The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-09-26
DAYLIGHT ROBBERY.
Daring Deed Perpetrated by
Highwaymen in Chicago.
OF COURSE THEY GOT AWAY.


Hundred Dollars Secured - One Man
Shot in the Leg by the Bandits-A Sam.
pie of Chicago's Poor Police and Patrol
Service.
CHICAGO, Sept. 26.-Two men care
fully disguised, committed daring rob-
sery at the Union Foundry company S
Office in Brighton park yesterday after
noon, and robbed the company of 81, 600.
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 pa.
troll wagon gave chase, but did not sue
coed in capturing the robbers.
The foundry is in lonesome place at
the extreme end of the Brighton park,
and no other buildings are near it. III
the Office when the robbers entered were
DR.. j. F. O'Neill, president of the con-
pany; M. A. Rourke, treasurer; G. r.
Hopke, general superintendent; Charles
O'Gorman, clerk, and John O'Neill,
clerk. Mr.. Rourke was engaged in fill
ing the envelopes of the men prepara-
tory 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 COW
cred with two big revolvers, the other
scooped up all the money in sight,
about $1,000, and then both made a
dash for the door. They had left :.
buggy standing near the building, and
springing into it, they drove rapidly
north across the prairie.
AS soon as the men, one of w HON
was tall, the other short, were out of
the Office Hopke dashed into the shop to
give the alarm to the rs workmen en-
ployed there, while President O'Neill
and Rourke, grabbing revolvers,
started in pursuit Mr.. Rourke pointed
his revolver at them and pulled the trig-
ger, but the weapon failed to explode.
O'Neill, however, sent shot after shot
at the robbers as he ran along the road,
behind the buggy, but none of them
took effect. The short man, standing
up in the buggy, also fired both his re-
volvers, 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
horse at a terrific rate of speed
A large crowd was after them in a
few minutes, and by the time the rob-
bers turned into Thi1ty-sixth street they
were confronted by crowd of fully 100
men. The pursuers steadily increased
until 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
good one and outran all of them. In a
short time the patrol wagon from the
Brighton Park police station was upon
the scene, and although the thieves had
long start it kept after them on full
run.
At Thirty.sixth street and California
avenue the buggy 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 captured. The thieves, 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
robbers leaped in.
The short man drew small revolver
and fired one shot at Nyhoft, the bullet
taking effect in his right leg, above the
knee. The robbers whipped up the
horse, which was a spirited one, and
made their escape. 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.
blonde wig and the four big revolvers
used by the robbers.
THE BUTCHERlES CONTINUE.