Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-12-10
THEY HELD HIN up"
Bold Highway Robbery on
The Plains.
THE HlGHWAYMEN CAUGHT.
They Partly Confess But Say They
Were Only "Fooling."


bold highway robbery was committed
on Brook street, and BY clever work BY
the police both the asssilants were behind
the bars before midnight. Digestive
Hsberlin took hold Of the case - soon %
the complaint was made, with the result
above stated.
The story ui the robbery 10 90 follows:
Edward Eleison keeps q small shoe store
at IS East avenue. Shortly after dinner
yesterday he sent bis brother, Benjamin.,
to deliver some shoes To q party who lives
over on the Plains, beyond the Poor Farm.
Ben Is q young man OF slight build.
He delivered the goods and was coming
back along Brook street, and when oppo.
site McNsiiy's house, two men came
across the lots and met him. They had .
couple of dogs with them and looked ~
though they had been hunting.
They walked along with him . short
distance and began to pull him around
and push him from one side Of the road
to the other. II 10 spArscly settled
section and Eleison was afraid, 30 he said
nothing but tried TO get away by walking
faster.
The men kept along with him, one on
each side. When near the house OF Ar.
Roberts one OF the fellows grabbed Elei-
sion's hands and, drawing them behind
him, held them fast.
s"How much money have you gotY"
asked the other fellow.
Eleison said he had twenty y-hve cents
and II they would let him 60 he would
give II to them.
1--WE know you've got moro than that"
they said. Thereupon the fellow In front
went through his pockets.
In one OF his vest pockets was S20.45 and
they took this. One highwayman then
took of Eleison's hat. which was = new
one. and tried 1t on. II was too small for
him so he returned II saying: "Why IN
HI don't you wear bigger hat"
The other then slapped him on the bsck
in patronixing manner and said:
"You're a good fellow"
They then told him to 20 back the way
he had come, toward the Driving track,
or they would kill him.
Eleison was pretty we'll frightened, 20
he went back short distance, crossed
over through some fields, and came 10 the
city bys roundabout way. He went to
the station and reported the occurrence 70
Chief Perry.
The highwaymep went down on York
avenue and turned towards East Provi-
dence, but after q short time came back
and went towards Pleasant View.
A Mrs. Roberts and Mrs. Cambsll, who
live on Brook street, saw tho crime CON.
mitted.
The officers interviewed Mrs. Campbell
and Mrs. Roberts and then set out to nnd
tho robbers. They first visited Pleasan,
View, but alt hough they got track OF ssv'
ersl men who went hunting yesterday
they were not the right parties.
Later they found that Joseph Powers
who lives at the corner Of Pine and Main
| streets, answered the description and that
be had been out hunting. Dste ,tivs
Haberlin and Officer Sword went up tbsrs
between 10 and II o'clock last night and
arrested him.
| At the station he told who the othel
fellow was and Sergeant Nickerson anc
Officer Sword and Watson went up to thu
end OF Dexter street, Central Falls, and
arrested George Hislop and brought hin
to the station where he was locked up.
Eleison came down this morning and
identified the men.
Powers, who Is the taller man, ssic
when asked II Eleison was the man the,
robbed:
HE is the man, but We were only fool
ing. We did not take anything"
Powers is "a years old, is married and
and has family. He Ii q brakeman
Hislop is % years old and Is a plumber.
At the time OF going to press the pris
| nners had NOT been arra ionad