The Princeton union., 1896-10-01
TWO BOLD BANDITS
SENSATIONAL ROBBERY AND SHOOT
ING IN CHICAGO.
Two Men, One in Evening Dress, En-
{ ter the Western Foundry Works,
Hold Up Five ONCE Employees and
! Secure $1,000 Their BuREy
Breaks Down and They Th-n
Shoot a Miikmnn nnd Take His
Wagon.

Chicago, Sept. q. Two men, care
fully disguised, one wearing dress
ISnit, committed daring robbery at
the Union Foundry company's office in
Brighton Park and robbed the COM
ipany of $1,000. They then escaped by
means of buggy, but not before they
had shot one man and fired several
shots into crowd of people who were
chasing them. A patrol wagon gave
chase but did not succeed in capturing
THE robbers.
The foundry is in q 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'Neill, president of the
company; NJ. A. Rourke, treasurer; G.
r. Hope, general superintendent;
iCharleS O'GOrman, clerk, and John
O'Neill, clerk. Mr.. Rourke was en-
gagged in filling the envelopes of the
men preparatory to paying off and
the top of his desk was covered with
money. The robbers compelled the
live men to line up, and while one
kept them covered with two big re-
Svolvers the other scooped up all the
money in sight--about $1,6OO = and
then both made a dash for the door.
Ihey had left a buggy standing near
the building, and, springing into it
they drove rapidly away north across
the prairie.
AS soon as the men, one of them
was tall, the other short, were out Of
the office Hope dashed into the shop
to give the alarm to the seventy five
Workmen employed there, while Pres
ident O'Neill and Rourke, grabbing re-
.volvers, started in pursuit Mr.. Rourke
pointed his revolver at them and
pulled the trigger but the weapon
failed to explode. O'Neill, however,
sent shot after shot at the robbers as
he ran along the road behind the bug
gy, but none Of them took effect. The
also fired both his revolvers, and when
the chambers were empty he reloaded.
The long man, who had thrown his
revolvers into the bottom of the bug
gy, paid no attention to the shooting,
but kept on driving the horse at a
terrific rate of speed. A large crowd
was after them in a few minutes, and
by the time the robbers turned into
Tbirty-SiXth street they were con-
fronted by crowd of fully 100 men.
The pursuers steadily increased un-
til a crowd of several hundred people
followed close behind. Men in wagons
and bicycle riders by the score took up
the chase but the robbers horse was
a good one and outran all of them.
In short time the patrol wagon from
the Brighton Park police station was
upon the scene, and, although the
thieves had q long start, it kept after
them on full run. At Thirty-sixth
street and California avenue the bug
gy tipped over and threw the robbers
into the street The patrol wagon was
not far behind at this time and it was
thought they would surely be cap
tured. The thieves, however, quickly
picked themselves up. Near the corner
stood milk wagon and the robbers
leaped in The short man drew re-
volyer and fired one shot at the milk
man, the bullet taking effect in his
right leg above the knee. The robbers
whipped up the horse, and up 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 tipped-over buggy
were found two dark false boards, a
blonde wig and four big revolvers
used by the robbers.