New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-23
AJIDACIOUS BANDIT
tied TWO CAPTORS
Chauffeur. as Well as a
Policeman, Kidnapped
bv SUBMITS Robber.
HANDS UP. RODE FAR;
TRUSSED IN SAWMlLL
Victims Worked Free Long After
Arologetic Thief, Who Got
the Drop. Escaped.
- - rrIsane Corr.sronde0l

.r-,~ Tho Tribune Correspondcnt|
s.u-,,t. y. !. Feb. - Everybody
laughing so much to-day over the
..v,,nan who was kidnapped by HIS
-..o,.r that the recent robberies wer-
,--o,,er for tho moment Tonight
-. daring and ingenuity Of the robber
100 b,or more clearly realized. and
.,,-, is considerable alarm.
THO kidnapped policeman turned up
.,,,v This morning, somewhat sore and
~rcb crcstfalen. He and the chauf-
@.-- vho was made 90 drive of with
~, rcrc left Dog their bold captor
.,yrs and wired in "a disuscd sawmill
r., for having been able 20 release
,,,,r bonds they might have frozen 70
s.ath before being found.
1 p,-arec ~ tho many buTglarics ana
.., of violence on the highway Of late
oief Of Police George W. Brown dc
..nod ra.rolmcu John j. Cannon and
,c,nsm !. George last night 10 patrol
.c,,izer.s clothes the fashionable part
f,ho town alonc Essex Road.
Halt the Dapper Stranger
About lo o'clock a stranger came
.,ors carrying q suitcase. y few
,orrs earlier there had been $4,000
..,A robbery in Newark. The
-, rer'e suitcase seemed too heavy
N he honestly filed with mere clothes,
.oGsnnon and George stopped the man
and questioned him. lie was a well
dressed man Of about thirty years.
5srs clean shaven. and about = feet ;
inches IN height lie was wearing a
dark suit d black overcoat and leather
sgglngs. But patent leather shoes
6eepenod the officers suspicious. and
ohen The man. who said he was butler
for Arthur Rose, OF Brentwood. de-
dared that his employer had the key
70 The suitcase, the policemen decided
10 arrest him and take him 10 head
spsrters.
lust then Russcl Bland. negro chauf-
sur for G. Edward Escher. a New
lork business man with handsome
plsrs here on Hobart avenue, came
along In big Pierce-Arrow auto
mobile. tie had been taking his en-
ployer and Mrs. Escher 70 the home Of
George ". Harper. at Short Hills, and
~
Knowing the policemen, Bland pulled
ID
On account Of the weight OF the suit
esse. and also 70 save time, tire police
men asked Bland II he would drive TO
The station. "Sure." said Bland.
Get IN. tho prisoner as ordered
snd he got DO. George followed. and
Cannon gave him the suitcase. The
esr was started toward police head
quarters.
4 momen later tho prisoner quickly
drew his hands from his overcoat
pockets and tic muzzle Of one revolver
was Drcssld against the waist of
Pstrolman George and the nose Of a
second ono against tho back Of the
'hauneur.
Hands Up" Said Prisoner.
Hands up Mr.. -- Buttons"
said the prisoner 10 George. Having
10 chance 70 reach his own revolver,
h. policeman elevated his hands with
out any undue DELAY. At the same
Tine the had-been prisoner shouted into
Tho car Of tho chauffeur:
Now YOU dorned Niger. turn round
md drive Ike --- till I tell you 10 stop
. IN blow parts Of YOU into your own
.arburetor"
Sab from the revolver in the small
I" his back made Bland quickly obey
siier he had seen Patrolnan Georges
lanos IN The air. For two hours the
iooeer with the policeman and the
.aauneur as hts prisoners. enjoyed a
ast spin about tho country around
'"''nued on second page, fourth column.