New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-04
MAN IN PISTOL FIGHT
ROUTS THREE BANDITS
Manaqer Of Sloan Estate. IN
Westchester. Wounds One
and Saves 800.
JUNKMhN ALSO ROBBED
Youth Under Arrest Contesses
That He and Companion
Sought to Initiate
Sicilian Rrigands.
JUNKMAN ALSO ROBBED

rt,.ood r Weeks tho superintendent
-, ,bo Sloan estate at Mount kisc"'
north NJ White Plains. proved that n"
had nIeutv ~ nerve yesterday '''a"S'
when three bandits held him IN ana %
roa,ded his money he engaged IN
rie,or nch, with tho mon, ana ai'''
bounding one % them managed 70 get
away unhurt and still held on TO s''""
in cash ho had with HIM
Mr. Weeks had been TO th' Mount
Kisco Bank. where he drew ont VIZ
,,ore, to nav Of mon employed on 'h'
,iace He was driving n fast trotter 20
o. brgcv along tho state Road, when thrc"
mon with caps pulled over their eyes
o,d drawn rovolvcrs jumped from nc
hind a clump Of bushes. ono Of th'
bandits who talked with foreign ac-
cent said: Hold NJ your hands ana
give Us your money"
wait Just a minute said Weeks ~
n. reached down under his scat "here
the satchol containing the money lay
II will take care Of YOU in minute
no continued. and when he raised MS
rich, hand big Colts revolver WAS
uoiuted AZ one of tho men and then i"l-
lowed fash of flame. Three times h'
r,,lIcd the trigger. and ono of the men
dropped to the road with gr"an'
In tho excitement the hold-up men he-
came domoralized and fired Wildly "ni'e
Woeks whipped mp his horse ana sped
down the road. The bandits continued
~ fire at him. while ne returned shot Tor
shot The men pursued him for some
distance and the last he saw of them
thcv we're dragging their wounded COM
uanion into the woods.
Whom Mr.. Weeks reached his home n"
telophoncd 10 the police. ana a posse ~
mon started on the trail of the nigh
y,.vmon. Blood stains were found on
the roadway. but as no trace OF the
bandits could bc found il is believed
they escaped on horseback.
Several hours before this h"id-up &C
Cured Abraham Levine. junkman "t
No oo6 Union avenue. New Rochelle
ronor,od that two road agents had
held him up on the Wlimot Road. not
far from the country home of Francis
4 Stratton. president OF tho "Stches-
ter Lighting Company Oh the outskirts
Of New Rochelle.
Levine told tho police the mon were
,rned with hig rcvolvers and had red
handkorchicfs over the lower parts or
their faces and slouch hats pulled down
,.,.or theIr eyes. When he saw the guns
the tunkman says h" gave up S-'"
which was the first payment on some
property hc had sold.
Two hours after the Levine robbery
occurred Philip Macchio. sixteen years
old living at No. - Pleasant avenue
,ructahoo was behind the bars i'm the
Now Rochelle police station. ~" con
tossed II is alleged. TO Lieutenant Frank
codv and Detective Joseph Fapnelli that
ho had taken part in the hold-up.
According To the police. Macchio said
ho vos nersuadcd 10y friend To take his
revoIv.r and play brigand. At Wilmot
poad they covered part of their faces
with gaudy silk handkcrchiefs, such as
they had seen I'm pictures of the Slcilian
hrIcands. They first attempted To hold
M a farmer, but they lost their nerve
and finally hid behind trees until Levine
came along. Macchio says he seized the
bridIc of the horse while his companion
noked the revolver under tho junkman's
nose and demanded his money. After he
had given mp his cash Levine was al
lowed to drive away. Macchio's COM
panion has not been caught, and tho
roIicc believe he may be the leader of
ihn cnnC that hold np Mr.. Weoks.