The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-11-30
ALMOST IN KANSAS STYLE.
~ ATTEMPT TO ROB THE ALIEN
TOWN, NJ u, BANK.

,.r.ucd mud Caught Before Getting Out |
IF Town-An the Money Itecovercd-They |
Had u List Of Banks md Stores which
They Meant to Rob-Their Conirderates. |
Allentown. n. J.. is Monmouth county Will
,ore near tho Trenton county line. twenty
villas from Freehold. the county sent There |
.re about 800 Inhabitants In the village. 10 ost
n them weli.to. do farmers and their families.
who in the summer time live on the rich and !
picturesque farms in tho neighborhood.
Tho village is ono Of the prettiest In the
,o,rtry, and ordinarily as quiet and peaceful
a. tho farms OF its prosperous inhabitants.
Yesterday two young fellows made an ATTEMPT |
AZ robbery in Allentown which. except that 1t
I,ilsd, was worthy OF the great names OF
Younger. James. and Dalton.
Tho Farmers National Bank. the ono imam
.,al ,nstitution OF tho village. is in its own
building. small. but substantial brick. facing
Main street. on the corner Of the Newtown
road This road Is Allentown's means OF COM
munica,ion with the outside world. running
four miles to Newtown. or Robbinsville Post
Office, in Trenton county. on the Camden and
Amboy Railroad.
On Main street are the village shops and
many OF the best residences 80 the bank Is
located in the central point OF tho village.
where such moderate stir as ever serves to
emphasize the quiet may be ordinarily found.
Yesterday morning there was an absence OF
even the ordinary signs Of life about the bank.
for tho sncwstorm had stopped the quiet trade.
and shopkeepers and householdcrs were all
snugly in doors. In the bank Cashier Elmer
Hutchinson was counting bundle OF green
backs and putting them UP in neatly marked
packages.
He stood at the tellers desk. facing the
Main street entrance. and at another desk
Bookkeeper William D. Smith was at work
over his ledger. The President OF tho bank.
George Van Dcrbeck. had gone out for his
midday dinner. and the cashier and book
keeper were the only persons In the bank
when at 1920 o'clock two young men entered
and walked briskly up to the teller's window.
They were strangers. and that and their I'M
villagelike briskness of manner aroused
Cashier Hutchinsons suspicion. He saw that
both men wore young. well dressed. somewhat
after the fashion Of race track betting ring
habitues. and that one had q slight moustache
aud the other very light. close-cropped downy
side whiskers.
ment when his worst suspicious were moro
than realized. Coming as close to him as the
the two Men the one With the
suddenly pushed pistol near tho cashiers
face and said in a low voice:
This startling action and demand attracted
the stentGn q % oo Smith donn who the
man nH Who had not spoken. the man with the
tabiea". Then the roober Who had spoken
over what 5 ysuys sSsl Quick or "'
Outside tho snow was falling silently on the
ssssa 49, sf n3 Ss set the rs
a setly Prepsres to ehioTce their demand de-:
q tsk meat, sas sS ssD ssd
si$4 with one hand. and. still Keeping, the
outside and see i sverythine is ali right,
The second robber did this by slowly back
n hsn BE- TIN
d haS S glance sn ns soTn aNsl Main w sssss
But the robber with the money did not leave
and walk to the rear wall.
Vow have the money: what else do you
Hsf, 1880 seS s Was orrk
he wOud Keep his TGr and he psd his
inson did AS he was told. Then the book
kssper was ordered to do the same. and when
said: ,.-..-
minutes or YOU have your heads blown off,"
Then both robbers dashed out OF the bank.
turned the corner. and ran down the Sewtown
rush out Of the bank Mr.: Hutchinson jumped
To- desk; whore his revolver lay in drawer.
suit. Mr. Smith at his side. '''''"'N - ''' WA
.o The robbers took down the middle o, the
their flight: AS soon as he turned into the
road Mr.: Hutchinson fired shot at the rob-
eers 81 and both he and Mr. Smith set up loud
The shot and the, cry ringing through tho
village street brought people from every shop
clerks in hot chase of the fleeing strangers.
one who had heard the alarm loinea n
again. and then a third time. The robbers had
on heavy overcoats. but the two men from the
bank were not SO encountered and were gain
The robbsr who had the money looked over
haye best Of the race Unless they " wsre
ch che ned Still running he turned half around
The shot did not check any one. and the
cashier cashier fred twice more as no ran. Then the
S sSsry TnS h4 anG FIRE. si
he missed and the cashier iired the net two SSa rs
maining shots in his revolver.
then two farm laborers appeared on the New
town road in trent Of them coming II view
risd upon hearing tho firing.
The crowd THM behind tu Was gaining rapidly. In il
s sa rx Mn s he
and more coming down the Newtown roat
from Main street. and then they both STOPPED
and threw up their hands. They were 1uickl,
surrounded. disaImed. and the money pack
ages taken from thom.
When the gathering crowd OF villagers
learned the story OF the robbery and Of tn,
threats to murder, there was an excited
demand that short work should be made o
we robbers A snow-crusted limb standing
1 1Sss rom thu sturdy black trunk Of roadside
tuee was pointed out as u convenient place
'' W which TO bangle the men.
,,a anL IN a. w crowd was Stephen Bergen con
ca HiS "i ,,pnoE Freehold township. and he
"Ti aEe ih ans villagers against VIOLENCE.
Shomt y, hhd n hollow square was form ed
robber ."e w SSnstahe and his prisoners and the
Ths n!e the the oi src,s q Justice 4. X Ely.
eiy irah IN she village and there was again
~. AK ot saving the county the expsnse
~ ths other and DEPUTY nas f sers 81
hS viliage, and they kept The rreater nart re ~ ~
prisoners We're exaIninsi N''e eo'iee Whlle the
Smith, 20 5"s years msn 81 SAID j. sdsrsS
"ould say o more. Ths OH ar rrhSnpr IT, 10