The sun., 1913-10-01
PALISADES BANDITS
HOLD UP TWO AUTOS
Lawyer and Family Lined Up
and Robbed Of Money
and Jewels.
SHOTS FIRED AT MACHINE
Wealthy Woman Let Go When
She Had No ValuablpS-
Series Of Crimes.

HAcKENsAck. y. J.. Sept. 30--High-
waymen. who have become bolder because
Of their recent successes in series OF
crimes in the lonely stretches along the
Palisades went "A step further to-day and
held up two automobiles at pistol point.
There is talk among the residents Of
Engl.wood Of organizing vigilance com
mite. to guard the roads until the sec
ton IL cleared Of the bad men infesting
II, There have been only two arrests
recently for highway robbery. and both
prisoners were inspected to-day by Chief
Magistrate william McAdoo who with
his brother Joseph was robbed in the
same region last May. Mr.. McAdoo could
not positively identify the men.
The robberies to-day occurred within
ten minutes NJ each other In broad day
light and near the same spot on the
boulevard road. between Tenafy and
Englewood. bu, Just within the borough
limits OF Tenany.
Mrs. Dan Fellows Platt Of Englewood
was the victim Of one holdup. but she
had no valuables with her. and she was
allowed to proceed home In the other
hoidup John $. Mabon. a prominent law
Yer. and his wife and daughter. Catherine,
were the victims This time the robbers
got $40 in money. a gold watch and chain
belonging to Mr.. Mabdn. and two valu-
able diamond rings owned by Mrs.
Mabon.
Bandits jump From Bushes.
Mrs platt. whose husband is wealthy
nd ,,1atpher pf hp New
Jersey Democratic state committee. was
out alone for a spin in her machine. She
was going slowly along when two mon
wearing masks hopped out from behind
bushes and pointing re,olvers at her
ordered her 10 stop. She obeyed.
The men ordered her to throw her
money and jewelry into the road
Il told them I didn't have any valu-
ables with me" said Mrs Plat Tonight.
Il held up my hands to show them
wasn't wearing any rings. and they evil
IDENTIFY believed mc They told me 10
drive on
Il was so nervous and frisht.ned ]
could hardly keep the automobile straight
in the road one ~ tn. men was about
- wears old dressed neatly in
brown. and he wore little rcd button IN
the lapel Of his coat. | didn't notice the
other mans clothes, bu, his mask only
covered his eyes and his nose
Ten minutes later Mr. Mabon. driving
his own car. came by the same spot. f'r
mis- time the robbers had dragged an old
tree trunk across the road. and Mr.. Mshon
was forced to slow down. When he cam.
to a stop n, tn. tree trunk two men
jumped ont from behind trees, each carry
iur revolN-is
Lined - Their Victims.
The men commanded IN" lawyer. his
wife and his daughter to get nut of thu
ear and line iip on the side " the road.
all with their hands above their heads
"Dne man was very nervous and inn
patient" said MI. Mabon later. Il didn't
NOV. quick enough tn suit him and he
cursed me and struck me on the side of
tn" head with his revolver. They searched
me, and were disgusted that they didn't
get more. Then they saw the rinss on
Mrs Mabon's fingers. and they made her
take them 1ff
w. were then ordered back into the
car and told to move IN. had no sooner
started than ! heard two shots behind
me. and | heard my rear tires explode"
He said both robbers appeared To u"
Americans. They escaped into the woods
and went in the direction Of Tenahy.
Mr. Mabon remained where he was on
account OF mis- fiat tires. IN few mo-
ments Mrs. John Gordon and Mrs. \. y,
Dlmock Of Hackensack came along in
machine. and when tho, teard what had
happs I" the Mabons they turned
around and towed his raChin" back to
Hack.nsack
Meantime Mrs. Gordon chauffeur was
sent to the nearest house and the Engle
wood police wei p notified Chief OF Po-
lice Titus sent several policemen in an au-
tomoble to the Palisades woods and
later more armed men joined in the
search for the highwaymen. The police
OF Tenany sent all their available men
and the police OF nearby towns were
asked to keep u close watch on the
trolley cars and ferryboats.