The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-06-01
4 DESPERATE FAILURE.
Wouldbe Safe Robbers Cap
ture Washburn & Co.'s
Office at High Noon.

The attempted robbery in Richard
| Washburn & Sons brick yard yesterday
| aft ern oon, which was mentioned eXclu-
sively in Yesterdays JERSEY CITY NEWS.
! WAS a startling cline. Two men about
tweuty-etgh5 ANA twenty-five yeafs old
made 4 desperate efsft at about Que
O'Clock 10 roo tas Office of Richard z.
Washburn q Son, on Jersey avenue aud
Broad way. Tine office was in the sole
charge of Joseph Bridgart. the book
keeper, a feeble little nan Of sixty-Rve
years, who was easily overpowere1. me
safe door was open aud the cash draWer
was unlocked and handy. but the rob-
bers were heard and they fled and es-
capped without booty
PoLITE ROBBERS THESE.
The police are aule TO get on ~ the
most vague description OF the maraua efs.
They aid not look like tramps. They were
neatly dressed aud smooth III speech. Mr..
Bridgart did not Take particular notice
when they entered and walked directly
IN TO the desk. They were out OF worK,
thew said, aud would like to get employ
ment. Mr.. Brldgars said he was unable TO
tell them where work was TO be FOUND.
After come conversation one OF 5ns men
asked him TO give them something for
dinner. He declined. aud one OF them
started toward thr rear OF the ofice.
where the sufs stood with it's doors wide
open.
THE OLD MAN T~HRoTTLED-
AS this tptgtldsf opeusd the gate OF a
rating aud t,assel 10 tue inner office. MI
Hrh4pyr called so him aud started ia ais
direction, but The old mau felt niilsesE
seized violently by tue collar aud Yaaked
He YVES thrown violently
! upon the floor. anu the tnsa who had re-
mained with aim fell GU aim and choked
him. MIR. Bridgart struggled with all his
strength aud made an outcty
A FINELY ARRIVAL.
Frank CarIiu, tue foreman Of the brick
| yard, was III iuner with his family III
his rooms over che office. He and his vile
/ heard the struggle aud Cariin ran down
/ 10 The old nian's relief. Bridgart's as
! sailan ran OUT wiea CABIN LAID mold OF
him. The other fellow hurried Il BRICK at
Carlin and dassiea by ilni after ms pal
out IF the trout door. III brick flew by
Cariln's head
While this was going on Mrs. Carlin
froul the stairway shrieked for heip
loud enough to rsise the dead.
Carlin made the mistake of going back
upstairs after the revolver. hen ne got
out of doors with his pistol he meta gang
of workmenwhu had heard Mrs. Carlin, but
the woula-be robbers were out OF sight. lG
was easy for them to disappear among
the side tracked freight cars near the
office. Mr.. Bridgarb was about used up
or some minute by the choking and
handling he endured.
TWO LOADS OF POLICEMEN.
Telephone messages TO police headuuar-
ters anu TO the Fourth precinct brought a
patrol wagon from eacn of these pre-
cIucts loaded with policemen. Sergeant
Cox Welt with Detectives Pearson aud
Mcbride and our patrolmen from tue
Fist trecinGt and took cnnrgs OF the
hunt. They searched The brick and
freight yatds carefully until nearly night.
but made no arrest. They learned That
two young men. who were OF the descrlp-
tion OF Brid1art's intruders, were seen
catching u ride on a freight train FOL
Bound Brook.
MRS. CABINS DESCRIPTION.
Mrs. Carlin gave The best description
of them. One had a moustache; the
other was smooth shaved. BoGn wore
Derby hats and dark clUbiles. B~ridgarb's
assaiiant wore a brown coat.
Mr.. Bridgatt soon recovered from his
rough experience. except that 1t made
him Il little W Nothing whatever
has been missed from the Office.