Evening journal., 1913-08-15
CUTS POCKET
OF PASSENGER,
THEN JUMPS
COIOred Man Gets Away With
$40 After Bold Attack
on Train
SLEUTHS LOSE HIM
IN NEW CASTLE WOODS

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL
NEW CASTLE, Del, Aug l5.--Resi-
dents OF this city, led by Officer Tobin,
participated in a man hunt late yester-
day afternoon and last night The
search for the man, who is supposed to
be Howard Hill colored, of Wilmington,
was ed BY State Detective Mccoy. Hill
is alleged to have committed one of the
most daring robberies ever recorded on
the Delaware railroad as the Norfolk
express due here at 4.50 o'clock reached
farnhurst station The oolored man,
who is light in color and about feet
inches in height. deliberately arose
in his seat in a coach and slashed the
right trouser leg of Charles hcite, aged
80 years, of Smyrna, Dell. in Two
places. The colored man then grabbed
purse containing $40 from the pocket OF
the aged man and leaped from the train
opposite Potter's Field Fanhurst
The robbery was witnessed by sew
eral passengers on the train but ii
occurred so rapidly that none could
stop the man. A woman whose name
vas not learned who was sitting in
front of Mr. Heite attempted 20 grab
the thief but he wrenched his hand
free and boited for the door as the
train slowed up for Farnhurst sta
ton. The train crew came rushing
forward after hearing the screams of
the woman and while the train was
run back several hundred yards and
the conductor and several men
alighted the negro had taken to the
woods on the Maloney farm near by
In his haste the man dropped several
letters which gave the authorities the
clue that his name was Hill and that
he had lived on Orange street, Mll-
mington.
The colored man boarded the Nor
folk train as II pulled out OF French
street station and took a seat be-
side Heite. who had boarded the
coach here. The colored man asked
Hete for Is cents, saying no wanted TO
90 to Farnhurst This the aged man
gave 10 the man. AS the train start
ed to slow up for Farnhurst. the coll
oed man arose in his seat and with
his left hand pushed the aged man
back in his seat and with the other
hand he slashed a razor down his
victims trcuser leg Luckily the
blade did not penetrate the mans
clothing, and he was unharmed. but
the steel exposed the purse. This Hin
grabbed and he then leaped from the
train
When the train arrived az Faru-
hurst Station Agent George Whitfield
was notified and he at once communi-
Gated with the Wilmington Offices Of
fcers were sent to the scene of the
robbery A thorough search failed to
show any traces of the man.
DR. r. r. Roth, who was a passenger
on the train, declared it was the most
daring robbery he ever heard of. AS
the aged man was not injured he con-
tinued on TO his home
The funeral of Mrs. Kate Grimes. who
died on Tuesday took place this after
noon from her late residence in North
Third street Mis-. Grimes was the
widow of George Grimes who died sew
eral years ago Tho remains of Mr.
Grimes were reintcrred yesterday from
Red Lion cemetery and placed in the
Presbyterian cemetery today.
With more than three hundred happy
oXcursionists leaving here yesterday
morning on the annual outing of the
Emmanuel Episcopal Church Sunday
school 20 Washington Park and about
goo going TO Augustine Pier on the First
Baptist Church excursion. the town ap-
peared deserted The outing to Wash
ington Park was given ON the steamer
Queen Anne while the Baptists went
down the river ON the steamer Thomas
Clyde. No accidents occurred on the
cutting.
Magistrate Niokerson. j. r. Stoops.
Walter Sihlcy aud Thomas Cavender.
who have been spending ten DAYS 70
Iewes. returned home last night.
Charles II. Clewell. who wcnt with his
party. stopped az Bowers Beach. where
his daughter. Miss Mabel CleweH. is
spending her vacation.
AIls. Anna Wipf, daughter Of Mrs.