The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-09-26


lice Patrol.
CHICAGO Sept. 26.--Two men, carefully
disguised, committed daring robbery at
the Union Foundry company's office, in
Brighton Park yesterday afternoon, and
robbed the company of $1,000. They then
escaped by means of buggy, but not
before tn, 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 capturing
the men. The foundry is in a 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'Nell president of the com
pany; NJ. A. O'Rourke, treasurer; G. Il.
Hopke, general superintendent; Charles
o. German, clerk, and John ONeill, clerk.
Mr.. o. Rourke was engaged in filling the
envelopes of the men preparatory to pay
ing off, and the top of his desk was COW
cred with money The robbers compelled
the five men to line up, and while one Kept
them covered with two big revolvers the
others scooped up all the money in sight,
about 81 800 and then both. made dash
for the door They had left buggy stand
ing near the building, and springing into
it 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 tho seventy-five wOrkmen en-
ployed there, while O'Bourke pointed his
revolver at them and pulled the trigger,
but the weapon failed to explode, Presi-
dent O'Neill however, sent shot after
shot at the robbers as he ran along behind
the buggy, but none of them took effect
Tho short man standing up in the
buggy also fired both his revolvers, and
when the chambers were empty he re-
loaded. The long man, who had thrown
his reYolvers 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 few minutes, and by the time the rob-
bers turned into Thirty-siXth street they
| were confronted by n crowd of fully IA
a hundred men. The pursuers steadily
increased until IA 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 short time the patrol wagon from
the Brighton Park police station was upon
the scene and although the thieves had a
long start it kept after them ona full run.
At Thirty-sixth street and California ave-
nue. the buggy toppled 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, however, quickly picked
themselves up and ran to Grand avenue
Near the corner stood Frank Nyhoft''
milk wagon, and the robbers lcaped in
The short man drew a small revolver ant
fired one shot at Nyhoft, the bullet taking
effect in his right leg above the knee. Tn,
robbers whipped up the horse, which wa
q spirited one, and up to "A late hour haC
not been captured.
Later the horse and wagon of the milk
man were found standing in an alley. II
the bottom of the tipped over buggy wer,
found two dark false Boards blonde wig
and four big revolvers used by the robbers