The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-10-01
W BOLD BANDITS
SENSATIONAL ROBBERY AND SH00T-
ING IN CHICAGO.
Two Men. One i'm Evening Dress, En-
ter the western Foundry WORKS,
Hold Up Five Office Employees and
Secure 81, 6OO - Their Du2gy
Breaks Down and They Then
shoot u MiIkman and Fake Ills
Wagon.

Chicago. Sept. 26.-TwO men, care
fully disguised, one wearing n dress
| suit, committed a daring robbery ut
the Union Foundry company'S office In
Brighton Park and robbed the COM
pany of 81. 900. They then escaped 10y
means Of Il buggy, but not before they
| had shot one man and fired several
| shots into n crowd Of people who were
chasing them. A patrol wagon gave
chase but did not succeed in capturing
the robbers.
The foundry is in a lonesome place
at the extreme end of Brighton ark
and no other buildings are near il.
In the office when the robbers entered
were ID. +. O'Neill. president of the
company: NJ. a. Rourke, treasurer: G.
X. Hope. general superintendent;
Charles O'Gorman, clerk. and John
O'Ncill. clerk. Mr.. ROurko was en-
gagged in filling the envelopes of the
men preparatory 10 paying OF ana
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 biz re-
yolvcrs the other Scooped up all the
money in sight about S1.G0D -- and
then both made Il dash for the door.
They had left Il buggy standing near
the building. and, springing into il
they drove rapidly away north across
the prairie.
As soon as the men. II Of them
was tall, the other short. were out Of
the office Hope dashed into the shop
to give the alarm TO the Sevcnty-tive
wOrkmen employed there. while Pres
ident O'Ncill and Itourkc. grabbing re-
volyerS. started in pursuit. Nj. Rourke
pointed his revolver at them and
pulled the trigger hut the weapon
failed to explode. O'Neill. however.
sent shot after shot at the robbers as
he ran along the road behind the bug
~. but none of them took effect. The
short man. standing III in the luggy.
also fired both his revolverS. and when
he chambers were empty he reloaded.
The long man. who had thrown his
reviewers into The bottom of the bug
gy. paid no attention to the shooting.
but kept on driving the horse ut Il
terrific rate Of speed. 4 large crGwd
was after them in q few minutes. and
by the time the robbers turned into
rbivty-SiNth street they were con
fronted by n crowd of fully 100 men.
The pursuers steadily increased I'M
I'll Il crowd Of several hundred pe0Dle
followed close behind. Men in wagons
II bicycle riders by the score took up
the chase but the robbers horse was
a good II and outran all Of them.
In Il short time the patrol wagon from
the Brighton Park police station was
upon the Gene, and. although the
thieves had n long start. il kept after
them On n full run. At Thirty-SiXth
street and California avenue the bug
gy tipped Oyer and threw the robbers
into the street. The patrol Wagon was
not far behind ut this time and il was
thought they would surely he cap
tured. The thieves, however. quickly
picked themselves up. Near the corner
stood Il milk wagon and the robbers
leaped in. The short ma drew Il re-
volver and fired one shot at the milk
man. the bullet taking effect in his
right leg above the knee. The robbers
whipped up II horse. and uD to the
present have not been captured. Later
the horse and wagon of the milkman
were found standing in an alley. In
the bottom of the ti~ppod-ovcr buggy
were found two dark false boards. a
blonde wig and four big revolvers
used by the robbers.