The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-07-29
HELD UP FRONTIER STYLE.
4 BOLD HIGHWAYMAy CREATES En-
CLEMENT IN NEWARK.
He Enters the once OF the New Jersey OIL
Company. Brnndishes Two Revoivers.
and Demands Money-Divcs Through n
Window and Leads u Lively Chase TO the
Mendows-Six Policemen After Him.

nno Demhnus MOney-DScs lurOuph
Window md Leads Lively Chase TO the
Mendows-six Policemen After Him.
NEWARK. July 2S.-One Of the most daring
robberies ever attempted in Newark In brond
daylight was frustrated this afternoon by tho
GOODNESS OF two employees OF the New jersey
OIL Company. at its office. 70 Liberty street.
Whilo Bookkeepers Charles Chichester OF
Brooklyn and William Parsons wore In tho Of
fee about 1 80 o'clock. q young man. wearing
n neat checked suit, tall, we'll built, and with q
brond-brlmmod sombrero on the back OF his
head. walked up to the desk. Parsons arose
from low chair In which he was sitting and
walked to where the stranger stood. Suddenly
the latter whipt ed out q pair OF revolvers
and levelled one at Parsons and tho other mt
Chichester. At the same time he made known
his mission BY snying In commanding tone:
Give me all your money"
Neither Chichester nor Parsons was badly
frightened by this unlocked for demand OF
the bold highwayman-in fact. thoy were un.
commonly COOL but after 1t wns over they
could not tell Just how they kept 30. The
fellow moved cautiously along tho desk until no
reached wire door leading into tho prtvnte'of-
fec The door closed behind him with spring
latch. but he seemed not TO notice this. WalK;;
ing UP to Chichester, with the revolvers still
elsy%%5ss he d, ds%n nasS !" srulr tones
and chiShe s replied, Heir yourself" as he
moved away from the dess. Tho man opened
again to Chichester and asked:
How much have you In your pockets =
pocRet. hut The ' roSSer s w"s not sased and
searched Chichester pocket himself. but took
While this was going on the bookkeepers
talked as loud as possible. In order. to attract
the attention Of President .. y: Sonnx who
He heard the unusual noise and conversation
and started down stairs. The rohher heard
5 sna %sde Sm ns
turning backward. he cleared the desk ooun.
ter and sprang shrGuGh an ope pen window ito
s!srted !" pq!saIs 9! Tho sa iesIns SshSsymsn
been trsversed. in which The number q pur:
sSos s fs
Kin he s 10 Ssit but sa. the hessasion s" wss
"f yu From Walnut shasG eeE
Jersey Railroad avenne the fellow went with
G% he
ersSbSd bya fasman; lie easily shook ne
on nrd hf Fa mS
'Tsels lur @stH n!e
PARSONS. the bullet narrowly missing him.
Tho fellow continued on his course without
once being headed of. until he renched the
Cooper chemical works, on tho edge OF the
meadows which skirt Newark on the east and
southeast Here he hesitated second. An
instant later no had taken to the swampy
nen low land and his pursuers were bahied. .
Meanwhile the Third precinct p"lice had
heen notified. nrd sly men went out with Capt.
DAILY. They found the place whore the rol Der
had taken to the swamps. and several times
thought tthey had hi surrounded. but ench
time were mistaken. Superin endent OF Police
Brown at once telrphonad a description ri the
fugitive to Elizabeth New Brunswick New ork.
and other places. calling for his arrest IN case
he escapes acr oss the Newark meadows.
Had the fellow entered the oil company 9
office half nm hour earlier he would have found
the cashier. W. +. Robertson. in the act OF
making up a bank deposit OF about $4,000 10
cash. He had bnrely left for the bank with the
money when the affair occurred.
Although Supe,inten ent Brown and Caps
searched tho meadows amt surrounding coun-
try until darkness set in the daring would. tie
robber WAS not caught. Cashier Robertson
who was absent whom the attempt was made TO
rob his company's office. said tonight that on
Monday afternoon about o'clock tall. poorly
dressed man entered the office while he was
counting large sum OF mon and a-ked for
a few cents. Robertson told the man that he
could give him nothing. and no went away
mutt ring. Robertson now believes that yes
terday's robber WAS the same man differently
dressed as he answers the description.
Up TO midnight no trace OF the rObber was
found by the Newark police.