock yesterday morning Mr.. Loeb
was ouslly engaged over a pile of money, arrang-
ing 1t in order, when two men entered the place.
lie looked up to meet the muzzle of o revolver
pointed by one man, who added quietly: Hold
up your hands or you're dead man!' Mr..
Loeps clerk had gone out for a moment and the
nroker mad no support TO resist his assailants.
Ills lear, however,, frustrated the designs of the
rooDers. Mr. Loeb, instead of throwing up his
hands darted toward the window that fronts
'he street, and began pounding vigorously on
me glass The fellow holding the pistol fired
and the shot narrowly missed it's mark, embedding
Itself In tho woodwork back of the counter.
While this was going on the other highway
man had run behind the counter 10 make a
search OF the money drawers He hastily opened
one and found 1t empty. He closed it with
Dang, and was about to grab what money was
IN sight when the noise of the shot just fred
alarmed him. He abandoned his work in a mo-
ment and started ON run up stairs, preceded by
MS colleague. The noise of the pistol and the
rapping on the glass window had attracted
crowd Il, p1,r Al
OF the men at the moment One of them ran
around the corner into Rector-st., and dashed
away toward North River, but at Greenwlch-st
he ran into tho arms of Officer William Moody,
who seized him and took him to the Church-st
Police Station The companion robber got away
in the crowd.
captain Slevn, of the Church-st police, took
the prisoner TO Police Headquarters in the
afternoon, and showed him to Inspector Byrnes
and the detectives there. The prisoner was not
recognized as man who ever had been under
arrest in this city before. He would say nothing
except that he was William Trainor, age twenty
three, of No. 155 East Thirty-third-st. Captain
Slevin said that Trainor had been chased from
MIR. Loeb's office, and had run into the arms of
Policeman Moody in Greenwich-st When the
prisoner was searched in the Church-St station
only 81 and revolver were found in his pockets
The revolver was an old weapon of 32-calibre,
with one cartridge freshly discharged and the
others loaded.
Policeman Moody said that when he caught hold
of the thief he noticed that TrainOr red i'll the
face and painting for breath. 4" Pm not the man,"
the rogue said Moody put the nippers' on the
prisoners wrists before leading him the station.
Detective-Sergeant Fogarty witnessed the arrest.
lie had seen Trainor out of the building in
Broadway and had joined in the chase Fogarty
said Tranor ran out Of the building alone. In
sEector Byrnes said late in the afternoon that
IrainOr might not have had companion in Mr.
Loeb's Office. 1t possible, he thought that
TrainOr alone in the attempt at robbery. The |
prisoner was taken to the Tombs Police Court in |
the afternoon. lie was arraigned before Justice |
Hogan and sent back TO Police Headquarters.
At late hour Detective Cosgrove, of the |
Second Prerinct arrested Philip Z. Stack, of No.
100 East Thirty-third-st-, upon suspicion Of |
being the companion Of TrainOr