Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-03-12
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Both fell. Even after they fell one Of the
robbers continued to fire.
John G. Ford, assistant water superinten-
dent, working at the pumping station, heard
the shooting and arrived about this time
He saw the men on the ground and went
and captured one while the posse took the
other One of the men was more seriously
wounded than the other but he was not
subdued. He had emptied his revolver and
loaded it again, and tossed it to bis partner,
saying, II am too badly shot to shoot, you
use lt.v From the time the men were
first seen to their capture, they fired four
teen shots at the posse, none of which hap
PLY took effect.
The man most injured was taken to DR..
Stout's Office in Wenonah and his wounds
temporarily dressed. One was brought to
Woodbury. on the 9.25 train and the other
on the 1925.
There is much conjecture as to how the
men got from Woodbury. 70 WenoLah.
This is partially solved by the statement of
John Wagner, on the Griscom farm, who
saw three strange men going down Glassboro
road, and Adam knight, who saw the same
men crossing Thos. N. VENTS field, toward
the railroad.
From the fact that strange man, wear
ing brown derby, such as the robber pur-
chased from the colored man, was seen near
the Wenonah cemetery, and later by some
boys near big pine tree on the road from
Mantua to Mt. Royal, it is belieYed the
third man left his companions when they
reached the road from Wenonah to Mantua;
he took the road to Mantua while the other
two followed the creek.
The two men in custody give the names
of John Burns, SO years, no home, and Nc
Coy, So, of New )ork.
On them was found about $500 worth Of
stamps and $3.50 in cash. bag of silver
was found in the carriage.
OF the loot stolen, all the stamps and
slightly over $500 in cash was recovered.
OF the cash, $248 81 was found on Burns
and 1884 96 on Mccoy. This totals $383.27.
The bag of silver contained less than 500.
AS the total cash taken amounted to $3.50,
is follows that the man who escaped had the
biggest pile.
The two robbers were taken from Wood
bury Jail to Camden at o'clock Tuesday
evening, and will be given hearing before
U. s. Marshall ]. Willard Morgan, in Cam
den next Saturday morning.
ROBBERS AT PEDRICKToWN
From Our orrespondentl
Early last Saturday morning professional
safe blowers descended in our midst, and
blew open the post office safe. Immediate
ly after procuring the booty the men, who
numbered three, fled in team which they
had stolen from the livery stable of ]. E.
Gaventa. The report of the explosion was
sufficient to arouse a few who live near the
post office and almost Immediately the
building was found to be on fire. An alarm
was given, and almost the entire town was
at the post Office and volunteer firemen soon
extinguished the blaze, when is was found
that yeggmen had been at work and had
made good their escape. The safe door was
knocked against the stoye which upset, fir
| ing the building, and most OF the contents
were burned. Post Master Harry Green
states that the loss, including money,
stamped envelopes, and postal cards is
about 1884. All that was Of supposed val
ne was dumped in a mail bag and taken
where it was found later in Bridgeport,
where they had stopped an hour afterward
and blew open the safe in that post Office.
Postmaster Green, who went to see the
men on Saturday, identified one of them as
having been In the post office on Friday
and bought stamps and also hired team of
liveryman Gaventa and droYe to Pennsgroye.
Mr.. Green feels extremely thankly that
their capture was effected.
THE ROBBERS AT PAULsBoRo
(By our PauIsboro Correspondent.
At ten minutes past two on Saturday
morning Miss Fannie Miller, teleph one OPP
orator here, was aroused, and was told by
Freebooter Usinger Of the robbery at Bridge
port, and she being used to excitement
forgot to faint and knowing that the only
man who could be gotten on the phone was
ex-Mayor Gill M. Hannold. who she called
and stated the facts He turned into his
clothes and got his gun and told his wife to
phone to George Thompson while he went
for officer ireland, who in turn went for
Deputy Sheriff Harry LamsoD, then Bow
man Cox, Chas- Cox, Walter Cox and James
Cox, was aroused from one house. Joseph
MoIeland later was called and put the
draft on his stoye and asked others to come
in and get warm, and kept open house.
Later VIM. Buohl was called and appeared