The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-09-26
TWO BOLD, BAD BURGLARS
Hold Up Five Chicago Business
Men
THE OLD FAMILIAR PAIR
The Well.Known Long Man and Short
Man
An Exciting Chase by Police and Citizens
Ends in the Robbers Escape
and Disappearance.

| Associated Press Special Wire
| CHICAGO. Sept 25.-Two men, care
| fully disguised, committed daring rob-
berry at the Union Foundry company's
office at Brighton Park this afternoon,
robbing the company of $1,000. They then
escaped by means of a buggy, but not
before they had shot one man and fired
several shots. into a crowd of people
who were chasing them. A patrol wagon
gave chase, but did not succeed in cap
turing the robbers.
The factory is in lonesome place. at
the extreme end of Brighton Park, and
no other buildings are near it. In the
office when the robbers entered were
d. F. O'Neil, president of the company;
M. A. O'Rourke, treasurer: C. r. Hopke,
general superintendent; Charles o. Cor
man, clerk, and John O'Neil, clerk.
Mr.. O'Rourlle was engaged in filing
the envelopes of the men, preparatory
to paying off, and the top of his desk
was covered with money. The robbers
compelled the five men to line up and
while one kept them covered with two
big revolvers, the other scooped up all
the money in sight-about $1600-and
then both made dash for the door
They had left buggy standing near the
building. and springing into 1t, they
drove rapidly north across the prairie.
AS soon as the men, one of whom was
TALL the other short, were out of the
office, Hopke dashed into the shop to give
the alarm to the seventy-five workmen
employed there, while O'Neil and
O'Rourke, grabbing revolvers, started in
pursuit O'Rourke pointed his revolver
at them and pulled the trigger, but the
weapon failed to explode.
O'Neil, however. sent shot after shot
at the robbers as he ran along behind
the buggy, but without effect.
The Short" man standing up in the
buggy also fired his revolver, and when
the chambers were empty he reloaded.
The long" man, who had thrown his
revolvers into the bottom Of the buggy,
paid no attention to the shooting, but
kept on driving the horses at terrific
rate of speed. A large crowd was after
them in a few minutes, and by the time
the robbers turned into Thirty-sixth S.
they were confronted by a crowd of
fully hundred men. The pursuers
steadily increased until a crowd of sew
eral hundred people followed close be-
hind. Men in wagons and on bicycles
by the score took up the chase, but the
robbers horse was a good one and out
ran them all.
In short time the patrol wagon from
the Brighton Park police station was
upon the scene. and although the thieves
had q long start 1t kept after them on a
full run. At Thirty-sixth street and Cali
fornia avenue the buggy tipped over
and threw the robbers into the street.
The patrol wagon was not far behind
at this time, and 1t was thought they
would be captured. The robbers, how
ever, quickly picked themselves up. and,
dashing across the prairie. came out on
Grand avenue. Near the corner stood
Frank Nyhoft's milk wagon and the rob.
bers leaped in. The short" man drew q
small revolver and fired one shot at Ny
hoft, the bullet taking effect in the right
leg. The robbers whipped up the horse.
which was a spirited one. and up to
late hour had not been captured
Later the horse and wagon of the milk
man were found standing in an alley. In
the bottom Of the tipped over buggy
were found two dark false boards, a
blonde wig and the four big revolvers
used by the robbers