The evening world., 1908-12-01
HOLD UP CAR ON
THE BOWERY IN
WILD WEST STYLE
-Four Men With RevolverS Awe
Conductor, Passengers
and Motorlnan.
ELUDE A POLICEMAN.
Jump as Crash of Breaking
Glass Brings Him
to Scene.
ELUDE A POLICEMAN.

While a south-bound Third avenue car
Houston and Prince streets at 3.45 A.
NJ. to-day, three men armed with re
volvers held up the conductor and
robbed him of all the money he had
The car was crowded with women and
their escorts. returning from east side
balls and parties. The hold-uf men
grabbed the conductor while he was col
lecting fares and, seizlng his arms,
forced him through the packed aisle be-
fore any one realized what was happen
ing.
nile three of the robbers pinned the
conductor in a corner of the rear YES
tibule and threatened to blow his head
of II he didn't empty his pockets q
fourth stood on the front platform with
his revolver pressed TO the motorman's
ear.
Keep this car going or I'll kill you"
he said. As the men whipped out their
pistols and drove the conductor back
one of the women screamed.
AS she did so one of the men turned
to her.
you shut up" he said. ''or I'll shoot
you.'
This quieted the woman. but one OF
the robbers in showing the conductor
roughly about pushed his elbow throush
the glass of the rear vestibule.
The crash attracted the attention of
Policeman Rutledge. OF the Eldridge
street station, who was standing at the
a corner of Prince street and the Bowery.
All Four Escaped.
He ran UP to tine car. shouting to the
motorman &c stop. AS he saw the man
with the revolver standing beslue the
motorman at the lever, the patroiman
Grew ms own weapon. The lopuer EVIL
gently sighted the glini Of the ponce
revolver, Tor he ran uhrh through the
car, elpowins the nuadIed crown, and
yelled:
The men on the back platform let go
the conductor and dropped oil The car
before the motormaE nau Time to throw
on tine brakes and stop II.
They scattered, as one by one they
struck the street, and Vanished IN TWO
or three directions, The policeman,
linking that somebody on The car might
have been hurt jumped aboard.
He took the conductors number and
heard his story. Then he told the
motorman TO mold tie car while he
pursued the men. lie followed one OF
lhem TIL he disappeared III an alley on
Itlvlngton street.
When the policeman returned the car
had gone on, the conductor and motor
man evidently Tearing TO be late on
their run. The conductor was William
Hughes and the motorman Edward
Buckley.
One Of the passengers had waited be-
hinu to give the policeman what details
lie could however.
Menaced All With Pistol.
He said that the robbers boarded the
car al Eighth street. rAe- seemed 10
be working men on their way to early
jobs.
The highwaynen kept quiet till the
car reached Houston street and then
one--a middle-aged man-gpt up and,
reaching behind MIN, produced re-
volver with as much elaboration as il
he we're pulling out a handkerchief.
Come on he said TO the other men.
The man who had first pulled the le-
volver walked to the front platform.
He turned 10 the passengers on mis-
way
Iii you amt looking for trouble don't
make a boiler" lie remarked. grimly in
dicating his pistol.
The police OF the Mulberry street sta
ton sen; out detectives to find the con
ductor and motorrnan of the car anC
bring them to Police Headquarters.