Evening journal., 1913-09-11
CAR BARN
THIEF'S PATH
In BUSHES
Suspicious Men Seen Lettering
About Traction Office,
Robbed Of $l,0OO
POLICE UNABLE TO
FERRET OUT BANDIT

rhe lone bandit who early yesterday
morning held up Morris Councill night
clerk at the Wilmington Traction Com
pany ear barn office, and at the point of
his revolver compelled him TO give him a.
canvas bag containing about $500 in
cash and then disappeared in the dark
ness outside the office. has so far cs-
capped detection, although strenuous cf-
forts are being made by the police de-
partment 10 nah him.
Chief Black took personal charge Of
the ease yesterday and ascertained that
two strange men were seen lettering
around the neighborhood Of the car barn
the whole evening preceding the hold
up. Whenever the police had passed that
way they had evidently hidden in the
bushes on the vacant lot that adioins the
barn.
When this place was searched Chief
Black yesterday morning found that a
spot in the center Of the high bushes
/ back Of the car barn had been battered
down and a trail led from them to the
sewer in Brandywinc Park and from
there to the y. & o. bridge The police
believe that the robber disappeared
through the bushes. and he may have
boarded a train on the b. q q. railroad
and escaped to another city with the
booty.
Tho police Investigated the automo
bile theory and learned that an auto
mobile had been seen going at full spee'
down the State road at an early hou
Yesterday mornipg This morning Chic
Black was calledsup by r. x. NJ Car
penter. who had heard of this report
and who stated that he had gone dow
the road early yesterday morning at
fair rate Of speed on a cunning triT
That the two automobiles are identica
} is undoubted.
It was also leRped that when tn
robbery was compitted there We're tw
reyolvcrs in the onien where Council
was working one Of them being With
+ reach There was also push butto
) that connected the Office with the ca
, bar TO ring a bell at that place whe
! pushed.
While Councill had an opportunity
fire at the retreating figure Of the bal
] dit he was SO badly unnerved by h
I: trying experience that he neglected
h make use Of this opportunity.
n That he did not make use OF the pa
Z, button. he declares. IS due to the IA
/: that he believed il was out OF ord'
!. A test was made OF the signal ycste
day. but it worked them the bell rim
u ing in the car barn the instant the bu
Y on was pushed. Il had been out of q
{. der, however, it was said at the G
a barn.
a Notices Of the reward OF 5000 Il
l. the apprehension and conviction
9 the bandit, which was offered I
% Nice-President Thomas w. Wilson.
the Traction Company, yesterda
o morning. have been sent out and wi
Il be distributed broadcast They m5
+ help to bring the robber to justice.
Z That the robber had an accon
o plice in his work is now believe
j. The trail that had been made fro
{. the bushes near the car barn to q
t B. g. o. bridge. had evidently bee
I. made by more than one persC
d through the miniature jungle thrOul
n which II passes. II Is also believe
= that one man. especially one the sii
IS Of the robber whom Councill describ'
II as being only 5 feet inches in heig
= and weighing about l40 pounds, cou
o not have handled the bag of moni
e which weighed between forty and nj
pounds and made such compile
getaway in so short time.
Speaking Of the holdup at the c
j. barn, and the other robberies ~
% have occurred within the past fG
days, an official Of the Traction Coz
pany this morning expressed his
s. lief that the robberies we're all pull
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