The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-02
TWO BRAVE CAR men
Millbury Boys Figure
In a Rhode Island
Hold-Up.
BOTH WERE BOUND WITH ROPES.
Sullivan and Faron Fool
Robbers With Their
Ready Wit.
BOTH WERE BOUND WITH ROPES.

Here is story of one of the most
daring robberies ever perpetrated in
New England, and the men who figured
most prominently among the victims
were Frank j. Faron and Thomas H.
Sullivan of Millbury, who until recently
had been employed on the Worcester &
Suburban road between this city and
Millbary.
Conductor Sullivan proved himself
one of the gamiest and most courage
Gus Of men, and the story of his expe-
rienoes and Farons will be read with
interest by every acquaintance of the
Millbury men and railroad men in Wor-
cester
During their residence in Millbury
they were always ranked among the
most faithful and courageous employees
of the Suburban.
Faron was at one time held UP by
highwaymen here, and after desper-
ate struggle succeeded in overcoming
his opponents and getting away with
out a scratch.
Some few days afterwards Conductor
Sullivan was returning home from his
manner, and put up a game fight and
fought his three opponents for over half
an hour and conquered them.
Frank f. Faron was recently pre-
scented with a medal by a prominent
resident Of Portsmouth, r. l., for brav-
cry in overcoming an italian, who at
tempted to assault passenger on a
car.
The story in part of their latest ex-
Y1ar fc fnfd
raj as follows:-
Ten minutes after the power had been
shut off and the electric lights had
gone out, four masked men entered the
conductors room at the car station of
the Newport and Fall River Railway
Company, Portsmouth, just after mid
night, Monday morning. While fifth
remained outside on watch, the four
robbed the five men at the station Of
the money they had collected during
the day, and broke open and robbed
the wooden box where the other con-
ductors had deposited their Sunday
fares.
Then, after tying the hands of the
& railroad men they left them in charge
y Of one Of the gang, and tried three
d times to blow open the safe in the Of
fee, containing the collections for Sat
urday.
The five railroad men were taken to
the rear of the car barn, and there
tied to the seats Of one of the open
cars. The robbers made their escape,
but one of the railroad men, who had
quietly freed himself, aroused the SUI
perintedent, and the pursuit began
almost at once. The men, after making
detour to throw pursuers off the
track, walked to the west shore, a
distance of over two miles, stole two
boats and started for the main line of
the Consolidated railroad.
The car barn. where the last trips
end. is In Portsmouth, eight and half
miles from Fall River, and nine and a.
half from Newport.
Before midnight Sunday night, the
last car arrived, the power was turned
off, and by the light of the lantern Of
Substitute Waterman James McGovern,
Conductors L. c. Durham and George
w. Anthony were making up their re-
turns, while Thomas Sullivan and
Frank Faron, Millbury, Mass. bows.
who had been working as motormen
during the day, looked on. Three con-
ductors had left the room only a few
minutes before, and the men were hur-
rying to get their figuring DONE to go
home.
The outside door was opened and four
4 men came in with a rush, calling out
as they entered, Hands up,'' The rail
=
zles of four revolvers and see four
ngures aringhandkerchiefs over their
races below the eyes, conceaIing all
view OF the face, and reaching below
the opening in the vest.
Faron and Sullivan sometimes pIav
Jokes on their fellows, and Faron
thought this was a Joke on the no ~
of some of the men about the bsrn
he reached out, and the tallest Of tbe
TOUR reversed the revolver he had and
struck the motorman with it. making .
wound that required three stitches To
close today.
While two of the men covered the
railroad men, the other two reached
4 from behind them and took the none1,
from the shelf I They then Vent
through the pockets of the men Syho
were facing the wall, taking ali tbe
money they had on them, including Some
Belonging to the car employees. Tban
they tied the hands of the railway men
behind them with pieces of rome
pfougnt tor that purpose, and sat them
on the floor in a row.
1t seems to the railway men that +ha,,
held their hands in the air for an bo,S,.
but It was only few minutes. Faro,
whose wound was bleeding profrseI1,
said to one of the men in the gang ti,s :
II was pity to rob the railway men
of their own money, telling them tnaf
Tue GOSH tAicy Tau taken from him wp q
all he had to pay his board with, Tho
man he addressed said they ought nor
to take all the other men had ana
started to give Farron a handful of
change.
One of the gang was attracted nv flo
diamond worn by Sullivan, who is a
member of the car equipment force.
and who wears good stone and a val
pable one.
"That looks like good sparkler, ;,
said the robber.
Yes" said Sullivan, IT paid 70 cents
for II three years ago. Take it if you
want it"
A nttle later another of the men went
over to Sullivan, who had by that time
twisted his hands out of his bonds.
This man also looked at the stone and
started to unscrew it.
you'll have to take off my collar
and reach insire my shirt to get it." said
sullivan, who appears to have been the
coolest Of the railway men. Its a fair
iinitntsb and 1t cost me rs cents"
The robber stopped working on the
stone, and Sullivan kept his diamond
~ told you to watch him., said the
tail man. Look out for him, or he'll
Net loose again" Then they tied Sulli-
Wan iip for the second time
Va ohisel opened another door. From