The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-04-13
Ouick Work.

Through the quick wit of Miss Elsie
Garwood and the prompt action OF Mar
shall William Quigley, Saturday after
noon, a man giving the name OF Johr
Wolford, of Perth Amboy, was captured
after being suspected of robbing the cash
register in the store of Joseph nj. Roberts
at Riverton Two men made their ap
pearance at the store in apparent quest
of poultry wire. While one went outside
with Ross Evans, clerk, the other re-
manned near the register. A few moments
later Miss Garwood, who was waiting on
a customer in another part of the store,
heard the cash register bell ring. Al
once suspecting the cause she arrived In
time to see the stranger disappearing
through the door. Shortly after Marshal
Quigley was appraised of the robbery and
he went In search of the man. He got on
a trolley car and came up with the indi-
vidual near West Palmyra, but the fugi-
tive refused to stop. A bullet from the
Marshals revolver struck the man in the
arm and he surrendered. In the mean
time his companion made good his escape.
An examination showed that $40 had been
taken from the register.
Woltord was brought to the Jail and de.
scriptions of the other two men were sent
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Last evening as Sheriff Worrell was walk
ing down town with his son Albert, the
latter said: Father, there goes the
other Riverton robber." The boy had
heard the description read. The Sheriff
had business in a neighboring office and in
few minutes he was called and told that
he was wanted at the jail at once.
The man the boy had recognized had
gone to the prison and had asked to see
Wolford The. officer in charge recog-
nized him as answering to the description
of the other fellow. They told him the
Sheriff had given orders that the prisoner
was not to be seen by any one without
his permission and told the visitor to sit
down. The latter said he guessed he
would not wait, but Deputy Sheriff Fleet
wood told him he guessed he would, SO
the fellow was held.
In the meantime the Sheriff and Detect
i've Parker had arrived. The latter Sc
creted himself in the Jail and the new
arrival was taken up to see the man in
custody. AS soon as they met, the man
who had been in jail said: ''Well, you are
a fool; what did you come here forf" ITO
help you along" said the other. "Well,
you have done it" was the reply, 81
guess we will both be helped along, now. .
The new arrival gave the name of
James Wolford, and he was at once lock-
ed up. In his possession he had piece
of paper which he put in his mouth and
attempted to chew and swallow. Deputy
Fleetwood choked him and made him dis
gorge, and it was found that the paper
was receipt from the Philadelphia post
office for money order for $500 sent to
Pittsburg.
1t was found that robberies had been
committed in Easton, Pa, on the 18th of
March and that at one place the amount
taken was 1910. Word of the arrest of
Wolford was at once sent to that place.
This morning w. G. Rolling, county de-
tective of Northampton county, Pa, came
here with three men who identified the
prisoners as those who entered certain
stores and worked the same game that
was played at Riverton. At the store
where the money was taken one fellow
went in and found the proprietor was
alone and got him TO go down cellar and
search for step ladder. Then the accom-
plice took the cash. At another store one
of the fellows went in and asked If he
could leave his oyercoat there. He was
told he could and then the fellow asked
the attendant, boy, if he was alone. On
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left but the accomplice soon came in and
a robbery took place.
Both men gave the name of Wolford
and they bear resemblance to each other.
They say their home is in Perth Amboy.
At Riverton there we're three, one OF
whom got away in an automobile. The
number of the machine was secured, but
it was found to be fake number, as the
owner of the real number has it on his
machine in the upper part of the state.
The first man arrested tried to get let
ter mailed from the jail, but the man to
whom it was given handed it to the Sher-
if. 1t was addressed to party whose
name and residence are withheld for the
present and contained an appeal for 500
to be used in aiding the writer to get out
of the trouble he is now in.
There appears to be a gang working
Riverton. On Saturday evening resi-
dence was entered but the burglar
made such noise that the inmates
of the house were aroused, not In
time, however, to catch the intruder
Last evening five men entered the
Dreer nurseries and held up the watch
man. They blew open the safe and took
what money was in it.
Watches guaranteed for year giver
with each suit at Bayersdorfer's.