New-York tribune., 1906-08-23
BURGLARS USE AUTO.
LOOT SAFE - SHOOT NAN.
Female "RaHes" Engaged in Many
Bold RObberies.
[Rv Telegraph 70 rhe Tr,hune. ]

Hampstead. N Y. Aug. 22-The westbury
postof1ce wrecked by dynamite and looted
this morning by burglars, who escaped in an
automobile. after shooting voeys at the vil+
layers and wounding man.
An attempt was also made to enter some Of the
larger country places on the Wheatley Hills, but
they were so eRectually defended by dogs and
watchmen that the burglars, who came in large
touring car driven by woman. got nothing of
value.
The Westbury postof1ce was completely
wrecked by the unusually large amount Of dyna-
mite used TO blow open the safe. Windows IN
adjoining stores and houses were blown out by
the terrific explosions. two in all. that followed
the attempt of the gang to carry away the ehtlre
nroceeds Of the Office This at o'clock
this morning but the noise Of the explosion was
so great that nearly the entire village was
awakened and in a few minutes posse OF haii-
clad men were chasing three men VINO ran lroln
the building.
The burglars managed to grab $500 IN money
and many stamps. but overlooked $2.OOO in one
of tho inner compartments of the safe. where
Postmaster Taylor had placed the governments
money with some of his own.
The men ran for nearly half a mile through
the village streets. followed by Daniel ana VIII
lam O'Connor and Charles Rollins. VINO were
staving in a hotel near the postofice Although
the men were unarmed, they pluckily ran on ana
were closing in on the burglars when the Iatter
opened fire. firing nearly twenty times al tns
three men before one of them was hit. The arm
OF Rollins was shattered by bullet He dropped
20 the around. and the O'Connor brothers. thing
ing he had been killed carried him to an ad-.
ioininq hotel He soon regained consciousness
and with fully a hundred men, the chase
after the burglars renewed On ne
Jericho Turnpike near the country place OF Jay
Phipps and Thomas Hitchcock, jr.. they were
nearly overtaken when they were seen TO jump
into a large touring car, without a top and
were off instantly in the direction of Old West
bury.
Several gunloads of shot and buhets from re-
volvers were fired at the fast moving machine
without result.
A woman was at the wheel and the machlhe
had been cranked AS the three men tumbled
:, y beap into the auto it was off at top speed
The burelars succeeded in making their escape.
Earlier I'm the evening three men and one
woman in a touring car were seen acting in
suspicious manner the country seats OF
Samuel and Edward Wiets, at Brighthome and
old Westbury. but. seeing the watchmen run
ming in their direction. the men put on all power
and made their escape. a woman with blond
hair was driving the car. The same car and
,oc,napts were also seen at Hampstead and
Brock,
nIaces of O. H. P Belmont II. V. r. Kennedy,
August Belmont and ]. F. S. Eadden. but the
numerous dogs and watchmen frightened the
supposed burglars away
Early on Sunday morning attempt was
made to rob General Lloyd Bryce's villa near
here. but the burglars were frightened off be-
fore an entrance was gained A few weeks ago
the office If the Great South Bay Ferry Com
pany. on the shore below Freeport. was broken
into and the safe robbed. II is now recalled
that lust before that robbery a strange woman.
a tall blonde. seen about the office. She
attracted no special attention at the time but
il is now believed that she was the same woman
who occupied a seat in the Westbury burglars
motor
1t is also recalled that when the Farmingdale
depot was robbed month or six weeks ago a
woman was seen with the men who did the job.
The burglars on that occasion. however, used a
wagon
owing to the darkness none OF the pursuing
party at Westbury could the number of the
car or its make