Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-06-06
MAKE ARRESTS IN
DARING ROBBER|ES
BY AUTO BANDITS
One of the Machines Traced to
Former Owner in New
Jersey.

NEW YORK, June 6.-As the re-
suit Of & confession, which the police
announced they had obtained from
F'reedrick Kelley, a chauffeur; Joseph
Reardoa. twenty-seven years old. !
steamftter. was arrested early to-
day as q material witness.
Latr in the day Joseph Longo. i
chauffeur, and James Fay, pool
room owner, Weer arrested, charged
with having participated in the
robbery yesterday OF two employees
OF the American Can Company as
they were leaving the offices Of the
concern with s2,709, part OF the
weekly payroll.
The police say Kelley confessed to
being the driver Of the automobile
in which the two robbers escaped
after the hold-up. He is said to
have implacetd ilve men in the
robbery.
The detective department was
working today on the theory that
the hold-up of the American Can
Company employees was the work
of >the same men who earlier yes
terday held UP two clerks OF the
Masury Paint Company, in Brook
lyn, and robbed them Of a satchel
containing $4,000, drawn for the
weekly payroll These TWO rob-
bers also used an automobile to es-
/ CAPE.
The two clerks held up by the auto
bandits We're Arthur T. Barlow, of
7S5 East Twenty-Lhird street, Pater-
son, and Harry Becker. OF 1899 Deca.
tur street, Brooklyn.
a third hoid-up on which the po-
lice are working resulted in loss of
5000 10 Mckenzie, orhees & Gmelin,
architects. although the i've robbeis
overlooked two bundles Of money
each containing $500. An employs
OF the architects was taking S1.50f
into the offices, when his hat was
knocked off and while he stopped to
] recover il the men seized one Of his
, bundles. The FIVE men escaped down
the elevator and sped away in AZ
automobile
IN the Brooklyn holdup, Detective
/ Captain Duane got several automo-
I bile numbers. all observers agreeing
I that the license vas q New jersey
one. Sleuths were put on the trail
and in charge OF Detective Lieutenant
{ Ward. OF Brooklyn, reached Paterson
; last night
Here. with the assistance OF De-
tective Captain Tracey, Detective
/ Sergeants Lord and Keppler. who
were assigned to the case. they start
! ed out to find who owned the auto
mobile with the New jersey license
and traced the machine to DR.. A. A.
/ Lyuecker, 4S9 Belmont avenue. Hale
! don, Passaic county. n. J. He was
! the owner OF the machine bearing
+ that number. But during the course
o. tho investigation it was shown
that Dr. Lydecker had bought an
oil.er, turning in the license tag with
tho car. The machine he is now driv-
/ ing is a runabout. That with which
\ thy robbery was committed l. a tour
( ing car But through learning te
when the machine was sold Il is be-
: lieved that il viii be possible to locate
+ the men implicated in the hoiduD.
At the factory il was. said thai
+ Barlow and Becker were young meI
? of excellent reputation. The detec
] tives who interviewed the young mfs
+ also spoke well OF them
1T was all done SO quickly. sal.
+ w \. Laeman, vice-pres,dent Of thi
paint concern. that We did not hav,
time to follow the robbers. No sus
picion whatever is attached to GU
employees, and | believe that the rob
6ers would have got the money cvei
+ If our messengers had gone IN an au
tomobile. Tho job was obviousl,
4 Banned IN advance. and It was yer,
well planned. No one would hay'
believed that men would Try 10 hois
/ np our men CUP own building
/ We carried no Insurance agains
ls,seps, nf this kind -