New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-07
Coast Arti||erymen Believe
Prisoner Is One of Two
Bandits Who Held Up
Mill Cashier.
$1O,600 TAKEN, Is FOUND
Employe Hangs On to Satchel
Containing Money Until
Bullet Grazes His Hand
Large Posse in
Pursuit.
Try Telegraph 20 The Trlbure ]

| 1eCted the capture or one OF tHe t"'
men believed to have staged the un-
usually daring holdup of Carl A.
Koelb. cashier of the American Velvet
| Company. from whom they took sl0,60O
this morning. The money was later
recovered.
| The use Of an artilleryman's coat as
a disguise led to the arrest The pris-
oner. a man Of thirty refuses TO say
ANYTHING. He will not even give his
name.
In view of the section where the
hoid-up was committed the robbery
was remarkable. Koelb went 10 the
First National Bank this morning 10
get money to pay off the three hum
/ dred employees of the velvet mills for
| two weeks. He was in rig driven by
| Charles Ryan. The money, in tillo
and silver. was in a large valise which
Koelb carried on his lap.
Masked Men Stop Carriage.
Returning to the mill the carriage
| proceeded along Bay View avenue ana
had reached a well populated part Of
/ the village, where houses are numer-
| Gus, when two men. wearing linen Jus
| ters and masks, stepped into the read
way.
You stop here" said one OF the men
| quietly, levelling "A revolver al Ryan.
He refined in quickly. The second man
stepped briskly TO the side OF koeID'
and. using revolver as emphasis,
said
| Give me that bag"
Koelb started for the other side or
the carriage. but the hancit, ahticipat-
1 .ng the move, sprang forword ana
lunged for the valise. koelb held II
firmly and tried to wrestle out Of the
carriage but the robber was so power
| fu! that in gripping the satchel and
pulling IL toward him he dragged the
struggling cashier from the carriage
| into the road and ha.f way TO the
walk. Even then he refused TO relin'
| cuish his mold, so the bandit fred at
hIm. The bullet scraped the back OF
! lis right hand and he released his
| fingers.
The money theirs. the robbers spranS
over the fence skirting the walk and
| headed through vacant lots for the
woods. Koelb jumped up and went af-
| ter them. TIE bandits turned once,
fred two shots in the air and then dis
appeared.
Koelb, unarmed could do nothing but
veil for aid. The alarm reached the
messengers Of a trolley car approach
ing the scene and men and women left
the car quickly 10 take up the chase.
Ten minutes later this was abandoned
! for lack OF direction.
Koelb returned to the carriage and
Ryan drove him at top speed for the
mill. When the story was told the gu
Nperintendent ordered the mill closed for
the day and marshalled the employees
into a posse. The Sheriff was called
to the mill. and. leading the posse,
started in pursuit
Soldiers Ordered Out.
AT Police Headquarters it was re-
called that twelve companies Of United
States coast artillerymen were engaged
in maneuvres at Forts Wright and
Terry. Word was sent to Colonel
| Davis and the suggestion made that
he dispatch some OF his men TO take
nm the hunt. He readily gave the or
der. and three hundred soldiers were
ordered out The novelty of the task
sent them to the work enthusiastically
Various rumors that the bandits were
In this place and that place kept the
artillerymen busy. A small boy brought
the Information that the robbers had
sought refuge in a cemetery. That was
ouicklv surrounded, but nothing devel-
oned Another squad. following closely
the footprints OF the men, traied them
70 the farm Of Charles Davis at We
ouetenock. two miles from Stonington.
II was definitely established that the
bandits had stopped there. but the trail
from there was not evident.
At noon two soldiers. nosing in the
,.ocant lot near where the robbery was
eoected. found the valise in hole m
the wall on the field side. The bandits
had placed II there in their flight. So
for as is known none Of the money is
missing.
Hone had about been given up when
,ust before o'clock this evening, a
eouad of soldiers. beating back fol
comp. saw a bedraggled looking young
man emerging watchfully from the
! " Gods back Of the Davis farmhouse
The soldiers drew into hiding until the
man approached the road. Then they
, noted that, while he wore uniform
coat. he had no other article Of mill
tary apparel.
why. ne hasn't even military cap
) said one OF them.
Armed employees and several squads
, q, ortiIlerymen are continuing the hun
for a second man.