Evening star., 1909-02-11
TOO QUICK FOR HER MANY TROOPS IN LINE
Robbers Get "he Drop on Grand Marshal Reports to
Miss West, Ticket Agent Inauguration Chairman.
STATION RECEIPTS TAKEN SHOWING BY THE STATES
Office Brooklyn Elevated Road Nearly Reviewing
Robbed. Stand Tickets Sold.
THREE ITALIANS THE THIEVES READY TO HANDLE CROWDS
From Massa.
diate Alarm chuset Pennsylvania.
Robbers Get ''the Drop on
Miss West, Ticket Agent.
STATION RECEIPTS TAKEN
Office Of Brooklyn Elevated Road
Robbed.
THREE ITALIANS THE THIEVES
Telephone Connection Broken by the
Sulprits to Prevent Imme-
diate Alarm.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, February 11.-Three Ital-
ians got away this morning with the bags
Of silver and green money forming the
total receipts for the preceding day of
the Brooklyn Union Elevated railroad sta
ton at 9Th avenue and Goth street. They
seized the cash from Grace West, the
night ticket agent. shortly before l
o'clock. with drawn revolvers. and broke
the telephone wire before leaving. SO as
to prevent her from giving the alarm.
Although Miss West ran out for help as
soon as they were gone, the police lost
all trace OF the men. Something like
four or five pounds OF money was the
robbers haul. which included two bags
containing SIS and ST respectively. and
all the loose money in the till besides.
The night ticket agents on the BROOKLYN
Union Elevated are mostly women. Miss
Grace West the night agent at the 10th
street station, is determined young per-
son. who keeps a loaded revolver in her
cash drawer. When on duty she locks
herself up inside the ticket booth, so that
and take her money. 1t has been long
while since any attempt was made to rob
one of the elevated stations. Although
there are only women to deal with. 1t is
TeSATQeO dS a pTelty tOUSi Jul, dAu tilC
thugs do not often try 1t.
1t was during the quiet time between
1890 o'clock and l O'clock this morning
when three Italians climbed the station
stairs.
One OF them went I'D to the ticket win
dow. Fumbling in his pockets, he blocked
It up. but Miss West could see over his
shoulders that the other two men were
ducking under the chain by the turnstile
to make a flank movement The girl
H. To- fr-A1 1nxr-rH
into the cash drawer for her revolver.
Threatened With Revolvers.
When she looked up again she saw
that the intruders had the drop on her.
Three revolvers were pointing at her
through the grating.
Hold up your hands, said the man at
the window. The grating was no protec-
ton against bullets. The young woman
obeyed the order with all due haste.
Go away or I'll call help" said Miss
West.
III you say word we'll shoot you
quick" answered the leader.
While one OF them. the leader. stayed
at the window with pointed revolver and
kept her attention the other two passed
around to the door and broke it open.
They then confined their energies to the
money. AS no trains or passengers came
along they worked away undisturbed.
They fused around until they had found
all the valuables. First, they cleaned
out tho till, where there were several
dollars in change. Then they helped
themselves to tickets enough to keep them
on the roads free list for at least a
year. Finally. they came upon the chief
prize. the two bags of money represent
Ing the previous days receipts.
Telephone Connection Broken.
'If you make any noise for five minutes
you'll be sorry" said the head robber. as
the three started away. He remembered
something after a few steps, and came
back. Going to the ticket office telephone
he pulled out the connecting wires. Then
the men hastened off down to the street.
Miss West, who had not had a chance
to do anything yet, Immediately ran on
the platform and raised a cry, that
brought a policeman. In a very few min
utes he had informed the police station
Of what had happened.
Acting Capt Murphy Of the police sta
ton Immediately rushed out his spare men
and swept the streets of the neighboring
Italian tenement district. An hours
search revealed nothing Of the robbers.
There was no clue available on which to
try to follow them up.