Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-10-24
UTo PARTLY WRECKED RACES THROUGH STREET

= When Patroiman Reichenbeche,
painted to the scene, a minute later
he found the men gone. The only
trace that they left of their fight on
foot was in the shape of three ex-
pensive fur coats, shed at intervals
along Plane street as they ran toward
Market
standing beside the automobile was
negro, who was later slated as Wal
ter Brown, Is years old, of Somerset
street
Why didn't you stop?a demanded
Reichenbacher
Il wasn't driving" was the cool re.
sponse.
After being held on suspicion and
vigorously questioned. he was released
this afternoon when his mother ap.
peared and told Lieutenant Mcclellan
that her son had left home at 4:30 to
meet friend with whom he was to
go to work in Harrison.
A yeggman's outfit and a postoffice
bag containing a lot of loot-S1, 500
worth of stamps--were found in the
wrecked machine.
The blowing OF the Perth Amboy
safes was as daring as the escapy
of the trio
The building is at Maple and Jeffer-
son Streets that city 1t was entered
at O'Clock by the men, who left
their machine outside, as If they
were paying the night watchman
friendly visit.
There was no Watchman, however.
and the janitor had left at o'clock
last night.
The first safe they opened was
that in the private Office Of POST
master William II. Pheiffer. 1T was
In full view of the window and the
office was lighted. but a billboard
and moving picture theatre saved
them from being seen from the side
walk.
Nitroglycerine was used, apparent.
ly by an expert, for not a pane of
glass in the building was broken.
Rags and portions of blankets found
about the floor later showed that an
effort had been made to stihe the
sound of the explosion.
Next the safe at the stamp wicket
was blown. From it nearly $1,000
worth of stamps and S63.72 in cash
were taken.
The third safe was in the assists
ant postmaster's office. The knot OF
the combination is entirely off this,
and ii Is not known whether tho
yeggmen actually succeeded in OPEN
ing 1t or not. Experts have been
summoned to open it in order to
learn if anything is missing.
1t contained $1,000 in stamps, cash
and postal savings, beside quantity
of money order blanks which would
be almost invaluable to the criminal
band
They left, it is thought, by the way
they entered--a window in the cus-
tom house in the front of the build-
ing.
Two hundred feet away from tho
postof'ce is Cleson's Iunch-wagon
which was open all night. The waiter
on duty happened to look out at
o'clock. and he saw the automobile,
but he did not hear any explosions.
He took it for granted that it had
been left standing there by some latd
auto party or that it was one of the
machines of the three companies who
maintain night service in Perth Ans
boy.
So well was the work of the yegg-
men done that the robbery would not
have been discovered until the safes
were opened if it had not been for tho
clothes left lying around the offices.
These were seen by the janitor when
he entered He gave the alarm.
Long before that. however, this
scene of action had been transferred
to Newark.
Policeman Skillman. of the First
precinct. was at Broad and Courr
streets at 1855 warning late autoists
of a live telephone wire that had
fallen.
He saw an automobile crossing
diagonally from Walnut street and
stepped in its path to warn the
chauffeur to stop.
Instead of doing that the driver
threw his clutch into the high and
drove straight at the patrolman The
Skillman jumped Just II
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