Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1909-06-16
WAVED BRIGHT LANTERN
Let First Car, Belonging to
DR.. Ramsay, Proceed When
They Saw Other Coming.
STOPPED DR.. WILSON
Supposed Robbers Fled,
However, When They Saw
They Were 0utnumbered.

Efforts are being made by the au-
thorities at Morgan to find two sus-
picious looking characters, who
alighted from a train there last
Thursday night and. it is believed
tried to hold up several physicians
from this city about 1890 o'clock
Friday morning between Keyport
and Lawrence Harbor.
Constable Travis Bloodgood of
Morgan was here yesterday in re-
gard to the case and what is believed
to have been bold attempt to hold
up several people on the lonely road
is being sifted to the bottom.
DR.. w. e. Ramsay, Dr. j. L. Mac
Dowall, DR.. ], @. Wilson and DR.. j.
L. Lund went to Atlantic City last
Wednesday in DR. Ramsay's Buick
and DR.. Wilson's Mitchell automo-
biles respectively to attend the an
nual convention of the American
Medical Society. They started home
ward Thursday and when Keyport
was passed at midnight, DR. Ram
says car, in which were the owner
DR.. MacDowall and the formers
chauffeur, was considerably in the
lead of DR.. Wilson's Mitchell con-
tanning besides the owner, his chauf-
feur and DR., Lund
In describing the Incident DR..
Ramsay said that he was driving
along the lonely road which runs
from Keyport to Lawrence HarboT
when he saw a man waving lantern
in the centre of the road. He says
he slowed down upon which the man
said, All right. You go ahead .
DR. Ramsay thought the man was q
watchman and gave the matter nc
further thought at the time, but
| happened to look back and saw the
! lights of Dr. Wilson's machine some
distance down the road.
Astonished at Delay.
Without further delay Dr. Ramsay
ran his machine to Cheesequakes
where he stopped to wait for DR.. Will
son, as he could not see his head
lights anywhere along the road
While waiting the physician convers-
ed with Constable Travis Bloodgood
and told him about the man waving
the lantern. The constable told the
doctor that there was no watchman
on the road and, on hearing the rest
of the story, declared that he be-
/ lieved an attempt had been made to
hold UP the car, as he had seen two
suspicious characters get off a train
there early in the evening.
On hearing this, Dr. Ramsay began
to fear for DR.. Wilson and, as moth
ing could be seen of his car, he de-
cided to go back and investigate
The constable got aboard the ma
chine and in few minutes they were
ononAfney hanlr lJfl.
sons car stalled. Dr. Wilson said
that a man had waved lantern al
him and that when he stopped in
response, the man Immediately dis.
appeared. Where DR.. Wilson stop
ped his car was in a very sandy
place at the brow of hill, and in
trying to start again the physician
! put his engine out of commission.
DIR. Wilson says that he did not
consider 1t hold-up until DR.. Ram.
say appeared with the constable and
told what had happened short
/ time before. AS DR.. Wilson's cal
was unable to proceed further of iti
own power, DR.. Ramsay towed 1t tt
this city.
Robbers Outnumbered.
It is believed by the physicians
and the constable that the two men
were on the road for the purpose Of
holding up someone and that when
they saw Or. Ramsay's car they de-
cided to stop it. After one of then
waved the lantern, it is believed he
saw the light Of Dr.. Wilson's cal
| approaching and for that reason
Blood dgood believes that the two men
although only the man with the
lantern was seen by the party, stop
ped DR.. Wilson's car with the inten-
tion of robbing the occupants, hui
when they saw that 1t contained
three men, they lost courage In view
of the fact that they were outnum'
bered, and fed.
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