The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-05
GEORGE Ii. HUBER WAYLAID
nUsBUM NAN RoBBED OF WATCH
ISD MONEY ON A YoNkkRs ROAD.

Fierce Struggle in n Lonely Place with
Two Men who Rolled with Him Into .
Ditch while Another Held His Horse
$3.50 In Money and Jewslry They
Didn't Get--Mr. Huber's Knee Put Out
Of Joint-Thievcs Talked Like Italians.
Near the Empire State Driving Park in
Yonkers. three-duarters OF q mile north Of the
New York city line. q gang OF hlRhwaymen
armed with revolvers held up George II.
Huber. the weil-known horseman and pro.
prte.or OF Hubers Museum. yesterday noon a.
he was driving to his home In this city and
after a prolonged struggle. In which he was
..vsrsly injured. succeeded In robbinR him OF
about s275 In cash. his gold watch with part OF
the chain. and some small articles. BY des-
perato resistance and the exercise Of strategy
Mr.. Huber held OF his assailants from fur
ther booty until help was at hand. and thus
saved . valuable diamond stud and $3.50 In
bills and gold. From what he could make out
IN the excitement Of the struggle. Mr.. Huber
believes that his assailants we're Italians, and
from their speech he H. certain that II they
were not Italians they were trying to initiate
the broken English OF that race. That thers
were three m on in the gang he knows. and he 10
quite sure that there was fourth None Of
them was known to him. but II would appear
from the circu m stances OF the crime that they
had b.en lying In wait for him. or. II not for
him. for soms person whom they purposed
robbine. for there IL everv evidence that an
attack was carefully planned. Nevertheless.
Mr. Huber does not understand how they
could have been awaiting him with a fore
knowledge OF his movements. for his trips to
tho Empire State track have been occasional
and irregular and he does not think II was a
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have A considerable sum OF money about him
xes,srdav
Four Italians are in Yonkers city prison
under arrest as suspects. They are Michael
Rose. aged "a OF Yonkers who was arrested
three hours after the robbery near the place
where II occurred. aud Giuseppe Nummizato.
aged "a; Nicolo Adeschio. aged 30. and Michael
George, aged %, oil OF Mount Vernon. who
were arrested In that city at about the Same
time, They have not been seen by Huber.
owing 10 his inability 10 undertake the journey
20 Yonkers They will he taken tn his hotel
this morning for Identification.
For some time carpenters have been at work
snlareine Mr.. Hubers racing stables opposite
m. track on Yonkers avenue near Central
pnrt ayanue and he drove up there Yesterday
morning 10 pay of his men. His money was
IN large rolls OF small bills. and one OF his car
nsn,ars whom he had known for a long time
said TO him:
MI Huber. should think you'd feel afraid
.,,.vi,, ali cha, r,onsv aronna hare Thera'.
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some pretty tough characters around these
PARTS and II might not be safe for man II II
,.t,cvp ,ba, hs b,d n lot ~ ronev"
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Gr huber hnghlnsy replied that ne
guessed nobody would harm him. and flushed
navi,yoS TWENTY mtnuta. later he was iou.
pa''"s'' =" - Us
glns n light buggy behind one OF his own
mares down Central Park avenue toward this
cIty few rods beyond the end o, the driving
park the road narrows AMI dips into hollow.
with woods on either hand. IL Ia lonely spot.
7, f,,, tho road in lonelv nil tina v,v
IN "'t 'ne tn"' ,ouen n' ene way
from the track to the city line. and
n,Iv IN. parson man driving a..
'uv o"' p' "u
wagon SLOWLY city"arn whom ne went oy
shortly after starting As he drove down the
,,olIra i,,, the b,,ovv no sar two man w,Ik
tuel."e IVY, ,"e "', ~. w 30" wv en "N
ing toward MIN. one was small thicSset
man the other was taller than the average.
both wore li,ht oyarcoats and vera aomswhst
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better dressed than the ordinary workingman.
Nr Huber began 20 pull out n little to pass