The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-26
Paymaster Murdered on the Street
While Carrying the SatcheI
Containing $4,000 in
Cash.
ROBBERS ALL G AUGHT
HoIdup Which Holds the Record in
New England for Sheer
Devltry and
Audacity.

lGate City Leased Wire Servicel
LYNN, Mass, June 25. Three men
dead, one dying, two wounded and
one Of those a candidate for the cleo
trio chair, is the final end of hold
UP In this city which for sheer devil,
try and audacity is without a parallel
In the annals of New England. The
dead:
TOMAS LANDREGAN, 45, mem
Der of the big shoe manufacturing
firm of Welch and Landregan of this
city.
JAMES H. CARROLL, SO, a police
man.
JOE Russian-Polish bandit.
The wounded.
ANDY ABSON, Russian-Polish ban
| dit of SO East 22nd street. New York,
shot through the head and chest;
will die.
WASILI IvANKOWSKI, Russian
Polish bandit, shot through the hand,
prisoner
ABRAHAM LYONS, citizen, shot in
the thigh by bandits, will recover.
It was just at the beginning of
banking hours today when Landregan,
with a satchel containing $4,000 in
bills and silver, in hand. stepped out
of the Central National bank. The
money was the weekly payroll for his
factory.
AS he started up the street Lande-
gran was joined by Policeman James
II. Carroll, who was to guard him to
his factory. Immediately behind the
two as. they walked up the street,
came the unkcmpt foreigners closing
in gradually on the unsuspecting man
4 ufacturer and his guard Only few
steps from Landegran's establish
ment one of the trio drew a black
jack and struck the policeman on the
head.
Carroll staggered and as he went
down two of the robbers grabbed at
the bag in Landegrans hand. Lanfe-
gran resisted and, without a word, one
of the trio shot him down.
Then a bullet found Carroll He
reeled over, mortally wounded Lande-
grams body shows seven bullet
wounds. He died instantly Carroll
Z was shot nine times He lived L
hour.
The robbers grabbed up the bag
containing the money, fired a few
shots at the crowd gathering around.
and fed. AS they ran along the street
hundreds of workmen, armed with
hammers and other tools, rushed out
and tried to prevent the escape. Re-
volyers were fred and when Abraham
Lyons, citizen fell with a bullet in
his thigh, the crowd drew back and
the three bandits passed unmolested.
Fully 1000 peorie were in full cry
. after the thugs as they breasted the
Y hill. Their pursuers were distanced
! for the moment. The trio stopped, alb
t stracted $4,000 in bills from the
S satchel and parted.
Q One, since identified as Andy Alison,
8 took lone trail He had gone only
e short distance when he was sight
ed by Solomon Thompson. and refus-
ing to halt, was brought down with
a bullet through the head and another
through the breast. He is in Lynn
hospital tonight and will die within a
, few hours.
Y When Alison turned off the two 9th
er bandits fed into a marsh nearby
r and within few minutes were sur
rounded by 30 policemen and crowd
of hundreds of infuriated citizens
Officer Crowley, one of the line
formed, saw man hiding in a busf
L. shot through the brain. The thirc
man who was shot down. Ivankowsk
said he knew only as Joe The
trio he declared had lived in New
York for some months, then in Pitts
burg and finally came to Boston 81,
months ago. About ten days ago the
came to Lynn and planned the rob
hery