Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-01
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| ENGLEWOOD, Oct. 1-chie.
Police Titus, Of this place. al.
posse from surrounding towns in
gen county ares securing the We
near Tenafiy today in an effort
find the two highwaymen who
broad daylight yesterday held upt
robbed John S. Mabon. a Jersey
| attorney, as he was returning to
home in HackensacH with his !
| and daughter Kstheryn. About
hour previous the bandits halted :
Dan Fellows Morgan, of this pla
whose husband as a State commit
man WAS attending the Democrs
| convention at Trenton.
As the Mabon car halted before
i tree across the road a mans uoi
| ordered the occupants to throw
/ their hands. Mrs. Mabon and
| daughter obeyed, but Mabon did ]
He was promptly hit on tbs b
/ with the butt end of a pistol and
lieved of his valuables by the THE
Mrs Dan Fellows Plat, who Il
in Englewood. was riding alone in
! automobile on the Boulevard 70
/ just inside the Tenafiy borough limi
/ when two men jumped into the ros
several PAGES in front of the car, an
ordered her to halt, pointing revoi
vers at her. Mrs. Plat promptly
brought her machine to a standstill.
Only one of the robbers was masked.
and he approached the car. calling
out:
Throw your money and jewels into
the roadway, and you can go with
out being hurt
Mrs. Platt had neither money nor
| Jewelry with her. She told the high
i waymen so, and the masked man,
! believing apparently that she was too
! frightened to deceive them, merely
said:
"All right then. Start your ma
chine" =
Mrs Platt lost no time in obeyine
| these Instructions, and was soon
making speed along the Boulevard
road.
Tree Across Road.
A few minutes later Mr. Mabon.
| his wife and daughter were driving
along the same part of the Boule-a
ward. Mr.. Mabon saw the trunk OF
tree stretched across the roadway.
and was forced to stop his machine
As he did SO two men jumped out
from behind trees at the roadside,
each armed with a revolver.
climb out of the car and line up
ordered one of the highwaymen |
| Mr.. Mabon did not obey fast enough !
/ to suit them. and one of the men
struck him twice over the head Will
/ his revolver. Then the pair searched
/ him. taking away $50 Ia money and
| his watch and chain. They then COM
/ PEELED Mrs. Mabon to draw two fine
diamond rings from her finger ana
surrender them.
Get back into the car, lively
shouted one of the bandits
| shots Puncture Tires.
The Mabons hurried. Mr.. Mabon
/ then started to obey the next com
/ mand TO start up. but before his
machine was well under way there
was a volley of revolver shots and
two heavy explosions as the two rear
| tires blew out when the bullets pune
tured them.
| With the machine disabled SO that
the lawyer would be delayed in get
/ ting q pursuit started the two high
waymen ran for the woods The au-
tomobile later was towed to Hacken-
sack.
| Mrs. John Gordon and Mrs J. P
Dimmock. of Hackensack. overlook
| the Mabon party a few minutes later
Mr.. Mabon waved to them to stop
and then told them of the hoId-up
and of the danger that might exist
| furthed ahead in the road Mrs
Gordon ordered her crauffeur to
hurry to the nearest house to telephone
to the Englewood police. By this
time Chief Titus who had received
report of the first hold-up, had sent
Policemen Wyville and Dunshee with
some private citizens to the Palisades
woods
| When the news of the highway rob-
| berry had spread, the residents of the
section were greatly stirred and
plans were made for forming vigil
| lance committee. At evening a mum
Der of armed men were scattered
| through the woods between Engle
wood and Tenafiy in pursuit of the
| highwaymen. Several policemen from
| Tenafly took part in the man hunt.
| and the police at Edgewater were in
strueted to watch the trolleys and
| ferries
Bandits Dressed Well
| Mrs. Plat said that one OF the
hold-up men was about Twenty-Five
years old, of neat appearance, and
! dressed in a brown suit of clothes
with little red button in the Lapel
of his coat. Both highwaymen
seemed to be Americans.
Chief Magistrate William McAdoo
and his brother, Joseph, of Msnhat-
tan, who were held up at the point Of
a revolver on the Palisades near Fort
Lee on May last and relieved of all
the money they had. called at the
| Haekensaek jail yesterday afternoon
to see if they could identify either OF
the two New York Italians. who on
Saturday night held up Clarence NJ
Pratt at Edgewater.
Pratt, who is mill superintendent
of the Vermont Marble Company. at
Edgewater, near here, was not robbed,
| because he fought off two of the rob
bers and prevented the third man,
/ who held the revolver. from using the
weapon His plucky fight resulted IN
the capture of Antoine Galiucci of 4Sl
East 115th street, and Antonio Amito,
| of 22s3 First avenue.
Magistrate McAdoo and his brother
| said that Gallucci looked very much
like the smaller of the two men who
held them up, but they insisted that
| their Identification must not be re-
| garded as absolutely positive
Gallucei has been identified by DR..
] F. c. Bradner as one of two men who
| held him up a month ago near Engle
wood and robbed him of all his money
! and a gold watch.