The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-06-30
ARMED BANDITS KILL.
Take $4,000 in Streets of Lynn,
Mass, Killing Bearers.

dts armed with automatic magazine
revolvers to-day shot and instantly
killed Thomas A. Landregan, shoe
manufacturer, fatally wounded James
H. Carroll, a police officer, and ran
away with a bag containing $4,000
which Mr.. Landregan and the police
man were taking from a bank to the
shoe factory of Welch & Landregan
for the weekly pay roll. Policeman
Carroll died shortly afterwards.
The robbery was committed on
busy thoroughfare in the heart OF
the shoe manufacturing district.
Hardly had the noise of the revolver
shots and the powder smoke cleared
away before the bandits were fleeing
from an unorganized posse of 10000
persons.
An hour later one of the bandits
was dead from self-inficted wound,
a second was in the hospital with
five bullet wounds while the third
was under arerst. Abraham Lyons,
who was wandering through the
woods, was shot in the thigh by one
of the robbers who mistook him for
a pursuer.
All but 81 of the money that was
stolen by the robbers was recovered.
The bandits are Russian Poles,
their ages ranging from 20 to 25
years.
One of Band.
1t is suspected that at least one
of them was identified with the
Jamaica Plain outlaws who commit
ted two murders and terrorized that
suburb of Boston in July, 1908.
The murder occurred a few min
utes after 9 o'clock this morning.
One of the robbers seized the
money bag and started up Oxford
street, while the other two bandits,
who had done the shooting, made a
demonstration with their revolvers.
Finally they ran after their COM
rade. By this time the pursuit was
ON. Every one who had heard of
the shooting joined in the chase. The
bandits headed for High Rock,
threatening whomsoever they met
and firing several random shots.
- A horse belonging to Miss Bessie
Baker was being held by groom
in front of the Baker home. One
of the robbers grasped the horses
bride and threatening the groom
with death if he interfered, started
down the street.
Girl Upsets Plan.
Miss Parker ran out of the house,
threw her arms around the horses
neck and held on. The bandit there
upon dropped the bride and ran. Miss
Baker told the direction taken by the
robbers and thus aided materially in
their ultimate capture.
Reaching the summit of High Rock
the bandits stopped to divide the
stolen money. The silver was left
there, only bills being taken. Then
they separated and by circuitous
route managed to reach field of
Ford street. 1t was near. this point
that Lyons was shot by one of the
bandits, though not seriously.
In the meantime Gordon of police
and citizens had been thrown around
the entire section of the city. The
police discovered one of the bandits
in a thicket near Ford street. Several
shots were fired at him and the fugi-
tive returned the fire. The police
called upon him to surrender. He
answered by sending bullet through
his brain. He died instantly. He
was wounded in five places.
Second Snrrenders.
A second bandit was located on
Boston street, short distance away.
He surrendered only after he had
been shot in the arm, the leg, the
breast and the head. he was taken
to the Lynn hospital and probably
will die.
He said that his name was Andy
Alison and tnat he lived in New
York City.
The third man was captured with
out a struggle. One of the fingers
Of his left hand had been shot away.
In taking him to police headquarters
the officers had a hard time in pro-
tecting the prisoner. A crowd made
dash for t. robber, pushed him,
knocked him down and kicked him
and it was only after spirited strug-
gle that the prisoner was landed safe
ly within the station.
The Third Man.
This man gave his name as Bacci-
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