Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-03-14
ARMED MEN LOOT SAFE or CHI.
cAco MAIL ORDER HOUSE
AND GET AWAY.
FORTY THOUSAND IN MONEY
ORDERS LEFT 40 WORTHLESS
Five Mon Entsr Building. Bind and oas
Three Watehrsn and Crack Safs
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Thro~srs Mind
Js~eIry Salesman and Secure Gems
Reported to Be Worth 3S6,0oo.

ChlcaEo. March 1l-FtvC armed rob.
oers broke into the mail order branch
OF tho Hartman Furniture Company
and blew open the office safe. tossed
out Its contents. threw aside valuable
securities. discarded $4,000 In money
orders. and escaped with $4,000, the
weekly pay roll OF the company. The
quintet worked with machine like pre-
cision. The basement window furnish-
ed them ingress. One remained outside
anu tsio others attacked Ac::.! and
gagged a watchman. A second em-
ploye or the company WAS surprised
on the second floor and was bound and
saSsea Proceeding thru the building
u third watchman was :::y!aa!d and
bound @
"pepper" Robbers Get Valuable Gems.
Daniel Epner. q salesmnn connected
with the jewelry nrm OF Epner At 70.
105 Canal street. New York. reported to
the police OF tho West Chicago avenue
station last night that no had been held
up and robbed by two men OF two sam
pie caAes containing gcms worth 965,.
900.
Epner. whom no arrived At The sta
tion. showed signs OF hard usage. He
said tho thieves had threatened him
with n pistol. had beatcn him. and nm.
ally had thrown pepper into his eyes.
As soon AZ he had given the details
OF his experience all the stations in
the city were notified nnd the police
began general search for tho rob-
bers. They are OF tho opinion that tho
crime was carefully planned and that
Epner was followed by the thieves uo-
til no had arrived at place suitable
for the commission OF tho crime.
Tells oter1 es holdup.
Il am stopping at tho Brevort hotAlT
Epn,r sa!A. Last evening I started
out with two suitcASea. one containing
bracelets and the other made up jewel.
~ valued at $4,000. and the othar con-
tanning unset diamonds valued at $780,.
900.
my destination WAS a jewslry store
NJ llo4 Blue Island avenue. I remained
there for some time. but did not make
n sale. When I had finished my bust
ness I took a Halstead street car to
see another customer on tho nortn-
west side.
II 20, on the car Mt Milwaukee ave.
nue.. When I reached the curb found
two men waiting there. Ono OF them
for n Milwaukee avenue car. i replica
In the affirmative.
Pistol Levsisd at Him.
.'whlle I was speaking the othe1
man stuck a pistol in my face.
"'You walk ahead Of u.s. no ordered.
'or I'll XIII YOU
"rhey walked mo to Kerzle ana
Halstci street. where one or the men
threw pepper in my eyes. Whiie !
was staggering about with pain tne
two men kicked and beat me- At the
same tine compelling mo to give up
nv sample cases. They ran away
leaving me staggering about In tho
street Az soon as could rushed TO
tho police station. where I gave tho
alarm
All that was found In Epncrs room
at the Brevort hotel. according to the
police, was collar bag with severM
collars, some cum and collar buttons.
n spool or thread. u package OF needles
and laundry bill for 80 cents.
The police took Epncr to hosp'ta'
for treatment and then rciirns" "::' &c
the station to question him further.