The Penn's Grove record., 1899-06-23

pany's Safe with Nitro-Glycerine and
Crowbars and Secure Two Days' Re.
ceipts, Amounting to S40OO-Telephon,
Wires, Leading to the ohice, Were Gu
P~H1LADELPHIA (SpeciaD.-LThe boldesi
and most desperate robbery ever perpe.
trated in Philadelphia was committed {
few days ago. The robbery was planned
with the strategy OF a military genius ant
executed with the dash and daring of (
band OF Western outlaws.
gang OF masked robbers, probably tel
in number, raidei the receiving office o.
the Paramount Park Transportation Com
pany, at Belmont. in Paramount Park, and
after holding up the receiver and FIVE othe;
employees of the railway. blew open til,
safe, securing over "a 90, the company
receipts for two days.
FrHns Leva1, receiver; Frank Watson ant
Henry d. Whitehouse, conductors; Jauie!
C~Gyanaugh, fireman of the power house
Philip Eayes, electrician, and William Cad
mus, laborer, we e bound hand and foo
with wire. In ad iition to the men who &C
tunlly committed the robbery, others op
Grated ia away from the sceue by destroy
ing telegraph and telephone wires connect
ing with the trolley company main office
Sitting in his office, Night Engineer lie
van had Just flushed counting the day
receipts, and had put them in the safe
They aggregated $500, which, with $40
deposited by the day receiver, made S4400
Suddenly he Was startled by the command
Glands upi'
A zig, broad-shouldered fellow. attiret
in gray, confronted him. The visitor hat
a handkerchief over tie upper part of hs
face, and there were holes In it for tht
eyes. A revolver was grasped in the RICH
hand.
Get up" said the man in gray. Weir
going to rob the SAFE A second burglar
equipped like the first, with a revolver ant
having his face concealed with II handker
chief, entered the room and seized Levai
by the arm and, at the pistols muzzle
marched him into the conductors room OF
the other side Of the partition.
Meanwhile Conductor Watson had beer
awakened from a doze In the adjoinini
room with the command: sit with youl
face to the wall, or I'll blow your heat
of"
Watson swung around and replied: "Ge
out of here! What dye meHn?"
Then he saw he was staring into the bar
rel of a revolver. There was a man with I
drawn pistol at each OF the two doors ant
ahotue5 ma III IT, eoJaaa hi,n by ,ha Isg nnf
nmatNar ~, tba shoui5ar T''hay IN rned hi,
n ~ ~ All "a ana nsinc tTfs+eJ nictnr
h'n,tOs ira tiad his 6anda bebind hi
back and fastened his ankles as we'll.
A minute later Receiver Levan wa
brought In by his captor ana was similarly
tied.
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wv ~ tb as N h ia M lam tha troDnI1a
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az oohhtssIua"i ~ the ba,Jie on tho eff
Snn- 1I,on tbny I,nIad n hoIs thronrb
a. - nraau rTan,t,w ~ II
inc 200 ana put mn 10 a smelI quantity Oh M M,
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po"sa.u LIS" trInnah ths In, rElor 70
10 ,Ia,s = un tnolo dbay Una 70 tba CON.
ntnsian thot t,s 49, ,v,s POO haavv to 40.
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