The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-20
Cover Banker H. B. March
and Wife in Orange
Home With Gun.
DARK LANTERNS FLASHED
ON SLEEPING COUPLE
Robbers Thrust RevOlverS Into
Their Faces and Threaten
Them with Death.
ESCAPE WITH ST, ZOO OF
JEWELS, ELUDING PURSUIT
After Seizing Booty, Victims
Looking on, Band Fires Warn-
ing Shot Upon Departure.

Following carnival OF robberies in
the vicinity of the South Orange line,
burglars shortly before a. m today
forced an entrance to the fashionable
home of Herbert B. March New York
banker. at 200 Berkeley avenue, Orange,
and at revolver point held up Mr.. and
Mrs. March and robbed them OF jeweiry
valued at about s1,200. The men, three
in number, We're completely masked, and
gave no intimation of their presence
until Mr.. March, aroused by "a thin
stream OF light in the room, was fully
ropsed from sleep TO see revolver
pointed at him.
Now we're here for money and jew
elry. Don't make any disturbance and
get on the job quick. Here, you" con-
tinued the leader, a tall, heavy-built
man. to "a second of the party. ''get
around the foot OF the bed and cover
the other one, quick
MIR. March was beneath a mosquito
canopy and nlistook the thin haze OF
light through the netting for a fire.
His wife was In an adjoining bed, and
was aroused to see a second revolver
pointed close to her body. There was
no light in the room. except that cast
by the burglars lantern, and Mr.. and
Mrs. March. with the revolver pressed
against them, watched the third man
complete the job OF examining the
dresser and ciliffonier in the room. The
housebreakers threatened to tie them in
their beds IL they made an outcry.
Mrs. March, hearing her property on
the dresser ripped and torn, said: BE
sure you do not miss anything"
Telephone wire Cut.
Firing a revolver shot to terrify the
rushed to the telephone only to find
the wires cut. Mr.. March calmy took
mp the shipped ends, pushed back the
insulation material. completed the
connection and sent woad within twen-
ty minutes to the Orange police. Po-
liceman Timothy Cronen rushed to the
March home on his bicycle and gath
cred all the police along the line.
The police patrol, with half dozen
men, was soon clattering up to the
house. and the men got on the trail of
t1le thrse burglars. who disappeared
toward South Orange. "A Watchman
met the trio, but failed to stop them.
and the gang boarded trolley car a
little in advance OF the police van.
Then followed a race to Newark. the
nren on the trolley car and the police
ln the. van.
Va Nrace ended at Electric Park.
's' the three fusitives jumped from
n IT and disappeared in the isolated
SEQ ton. The police made a search and
theh returned to the station.
Mr.. March did not go to business to-
day. He told the story OF his expert
once to an EVENING STAR reporter.
II was awakened as the men entered
the room. and seeing the thin light
throus the netting Immediately
though ne house was afire and that
some one was in the room to warn
Mrs Marsh and myself. In second,
however, a tall man with gruff voice
pushed his revolver against the netting
to my shoulder and gave his command
to lie quiet, at the same time sending q
partner around to my wife's side with
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