The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-11-17
MANNING, S. c. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBERl7 1909
NERYY THIEVES
Five aen Lure Fifty From Their Camp,
Bind Them Securely and
TOOK ALL THEIR Cash

> TOOK ALL THEIR CASH
Tho Bound Men After Being Rob
bed Of Their valuablcs, spen
II Five Hours Together After th1
I Thieves Who Had Deprived Then
Had Bea. q Safe Retreat
A dispatch from Ridgewood. y. j.
says city Italians employed in build
ing a trolley road from Paterson &C
surerin were held up by ..e~ band
its BY night in this place. bound hand
and foot. and robbed Of all their
money and tewel.y. The victims
were lef, lying tied in snanty un-
I'll morning. when one OF them man
1 aged 20 free himself and inform the
police. The robbers. OF whom .here
were only Ave. got away with twenty
watches, many triasets. and sl.4ss.-
81 in bills and small change.
Seldom has there been robbery
in which the thieves were so tricky
or used such generalsh!p in handling
a large body OF victims. So skill
fully did they do their work that
at no time were hey io danger OF
being attacked By more thaa one
| man. The iabosess lived in shaaty
| in the Bergen county cutout, as Is
| customary vita gangs employed on
new railways. The gang foreman
was supposed to look out for their
welfare and gee that they were amp
~ protected against thieves R7.
with ha!f a hundred mer a'ouad
him. he had no suspicion that four
or Eve men could get away w!to
anything.
Foreman Tackled First
Therefore. be felt no fear when 4
man appeared at the door OF the
shenty in the night and sail ne
wanted to see the boss OF the gang.
The foreman went out and met the
bandits, all OF whom spoke Italian.
They informed him they were gov
ernnent officers. and that they had
been sent to arrest him for selling
!!ouo. in the shanty without IL
cense. They led him away from the
shan,y. and. keeping Two pistols
aimed at his head. they bound him
hand and foot. They carried him
TO SPOT we'll away from the house
and LEI, three men to guard him.
One OF the bandits then went 10
the shanty and called out another
Of the laborers. He. too. vas told
that be vas arrested, led away.
bound band and foot. and carried to
the place where the boss was lying.
The trick then was used TO lead tie
other workmen out Of the shaaty.
and, one by one. their capto7s bound
them safely and carried them away.
Those left inside the shanty never
missed their companions. most o;
them having prepared 20 80 to sleep.
The ones lying bound with ropes did
not dare make a sound, for fear the
men guarding them would shoot.
/. took more than an hour tor
the bandits to complete the ~oEk
OF binding all the men. Then they
carried them back to the shanty In
pairs, laid them on the floor. and
went through their pockets. as each
mans money and jewelry were taken
away he was bundled into corner
When the bandits were sure they
| had ali the money and jeweiry In
the camp they warned their victims
not TO make any outc!y. and leisure
IL departed. Il was almost midnight
before they finished their work. and
not one of the victims had attempt
ed TO resist
Five hours o. Helpless Rage.
For 6ve hours the woTkmen lay
benoauiug the loss Of their money.
Tho cords had been tightly Bound
on most of them. with their hands
behind their backs and ropes pass
ed around their legs abors and BE-
low the knees. In vain they sQui:u'
ed and wrisgled. trrinS to Tree
themselves. until! p. NJ. when one
OF the men succeeded In slipping Ills
bands loose. He quickly removed
the ropes from his legs. and. d!s1e-
sarding the urgent pleas OF his COM
pantons to be freed. be fed from
the shanty. lie. ran all the way te
the home OF Chief Of Police Fuller
OF this place. and escitedly told tae
story Of the hold-up.
/ Fuller called several pat!oimen
and they fastened to the shantE
There they found ie Men Sill! boune
securely. and quickly released them
When all the workmen were iVeee
they compared notes IS 10 'hes
losses. and the police Were able e
find out how much the bandits eot
!. Good descriptions OF four OF ;he ban
dts were given 10 the police. ou
there was no. clew 20 indicate wh'
the robbers were. Information o
the ho!d-up was sent 10 seveEa
nearby cities. aud search OF Ia
italian sections vas made. on' i
vain. The thieves had clear mar
gin of fve hours IN which to cove
their tracks, and they used II I
advantage.
Sercu Victims Recovered.